Biography:
Gavin has a strong business background working in Leadership Development, Consultancy, Coaching and Finance for BAE SYSTEMS plc and prior to that being trained by and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.
Following his successful corporate career he now specializes in delivering facilitation, business coaching and training to a wide range of businesses. Gavin is business outcome focused, supporting bottom line improvement and the achievement of organizational goals. He works with high potentials, senior teams and board level executives.
“Transformation” is one word frequently used by clients describing the impact of Gavin’s work. He has over 8 years of experience on a wide range of personal and business performance issues.
Clients Gavin has worked with include Aon, Bayer, Carphone Warehouse, Cigna Healthcare, Edward Jones, Fresenius Kabi, HMRC, HSBC, ICI, Norwich Union, Novartis, the Metropolitan Police and the United Nations in the Near East.
Languages spoken:
English
Qualifications:
NLP Business Master Practitioner and Master Practitioner, Train the Trainer.
Gavin is trained in tools/methodologies such as Action Learning, Process Consultancy, Momentum CPI, the Strengths Deployment Inventory, and leading edge strategies in behavioural change and persuasion.
Industry experience:
Gavin has experience in the Pharmaceutical, Banking, Financial Services, Defence, Healthcare, Hospitality, Humanitarian, Manufacturing, Leisure, Professional Services, Property, Retail, Telecoms and Public sectors.
Intervention specialisms:
Leadership Development, Team Development, Strategy, Accelerating business growth, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management, Persuasion & Influence, Goal Setting, Performance Management, Effective communication within organisations, Role change / promotion, Motivation, Personal effectiveness & Behavioural Change, Organisational change
Approach and competencies:
Gavin is passionate about helping his clients improve their performance. His facilitation and coaching style is non-directive and he knows when to provide robust challenge and when to support. His work is based upon careful diagnosis and upfront agreement of the outcomes of the intervention to ensure focus on delivering organisational benefit. With an intuitive flair and a vast “tool box” of interventions he consistently holds his clients to a higher standard. Whether his role is one of coach, facilitator or trainer he creates the right impact and gets results.
