Our Consultants

Elite Business Consultancy use the best management consultants. To qualify as a consultant our trainers must:

• have practical experience to a high standard in the field in which they are working
• display excellent current knowledge of the subject in which they specialise
• meet customers needs and welcomed back for more.

Our training consultants usually meet you to discus your requirements. They will be keen to learn about the people involved and an understanding of your working practices and the organisation’s culture. This helps us ensure the consulting relates to individual and the companies needs.

One of the few tutors to have studied communication skills combined with the behaviour of people, and have the opportunity to put these skills into practice by interviewing violent offenders including rapists and murderers. Witnesses and victims of such offenders require delicate handling and Mick has extensive experience of working with police officers in defence tactics, and interpersonal skills. He is an acknowledged expert in dealing with people from all walks of life and undertakes work as an adviser to the Treasury Solicitor on training.

Extensive training in team building enabled him to confidently lead teams in demanding situations in the United Kingdom and abroad. Licensed by Belbin Associates to use Interplace 5.2 for Windows, he is able to provide team role profiles and job suitability details.

As a senior manager he has considerable experience in both project and people management in this country and abroad. He was also responsible for recruiting and developing staff at the Suffolk police headquarters.

Mick is the Managing Director of Elite Training European Ltd. He started the company in 1996 and built it around the philosophy of developing:

His experience and creative thinking skills have enabled him to design and deliver numerous core skills and management courses for large organisations.

You may have heard Mick on the radio or read about him in the press. He is often asked to give his opinion on the topics he teaches.

John has over 25 years experience as a chartered accountant and project manager.

Working with International multicultural teams has enabled him to specialise in building and motivating teams to deliver projects – especially in difficult circumstances.

His career has tracked some of the major trends of the last 15 years. He project managed the implementation of computer systems for the following:

• a global system in the oil business
• DTI during the move to commercial style accounting
• John Birt’s reworking of the BBC
• Norwich Union post merger
• the electricity privatisation
• the start up of the National Lottery
• the Government of Croatia
• the United Nations

In addition to his consultancy work, John also provides training courses on:

• Letter and report writing
• Finance in business
• Project Management

Ann’s early career was in secondary education, from where she moved into a number of senior management posts in an educational publishing company, Nelson UK.

She later developed a role as a Director of the corporate university of The Thomson Corporation with specific responsibility for Europe and Asia.

Ann’s experience and expertise include developing leadership competencies and personal effectiveness in individuals as well as working with leaders to help them facilitate change effectively in their organisations. Believing that leaders can only be truly effective when they understand themselves and their impact on others and this philosophy underpins the work she does.

Working with Thomson over many years has afforded her many opportunities to work with a diverse range of cultures, which has added to the breadth and depth her understanding of the attitudes, values and skills required to operate in a global environment.

• Face to Face Selling Skills
• Strategic Selling Skills
• Sales Leadership
• Organisational Leadership
• PMIS

Career Systems International:

• Career Power
• Career Power for Coaches

• High Performance Team Workshop
• Leading in a High Performance Team Environment
• Leadership Research Institute
• Situational Leadership

Franklin Covey:

• What Matters Most

• Remote and Virtual Teams
• Skills for the Matrix Environment

• Leadership for Results
• Tools for Performance Leaders

• Pathway to Prime Facilitator training
• Pathway to Prime Strategy and Structure sessions
• Diagnostic workshop facilitation

• Remote and Virtual Teams
• Skills for the Matrix Environment

• SDI - Strength Deployment Inventory®
• MBTI - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ®
• Belbin - Team Role Profiles

Michael is highly qualified and experienced in all aspects of Human Resources (HR) with particular emphasis on strategic planning, employment law and change management.

His qualifications include an MSc in Strategic Management from Bristol University and MA in Employment Law from Leicester University. He also has diplomas in Strategic HR from Harvard and Stanford Business Schools.

During 30 years service as a Human Resources professional, he worked in both the public and private sectors at a local and national level; helping professionals develop to their highest potential.

As a Human Resources consultant Michael runs training courses and delivers a consultancy service for all employment issues. 

He can advise on strategic issues and prepare a policy for you, or audit an existing policy to ensure that it conforms to current law. You can benefit from his advice and guidance on your current polices and problems.

His roles include:

• Strategic HR Advisor to the Home Office; Director of HR for a Police Force and Head of Workforce Strategy for the National Policing Improvement Agency
• Director of Human Resources function for major organisations employing many thousands of staff
• HR Lead for major organisational change programmes at both national and regional levels.

Michael is involved in all the major service areas including outplacement consulting, executive team building, executive selection and a broad range of other organisational development activities. Because of his experience, executives at the highest levels seek him out to help with their most personal and professional issues.

He is also sought out by executives for his insight on career planning; his expertise in helping executive teams perform more productively and to turn around problem managers.

Rachel is an enthusiastic manager with 15 years experience gained in Training, Coaching, Recruitment and HR.

She is CIPD Qualified and an NLP Practitioner (Currently studying for her Master Practitioner).

She is also qualified in the delivery of Strength Deployment Inventory and Level A/B psychometrics (including 15PF+, 16 FQ, Jung Type Indicator) which she uses regularly within her work. 

Rachel has been invited to judge at both the 2009 National Training Awards and 2009 National Sales Awards and is member of the Association of Coaching.

Rachel has worked globally designing and delivering development programmes for organisations such as GE Capital, Barclays, Lloyds TSB, HMRC, BBC TV Licensing, Somerfield, MetLife, Kuehne and Nagel.

Her last position included a 6 month stint in South Africa setting up of a sales training consultancy business.

Rachel has been described by both clients and delegates as incredibly passionate and committed, with a focus on gaining real and tangible results. She has firsthand experience of the subjects she trains, which adds to the credibility and effectiveness of her work.

These are some of the many courses Rachel delivers:

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