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Susan Binnersley (MCIPD)

A chartered, multilingual business partner and former Human Resources Director, I have held several key appointments in HR and operational management. My personal philosophy of treating all individuals with dignity and respect plays a large part in the successful outcome of some very challenging situations and underpins my approach to all the work we do at h2hr.

To date, my extensive and diverse career has included work with several large multinationals alongside many senior leadership teams in both highly unionised and politically sensitive environments; playing a key role in transformational change programmes including merger, acquisition and multicultural situations. Experience in a variety of leadership roles, both within HR and direct line management, has further reinforced my passion for a “value added” commitment: identifying opportunities within our client organisations that ensure our consultant fees are self-financing and providing a tangible contribution to their bottom line.

An experienced group facilitator, performance and career coach, I am also accredited to administer and interpret a range of psychometric tests and personality questionnaires.

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Helen Stephenson

I started my career at Nestle working on shifts, running a team on the shop floor where I gained an excellent understanding of both manufacturing practices and pressures. I moved cross functionally within Nestle into HR, where I progressed through a variety of generalist HR roles supporting graduate recruitment, development centres and succession planning to coordinating large scale restructuring programmes and managing an HR team. After a successful career at Nestle I moved to Sara Lee to a project based role responsible for designing and introducing management competencies and associated elements such as 360 appraisal across the business.

I have since continued to expand my work in HR operating as a consultant for 8 years working on both an interim and project basis for a number of FMCG and blue chip clients. With over 15 years experience in HR I believe very strongly in providing support to both the management team and the individuals within an organisation.

My experience to date has spanned a number of different industry sectors from food manufacturing, aviation, furniture, retail, household and body care, software resellers to the pharmaceutical industry.

Recent experience covers a broad range of downsizing activities ranging from project planning redundancies to training senior managers in consultation and assisting affected employees through the whole process. I have experience in delivering both outplacement support for individual managers and running a range of group workshops to give individuals the confidence and knowledge to formulate their own career and job search action plans.

Feedback received to date suggests that my skills and experience enable me to influence at all levels whilst adopting a professional and caring approach operating at all times with honesty and integrity. I am experienced in coaching and delivering training and have a pragmatic, hands on approach to all people matters whilst recognising and understanding the needs and demands of an organisation.

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Keeley Shaw

My first role in business was supporting an HR team in a large organisation from here I moved onto senior PA roles. I am an experienced PA having worked in a number of different sectors including the aviation sector, property investment and the Health Service before joining the business at h2hr. You are likely to come across me if you call the office as your first point of contact.

My role at h2hr involves managing all the administrative aspects of the business, from providing training material, delegate management, project coordination, organising interesting and stimulating venues for development activities to managing diaries and travel. It is extremely important to me to establish valuable working relationships with all our clients to ensure projects are managed effectively. I am told I am pivotal to keeping things running smoothly back at the office whilst our consultants spend their time out and about with clients so that everyone is supported and kept up to speed with any changing arrangements.

Some of the things I am really proud of are representing Susan and h2hr at local networking events, setting up the new office, putting in place all the procedures and the biggest achievement for me has been setting up and running a support centre for clients on their site and providing information, advice and guidance to employees.

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Alan Smith

Alan is a highly qualified business consultant whose career spans senior line management and human resource development roles within national and international organisations. As a former Head of HRD within a highly acquisitive international bank, Alan worked with a broad spectrum of leadership teams in the design and implementation of transnational culture change programmes; transformational leadership programmes; and business integration processes.

Alan’s tangible contribution to development of the workforce at all levels and the successful realignment of business strategies received measurable recognition within the organisation and the wider financial services and HRD communities.

Since the end of 1996, Alan has acted as a business consultant to organisations across a wide range of industry sectors helping them to align their people and organisational development strategies. His focus is always on the delivery of measurable and sustainable bottom line benefits for client organisations.

He has extensive experience of designing and delivering business and management programmes in the private sector and within academe. His areas of expertise include: leadership and change, with a strong emphasis on customer-centred cultures; understanding, interpreting and managing financial information; strategic marketing; project management; and performance coaching.

Alan holds a Masters Degree (MSc) in Human Resource Development from Lancaster University; he is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a member of the International Speakers Panel; he is a Member of the Institute and Development; and he is an Associate Member of the University Forum for Human Resource Development. He has held positions on several national industry bodies and academic institutions. of Personnel

Alan is currently researching advances in the convergence of interactive technologies (i.e. television, the internet and mobile phones) and their potential for enhancing professional development within organisations.

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Alison Willocks (MSc, FCIPD)

After a lengthy career in the defence sector Alison moved into consultancy to follow a personal passion to support individuals teams and organisations achieve superior levels of performance in the ever-changing business world.  She now does this in her work as a coach of individuals and teams across a range of business sectors and as a facilitator of high impact development interventions for both public and private sector organisations.   

Whilst in corporate life, most recently as HR Director within BAE Systems, Alison has experienced and led significant change interventions driven out of mergers, restructuring, downsizing, process and technological developments.  In doing this she has acquired a good understanding of the key levers for organisational effectiveness and in particular what can be done to minimise the adverse impact of change on individual, team and business performance.  It is this practical operational experience blended with strong coaching skills that allow Alison to quickly assimilate the organisational contexts that individuals operate within and so design impactful development interventions which deliver performance benefits to both the individual and their organisation.    

As an executive coach, Alison‘s approach is based on practical creativity and clarity of purpose. She is sensitively but demandingly challenging in pursuit of her clients realising their true potential and achieving their personal and professional ambitions.

Since forming her business, Alison has worked with a range of public and private sector clients including;

Home Office, BAE Systems, Inchcape, Lancashire Constabulary, ABN AMRO, Royal Sun Alliance, Carillion, Aegon, Tube Lines, McLaren Automotive, Royal Mail, Co op Financial Services, Lancaster University

Alison has as an MSc in Strategic Personnel and Development and is a graduate of the Meyler Campbell Business Coach Programme.  During her coaching study, Alison has developed a real interest in the theory and research underpinning coaching practise which she is building upon in her work as Chair of the Coaching Steering Group at Lancaster and as a founding member of the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP).  She is a Chartered Fellow of CIPD and an Affiliate of BPS. University

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Antony Shearn

A Learning & Development specialist, noted for introducing best practice and leading-edge approaches into major organisations, Antony has a track record of providing measurable business benefits from significant innovation. From a background in financial services, and computing, he now provides management and organisation development for a wide range of private and public sector organisations.

An acknowledged expert in all aspects of Accelerated Learning, with more than 15 years continuous experience and advocacy, he pioneered its use as Training & Development Manager at Clerical Medical Investment Group (CMIG), and Halifax plc (now HBOS) long before it was widely known in the UK. He continues to train other trainers widely in the application of these important techniques, and to integrate them into major projects and programmes. His article on Accelerated Learning Design, published in Training Journal  Sept 2005, outlines his unique approach to this work.

Trained in Change Agent Skills & Strategies at the University, he is a long-standing and active advocate of experiential and work-based learning. His ground-breaking approach to development for senior managers at Halifax plc, driven entirely by Action Learning processes, produced both measurable business benefits and profound personal learning for those involved. It was described by Mike Pedler – a leading authority in this field - as “radical and innovative; unlike anything I’ve seen elsewhere - something a lot of businesses are looking for”.  He has since refined this into a distinctive approach that enables people to develop these skills very rapidly. of Surrey

As Principal Consultant for TMS Development International he led their international Accreditation programmes, providing consultancy and team development for their high-profile and international client base. He is an expert in all aspects of Team Management Systems (Margerison-McCann) – the most comprehensive and widely-used suite of diagnostics for analysis of individual work preferences, project and team management requirements, personal and team conflicts, and team performance.

Antony has worked with individual managers and groups at all levels from front-line supervisory to CEOs. Committed to the most rapid and effective approaches to learning and personal development, he is a Certified Silva Method Instructor (CSMI), and an Accredited Trainer with Win Wenger’s Project Renaissance. He is also an NLP Business Practitioner and an accredited Future-basing™ Coach, and has trained in Psychosynthesis, Change Agent Skills, Dramatherapy, Psychodynamics, and Developmental Voicework with major universities and institutions. He is accredited in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and the full range of TMS psychometrics.

His clients have included United Utilities, Bang & Olufsen, Britannia Building Society, Focus DIY, Dept of Health, Balfour-Beatty, The Learning & Skills Council, ELWa, Roche Pharmaceuticals, NPower, and many others. He is an Associate for the National School of Government.  He is a Bachelor of Law (LLB).

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Debbie Bell

Debbie is an organisational development consultant who has fourteen years experience of working in both the private and public sector. She combines commercial acumen with an understanding of the key principles required to achieve organisational effectiveness through people.

She is energetic, committed and challenging in her approach. Her background consists of working in a large corporate organisation as an HR Director and as a consequence has a broad range of experience working with senior leaders to middle managers addressing all aspects of people management.

She has worked closely with Lancaster University Leadership Centre since 1995 and is an Honorary Teaching Fellow. Her business and practical experience with academic understanding brings rigour and depth to her work.

Debbie’s key areas of expertise include:

Maximising performance of people through good management practice including recruitment, implementation of robust appraisal systems, clarity of managers role in this and the development of the required coaching and influencing skills to support this. Runs workshops and master classes for both private and public sector organisations.  

Leadership Development including working with organisations such as Airbus, BAE Systems, and the Centre for Excellence in Leadership;

Team Development around strategy formulation and implementation;

Behavioural development aligning personal change to business strategy, performance enhancement and cultural change.

Executive coaching delivering coaching and mentoring workshops for leaders, also provides 1-1 development coaching from senior to middle managers.

The above have been developed at both a strategic and operational level.

Debbie takes a leading role in a number of organisational development programmes both working in conjunction with Lancaster and other consultants. She has experience in developing accredited leadership programmes for both senior leaders and middle managers. Her style is business focused yet facilitative and her roles include academic tutor as well as development consultant. Her client centred approach ensures that there is an optimum level of support and challenge in the client relationship. She conducts both individual coaching sessions around sustaining performance, behavioural change and fast track high performers to maximise and develop potential. University

Team coaching tends to explore team performance, team dynamics and its impact on performance.

Qualifications and Skills

BA ( Hons) English and History (2:2) (Manchester) University

Lifo accredited to deliver Lifo orientations profile

Accredited to deliver Emotional Competency Inventory

Graduate of Meyler Campbell Business Coach programme accredited by the Law Society.

Attended Tavistock Leadership, Power and Authority Leicester Conference in 2004.

Sample of recent/client work

BAE Systems – Delivering PDR Master classes  for experienced managers and workshops for individuals new to the process.

Lancaster University – as Teaching Fellow delivers Certificate in Management Programmes for Airbus, Great Places and Royal Sun Alliance. This is a practical programme enabling managers to understand leadership theory and how it informs their practice.

BAE Systems – delivery of an Achieving High Performance programme with Executives. Over 300 have attended module 1 covering Business awareness and leadership.

Great Places- Coaching and Mentoring Programme, developing the internal coaching capability within the organization to specifically deal with group projects.

 Lancaster – Coach on the World Class Leaders Programme, CEL Diploma. The purpose of the coaching is to explore with the coachee their application of learning, explore inner blocks to their leadership style and establish actions for dealing with some of their challenges in the group project. University

 I have a range of private coaching clients. Most of these individuals are having coaching around understanding their behaviour and the impact on their leadership style.

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Jonathan Pulleyn

Jonathan has over twenty-five years experience within Sales, Management and Training. His career began in local newspapers selling advertising and features, where in the space of six months he became top salesman in the department. After two years he was promoted into a new team dealing with the motor industry and negotiating with major manufacturers and advertising agencies. A further six months later saw promotion to branch manager, heading up a weekly paid for newspaper. His success resulted in promotion to training manager, responsible both for training over seventy sales and management staff and selling co-operative advertising with Blue-Chip companies. Jonathan was then headhunted to join a northern daily morning newspaper as Sales Manager.

Jonathan returned to the training and development field and works with a varied and international client base including National Breakdown (Green Flag), News International, Hallmark Cards, Bradford and Bingley and TTi Tools. In 1998, Jonathan was a finalist in Sales Presenter of the Year category of the Institute. of Professional Sales Awards

Jonathan has an energetic and engaging style that excites delegates and embeds learning.  He facilitates a range of leadership and management development activities with particular expertise in key account management; sales and performance management.

Jonathan is also a licensed Life Orientations behavioral styles practitioner.

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Martin Jones

Based in the North West of England. He has a 1^st class Engineering degree and 27 years experience in industry - initially as an Aerospace Future Projects Engineer and Project Leader, and most recently for 15 years as a management & change consultant, an executive level facilitator, and interpersonal skills trainer.

Recent clients include Lancashire Police, United Utilities, Manchester Airport Group, AXA Insurance, BAE Systems, Computer Sciences Corporation, and South Staffordshire Water.

His current work ranges from: bespoke project team development/planning workshops; inter-organisational partnering workshops, board level strategy facilitation, through to 1:1 executive coaching. In addition, Martin designs and delivers a wide range of management and interpersonal skills learning programmes such as ‘Change Consulting’, ‘Advanced Facilitation’, ‘Positive Influence Skills', ‘High Performance Career Coaching’, ’Developing Others’ …

Alongside his core skills, he is a qualified NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner, and NLP Change Facilitation Practitioner. Martin brings a helpful blend of a very personable nature, an excellent ability to conceptualise what’s happening, and the knack of asking ‘the questions’ that need asking.

Recent achievements include:

Design and delivery of key senior executive interpersonal skills programmes ranging from influencing, coaching, through to facilitation, and performance management skills.

Facilitation of several Aerospace Project Team Strategy and Planning workshops – developing plan clarity, and team commitment to results.

Facilitating board level workshops to develop task and organisational clarity and enhanced team working.

Coaching Board Directors within the Aerospace Industry: topics ranging from personal impact, business strategy, performance under pressure, to work-life balance and critical career choices.

Mobilisation of a key change programme within the services arm of South Staffordshire Water.

Delivery of extensive Career Management and Career Development programmes and workshops, with in-depth 1:1 coaching follow up.

Guest speaker at a 200-strong Exec Conference on ‘Change, Challenge & Choices’.

Martin is fascinated to help individuals and teams to achieve both results together with a sense satisfaction in what they do - something all too often lost in the grip of large organisations.

Martin lives in South Manchester with wife Amanda and five year old twins Matthew and Lauren. His behavioural skills do not extend to parenting. If there was such a thing as a hobby anymore, it would be outside, doing something dangerous.

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Paul Nicholson (CPsychol, AFBPsS, MSc, BSc (Hons))

Paul Nicholson is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist who specialises in the in depth assessment and development of key employees. For many years, Paul has been providing training and consultancy support to clients in both public and private sectors, working with a wide variety of different organisations. Previously, Paul was Senior Consultant with global consultancy SHL in Manchester providing people assessment and development solutions.

Paul is a people assessment and development specialist. His work ranges from the design of comprehensive competency models derived from detailed job analysis through to creating bespoke assessment and development exercises for clients. On the people development side, Paul provides varied development interventions for clients, including bespoke “day in the life of…” developments centres and intensive, diagnostic based coaching. He’s also highly experienced in facilitating large training and consultation events, and routinely is Lead Facilitator for events with between 50 and 100 delegates. Paul works both in the UK and overseas, and in the last 12 months these have included high profile projects in Germany and Saudi Arabia.

Examples of Previous Talent Management and Development Projects

Organisational competency and assessment design for a leading building society as part of strategic organisational development.

Organisational culture change in a large Metropolitan Council

Training over 100 middle and senior managers in positive coaching skills

 “Day in the life of…” development centres and coaching for a major bank.

Long term management coaching for senior managers in a leading University.

Leadership development for a large Government department.

Design and delivery of development centres with linked feedback and coaching for a large utility company.

Executive coaching for an international telecoms company.

Other Qualifications and experience

Paul is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Member of the Association of Business Psychologists, and Affiliate Member of the CIPD. Paul regularly uses an extensive range of different psychometric tests and questionnaires with clients, including OPQ, MBTI and Wave, and is a trained NLP and Appreciative Inquiry practitioner. Paul’s highly professional, adaptable and upbeat style translates easily to engage and work productively with clients ranging from Barristers to Graduates to Board Members.