As an hotelier, I’ve always taken an active interest in
people. After all, for hotels people are both the product and the
customer.
I came to coaching in search of a new challenge – something
that would both stretch and fulfil me after nearly 20 years’ corporate
experience, both in the UK and overseas, and 8 years running my own
business.
What I bring to coaching is a passion for developing both
individuals and teams to realise their full potential – both in their work
and home life. That includes having some fun!
I get a real buzz from working with groups. I love opening
doors to both possibility and growth. As a practical person, I enjoy the
common sense approach of coaching. I know what a huge effect having a
coach has had on me – both personally and in my business. That’s why I’m
keen to share the benefits of coaching alongside my business experience with
my clients.
Current
coaching activity:
Personal development, business and group coach, mentor and workshop leader
Coach training:
Coach University (USA) Coach Training Programme, Member
International Coach Federation
Background:
Hotelier, lecturer, trainer, business owner, business consultant
B
usiness and personal
divorces taught me some hard lessons about relationships... hence the grey
hair. But they also gave me the motivation to search for the principles
behind effective relationships, both in and out of the workplace.
Training as a marital therapist, a psychology degree and
two sets of coach training followed, alongside running my own business. More
importantly, I began to put into practice emerging ideas in practical
situations in the workplace.
Then there was the feedback:
Richard has
the gravitas and impact that is required to make something as important as
coaching come across in way that is simple to comprehend without dumbing
down the benefits of this important business tool, whilst making courses fun
and great environment in which to learn.
Our
two-day Management Team Meeting was a huge success. It was tough going;
the first day in particular threw up some real problems and I was not sure
how it would all end. However,
having agreed the objective with Richard in advance I found it an immense
benefit not to have to manage the process
as well as think about my own role and how I relate to other
team
members. As a facilitator he stuck to the terms of reference and time
scales, although he did this flexibly, and we got what we wanted - a
management team that is united and has a clear sense of its role and
priorities in the coming year. Great.
This encouraged me to pursue these techniques and ideas
and to bring them together to create the Trust Model for business relationship coaching.
Current
coaching activity:
Business relationship coach; coach skills trainer; Co-President UK
International Coach Federation, UK Head of Training Resulsts Coaching
Systems.
Coach
training/accreditation:
Associate Certified Coach (ICF),
Certified (Level 2) Coach with Results Coaching Systems;
Co-active Coach Intermediary course with Coaches Training Institute (USA).
Background:
Journalist, business writer,
business owner, marriage guidance counsellor.
BILL
MCDERMOTT OBE MAC, Associate Coach and
Trainer
A
background in operational management and high performance team training led
me naturally towards a career in coaching, where I specialise in executive,
business and career coaching as well as team building and workshop
facilitation.
My focus over the
past 4 years has been on providing executive, career and life coaching
services in the commercial, banking, SME and public sectors.
Following high
profile, international leadership, humanitarian, and operational management
roles, I have had significant exposure to different cultures and ways of
working, oftentimes in challenging situations.
I consider myself
to be a seasoned coach with a persuasive style that is stimulating,
supportive and fluent, based on a desire to make the process enjoyable by
facilitating clients to develop and achieve their potential.
Current coaching activity:
Business and career development, mentor training, behavioural traits and
communication skills and workshop facilitation.
Coach Training:
Founding Corporate Member of the Association for Coaching, Accredited Penna
Executive Coach (PCC), a Certified Results Life Coach, as well as a
Predictive Psychometric Profiling (P3) Practitioner and Interpreter and I
facilitate a variety of training courses.
Background: Following a
career serving with the Royal Marines I became a Director of a Coaching and
Organisation Development Consultancy, People Plus Solutions Ltd, where I
have spent 5 years providing coaching, assessment and selection and
consultancy services. I am also a director of a sports control body
providing the integrity services, tribunals and authority for greyhound
racing. When time allows I have a passion for all sports.
KATHERINE DARLEY, Associate Coach and Trainer
Katherine is an organisation development and strategic change management
consultant who also specialises in the complementary field of executive,
business and personal development coaching.
Formerly a Director and European Practice Leader in a global management
consultancy, Katherine has two decades of experience leading major
enterprise transformation programmes.
Her formative career was in the creative arts.
An
NLP practitioner, Katherine is expert in behavioural and communication
assessment tools, situational leadership techniques, coaching for results
and value-based management consulting methods. She is Prince 2 accredited.
Katherine is passionate about promoting exceptional people and organisation
development practice. Her personal style is creative, insightful and
facilitative.
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