I am incredibly excited to announce that I have partnered with two established learning and development experts on the Isle of Wight, marking a significant advancement in professional development services for local businesses.
We are offering an integrated approach to organisational and personal development. Our experience spans decades, having worked across multiple sectors and with organisations of all types and sizes. Island businesses will have access to a genuinely comprehensive set of leading-edge practices in the critical areas of people and organisational development.
In a commitment to supporting the island’s business community, we will be hosting free-to-attend taster sessions over the year to share our knowledge and experience.
Alison Thorogood
Management and Leadership Development Consultant and ICF Accredited Coach.
With over two decades of dedicated service as a Learning & Development Manager, Alison has had the pleasure of leading teams to cultivate excellence and drive transformative change within medium and large retail and hospitality businesses.
Her ultimate aim in her business? To inspire purposeful, happy, healthy careers.
Alison is an International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and an accredited MBTI practitioner. Her strong commercial acumen, organisational experience, and ability to connect with individuals bring a unique blend of pragmatism and passion to her work, ensuring she delivers impactful and lasting positive change.
Alison’s strengths lie in developing leaders and teams helping them pinpoint their goals, raise self-awareness, develop knowledge and skills, and chart a path that aligns with their values and aspirations to bolster personal success and business performance.
At the core of her training and coaching work is a steadfast commitment to integrity. Alison delivers her promises and forges genuine, open, and honest partnerships with her clients.
Edward Grey
Leadership & Management Consultant, AC Coach, Management Trainer & Psychotherapist
Ed has clocked up almost 25 years as a people developer and behaviour change expert. He has worked with businesses as diverse as large pharma, manufacturing, start-ups, UK government departments and MOD, finance, recruitment, education, tech, charities and logistics.
Improving the performance of organisations, teams and individuals is Ed’s passion. As such, Ed has accrued significant skills over the years, specialising in technologies that help change behaviours and strengthen relationships. Ed qualified as a coach and as a psychotherapist because changing unhelpful behaviours often needs a deep understanding of how minds and relationships work. Ed now brings this unique blend of skills to benefit businesses of all types and sizes.
Ed is scrupulously professional, adhering to EMCC, ANLP and AC Codes of Ethics and regularly attending supervision to continuously hone his practice. He’s a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP, a Certified mBIT Coach and a Senior Practitioner with the GHR. Ed also holds a Diploma in Performance Coaching.
Sophie Lovejoy
Organisational Development; Facilitation and Learning; Coaching
Sophie Lovejoy has a true portfolio career alongside her Organisational Development work, from running rocket car workshops in schools to managing a festival cafe, as well as being an independent Humanist celebrant for over twenty years. A highly experienced facilitator with a love of the natural environment, Sophie’s superpower is bringing a lightness of touch whilst ensuring the right conversations take place.
“The outdoors provides a canvas for coaching that no indoor space can match – it’s where we can paint our boldest dreams and face our deepest fears.” – Jennifer Davis
Irvine Consulting 