 Glyn Jones Director of Advanced Learning Associates |
Glyn works as a Coach, and facilitates Leadership and Management Development, Personal Development and Team Development activities. He has over 20 years experience including fifteen as head of training and development departments of a number of large organisations. He has consulted with organisations in health care, the public sector, automobile manufacturing and sales, food manufacturing, steel making, banking, housing associations, petroleum, IT and higher education. Glyn brings extensive experience of working with leaders and managers at senior levels in international banks, higher education and conglomerates. The techniques he uses include 360 degree feedback, Psychometric Instruments, appropriate methods of Coaching and Action Learning. He identifies the process of enabling individuals in making the transition from leading self to leading others and from leading a team to leading other managers as being critical to the success of leaders in organisations. He works extensively with individuals in overcoming barriers and becoming effective leaders. Glyn is an associate of the Leadership Foundation of Higher Education for the UK, an organisation dedicated to enhancing the quality of leaders and managers in the sector. The clients that he has worked with include ABN AMRO Bank, Airbus Industries, Alder Haye NHS Foundation Trust, Allerdale Borough Council, Balfour Beatty, BP, BAE Systems, Blackburn Borough Council, BNFL, BMW, Carlisle Housing Association, Deutsche Asset Management, GEHE UK, Haden Building Management, Nokia, , P&O Nedlloyd, Toyota, Thyssenkrupp, Bournemouth University, University College Dublin, University of Edinburgh, Lancaster University, University of Leeds, Newcastle University, University of Oxford, University of Cumbria, Cornwall College. Qualifications Glyn has an MA in Management Learning and a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching from Lancaster University. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an accredited user of MBTI Steps I & II, Fundamental Interpersonal Relationships Orientations – Behaviour (FIRO- B) and is accredited to use TMSDI Linking Skills Profile. |
 Robert Gibson Partners in Development |
Robert has been a team member, supervisor, manager and leader throughout all stages of his working life. He also has a wealth of other relevant inputs including public appointments in the arts as well as jazz playing and radio broadcasting. He has a reputation for working in a sensitive, client-centred way to surface issues that need thorough attention. In order to build a trusting and positive climate, he creates a supportive and challenging relationship (in whatever the development setting) so that true ownership of and commitment for the desired change is achieved. He has experience in Training, Development and HR roles in Manufacturing, Wholesale and Retail for the Cooperative Movement; HR, Training and Development for ICI Fibres then senior management in ICI Chemicals and Polymers, latterly as architect and leader for global Total Quality education and workforce engagement. Since becoming an independent consultant and associate of ALA, his work with clients includes:
Robert is also a director of Partners in Development www. partnersindevelopment.co.uk |
 Stuart Hunt Stuart Hunt Ltd |
Stuart Hunt has worked in the HE sector for the last 17 years as a professional trainer and consultant, specialising in the areas of Communication and Management skills and in Team development. Over recent years he has become increasingly engaged in organisational development, and provides support to people and teams working through significant organisational change; he also provides coaching support to managers. Since 2006, Stuart has been an independent management and organisational development consultant, and is a key Associate of the LFHE. Previously, Stuart was working as the Management Development Manager at the University of Central Lancashire, where he was the project leader for a series of major cultural, leadership and organisational change programmes. Prior to his work at the University, Stuart spent time as a freelance training consultant, and in his early career has worked in both local government and the voluntary housing sector as a training officer. Stuart can be contacted on 01524 388492 |
 Andrew Scott Andrew Scott |
Andrew Scott is a highly experienced Development Consultant, working independently since 1988. He works with creativity and flair to enthuse people about learning and change. He has particular skills in leadership and career development coaching, in the facilitation of groups experiencing difficulties or major challenges in their work, and in working with individuals and organisations who are striving for exceptional results such as rapid and dramatic growth. He also draws from a wide range of interests - from his practical experience as a director of a Swimming Pool to his private interests in philosophy and music - to inform his work in stimulating ways. Typical Interventions in which Andrew has been involved are
He has worked with teams and individuals at all levels in organizations ranging from universities to the Police, and Financial Services to Manufacturing and fmcg. His current interests are exploring the ways in which we construct narratives to make sense of experience (for good or for ill); and persuading clients that a day’s walking in the Lake District is more likely to lead to breakthrough thinking than a week’s sitting in an office. Andrew has an MA (Oxon), is MBTI Qualified and is Member of Institute of Directors. |
 Mike Williams Mike Williams and Partners |
Mike is an international management consultant. He is the author of twelve published books - and many articles - on organisational behaviour, coaching, leadership and management. He served full time - and subsequently as a volunteer reservist - in the Royal Navy (Intelligence) and then the Royal Marines (SBS and Commando). He is a Russion linguist. Mike has an M.Sc in the fields of influencing management performance and the identification of executive potential. He teaches at leading European Business Schools, as visiting Faculty, including IMD, Lausanne, IEDC, Bled and the Theseus Institute at Nice. Previously, he taught at IMI (Geneva) as visiting Faculty, for 10 years, at Ashridge and Templeton College, Oxford. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Leadership Trust, who have pioneered leader development, in the UK since 1976. He draws upon over twenty years’ managerial and leadership experience in the packaging, iron & steel, engineering , automotive and ceramic industries , including roles in manufacturing, sales and marketing, HR and organisation development. Mike is an accredited user of several MBTI and FIRO-B, TMS Team Management profiles and the Chally predictive psychometric system. His principal clients include: ICI, GUS, Stora Enso (Sweden, Finland and Russia), Akzo Nobel (Holland), Organon (Global), Generali (Italy), Europ Assistance (Austria & Eastern Europe), Metra (Finland), Novartis (Scandinavia), Roche Pharma (Switzerland), McCain Foods (USA & Canada), Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Northern Ireland Electricity, MbO (Denmark), Üster Technologies (Switzerland), Management Centre Europe (Belgium), and several major banks, including ABN AMRO, ING Group and HSBC Typical assignments are - Identification of managerial, leadership and professional potential; Coaching at Board level, in corporate governance; One-to-one coaching of directors and senior executives; Team building at Board level and below; Cross-functional interfacing and integration; Major organisation transformation and change programmes. |
 Ann Bowen-Jones |
Ann is a skilled and highly experienced individual and team coach, facilitator, consultant and trainer with specialist expertise in:
She is a long-standing associate of Durham Business School, tutoring on a wide range of leadership development programmes, e.g. Institute of Directors. Ann created and ran Awaken New Connections, a NE cross-sector discussion forum involving workshops, debates and talks on leadership issues. Qualifications: B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society |
 Gwen Greaves |
Gwen has extensive experience in management and leadership development in both public and private sectors. Gwen had a successful career in Financial Services encompassing various disciplines including H.R. & Training, Marketing and Sales Management at National & Regional level, and as a Branch Manager for NatWest in the Thames Valley. She then applied her skills and knowledge to establish and run a small business, which provided invaluable, practical & commercial experience. In 1995, Gwen chose to build on her own management training and experience, utilising her strong interpersonal and leadership skills, and moved into training & development consultancy. She works with managers at all levels in organizations and enjoys contributing to their development as managers and leaders. Gwen brings much positive energy, humour and understanding to her interventions. She is adaptable and sensitive to the needs of others and will challenge thinking and behaviour in a supportive way in order to bring about positive changes. She is fascinated by the dynamics of human behaviour and uses her experience, skills and knowledge to facilitate effective working relationships.
Gwen is a Master Practitioner of NLP, Master Practitioner of TimeLine Therapy, Master Hypnotist and Licensed Practitioner of Insights Discovery. She is a fluent Welsh speaker. Gwen believes that people have enormous potential to grow and develop. She is an empowering and intuitive coach who is dedicated to helping others to transform their working and personal lives so that they are not only able to achieve their most valued goals, but also to enjoy the journey getting there. |