Dr Phil Jackson
Phil grew up in the North West of England and has an accomplished management career. He has just celebrated having spent 30 years in the corporate environment including several roles in international management as well as spending two years as Commercial Director for a small private software company. He focuses on the development of people in organisations and the relationship between productivity and employee wellbeing and engagement. His interests lie in working with individuals and business leaders that want to develop wellbeing and engagement to stimulate sustainability and growth.
As a coach, trainer and facilitator Phil has a down to earth, genuine and unpretentious manner. He is a great listener and challenges where appropriate giving individuals the space to consider all options before moving forward and committing to goals and actions. Phil’s sessions are encouraging and supportive and ensure that individuals move forward in the direction that they want to. He balances a questioning approach to transferring knowledge with offers of genuine insight which help individuals to structure their thoughts and their work more effectively and progress quickly so that they can change and achieve more out of their business and personal lives.
Phil is an Organisational Psychologist, an internationally certified Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Trainer qualified to train to Master Practitioner level, a licensed Myers Briggs Practitioner and a qualified Coach who has also trained as a Corporate Master Coach. He is a Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He has an Advanced Diploma (distinction) in Coaching, a degree in Pure and Applied Chemistry and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Liverpool University and has just (2009) completed a Masters degree in Organisational Psychology from Manchester Business School. He has been coaching, training and consulting in a range of business contexts since 1990.
In his management career, in particular within Unilever, he held senior European Supply Chain roles and was involved in corporate strategy development for both the Quality Assurance function and the outsourcing of European manufacturing. Prior to this he led large teams in Research, Production, and Engineering Project Management roles before becoming Quality Assurance Leader of a €1bn European Business Group which sourced products from 8 manufacturing sites and supplied customers in 17 countries. Throughout these roles Phil led senior level audits and supplier assessments of over 70 supplier companies across UK and Europe that focussed on assessing effective business leadership and management practices. These experiences led him into his current line of work and he has always been actively involved in promoting business performance through employee involvement.
Phil's accreditations include:
Doctorate in Philosophy from Liverpool University
Masters Degree in Organisational Psychology, Manchester Business School
Graduate of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London
Certified NLP Master Practitioner
Certified INLPTA NLP Trainer
Licensed Myers-Briggs Practitioner
Advanced Diploma (distinction) in Coaching
Spiral Dynamics practitioner (level 1 and 2)
Member of the General Hypnotherapy Register
Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management
Associate Member of the
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Alex Jackson BSc, ACMA
Alex grew up in the Midlands and studied for a business degree at Aston University. She was selected by Unilever to join their Fast Track Management Trainee scheme. She is knowledgeable and passionate about making a difference to people and works with her clients using a variety of methods such as one to one coaching, training, interactive workshops and facilitating, to share her skills and expertise to help people change and improve the quality of their lives both personally and professionally.
Alex is an inspirational coach, trainer and facilitator. Her style is positively challenging, supportive and engaging and immediately puts people at ease. She is a great listener and has a natural ability to adapt to specific circumstances and tailor each session to meet individual and group needs. Alex encourages individuals to clearly focus on their priorities and helps them to achieve their full potential both professionally and personally. Alex’s sessions are fun and she always ensures that positive actions are taken away from each session.
Alex is an internationally certified Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Trainer qualified to train to Master Practitioner level, a qualified Coach with an Advanced Diploma in Coaching, a licensed Myers Briggs Practitioner, and a qualified Hypnotherapist. She has a BSc in Management and Administrative Studies and is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA). Alex is also a member of the Institute of Leadership and Management, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, The International NLP Trainers Association and the General Hypnotherapy Register.
During her career Alex has held various management positions in the UK and in Europe within multinational, blue-chip organisations for over 10 years including Unilever and Guinness and is fluent in French. Alex worked with numerous people as an internal coach within Unilever and was nominated as ‘People Development Champion’ within Unilever’s Finance Group. Experienced in leadership and people management Alex is highly motivated by helping individuals and teams change and achieve their goals and aspirations. As a qualified accountant she also has a proven track record in Management and Financial Accounting, project management, consultancy, procurement, change management and business development.
Alex has successfully worked with clients in various fields such as the Automotive Industry, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Printing, Accountancy, Finance Institutions, Healthcare, Hotels and Leisure, Business Services, Manufacturing, Education, Not for Profit and Charity organisations.
Alex's accreditations include:
BSc in Management and Administrative Studies
Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA)
Certified NLP Master Practitioner
Certified INLPTA NLP Trainer
Licensed Myers-Briggs Practitioner
Advanced Diploma in Coaching
Spiral Dynamics Practitioner (Level 1 and 2)
Member of the General Hypnotherapy Register
Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
A word about our continuous knowledge development... and fees: We would like to offer some clarity around the question of the fees we charge for what we offer and where they come from. Our fees are usually charged on a daily rate, because it is tangible and convenient to do so. However, we do not sell our time, but rather the knowledge we can give you in that time. The right knowledge is hugely valuable because it results in good decisions, the sorts of decisions that result in actions that maximise what you want and minimise what you don't. Unfortunately good quality knowldege isn't easy to come by, it's time consuming to build and that makes it expensive. It is however hugely valuable: You can give a team all the best facilities and equipment they need to build a bridge and they'll still fail if they don't know what to do.
What's more knowledge has, over the last 10 years in particular, come to the fore in business. In the main this is because advancing technologies have created opportunities for organisations to change at ever increasing rates. To keep up with this advance means changing products, systems, services, markets and so on faster and faster. To make the right change and move in the right direction using the right approach requires knowledge and expertise in a wide range of fields. Sometimes it is just too costly to retain that level of expertise in-house, and so that's where external professional like us add value.
Our business is based on knowledge - we invest considerably in maintaining our knowledge base and keeping it current. It's time consuming and expensive and it's the raw material for what we deliver to you. In the past 5 years, we have each invested around 60 days per year on knowledge development - that's about 25% of our time - and at considerable cost. This includes a constant flow of workshops and training courses to continually refine and add to our knowledge, and a continuous programme of university courses to ensure our knowledge is as current and leading edge as possible. For example, Phil recently completed a full time Masters Degree in Organisational Psychology at Manchester Business School and Alex has just begun a Masters Degree in Coaching and NLP at the University of Kingston. What we gain from this we expect will be of great value to the clients that benefit from our services. especially when you consider also that this is being built on Phil's 30 years and Alex's 15 years hands-on experience working in organisations at the sharp end from shop floor to senior management and you can perhaps begin to see why what they offer is so valuable and well received.
Because of this, you can expect to pay daily rates for our knowledge that might at first glance seem a little expensive, but you can be sure it'll be worth every penny. For example, at a recent workshop with the board of a major high street retailer, they became aware that a marketing and promotions campaign they were just about to launch would have sent a psychological message to their customers and employees inconsistent with their organisation's values. They were fortunately able to stop the campaign and redesign it before serious costs had been incurred. Knowledge like this that came from a 30 minute discussion can literally save thousands.
A useful analogy is something like paying several hundred pounds for a mobile phone handset - the handset itself only costs a few pounds to make, a larger part of the price is to due to the costs of technolgy development. So when you come to pay for a day of our time, please remember that the knowledge we give you is more significant than the time.
So we hope that gives you an insight into our business model and helps you understand the value of knowledge - it's the difference between knowing you're doing the right thing or assuming that you are - and that can be a very big difference!!
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