Developing and maintaining competitive advantage is all about collaborating with talented individuals to create enhanced business performance. In the complex 21st century business environment, our ability to create and sustain relationships based on trust and mutual respect, is at the heart of our ability to deliver real value. This is a selection of comments and testimonials from those I have worked with:
'Stunning rendition with rich background experience. Very enthusiastic and energetic.'
'Refreshing and inspiring.'
'Great knowledge, good examples, great stories, really enjoyed.'
'Excellent speaker, thought provoking and enabled great collaboration.'
'One of the most dynamic presenters ....who bought the material to life.'
'Anna is inspirational. She brings academic as well as real life perspectives to the table.
'Thank-you Anna for a stimulating and enjoyable couple of days. The breadth and range of knowledge, ideas and theories you demonstrated to us was the best I have seen at any event. You were able to display a huge variety of ideas and in different media.' Matt Cooper, Business Development Director, National Institute for Health Research.
'You are a rare combination of a source of great knowledge and a warm flow of enthusiasm that makes one eager to learn more from you.' Carleen Kelemen, Chair, Institute of Directors for Devon and Cornwall.
"Coaching for Governance:an approach to building high performance Boards was extremely well received. It was both relevant, engaging and thought-provoking which is an ideal combination in an opening conference presentation." David Nicholl, MD of OnBoard.
“I just wanted to thank you for an excellent workshop , I thoroughly enjoyed it beyond my expectations – you made it relevant, appropriate and interesting.” Jeremy Brettell, MD of Drachen Ltd
"I thoroughly enjoyed the day and found the content very helpful – especially thinking about translating some of the models into real life situations as a NED." Vanessa Walker, Chief Executive of Network Idea
"Anna has an in-depth knowledge of the leadership environment and combines this with her unique facilitation style. She enables leaders to discuss the challenges and dilemmas they face individually and collectively and holds this space with patience and warmth. She is a skilled alchemist, bringing together this blend of theory, reflection, support and challenge." Dr David Kearney, Chartered Director, Chartered Psychologist, OPDC.
“I just wanted to say thanks for an informative and thought provoking session yesterday in Belfast. So many courses are about dry and often irrelevant theory, so it was great to hear some practical insights based on real world experience.” John Miskelly, Partner, FGS McClure Watters
“Excellent style. Challenged group assumptions and behaviours. The conversations were excellent with great anecdotes and examples.” John Hugo, Change Delivery Associates
"Excellent learning experience with exceptional facilitation. I just wanted to say thanks for a most enjoyable 3 days. As you can imagine, I do a lot of these type of events at the University but the quality of this was exceptional. I really do feel the value and have already implemented some changes to working practices here to take account of the learning. Dean Phillips, Head of Relationship Management, University of Aberdeen.
"Anna spoke at an event for senior public sector executives in Northern Ireland in a highly professional, intelligent and compelling manner. She was able to bring the topic of the relationship between Boards and finance professionals to life for the participants in a very engaging and participative way. Anna brings a wealth of experience across the public, private and third sectors to her presentations, providing delegates with real examples, case studies and anecdotal evidence of what works and what does not." Alistair Steenson, CIPFA Northern Ireland