Bussiness Leadership Consultant and Strategic Thinking Partner
Guildford, United Kingdom
Bussiness Leadership Consultant and Strategic Thinking Partner
Guildford, United Kingdom
Internationally known business transformation consultant, change expert, strategic management and marketing adviser, lecturer, mentor and coach to tomorrow’s leaders of today’s companies.
• Guided transformation of implementation consultancy into desirable takeover target for USA rival with client CEO retaining European Head position.
• Engaging initially unwilling clients in open group conversations leading to breakthrough actions.
• Devising simple, powerful dynamic tracking tools for ‘soft’ outcomes projects providing full, transparent progress measure for executives.
• Bringing new approach to business integration in transitional situations in EMEA through application of ICT and HR approaches that accelerate building commitment and taking responsibility by stakeholders.
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Decision making, Complex systems work, Business transformation, Conflict resolution, thought leadership, Strengths development, process change, systems thinking, Leadership development, Organisational Learning, Systems dynamics, Marketing, Program evaluations, Management mentoring and coaching, Innovation, Strategic thinking, Positive Psychology, Learning tools and programs designer, Strategic conversations, Lecturer, Dialogue, Happiness coaching, Deep conversations
(Management Consulting industry)
1995 — Present (14 years )
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 1994 — Present (15 years 5 months)
Internationally known change expert, lecturer and coach to tomorrow’s leaders of today’s companies specialising in organisational transformation and sustainable improvements in corporate performance through application of new technology and development of integrated learning and acting.
Clients range from large corporations through leading business schools to voluntary organisations and individuals. She has worked in UK, USA, Germany, Japan, Finland, Poland, Serbia, Macedonia and South Africa.
Sample project:
• Turned an abstract request for help into a series of 3 years interventions transforming an implementation consulting company into growing and desirable takeover target for USA rival with CEO resuming position in the new entity as the European Head.
(Management Consulting industry)
1998 — 2005 (7 years )
(Management Consulting industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
February 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 8 months)
Bringing new approach to business integration in transitional situations through application of ICT tools and techniques that accelerate building commitment and taking responsibility by all in a company while helping to define measurable outcomes.
• Working across culture and corporate barriers, supported a team of advisory consultants in recasting their proposal to win a £5 Million 3 year project from a major client in spite of the previous bad reputation.
(Management Consulting industry)
2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 1 month)
Research Advisor on EU ICT project on Sustainable Workplaces. Responsible for providing a bridge between academic and commercial partners. Project Manager for EU ICT project on Argumentation (SCALE) ensuring that it successfully passed first year assessment. MSc seminars organiser.
• By becoming a shadow of the academics in charge of projects in trouble influenced their actions and helped recast relationships resulting in ultimate successful projects.
(Management Consulting industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years )
(Management Consulting industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)
April 1991 — June 1994 (3 years 3 months)
Directly responsible for introducing learning organisation principles at Board and executive levels in the Company. Maintained external liaison with Harvard and MIT.
• Implemented Best Practice Toolbox to disseminate Business Improvement Cases and Lessons Learnt across the company.
As Member, Process Review Team created and maintained worldwide network of change agents, led interorganisational learning project with BANK ONE in Cleveland OH, and promoted strategy take up related to business process design and performance improvement.
• Influenced Board to accept her proposal for Pre-activity Learning practice for use by all major developments saving company 80% of subsequent project errors.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BP; Oil & Energy industry)
1988 — 1989 (1 year )
Dipl.Ing. , Electrical Engineering: Computing and Control , 1967 — 1973
PhD , Computing: Artificial Intelligence - General Problem Solving
Worked with MIT MAC Project
Authentic Happiness Coaching, Mentoring young women engineering and IT students, travel, reading, walking, classical music