Geoff Prior

Managing Director and Principal Consultant

Geoff is the Managing Director and Principal Trainer/Coach with Lingford Consulting Services. His background includes a number of senior management roles within the manufacturing industry but since starting up his own business twelve years ago, he has worked with a wide range of organisations in both the public and the private sector as a consultant, trainer and coach.

He has the ability to quickly relate to a diverse range of people and is passionate about developing more productive people and teams.

With the highly regarded Personal Productivity Program, Geoff has helped many people and teams improve their personal productivity and effectiveness.

As a Professional Coach, Geoff has coached many people from staff to executive level helping to improve their performance and overall effectiveness at work.

Specialisations:

Personal Productivity & Time Management
Email Management
Workplace Coach
MBTI (Myer Briggs Type Indicator) Accredited Administrator
360 Degree Feedback
Workshop Facilitation
Lean Management

Geoff has the following qualifications:

Bachelor of Business Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations
MBTI - Accredited Administrator
Certificate in Professional Coaching
Workplace Training and Assessor
Internal Quality Auditor
Accredited Administrator of 360 Feedback (Benchmarks® / Skillscope®)

Drew Davies

Senior Consultant & Workplace Coach - Western Australia

Drew's passion is to encourage and challenge people to discover and reach for their potential, not just in business but in the whole of life. He has excellent communication skills and the rare ability to relate to a wide range of people. He is passionate about people.

For over sixteen years he has been involved in Business Training and Coaching. Since 2003 he has run his own successful business delivering training programs, and providing coaching and mentoring to leaders at all levels.

Specialisation's Include:

Effective Workplace Communication
Innovative Quality Customer Service
Effective Meetings - "Making them work"
Coaching and Management
MBTI Facilitation
Change Management
Continuous Improvement

Drew has the following qualifications:

Diploma of Training and Assessment
Diploma of Business Management
Diploma of Coaching
MBTI (Myer Briggs Type Indicator) Accredited Administrator
MSCEIT (Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test) Practitioner
Hogan Leadership Assessment

Kevin Coulter BEng (Hons)

Senior Consultant

Kevin is a highly skilled and adaptable Business Change & Project Management Consultant, with a demonstrable track record of achievement in performance critical environments with over 20 years experience. Offers exemplary strategic vision; along with the ability to successfully deliver complex multi-track projects, on time and to budget. Excellent business and technical abilities; covering all areas of the project lifecycle from inception, business case, development, testing, implementation training and management, via formal tools and methodologies. Uses a consultative and analytical approach to ascertain the issues at hand and to bring about meaningful change.

Specialisations:

Working with people and developing relationships - the team, management, stakeholders, peers and 3rd parties.
Implementing into organisations effective structured project management methodologies, tools, architecture and QA processes.
Business focused; able to analyse the unique needs of each client and provide novel solutions.
Effective implementation of IT changes into the business environment.
Understanding the business change and delivering training, communications and support to the business.
Communicating what needs to be said to the right people.
Practical strategic thinking with an eye on the tactical needs.
Technical implementation of large and operationally critical systems in a variety of technical environments.
Test management and execution through all stages of project delivery.
Design and implementation of a range of E-Business, E-Learning and E-Commerce solutions.
Management of 3rd party supplier; from tender award, negotiation to establishing meaningful KPIs.

Kevin has the following qualifications:

Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield, England.

Colin Haldane MBA HRD/M, GD BM

Business & Executive Coach

Colin Haldane is a creative and innovative solutions oriented organisational and business development professional. He has excellent understanding of Strategic Business Planning, Emotional Intelligence and Organisational Performance and Development. He is a skilled facilitator and workshop leader; relates excellently to both management and staff, and believes in building and maintaining trusting relationships built on a mutual benefit.

Colin has a demonstrated success operating his own Business Coaching Consultancy and previously worked in State and Local Governments, and as a Senior Executive in leading edge International Organisations in Australia, and as an expatriate in a number of overseas countries.

As a member of the World Association of Business Coaches' and a Professional Emotional Intelligence trainer, Colin has helped to improve individual, group, and the overall organisational effectiveness, so that all accomplish their goals. He has helped many Executives, Management Teams and Individual Staff helping them to improve their performance and overall effectiveness at work.

Specialisations:

Strategic Business Planning
Business & Leadership Coaching
Cultural Performance Improvement
Emotional Intelligence
Performance Management
International Business
Strategic HR/OD
Workshop Facilitation

Colin has the following qualifications:

MBA Human Resources & Management
Gradate Diploma Business Management
Certificate IV Six Sigma
Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessor
Mb Psychology Tester, ACER
Accredited Emotional Intelligence Trainer & Mentor