Coach
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I've worked in HR, learning and development, and organisational development for over 20 years across a range of well-known brands, including Pizza Hut, Weight Watchers (WW), and most recently Partou in the early years sector. Throughout my career, I've partnered with both operational and head office teams, designing and delivering learning across the entire employee lifecycle. My experience includes induction and onboarding, management and senior leadership development, employee engagement, organisational effectiveness, change management, and creating positive employee experiences from attraction through to exit. I'm also an accredited Insights Discovery practitioner and have been facilitating Insights programmes since 2021. After delivering these sessions internally for several years, I'm now excited to be working independently, helping organisations use Insights Discovery to strengthen self-awareness, improve team relationships, and develop more effective leaders.
My training style is inclusive, engaging, and highly practical. I believe everyone learns differently, so I design sessions that cater to a variety of learning styles. I also encourage participants to make the most of the time they've been given to learn. Training is a valuable opportunity to step away from the demands of everyday work, connect with others, gain fresh perspectives, and leave with practical tools and ideas they can immediately apply in the workplace. My goal is for every participant to leave feeling more confident, capable, and motivated to put their learning into practice.
One person who inspires me is Brené Brown. I really connect with her work around empathy, and the importance of creating environments where people feel safe to be themselves. When you see her in everything she does, she demonstrates those qualities so incredibly well.
One quote that has always stayed with me is from Richard Branson: "Train people well enough so they can leave, but treat them well enough so they don't." I love the element of this quote that says we should always be developing our people to be the best that they can be. We should give them the skills, confidence, and opportunities to grow, so much so that they have the ability to leave, but create an environment where they don’t want to because they feel valued, supported, and treated so well.