Hi Shaun, and welcome to the Quiver Management team. You are a highly experienced trainer and change facilitator. What makes you tick?

I really delight in making a difference in people’s lives by helping them tap into their latent potential. Most of us do not realise just how much more we are capable of. I am utterly convinced that everyone has the capacity to grow and develop.

So that’s really why I do what I do – for the selfish reward at the end of the day, the satisfied feeling of having seen the look in people’s eyes when they realise that they can do and be more. I love that look, and that’s really why I do this job.

How would you describe yourself?

I believe that the two words that describe me best are energetic and thoughtful. I’m a high energy person and I never need an alarm clock. And yet I’m a deep thinker. I used to be a counsellor at one time so I am comfortable doing the calmer stuff too.

Who are the professional people who you most admire?

I really admire two Japanese men; Soichiro Honda – he’s the man who gave the company the brand name – and his working partner Takeo Fujisawa.

They were each amazing individuals but I also admire them because despite their great differences they had great respect for each other. The way they treated and complemented each other built the brand that we know as Honda today.

Tell us a bit about your career

I blend a military background with over twenty years’ of managing projects, teams and multi-million pound budgets as an executive and consultant.

With a particular expertise in developing leaders, I have helped managers in private and public sectors across Europe and the Middle-East develop their ability to achieve more through others.

I have worked across a wide range of industries including financial services, automotive, hospitality, utilities, retailers, UK local government, the Police Force and the National Health Service.

I have designed and delivered a broad range of training programmes to help organisations, teams and individuals improve performance including leading change and innovation, communicating more effectively and improving decision making and personal effectiveness.

And what would you like to be remembered for?

What I’d really like to be remembered for is being true to myself. Many years ago I read a quote which said it’s much better to fail at your own life than to succeed at somebody else’s and it stuck with me. So I’d like to be remembered for being genuine and authentic.