Kevin - UK
Kevin is an experienced coach, facilitator and Transactional Analysis (TA) expert, used to working extensively at Board and Director level across small, medium and large corporations both in the UK and internationally.
His approach combines his international business experience across multiple sectors with rigorous psychological training. Particular areas of expertise include conflict resolution, enabling clients at all levels to raise awareness and understanding of the issues, situations or relationships they find challenging and consider solutions to find resolution. Kevin helps his clients to consider how their behaviour impacts their goal achievement, key relationships and stakeholders to ensure their choices about change are real and lasting. His approach is challenging yet supportive, guiding his clients to develop behaviours which allow them to take meaningful action towards change, within the context of organisational and personal expectations and objectives.
Kevin works with people and organisations globally to enhance Board, executive, leadership and management capability. He is adept at helping others thrive through transition and to manage multiple relationships in complex matrix organisations where virtual working is the norm. Kevin’s extensive experience derives from working in both the private and public sectors, including Director-level responsibility within a very large and culturally diverse organisation.
Operational Experience:
Senior Manager for:
- Large multi-category retailer
- Large UK-based food & leisure group
- Major UK & European electrical retailer
Senior Director for:
- Largest department in Central Government.
Qualifications:
- Psychotherapist (Transactional Analysis –TA)
- Qualified practitioner for MBTI (Step 1)
- Degree in Environmental Studies
- Qualified teacher in Further Education – City and Guilds 930.
Specialisms:
- 1:1 coaching for Board, executives, MDs & leaders
- Coaching, mediation & conflict resolution expert
- Enabling difficult conversations and staying in relationship
- Building impact and influence to get results
- Developing confidence and resilience in others
- Enabling behaviours to cope with the changes and demands of fast-paced, high pressure environments
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- Facilitating leadership & management development programmes
- Facilitating 360–degree feedback and co-creating development plans
- Facilitating action learning sets
- Challenging behaviours supportively and objectively to enable positive change.
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Clients
Affinity Sutton Housing Association, AHUA, BAA, Brown Forman, Catalyst Housing Group, Cats Protection, CIMA, Durham University, E.ON, HSBC, KCC, Liverpool John Moore University, Logistex, O2, Optegra, Orbit Housing Group, Pfizer, Saga, SBM Offshore, Severn Trent Water, Shaw Trust, South & Vale District Councils, Southern Railway, Swiss Re UK & Zurich, Telefonica and Tower Hamlet Homes.
Additional Expertise:
Kevin bought, developed and sold his own retail business. This process gave Kevin first-hand experience of the everyday financial, logistical and commercial complexities of business in a competitive and fast-paced environment. The real-world commercial acumen gained gives Kevin great insight from which his clients greatly benefit.