May 2009
4 posts
Who am I?
I am a freelance coach and consultant who also works as a board member. I am a realist about organisations, having 36 years experience of managing staff and work programmes, working with senior members of management teams. For 30 years I worked at the Department of Health and understand the issues of delivering services in the public sector. I bring passion to my work to help people and teams...
What do I do?
I help people look at how they are delivering their business agenda and identify the underlying issues hindering this. I do this by listening carefully to what I am told and, acting as a critical friend, asking questions to help clarify the issues, identify appropriate action and then support them in taking that action. As a coach I encourage people to explore how they operate in their...
Consultancy and coaching work
I have worked with: a small charity helping them to work through the aftermath of a break down in working relationships within a team, to the point where people felt safe to engage with each other again; the Senior Executive Team at the former Mental Health Act Commission to think about how to engage their organisation with the challenging government change programme for Inspection and Regulation...
Working as a member of various Boards
I am the Vice Chair of the Board of Governors, representing residents, patients and carers in Greater London, of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (www.tavi-port.org). I am a trustee of the charity Bridge Mental Health (www.bridgementalhealth.org)
Contact me at JohnWilkesManCo@aol.com