Chrissie Bedwin

Chrissie Bedwin

Chrissie Bedwin is a qualified and experienced coach, with an understanding of human psychology based on extensive study and practice of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). She works with people on their business and personal goals, their performance and relationships at work, changing behaviours and directions and managing change. Chrissie has worked in the public, private and voluntary sectors and with businesses ranged from FTSE 100 companies to micro businesses. Sector experience includes hospitality, hotels, telecoms, financial advice, central government, government agencies related to skills and employment, social housing, charities, airline industry and property management. Chrissie is an active member of the professional body the Association for Coaching, and works as an AC volunteer organising workshops and facilitating a co-coaching forum.

Operational Experience

  • Management of residential projects for people leaving long-term psychiatric care and young men on probation
  • Operational, resource and training management and then policy development in large government department and its agencies
  • Senior member of in-house consultancy
  • Associate work as management consultant with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and smaller consultancies
  • Director, running own coaching and consultancy business
  • Non-executive director in very large, national housing association, with particular interest in equality and diversity

Specialisms

  • Coaching directors, middle and senior managers, in private, public and third sector organisations
  • Coaching individuals running small businesses
  • Coaching and mentoring start-up businesses
  • Facilitating workshops at Board level and below, covering planning and process design
  • Facilitating mentoring groups
  • Non-executive skills, developing strategic goals, monitoring performance against goals, challenging, probing, holding executives to account, ensuring good governance

Qualifications

  • Degree in History & Philosophy
  • Diploma in Management
  • Diploma in Administrative Management
  • Certified NLP Practitioner (INLPTA accredited)
  • Certified NLP Coach Practitioner (INLPTA accredited)
  • Certified NLP Master Practitioner (INLPTA accredited)
  • Certified LAB (Language and Behaviour) Profile Practitioner
  • Diploma in Business Support (awarded by the Chartered Management Institute)
  • Continuing Professional Development certificates from a number of workshops delivered by the Association for Coaching

I am passionate about people and get a great thrill from seeing individuals achieve far more than they thought possible. The team at TLC shares that passion and adds a huge range of experience and deep knowledge and understanding of how people work at a psychological level