LEPD - Key Persons
Simon is founder of Leading Edge Personal Development and has had a long and enduring interest in leadership and leadership development. Following a career in the Royal Marines he obtained an MA in Leadership (his thesis was on High Performance Teamwork) from the University of Exeter. He was previously Director of Customised Programmes at The Leadership Trust, and then Chairman of Values Based Leadership Ltd. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring, and is a Practitioner of NLP, Time Line and Hypnotherapy (British Board of NLP) and is a qualified coach supervisor.
He is a passionate advocate of the development of leadership at all levels of an organisation, of working in teams across functions, of the use of a coaching style to release potential, and of involving people in the change that faces all organisations. He is a skilled and dynamic presenter and trainer who engages audiences quickly.
He has had many articles published, has his own blog on current leadership matters and is currently co-authoring a book on leadership from within organisations.
He is co-author of Post-Pandemic Leadership: Exploring Solutions to a Crisis (Routledge 2022) and has had many articles published.
Along his journey, Simon has had the great fortune to work with many incredibly talented individuals in the field of personal development. He is able to call on them for their expertise and assistance to ensure that whatever the organisational or personal challenge you might be facing, we will be able to assist you in Releasing Potential, Improving Performance.