Having been a hypnotherapist previously, I now find that coaching and training are currently where I can make the best contribution. I am qualified to administer the Goleman/Hay Group 'Emotional Competence Inventory' 360 assessment, which I am currently using with individuals and organisations to help them develop their leadership competences.

I am the author of '55 Ways To Increase Your Emotional Intelligence', a 16 page tips booklet, which has been well reviewed. A longer book about developing emotional intelligence is on its way, and 'Strategies for Changing Your Life' will be released by a major publisher in March 2006.

Vision

My vision is of a world where we take responsibility for our emotions and for our actions, where people have the skills to communicate better with themselves and others, and where everyone is aware of their own motivations for acting as they do. In short, a world in which people feel they can act from love rather than from fear.

Working in the IT industry for twelve years I saw and experienced poor communication, constant compromises, a long-hours culture, and people being treated as resources to be strip-mined rather than as individuals to be nurtured and developed.

Subsequently, as a therapist, coach, and stress management trainer, I heard countless stories of wasted human potential, overwork, stress, lack of connection, and emotional pain. While some of this may be part of the human condition, a large part of it is unnecessary - caused by ignorance of what human beings need and how we work best. We can change this, starting now, at minimal cost.

The insights and attitudes of NLP provide the most effective methods I have found to enhance emotional intelligence in individuals, organisations, and the world. NLP is not rocket science. It can be applied and understood by anyone. My mission is to make available the practical applications of NLP to everyone, so as to bring about a more emotionally intelligent world.