Richard has over 30 years experience in business and in the third sector including plc's such as Intel and GEC-Marconi. His SME experience ranges from sales and marketing in the IT sector to CFO of an advertising agency.
In the not-for-profit sector he has held director level and trustee appointments. He has held significant positions in almost every core business function, which means that he can easily relate to the issues that leaders face.
Richard's skills have developed through independent coaching and working as manager-as-coach, so he is able both to develop leaders and to train them to use coaching in their own work. His recognition of the often unmet support needs of CEOs and directors of smaller organisations has led him to focus on working with people in these demanding leadership roles
Richard values uniqueness and tailors his approach to the individuality of his clients. Underlying all Richard's work is the belief that when people reflect on their experience and understand themselves - their personality, strengths, and ways of communicating -this transforms the way that they live and work as well as building the organisations that they are part of. "To do new things we need to see in fresh ways."
Qualifications
- MBA (Cranfield School of Management)
- Chartered Electrical Engineer
- Member of the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Business Consulting.
- Licensed practitioner for Insights® Discovery and SIMA® Who Do You Think You Are?
Quotes about some of Richard's work
"Richard is one of the most helpful and insightful people I have ever met..."
David Rigby, founder of Western Consultants Group
"Extremely motivating. I have found the programme especially helpful in realising my strengths, achievements and the things that are important to me. It has made me more aware of who I am... You have a great gift for this work."
Nikki Kenna, Camco ESD
"I was able to achieve one of my key objectives, with the full cooperation of my colleagues and within the limited amount of time that we had set aside. Thank you very much indeed."
Paul Bailey, Finance Director, Open Doors UK
"Fantastic! Richard provided us with a clear insight into where we were and where we needed to go in future. He quickly understood the issues we were dealing with and gave us creative and thought provoking suggestions that we can now put into practical action."
Vickie Wood, Fundraising Manager, Send a Cow
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