Director SMP Solutions
United Kingdom
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- Owner/Director at SMP Solutions (Career & People Development) Ltd
- Past
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- Various Area Manager North London, Operations Manager - People Project, Pay & Benefits Manager at Going Places
- Various roles Harrow Branch Manager, London Area Manager, Area Director Mid & East Counties at Pickfords Travel
- Regional Director, South at Pickfords Travel
- Education
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- Horsenden Secondary Modern
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Steve Preston’s Summary
Career Development Coaching & Workshops to help people move their careers to the next level or into self employment
Redundancy Ouplacement for businesses downsizing or restructuring to provide professional career management support for staff being released to move them to the next stage of their careers
Steve Preston’s Specialties:
Career Development, Career Workshops, Career Coaching, Career Change, Helping with Redundancy, Redundancy Outplacement. Interview Skills, Self Employment & Portfolio Careers, CV Writing, Job Search Strategy, Self Marketing
Management Development, Team Development, Group and Team Facilitation, Facilitation of Team Awaydays and Focus Groups.
Steve Preston’s Experience
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Owner/Director
SMP Solutions (Career & People Development) Ltd
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
SMP Solutions is a respected independent consultancy specialising in expert career development and career transition programmes for individuals and for businesses:-
Individuals
Promotion, job change, career change, returning to employment programmes
Businesses
Redundancy Outplacement & Career Management programmes
Team Development programmes
Team Motivation programmes
Management development programmes
Business Coaching
What makes us different is our flexible approach, our passion for helping you succeed and our business ethos and integrity. We pride ourselves on being experts, on the relationships we build with our clients and the success we achieve together. -
Various Area Manager North London, Operations Manager - People Project, Pay & Benefits Manager
Going Places
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
1994 — 2001 (7 years)
Headed up numerous key projects including a massive change management project aimed at integrating 2 aquired companies to achieve a new company vision. Involved development of a culture of excellence and ground breaking reward and benefit schemes to move the business forward into a new era of success and profitability.
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Various roles Harrow Branch Manager, London Area Manager, Area Director Mid & East Counties
Pickfords Travel
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
1982 — 1994 (12 years)
Sales and Operational Management. Developing Managers and Teams to deliver to defined performance standards.
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Regional Director, South
Pickfords Travel
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
1988 — 1990 (2 years)
Board level position at a key time of company growth through both organic green field sites and aquisition. Responsible for a team of 9 Area Managers and 150+ locations.
Steve Preston’s Education
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Horsenden Secondary Modern
1967 — 1971
Additional Information
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Steve Preston’s Interests:
Personal Development, Leadership, Employee Engagement, Coaching, What makes people tick, Writing, Travel especially Australia, New Zealand & North America, Rock Music, Real Ale, Tennis, Table Tennis, Golf, Skiing and Football.
Steve Preston’s Honors:
National Top Area Awards x 2, Regional top Area Awards x2, National Business Development Award
Steve Preston’s Contact Settings
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