Caron Cant

Caron is a Knowledge Management Specialist who has developed revolutionary Knowledge Management (KM) Techniques and Practices which she has deployed across central and local government Agencies and Departments and complex organisations. She has written publications on Peer to Peer Networking and developing Communities of Practice (CoPs) and has produced guidance materials on KM tools & techniques which she has used to deliver organisational change. She is a motivational speaker and a KM “evangelist” who has developed tried and tested methods for introducing, implementing and developing KM ways of working into silo-embedded organisations.

Caron is also a NLP Practitioner.

Areas of expertise include:

• Organisational Development & Culture Change
• Knowledge Management Revolutionary Practice
• Taxonomy creation and Information “Mining”
• Total Business Transformation
• Thought Leadership & Inspirational Motivation

Michael Brathwaite

Michael is a Senior Management Consultant with over 12 years experience designing and delivering corporate training and business support to business leaders. He has extensive experience of working in project management, performance and change management and quality improvement. He has worked strategically with Government agencies managing stakeholder expectation and implementing robust systems to identify and manage risk. He has developed marketing strategies and customer excellence models for large government funded programmes in order to accelerate recruitment and ensure effective delivery.

Areas of expertise include:

• Development of Communities of Practice
• Process Development
• Risk Assessment
• Leadership Training
• Business Development

Howard Crosse

Howard Crosse has over 30 years of experience of Leadership and Team Development. Howard has worked with clients in Dubai, New York and Hong Kong, as well as the United Kingdom. These have included Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Network Rail, Europe Arab Bank (EAB), Mars Foods, RBS Group and European Bank of Restructuring & Development (EBRD). Howard is a strong and personable communicator who has designed and delivered programmes using both classroom workshops and experiential modules.

Key areas of expertise include:

• Foundation Leadership
• Team Development
• Personal Development
• Communicating & Influencing
• 1:1 Business & Life Coaching

Richard Giles

Richard Giles is an experienced learning professional with over 15 years experience working for a major blue chip organisation, and 8 years in leadership roles within a Corporate University environment. His clients include RBS Group, Lavasoft AB, FlyBe.com, Barclays Plc and The Ministry of Defence. He delivers training programmes in all areas of management and leadership development including performance management, customer service, communication & presentation skills and feedback & coaching.

Richard is a Myers Briggs Type Indicator Practitioner and a Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, as well as a Saville & Holdsworth qualified recruiter up to Level 3.

Key areas of expertise include:

• Management and Leadership development
• Programme Design
• 1:1 Coaching
• Conflict Management
• Planning & Visioning

Nick Coombe

Nick Coombe has worked with a wide range of clients delivering training and development programmes to a wide variety of organisations. He has managed teams of consultants working with a diverse group of clients from across the business spectrum in Europe, North America, Hong Kong and Dubai. He was an integral part of a piece of groundbreaking research into the impact of Emotional Intelligence on performance, run in close partnership with Henley Management College and based on the 2000/1 BT Global Challenge Round the World Yacht Race.

Recipients of his programme delivery have included Network Rail, RBS Group, Lloyds TSB, HSBC Global Markets, National Grid, British Airways, FLYBE, Honda, South East Water, Sharp Telecommunications, Davis Langdon, Savills, Knight Frank, NB Real Estate.

Areas of expertise include:

• Leadership Development
• Performance Management
• Experiential Learning
• Executive Coaching
• Psychometric Testing & Profiling