Clare Smale BA (Hons) PGCE FRSA
Director

With 13 years of successful teaching and management experience in schools, Clare is currently a leadership and personal development coach and lead educational consultant for Inspired 2 Learn .

Clare began her career teaching Geography and PE in a community school in South Somerset and in 1991 she took part in a three-week study tour of Japan, having won a competition in the TES. Clare then became Head of Geography in a Wiltshire school for five years, followed by Head of Humanities at Hayesfield School Technology College in Bath. Throughout her teaching career Clare has been heavily involved in mentoring NTs and NQTs was seconded to the University of Bath as PGCE subject didactics tutor for Geography. Clare was the founder and Publishing Editor of Teaching Expertise (TEx) magazine from 2002 - 2006. This innovative magazine was packed with creative and practical learning and teaching ideas, including accelerated learning, NLP in the classroom, multiple intelligences, restorative justice, work-life balance and managing teams. Teaching Expertise was published by Clare for three years with subscribers worldwide, before it was sold to Electric Word PLC in 2006.

Clare is skilled in creating strategies for personal change through coaching and NLP techniques, particularly for senior leaders and those aspiring to leadership posts. Clare's passion is for coaching and NLP. She is an NLP Master Practitioner and trainer and she has a Level 7 Diploma in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching (ILM).  She has been a judge for National Teaching Awards (South West Panel) for five years. Clare designs, delivers and assesses CMI leadership and management programmes and ILM coaching awards.

Clare is a volunteer coach for Inner Flame, an educational charity whose vision is to inspire and support young people to live rich, happy and fulfilling lives, and to be excited about who they are.

Barrie Smale MA BEd FCMI FCIPD FInstLM
Director

Barrie is an experienced trainer, consultant and coach. He plays a leading role in the design and delivery of both our bespoke and accredited leadership and management development programmes. Barrie also manages our key accounts with a wide range of private and public sector clients.

Barrie is skilled in both facilitating group training and learning sets, and individual learning through coaching.

Barrie's design, training delivery and coaching skills are underpinned by accelerated learning and NLP principles. He is also qualified to administer personality profiling (MBTI, 16PF and Saville WAVE) psychometric tests and the HAY leadership & management styles inventory.

Barrie manages our Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Approved Centre which enjoys an excellent reputation; consistently receiving high quality inspection reports from the CMI that prospective clients are able to view on request.

Anita Wild MSc MCMI MCIPD FITOL
Associate

Anita has spent over 20 years as a manager in both private and public sector organisations. She has been involved in organisational development and performance improvement through managing, coaching, and developing leaders and managers at all levels in a wide variety of organisations. She has considerable experience of strategic and change management models and practice. She has a coaching style that enables her to work effectively at all levels.

Kim Harvey
Associate

Kim is a dynamic, pragmatic Learning and Development/OD Professional who is educated at Degree level and is a member of the CIPD. She believes in delivering pragmatic solutions that impact positively on the bottom line. Kim is able to build relationships and influence at all levels within an organisation, and build rapport and credibility quickly.

Jane Joseph
Associate

Jane has worked in the learning & development field for the past 15 years and during that time has designed and delivered a range of leadership & management development programmes, equality and trainer development events.

Jane spent 18 years in HM Customs and Excise as a manager, in house training developer and internal consultant. She has spent a period as a consultant to the Charity Commission designing an induction programme. Jane is professionally qualified with the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and the Chartered Management Institute.

Sue Toon FCIPD, MCMI, CMgr, CertEd, Dip Coach
Associate

Sue is an experienced management trainer and business development consultant and uses her skills to encourage managers to look at leadership from a different perspective. Using her wealth of experience she gets delegates on her events to think differently, challenging their ability, whilst learning from the experience to meet both personal and business goals.

She has accumulated a wealth of knowledge of different organisations and how they were managed through visiting over 1500 during her career in the Public Sector. Using this experience and that of an operational manager has helped her to deliver and design bespoke management events across both the Private and Public sector at all levels, from 1 to 1 coaching to a year long structured programme of blended learning.

Sue is an external verifier for the Chartered Management Institute auditing various approved centres, a Chartered manager helping others to gain this recognition and delivers professional qualifications for this awarding body.

Derek Shapland
Associate

Derek is an experienced Manager in Training & Development with a proven track record of working with a range of clients in the public sector, undertaking delivery, evaluation over a wide spectrum of both developmental and technical training. Through experiences as both a Resource Manager and an Operational Manager able to successfully link both theory and practice to provide practical solutions to clients development requirements. Now a self employed NVQ management consultant. Derek brings a huge personal energy, motivation and a passion for whatever he sets his mind to. He has high personal standards, is a natural leader with the ability to influence people positively and displays a commitment and loyalty to the people that he works with.

Russell Stratton DMS MCIPD MCMI
Associate

Russell is an accomplished management and learning & development professional with a proven track record of working with clients in the public, voluntary and private sectors. Russell specializes in providing business focussed learning solutions and is able to provide added value to clients working with them to achieve lasting, measurable, step changes in business performance. Through experiences as both a Personnel Manager and an Operational Manager he is able to successfully link both theory and practice to provide practical solutions for clients’ development requirements.

Peter Taylor Chartered MCIPD, MSc. (HRD)
Associate

Peter is a training professional with over 20 years corporate experience, specialising in people skills and accelerated personal development.
He designs and delivers creative and effective training events with practical applications of advanced techniques and is a qualified NLP Trainer.
Peter specialises in building confidence and developing people skills in business.
Since 2003, Peter has been the Mind Coach at the Hampshire School of Excellence for talented young golfers.

Maggie Dent
Associate

Maggie is an Author, educator and resiliency specialist. She has a wide background of experience that she brings to her work and is currently running seminars for teachers and parents nationally and internationally that increase awareness in the healthy raising of children in our chaotic world.

Nick Austin
Associate

Nick was a primary school teacher and headteacher before moving into coaching and training across a spectrum of professional, personal and team development activities. Nick is British Psychological Society Level B (Intermediate Plus) certified and is qualified to give feedback and administer: ESCI, MBTI (Step I and II), SDI, 16PF,CPI 260, FIRO-B, CDAQ, ABLE, and all OPP Level A tools for selection and ability testing including the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI). Nick runs training on a variety of areas including leadership, management and team building. He is an NLP practitioner and runs NLP training sessions linked to presentation skills, personal development and using NLP strategies in the classroom for teachers.

Sally Ann Chandler
Associate

Sally Ann Chandler (CMCIPD) is an able developer, trainer, coach, mentor and assessor. She is qualified Human Resources professional with 20 years experience. Her areas of expertise lie in management and team development and in the development of interpersonal skills in an organisational development context. She brings a strong research background to the design and development of learning materials and activities and is highly creative with strong project management skills. Sally Ann offers expertise in the management of diversity, equality and human rights and in developing approaches that support dignity and inclusion as well as working to combat bullying and harassment. She has substantial experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors.

Martin Sadler
Associate

Martin has been involved in the training and development environment for over 17 years. During this time he has worked as a Trainer, Training Consultant, NVQ Assessor and Internal Verifier and Training Manager. His relaxed informal style of delivery makes for an enjoyable learning environment where course delegates find it easily to relax and take on more information and skills. In the past few years he has become more involved in coaching for both individuals and business and is also now a qualified NLP Master Practitioner. Martin trains a wide range of subjects ranging from management stress awareness, presentation skills, train the trainer and coaching skills amongst others. He is also approved to administer the DISC personal profiling tool which he uses for some of the course he delivers such as improving communication and also as an aid to his coaching work. Martin brings credibility, knowledge, humour and a wealth of experience to any programme he delivers.

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