Professional Development for Organisational Practitioners

Specialist courses and coaching services from Aubyn Howard

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Client cases and testimonials

Aubyn’s Professional Development Clients include:
• Abbey National
• Birmingham and Solihull Business Link
• Customer Consulting Limited
• Department of Education
• Lloyds TSB
• Minerva International
• PPD Consulting Limited
• Surrey University
• Trend Consulting Limited

Case story one

Aubyn worked with the Learning and Development Department of a bank for over two years to help develop their core competence in learning and development and more effectively meet the emerging needs of their internal business clients. We started by exploring the Departments’ philosophy and approach to learning and worked with the senior team to agree guiding principles of practice. We created a knowledge base of all the different approaches to leadership and management development currently in use and carried out research into the latest theories and models of learning. We ran a two day pilot course for the senior team on different learning and development approaches and models, and introduced the Integral Perspective and Spiral Dynamics as meta-models for diagnosing situational needs. We then rolled out the course on learning and development approaches for the whole department, involving 15 workshops across the UK. The objective was to strengthen the Department’s core competence in learning and development, as well as to help each individual identify their professional development needs and learn practical skills for diagnosing client needs more effectively so as to provide the most appropriate solutions.

Some of the comments from the Learning and Development Approaches course

“ Really enjoyed this course – the content was challenging and interesting and gives me some guidance on my future areas of investigation”

“ Your input was excellent – paced really well and therefore I was able to get great value from the course. The material was also excellent. I feel motivated to building on this.”

“ This was a real springboard to more personal development and learning. Thank you for the chance to spend a day on me!”

“ I know what I need to know rather than floundering in a sea of models.

“ My eyes have been opened to new ways of looking at issues.”

“ An excellent introduction to the theories I have little or no knowledge of.”

“ Most fascinating and enlightening.”

Comments about Aubyn’s open consulting courses

" ...the course was like a breath of fresh air. For the first time in twenty years of consultancy experience, I was presented with a cohesive, practical context for the work I do…”

“Our consultancy skills workshop was absolutely brilliant and we will be looking to do some kind of follow-up with you as soon as we can. I knew that you had been working hard to synthesise the best change consulting material and approaches, but I did not expect something with such breadth and depth. I’d particularly like to thank you for your skilled facilitation, which I found both sensitive and rigorous. Thanks again for a thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening two days.”

“ I enjoyed the programme and found your presentation style informative, clear and always willing to answer questions to assist my understanding. I thought you had a fantastic grasp and depth of knowledge of your field and an ability to link complex frameworks to create a holistic view of learning and development. The programme helped me to see important issues from a new perspective.”

“ It was brilliant - just what I needed. You really impressed me with your depth of knowledge and your ability to communicate it. …it has given me a much better framework on which to hang MBTI, NLP etc. Already I have begun to think differently about how I contextualise my own work…”

“I found the breadth and depth of the course (in terms of the subjects and terrain covered) really affected me on levels other than intellectual (eg transpersonal and emotional). As an example, I felt resourced and regenerated by the end of it (although tired) which hints that the whole of me was engaged, not just my brain. It has enabled me to reorganise what I do and who I am as a consultant and facilitator. In the same way, the course and your style and the content you have brought together has enabled me to have much more clarity about organisational consulting, diagnosis and how to make timely and effective interventions.”

"Your workshop has provided me with frameworks, knowledge and confidence to provide my clients with the best solution for their needs. …the personal realisations I had throughout the workshop have allowed me to relax and know I have a lot to offer. … you have much to offer any consultant regardless of their skill level. "

"A stunning overview and exploration of the leading edge models in consultancy"

“A very stimulating 3 days which I am still integrating. I think it will be useful in thinking about how to respond to client situations as well as when working with teams of managers on team development. I so enjoyed the atmosphere you created Aubyn and co-working with the other attendees and learning from each other was also a valuable aspect."

“I thoroughly enjoyed the course and benefited greatly not only from the experience and skills of the facilitators, but also from the sharing of experiences between the attendees.”

“Thanks for a really transformational experience!”

Contents

• Introduction

• Courses overview

• Client cases and testimonials

• Facilitator profiles

• Appendix