About Me
As founder and director of Shipway Consulting Ltd, I have enjoyed a successful career within leadership, organisational development, HR and Learning and Development for over 25 years.
A Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, I am a passionate advocate of organisational improvement and developing high performing teams, with a genuine enthusiasm for any values-led approach which places people and culture at the heart of its vision and strategy.
Naturally, my approach is rooted in my values – Boldness, Passion, Authenticity, Learning and Simplicity – my guiding principles which hold true in everything I do.
I have a strong background working in strategic people leadership roles, in commercial and public sector environments, and bring extensive experience in effective organisational development and all things people related including cultural change, learning, coaching and behaviour profiling.
My purpose at Shipway Consulting Ltd is to support and enable organisation’s to be the best they can be. I provide guidance and support to help them develop their thinking, practice and capabilities through their governance, leadership and learning approaches, enabling them to bring to life their culture, be as effective as possible and realise their organisational vision.
Purpose matters to me – whether its being purposeful in approach or doing work which matters. My interest therefore lays in working with organisations who have that (or strive to have it!) at their core. So developing a culture rooted in systems leadership, collective impact, creating change, and working to build better lives for its people, local communities and place matters to me.
I thrive on helping organisations transform through developing its workforce and believe in the importance of understanding what makes them and their people tick.
Through my work I have developed a strong profile with public sector and place-based organisations who work to improve public service approaches and affect real change. Examples include working with e.g. Local authorities, Sport England, ADASS, Big Locals, Active Partnerships, Public Health England and the New Schools Network.
I bring high-level skills including directing programmes, communicating and influencing as well as listening, translating needs, effective decision making and delivering results. As a result I have successfully been contracted in a variety of key initiatives, projects, interim roles and support across a broad range of organisation types including SMEs, newly incorporated businesses, private sector companies, government funded bodies, local authority frameworks and charitable organisations.
I am an Associate Consultant with the CIPD, an Associate Consultant with WM Employers, an Enterprise Adviser with the Careers and Enterprise Company and an Associate Consultant with Quest NBS where I support the improvement agenda across the network of government funded Active Partnerships.
An experienced mentor and coach I am a qualified, accredited, advocate and practitioner of a range of psychometric behaviour profiling tools including Everything DiSC, Myer-Briggs, Belbin Team roles, MIRO and Strength Deployment Index (SDI).
Associate Consultants
When working on wide-scale system change projects, my support is complemented by a network of associates who share the same commitment, values and approach. Brought together from a range of sectors and backgrounds, these highly-skilled experts ensure a collaborative and partnership working approach can be brought to any place-based initiatives.
My Approach
One size doesn’t fit all!
Throughout my career I have learnt that an organisation’s personality is unique. A successful people approach ensures that it fits with what makes your one special. That’s why I work personally with each client getting to know their aims, culture, values, operations and needs enabling me to deliver what works best for them.
Be a one-stop shop!
Finding support can be time consuming – and expensive! My experience across leadership, learning, strategic development and all people matters means I can give you cost effective support covering all your needs.
Getting alongside you!
I work as a partner to your organisation and see myself as part of your extended workforce. So whether its helping to develop leadership skills, building strategies or engaging with partners, I collaborate, not tell.
Keeping it simple!
Leadership, learning and managing people is often called a minefield or complex. I believe its about making it easier, not harder, to help you develop great places to work. So I give clear, practical and pragmatic advice when you need it… and don’t bog you down with red tape and compliance. Its about finding creative but simple solutions which keep your people engaged and help create collective impact.