ANGUS MCLEOD & ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Impactful career management and development with key leaders, managers and influencers is at heart of Amechi's work. Creativity, challenge and commitment are the core attributes Amechi brings to his coaching. He is skilled in enabling people and teams to excel in their roles for individual, team and organisational benefits - Amechi's passion and commitment to the positive benefits available through coaching and coaching-skills development are evident to those who engage with him. Everyone wants to engage with him and everyone does.
"Amechi is a natural leader, inspiring me and others to walk with him and excel. He has an irresistible personality - charisma in spades." Angus McLeod.
Claire Chapman has 13 years people management experience in retail and financial services that she brings with her alongside her coaching experience and qualifications. Claire uses coaching as a method to create space for her clients to explore how they can reach their goals to realise their personal and professional potential by creating clarity, instilling a sense of Vision and Value, and focusing on how to move forwards with the right action. As a result of working with Claire clients have a renewed sense of clarity & purpose and are able to refocus to achieve their results.
David brings over twenty years of business experience to his coaching, working with organisations such as the BBC, Deloitte & Touche and Mars. Over the last six years he has specialised in using coaching techniques and established, management ‘best practices' to bring about major performance improvements. He is an accredited coach, a management trainer and writes regularly on the subject of management performance.
Diane mainly specialises in coaching high potential and senior executives to improve personal, team and business performance, fulfill potential and accelerate career progression from leader to ‘leaders of leaders'. This often involves applying NLP techniques to achieve transformational, behavioural change that can be measured and sustained.
Diane has had a successful career of over 20 years in commercial, line management roles to Director level in multinational businesses (sales/marketing, international customer supply chain project management.) She has worked for ICI/AstraZeneca, Sainsbury's and as a management consultant for Deloitte and The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative where she specialised in performance management/measurement.
Rajeev is a Consultant Paediatrician with a huge commitment to the benefits of psychological wellbeing to human health. He has completed an in-depth study of communication skills and styles, and how communication influence actions (your own and of people around you). His model of communication in the medical field has been published in the British Medical Journal. He now runs body language workshops where people feel instant changes in approach and a strong rapport for influencing actions.
He is a master coach on emotional intelligence and uses EQi and MSCEIT and many other tools for coaching including traditional tools. His EI workshops are well-received in numerous organizations including the NHS. He has made a number of appearances on Channel 4 TV.
"Rajeev is a dedicated trainer, mentor and coach with excellent communication skills. He inspires and motivates. He is passionate about empowering individuals. I am sure Rajeev will continue to inspire many more." - Abrar Hussain
Job Titles:
- Professional Coach With Erickson University International
- Star Coach
Gail is a qualified and experienced Career Progression Coach and is effective working with people at all stages of their career and during times when they are seeking new employment or considering retirement.
She is driven by a passion to help others and a desire to seek new ways of bringing about positive change. Gail inspires others to enjoy utilising their knowledge and skills and inherent personality strengths to stay ahead. She has worked extensively in both the private and public sectors with directors and senior managers. Her early career was in HR and management development training. She is designer, deliverer and assessor for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Diploma in Management (NVQ 7) and the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring
Gail is an accredited professional coach with Erickson University International, Member of the Association of Coaching, Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development(CFCIPD), Fellow of the Institute of Business Consulting(FIBC), Chartered Management Consultant(CMC), Master NLP Practitioner & NLP Coach, and Accredited E -Scale Coach . She graduated with a BSc in Chemistry and a Certificate in Education.
Jacky has a diploma in life and executive coaching and is accredited by the European Coaching Institute. Her focus is on helping people take action to do the things they want to do but which don't seem to get done. Jacky acts as a sounding board, helping people to move forward pro-actively and effectively and she encourages people to avoid regrets tomorrow caused by lack of action today. She has a particular passion for helping people to value the differences between each other, leading to improved relationships. She spent 23 years in IT consultancy, and has much experience of project management, e-learning development and systems design, gained at companies such as British Airways, BP, PricewaterhouseCoopers and GE Capital.
A client commented: "I've been working with Jacky over a two year period. Often in small bursts of activity or when a particular issue arises. She is an excellent coach - cheerful, intelligent, widely read, human and effective in stimulating change. I would recommend her to anyone." Managing Director, TV Production company.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Dip.Coach ( OCN )
Jayne has a diploma in coaching practice and is Director (Education sector) at AMA. She is a thought-provoking coach, providing challenge to enable higher levels of performance and creative solutions. Jayne's previous professional experience includes senior sales, marketing and management roles in both public and private sector organisations.
Jayne has a diploma in coaching practice and brings to AMA her experience of working in the Higher Education and Professional Education Sectors. She designs and delivers creative organisational coaching programs and 1-to-1 coaching for staff throughout organisations. Jayne is a thought-provoking coach, providing challenge and seeking out energy to enable higher levels of performance and creative, innovative solutions.
Her previous professional experience includes business development and marketing roles, working with private and public sector clients in the UK and Europe. Currently she is working on a student enterprise project and is passionate about access to coaching at all career stages.
John is an experienced coach and a member of the Association for Coaching, Chartered Management Institute and associate of the CIPD. He is passionate about supporting managers and business teams through change and helping them excel. John adopts a pragmatic and intensely goal-orientated approach whilst remaining sensitive to the personal needs and issues confronting his clients.
Previously, John held senior human resource management roles - up to operating board level - across a wide range of industries including music, sports, media and publishing, as well as in public and third sector organisations. Throughout his corporate career he was responsible for delivering improved performance within complex, changing environments and leading multi-disciplinary teams.
Job Titles:
- Executive Women Initiatives
- Freelance Coach
Judy is the author of the coaching classic: "Good Question! the Art of Asking Questions to Bring About Positive Change'. Judy knows that women can ‘have it all' by finding balance, making good choices, bringing selected dreams into reality and breathing life into living.
People choose to work with Judy to achieve personal, career and business goals and when they want authentic evolution in the quality of their lives.
Judy is a freelance coach, facilitator and writer - since 2003. She has a B.Ed in English, Psychology and Education, certificates in Drama Therapy, NLP, Newcastle College Performance Coaching, Fraser Clarke Business Coaching and ‘Clean Facilitation'. Judy also trained as a Hippocrates Health Educator, mentoring in wellness, with specialty-skills in raw vegetarian food.'
Julia has extensive experience with managers across all sectors and likes to work with senior managers on their people-challenges. She has been described as inspiring, motivational and energetic in her approach.
Julia likes to help people to make transformational shifts in their thinking and behaviour and is often employed to help people be more confident, improve self esteem, handle difficult communications and plan career transitions. Her coaching is a mix of sporting, business and therapy models with a large emphasis on the psychological underpinnings of coaching.
One of her clients said "I wanted a coach who was not too touchy-feely but not too high powered either and Julia fitted the bill exactly!"
Katherine Long's impressive expertise includes coach development and supervision, facilitation, and coaching for intercultural competences. She is experienced in working with individuals & teams who are, or who aspire to be, change-agents within their organisation or in their community - by helping them to achieve clarity and alignment to their sense of purpose, and confidence in utilising their unique combination of personality, values, skills and experience.
Lisa Rossetti is a qualified and highly experienced coach, based in the North West. She provides coaching and development services to both professional people and teams. She works in the UK and internationally.
Professional individuals work with Lisa to create a better balance for their professional and personal lives, and to step into new careers or leadership with confidence.
Lisa is additionally accredited with the International Coach Federation, a Member of the Institute of Career Guidance and a Member of the Association for Coaching.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and Co - Director, the Meta - Coach Training System. July, 2009
Rob has over 30 years management experience in a wide range of settings. He has coached leaders and senior managers at the BBC, the United Nations, NHS, the University of Nottingham, Great Ormond Street, FPM, ACTSA, Amnesty International and a range of private clients.
Rob's coaching style is creative, supportive and non-judgmental. He encourages his clients to challenge themselves professionally and personally so that they can use the coaching relationship to achieve new levels of ‘personal best' performance.
Job Titles:
- Senior Facilitator, Coach and Star Trainer
Sue has designed and delivered a vast range of management, coaching and communication courses and workshops for both large and small organisations. Sue's style is both inspiring and engaging - she uses a range of practical, meaningful exercises and activities to help link theory and methodology to practical application. Sue also provides 1-to-1 coaching for staff and managers within both private and public sector organisations to executive level.
Sue is a qualified trainer, has a Diploma in Performance Coaching, is an NLP practitioner and has an Advanced Certificate in Emotional Intelligence. Sue is also a National ‘Coach of the Year' Award winner, which she gained in June 2006. She has been with AMA since 2004 and with 3CCCs since 2007.
Sue works with individuals and groups by creating a climate of high challenge and high support where engagement is total and the process enjoyable which leads to exceptional results. She embodies the principles she works with - integrity, credibility, honesty, flexibility and professionalism.