Specialisms

A deep understanding of how organisations really change and a collaborative approach to help make it happen.

Strong facilitation skills, harnessing the psychological, the organisational – and the political – dimensions of a challenge, to achieve a group’s objectives.

Highly experienced executive coach.

Pragmatic consultancy skills.

Accredited in PROPHET,MBTI, Insights, Hogan, SDI, EQi, StrengthsFinder and Strengthscope psychometric tools.

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Career highlights

Being selected as a partner to Fairfax, one of the most ethical and successful companies on the planet, and entrusted with helping embed their culture globally.

Being privileged enough to work on a number of the thorniest and most high profile cultural transformation programmes – and with some of the most amazing, but downtrodden, people to achieve positive shifts.

My book, Savvy, being shortlisted as management book of the year. It didn’t win, but the shortlist was gratifying enough!

Working as a columnist for The Independent newspaper on the subject of office politics, and a frequent contributor to the Financial Times and a wide range of other newspapers and journals.

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Why I do this work

I have been obsessed by organisational improvement since my very first job, and was lucky enough to have a boss who allowed me to get on with it. People don’t choose to be involved in useless processes and unproductive (or even toxic) relationships. They mostly want to do a good job, collaborate and contribute. Working with individuals and teams to unlock this potential, and make people feel better at work, is hugely rewarding for me. I have been with Nicholson McBride for over 30 years and love the variety of the work and the range of people I get involved with.

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My Edge

I would like to think that I can engage people and accelerate progress. After a two-day strategic workshop, one participant said: “We’ve made more progress in these two days, than a full-time seconded team has in three months.” Designing processes which fully capitalise on the brains and the motivations of the people in the room, and facilitating them well, is what I feel I can contribute.