VONDEL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Specialist Areas: Strategic Leadership, Change Management, Teamwork, Creativity and Hypnotherapy
- Training Director for the People Development Team
David is a dynamic and vastly experienced learning and development consultant, who translates strategy into pragmatic learning which makes a real difference.
A training and development consultant since the 1980s, David Cotton specialises in leadership, management and change. He spent over 20 years with two of the ‘Big 4' consulting firms, first at Arthur Andersen and then at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where for some years he led a team of 100 trainers in 26 countries.
After running his own highly successful training consultancy David became Training Director for the People Development Team, the UK's top provider of accredited management and leadership training before re-establishing his own company, Wize-Up Learning and Development.
A rich vein of humour permeates David's work as trainer, coach, consultant, designer and facilitator. He long ago shelved his methodology books, seeing them as generalised solutions to someone else's problems, and he treats every client as unique, each with their own issues.
David is a graduate, an NLP practitioner and has a diploma in Training and Development. He is a Fellow of the British Institute for Learning and Development. Much of his work involves the use of accelerated learning techniques to help his clients to move towards full realisation of their potential. He has consulted and trained in every aspect of leadership, management, personal and organisational change.
Job Titles:
- Coach
- Trainer
- Specialist Areas: Personal Effectiveness, Communication Skills, the Business Application of Neuro - Linguistic Programming, Train the Trainer
Denise is an accomplished coach and trainer with extensive experience in the design and delivery of traditional and innovative training solutions to increase individual effectiveness and organisational performance. During her career as a training consultant she has worked
in South Africa, Switzerland, the USA and Canada as well as in the UK.
Denise is a Certified NLP Practitioner and a Certified Life Coach. She is also qualified in a variety of psychometric instruments. She is currently working with Shell, the London Development Agency and Mastercard.
Job Titles:
- Specialist Areas: Cultural Change, Leadership Development, Team Building and Executive Coaching
Jeremy specializes in the development of people to achieve both their own and organisational
goals. He predominantly works in Cultural Change, Leadership Development, Team Building and Executive Coaching. He designs and facilitates workshops, presents at conferences and coaches individuals and business teams.
Jeremy has worked extensively across a broad range of industries and at all levels in business from CEO/Main Board of Footsie 100/Blue Chip companies through to the shop floor.
Jeremy began his career as a professional pianist, having studied at the Royal College of Music. Seeking excitement and challenge, he was then commissioned into the Army, served with The Life Guards and the Paras and latterly taught leadership at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He subsequently worked for three years as a headhunter, recruiting senior level executives and in 1997 he moved into developing rather than recruiting people.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Specialist Areas: Personal Effectiveness, Communication Skills, Executive Coaching, Negotiation Skills
Originally a training manager with a large firm of stockbrokers Judy is now an experienced consultant with an impressive client list both in London and around her base in Exeter.
Judy specialises in general communication skills with particular expertise in helping people become more confident and self aware. She is comfortable working at all levels within organisations whether this is 1:1 coaching for board members or training courses for new recruits.
Judy has excellent listening skills and an uncanny ability to ask well timed and incisive questions to unlock performance issues.
Job Titles:
- Specialist Areas: Communication Skills, Leadership Development, Personality Assessment, Coaching and Facilitation
Kathy is an experienced Personnel and Training Professional, with more than 13 years senior retail management experience for leading companies including Marks and Spencer plc, combined with over 10 years in a consulting, training and coaching role.
and coach, she has worked for many large organisations spanning finance, manufacturing, retail, utilities, the public sector and service industries. Clients she has worked with include Barclays, Orange, Wrigley, SPAR, Mothercare, Local and Regional Government, Abbott
Kathy gained an Honours degree in Business Studies from Sheffield University. She is also a Master Practitioner in NLP, is a practitioner for Myers Briggs (Step I & 2) and is trained to British Psychological Society level B in occupational testing. She qualified as a Professional
Peter has an impressive reputation as an international speaker and author on each of his specialist subject areas. Commendations for leadership in a number of significant incidents and subsequent projects to resolve issues identified give him instant credibility. He has been part of government level reviews and contributed to policies that remain central to UK crisis response strategies. He has worked for many years with a variety of commercial and public sector organisations in the UK and internationally.
Peter is a thought-provoking and entertaining keynote speaker. His outstanding communications skills and natural authority make him an ideal facilitator of board level discussions about leadership and crisis management in particular. He is a great listener and is courageous in rooting out organisational blind spots and hidden barriers. His workshops offer rich, practical insights and opportunities to try out new skills to better approach live situations with greater confidence and clarity.
He has produced a number of advice guidebooks including the original UK Govt. (DTI) booklet 'Preventing Chaos in Crisis' and the British Bankers Association guide on Crisis Management within their BC advice booklet.
Job Titles:
- Specialist Areas: Negotiating Skills, Sales & Business Development, Winning New Business, Beauty Parades, Key Client Management
Rhydian specialises in designing and running programmes that have a direct impact on his clients' bottom line, providing the crucial business winning skills organisations need to survive in difficult markets.
He provides practical jargon-free advice/help to a wide and eclectic range of clients, from Savills to Amnesty International and encompassing City, Legal, Property and Retail Organisations. He works well at all levels, from board members to graduates.
Rhydian started his career being commissioned into the Welsh Guards and followed by 6 years in the Lloyds of London insurance market as a North American reinsurance broker. He spent 22 years with a firm of international management consultants before leaving to concentrate on giving a more personal service to his chosen clients.
Sarah is a qualified Chartered Accountant who now specialises in financial and commercial awareness training, leadership and management skills, and executive coaching.
Specialist Areas: Writing Skills - Grammar, Letter Writing, Business Writing, Report Writing, Minute Taking
Sue Codrington's particular expertise is in helping people to feel more confident about their business writing, at whatever level.
For those for whom the word grammar poses something of a threat (probably because they weren't taught any), Sue transforms understanding and attitude in a friendly, lively way. She wrote the Effective English course for the Cabinet Office, a programme now adopted by several government departments and many leading commercial organisations. This course plugs any gaps in grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Sue also designs and delivers a range of writing courses for everyone from recent joiners to board members. The majority of her work is customised to the needs of different clients and live material is used wherever possible.