Sean Greathead

Current

National Learning & Development Manager at Virgin Active South Africa

Past

Consultant at Graylink
Consultant at Positive Charge International
Consultant (Voluntary Community Development Work) at St Michaels, Khayelitsha

Consultant at Portal System International (PSI) Division of Quoros Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Consultant at Holy Trinity Bompton
Deputy Bookshop Manager at Alpha International / Holy Trinity Brompton
Consultant at ECCO International Consultants
Jarvis Technologies Corp. at Consultant

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Education

University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch

Westerford High

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Sean Greathead’s Summary

I have extensive experience in the Human Capital arena of more than 9 years, specifically Learning and Development and HR. I am currently National Manager for Learning and Development in Virgin Active South Africa. I am responsible for all learning and development for staff of Virgin Active South Africa. This entails the strategising and management of staff development and talent management for head office, five regional offices and 86 clubs and the growth plans for the business until 2010.

I have worked as a consultant as part the South African branch of a boutique Consultancy in South Africa, other parts of Africa and the United Kingdom. The organisations with whom I have worked include Shell, Chevron (Caltex), 20Twenty (Standard Chartered Bank), ABSA (Barclays), Old Mutual and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The type of work included overseeing, designing and managing learning and development and change management projects. In addition, I have facilitated the development of Strategic Plans for community based organisations and blue chip companies, such as Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI – a subsidiary of SABMiller) and developed performance management systems for organisations such as DivFood (Part of Nampak). My work in Induction and On-boarding for new employees has formed part of my Masters degree, focusing on the development of learning skills and business knowledge to cope with the changing workplace.

Sean Greathead’s Specialties:

L&D:Designed & developed learning material incl leadership & change management skills, technical & functional programmes. Facilitated diverse groups of people incl. senior management , from plant to board level. Developed & implemented strategic L&D initiatives. Experienced at group facilitation, coaching & mentoring. Overseen e-learning and integrated multi-faced learning strategy for initiatives that integrate multi-site & remote site issues, self learning, facilitated learning & coaching.

Sean Greathead’s Experience

National Learning & Development Manager

Virgin Active South Africa

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

Reporting to the COO & as Snr Manager, responsible for all L&D (all 2850 permanent staff & 1800 temp staff), with annual budget of $1 mil. / £½ mil. Including functional programmes & skill development for business & staff development & talent management plan for $450 mil./£ 80 mil. growth strategy for Virgin Active SA. Including development & rollout of integrated functional skills programmes including remote locations:
• Development of Various Business Specific Learning Interventions, incl:
o Customer / Member Services Program
o Manager on Duty Program
o Functional Skills Development, incl. Club-V (Kids), Reception, Sales, Admin.
• Development & rollout of Management & Leadership Development Prog integrated into Talent Management Systems
• Co-developed talent management & career path system.
• Overseen development of L&D administration system.
• Developed & overseen e-learning planning & implementation strategy, including integration of video & media into learning processes
Consultant

Graylink

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2005 — February 2006 (1 year )

Provided consulting skills for the development of employer branding strategies for Medi-Clinic and Allan Gray.
Consultant

Positive Charge International

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 2002 — February 2006 (4 years 2 months)

Consultant involved in the analysis & evaluation of organisations as an HR & Strategy Consultant. Involved in training programme development, incl. skills matrixes & learning needs analyses, strategy development & change management. Project managed key projects, with board level input & involvement.

- Strategic Planning exercise for Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI) a listed Coca-Cola Bottler with SABMiller as major shareholder
- Job Grading Development for a continuous operation in a Petrol-Chemical Company with a high degree of Union Involvement. Full interview process & the development of a competency structure, facilitation for fully inclusive process. In addition, the development of an integrated training process, incorporating legislative requirements & ensuring the learning is maximised
- Engaged in Training & Development Design for a number of organisations, incl. ABI, Old Mutual & Shell
Consultant (Voluntary Community Development Work)

St Michaels, Khayelitsha

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

January 2003 — December 2003 (1 year )

Provided consulting skills in a culturally diverse environment, including strategy formulation, HR policy development, industrial relations input and staff management development to a community based church and NGO. Assisted with the organisation’s development including their job creation project, pre-primary and primary school, HIV/AIDS project and child abuse prevention project.
Consultant

Portal System International (PSI) Division of Quoros Holdings (Pty) Ltd

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2001 — December 2001 (3 months)

Consultant assisting in the development and implementation of a Web based Human Resources Employee Self Service System aimed at reducing the HR administration burden and improve workflow. Involved in project management, training, system implementation, workflow analysis and development. Clients included Alexander Forbes. Developed On-Line and Manual Help process for software implementation. Assisted in the development of Organisational Change Strategies for software implementation. Involved in the strategic planning of the software development and design. Assisted business partners in rollout process and training strategy. (Company Liquidated)
Consultant

Holy Trinity Bompton

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

December 2000 — March 2001 (4 months)

Managed the redeveloped of the Human Resources Policy. This was achieved through cultural and system analysis of the organisation, which consisted of more than one hundred staff. Initiated HR procedural and managerial changes in the management of staff and began strategic changes within the management structure of the organisation. Developed the HR Policy and Practices Documentation, as well as HR Policy formulation within the organisation.
Deputy Bookshop Manager

Alpha International / Holy Trinity Brompton

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 1 month)

While investigating the option of ordination, I was involved as deputy manager of the Holy Trinity Brompton bookshop, the largest independent Christian Bookshop in the UK. Managed a line of international products acquired from sources across the world and then supplied in and around the UK. In addition, managed remote retail outlets at various large offsite ‘once-off’ conferences events with between 300 and 1000 people attending. Was an IT super-user and was involved in the development of the IT area; including database development, IT management and the development of e-media and e-commerce within the bookshop. Assisted in the initiation of new projects for the supply and distribution as well as in the management of the finances of the department.
Consultant

ECCO International Consultants

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)

January 1998 — July 1999 (1 year 7 months)

Responsible for resolving industrial relations, labour law, and human resources issues for SME’s and some Blue Chip clients. Worked with board-level management in identifying problem areas and developing both short and long-term solutions. This included consulting on situations such as strikes, discipline, grievances, policy development, training and development, contract development and the recruitment of staff.

Assisted in the structural development of a web-based HR computer system with one of my clients, including payroll structures, training systems, discipline and grievance procedures, reporting structures and policy development.

I was re-contracted by ECCO in a freelance capacity to develop the policy and practices policies for Elf Gas, Southern Africa, (including human resources, industrial relations, work flow and procedure development in Finance, IT and Human Resources). Contributed to the development and cost benefit analysis of computerised HR systems.
Jarvis Technologies Corp.

Consultant

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

December 1998 — June 1999 (7 months)

Performed cultural, structural and computerised workflow analysis over a 6-month period, for this computer manufacturer, distributor and retail outlet. Analysed Human Resources procedures and processes and techniques, as well as organisational structures. Presented findings and implemented procedural and policy changes based on findings, resulting in increased cost efficiency, streamlinedproduction, and improved productivity, motivation levels and reduced Human Resource problems. Assisted with the financial transformation of the company (resulting from cash flow limitations) and the development of a cost benefit analysis to determine the potential of the implementation of an e-commerce strategy.

Sean Greathead’s Education

University of Cape Town

MPhil , Engineering Management , 2002 — 2006
University of Cape Town

BBusSc , Business, HR & Economics , February 1993 — November 1997
Rondebosch
Westerford High