Steve Leaver

Current

Affiliate at Woodstone Consulting
Director & Trustee at EBPWB
Managing Director & Leadership Coach at PeakDepths Limited

Master Scuba Diver Trainer - PADI MSDT 624268 at Thatcham Divers

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Past

Learning & Development Director at Galileo by Travelport (formerly Cendant)
Independent Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)
Group Training Executive at Vodafone Group plc

Group Training Manager at Vodafone
Training Manager at GPT
Software Centre at GEC Telecommunications
Computing Undergraduate at Jaguar Cars
Computing Undergraduate at Ministry of Defence

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Education

The University of Salford
Sheffield Hallam University
Leigh Grammar School

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Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

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Steve Leaver’s Summary

Working with senior leaders and their teams, both locally and globally, enabling them to explore their hidden depths and enable their peak performance whilst ensuring they maintain a clear focus on generating benefits by positively impacting business results.

An experienced coach working in the area of leadership development for many years, developing the PeakDepths philosophy based on a personal and pragmatic approach to building high performance. With an initial technical and management career in telecommunications before moving into a people development role.

A passion for developing and embedding formal and informal coaching into the leadership and management of individuals and teams at all levels, or as part of a wider programme of development or change.

Can also offer a unique blend of coaching and development built around an introduction to scuba diving (for non-divers) or a diving experience for existing divers. Dive qualification courses can also be integrated into wider coaching and development programmes (as can other experiential activities).

HIGHLIGHTS
> Executive high performance coaching programmes
> Coaching senior leaders, their teams and new coaches
> Working in M&A and other high change environments
> Establishing L&D functions – on a traditional and full cost recovery basis
> Succession planning and development of talent management strategies
> Design & development of a Virtual Corporate University
> Design and implementation of global leadership development programmes
> Developed learning and development plans for international start-ups
> Creation of accredited graduate & professional development programmes
> Provision of open learning capabilities
> Involvement in government, academic and commuity sponsored initiatives

Steve Leaver’s Specialties:

Executive Coaching
High Performance Coaching
Senior Individual and Team Development
Development of high potential groups and self-managing talent
Using scuba diving as a vehicle for coaching and development

Steve Leaver’s Experience

Affiliate

Woodstone Consulting

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

Having worked with the company as a client for over 2 years, I now have an affiliate relationship with them
Director & Trustee

EBPWB

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

EBPWB (Education Business Partnership - West Berkshire) is a local charity which promotes and organises Work Related Learning for young people in Education.

The purpose of the Partnership is to take action at all levels to assist pupils and students to become better equipped for the demands of working life in a rapidly changing society by promoting effective education and business collaboration at a local level.
Managing Director & Leadership Coach

PeakDepths Limited

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

An experienced coach working in the area of leadership development for many years, developing the PeakDepths philosophy based on a personal and pragmatic approach to building high performance.

Enabling senior executives and their teams to explore their hidden depths and achieve their peak performance both as individuals and as teams.

Enabling confident & competent individuals, working within mutually supportive team environments, to deliver exceptional performance and enhanced business results.

"Enabling Peak Performance . . .
. . . Exploring Hidden Depths"

Working with senior individuals and their teams both locally and globally.
Master Scuba Diver Trainer - PADI MSDT 624268

Thatcham Divers

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

December 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)

Self-employed Master Scuba Diver Trainer (PADI - OWSI from Dec 2002, then MSDT from Dec 2003).

Diving with a group of friends under the name of Thatcham Divers.

Introducing people to the world of scuba diving, primarily through DiveStyle in Reading (www.divestyle.co.uk), but also on an independent basis.

Providing scuba experiences for my leadership coaching business, PeakDepths Limited (www.peakdepths,com)

Freelance diving instructor delivering scuba diving qualifications and experiences as stand alone events or integrated into wider programmes of activity. Programmes can be either community or corporate based, and offered locally or further afield.
Learning & Development Director

Galileo by Travelport (formerly Cendant)

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

February 2004 — May 2007 (3 years 4 months)

Coaching of senior individuals and teams. Development of coaches. Development & delivery of management & leadership programmes. High potential identification & development. Talent management. Development & delivery of tailored workshops around teams, change and career. Management of broader L&D function.
Independent Consultant
Sole Proprietorship

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

January 2002 — January 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Contracts covering: Learning & Development, Online Learning Environments, Knowledge Management and Leadership
Group Training Executive

Vodafone Group plc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry)

1990 — 2001 (11 years )

Establishment and development of a 'full-service' traning capability. Technical, personal, management & leadership development. Succession planning. Project & programme management. Online learning. International start-ups. Graduate & professional development programmes. Liaison with government, academia & local communities.
Group Training Manager

Vodafone

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

March 1990 — June 1996 (6 years 4 months)
Training Manager

GPT

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

1988 — 1990 (2 years )

Management of craft, IT & personal development training. 600 trainees on various training programmes (graduates, students, technicians, apprentices). Establishment of an online learning capability.
Software Centre

GEC Telecommunications

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

1979 — 1988 (9 years )

Design & development of operating system software for "System X" telephone exchanges. Resourcing of permanent & contract staff for software projects. Development of graduate & professional software staff.
Computing Undergraduate

Jaguar Cars

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

January 1978 — August 1978 (8 months)

Software development of electronic test systems for the XJS. Based in Coventry.

This undergraduate placement resulted in Jaguar sponsoring me through the final year of my degree.
Computing Undergraduate

Ministry of Defence

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

July 1976 — December 1976 (6 months)

Software development of MoD systems on an undergraduate work placement. Based in London

Steve Leaver’s Education

The University of Salford

MSc , Strategic Leadership (Learning & Development) , 1996 — 1999
Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (hons) , Computing Science , 1975 — 1979
Leigh Grammar School

'O' & 'A' Levels 1968 — 1975

Additional Information

Steve Leaver’s Websites:

Steve Leaver’s Interests:

Learning in all its facets - helping others learn Scuba diving (www.thatchamdivers.com) and travel Problem solving - from jigsaws to plumbing! Reading - mainly fantasy (eg. Tolkien, Pratchett, Donaldson, Brooks, Rawn)

Steve Leaver’s Groups:

Member of the Association for Coaching - MAC
Member of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC)
British Computer Society (BCS) - CEng, MBCS, CITP
Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) - Associate Member
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) - Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)