I help people to understand the change process, the roles they play in change and how they can encourage others through it.

About me:

Early in my career I was first asked to 'manage a project'. I was not asked because I was already a Project Manager, nor because I even knew what a project was, but because there was a desperate need for resources and they were literally asking anyone and everyone! I learned on the job, as I went a long. It turns out I was pretty good at it, but my early project history was pretty hit and miss. Sometimes it was good, sometimes not so much...

After a few years, I finally got some project management training. It helped give me credibility as I put some method behind my madness and my results improved. If only I had had someone to tell me all of this from the beginning, I could have saved myself so much frustration and fewer burnt bridges!

Over the years, I have become accredited in several best practise methodologies to get better and better at my own project management, as well as helping others improve with theirs. I have been using both traditional (waterfall) and iterative (agile) approaches throughout my career. I see value in both; each with their own purpose, time and place. Sometimes that includes a hybrid of both.

In my courses, I aim to share my project and change experiences (good and bad) to help others progress in their careers. Change can be hard. And I truly believe the better prepared you are, the better your experiences will be.

Author of 4 project management books:

PRINCE2 in Action: Project Management in Real Terms

Leadership Skills for Project and Programme Managers

Communication Skills for Project and Programme Managers

Team Management Skills for Project and Programme Managers

Professional information:

MSc in Training and Development from Portland State University, BSc in Economics from Arizona State University.

Accredited Trainer in MSP®, PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile®, APM®, APMG AgilePM, and APMG Change Management.

Certified Practitioner in NLP, Life Coaching and EFT.

Other qualifications include ITIL®, MoP® and Scrum Master.