International Leadership Expert and author of The New Leadership Manifesto, Leadership Laid Bare! Wabisugi, ChangePro and founder of the award-winning Successfactory™
Graham is a leading performance facilitator and inspirational developer of leaders. His key purpose is to awaken possibility in leaders to deliver extraordinary results. He works globally and is skilled in teaching New World Leadership, Senior Team Development, Strategy, Business Modelling, Organisational Development, Salesforce Transformation, Developing High-Performance Teams, Innovation and revitalising organisations suffering from Change Fatigue!
Graham works internationally with organisations and their Senior Teams to align strategy and action, specialising in the people aspects of change. Since his early days in the Army and his subsequent work at Dupont, Graham has consulted, trained, and coached top-level businesspeople in the public and private sectors across the UK, US, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. Clients have described Graham as an ‘igniter of human potential’- ‘a true leadership wizard’- ‘an inspirational storyteller’ and ‘an inspirational provider of practical insights that make a difference – immediately’.
Graham is an inspiring facilitator of learning both in the classroom and to large audiences of up to thousands of participants. His working culture is visionary, enjoyable, and results-focused. He works in an atmosphere of openness, flexibility of thinking, teamwork and integrity.
Graham specialises in the following areas: leadership for the new world, developing high performers, Salesforce transformation, leading change, developing high-performance environments, high-performance teamwork, and organisational development. Graham is also in demand by editors of numerous motivational and management publications and is an accomplished conference speaker.
Graham is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management and an invited judge for the acclaimed National Sales Awards. As an Honorary Teaching Fellow, he has lectured at several University Management Schools, and as a successful entrepreneur, he can approach development from an academic and pragmatic viewpoint. His dramatic results are achieved using the latest NLP™ methods and the powerful combination of process consultation and project-based development. Graham is a Certified Trainer of NLP™, and his initial NLP™ training was conducted with Dr Richard Bandler, the co-creator of NLP™.
Graham has been trained in the use of the latest brain-friendly and accelerated learning techniques. He is an experienced Process Consultant/Facilitator, Systems Thinker, and a member of Action Profilers International, which means he works at the forefront of human dynamics, decision-making, and top team development strategies.
Graham is licensed to use Red2Blue, FACET5, Realise2, LIFO® and FLOWS™ team development tools. He also works in the experiential world of outdoor management development, and he is highly qualified in many outdoor activities. Recently, Graham has been working with HeartMath techniques designed to optimise business and sporting achievement.
Graham’s career started in the H.M. Forces as a communication specialist with the Royal Corps of Signals. He was involved in specialised training in an international arena and saw active service in Beirut and various other hotspots, including work with the US Marines and the UN International Peacekeeping Force. Leading, training, and developing key service personnel in technical, leadership, and team skills led to his passion for helping people dramatically improve their performance.
"When looking for engaging and inspirational learning events that add real value to our business, we look no further thanGraham. We have been working with Graham for many years, and throughout that time he has proven his ability to deliver outstanding results. He has an uncanny ability to create a perfect balance the business issues and the people/leadership issues. I particularly like the way he takes time to fully understand our organisation, challenge our thinking and develop practical solutions in partnership with us. I would highly recommend any organisation to experience his many talents.” James Clegg Head of OD and Talent, Bupa
“If you want real transformational change Graham is the person you're looking for. Graham is very effective in getting managers and senior leaders to really take up the challenge and transform their organisations. I have worked with Graham on a number of assignments over the past ten years and have found it very impressive the way he has made major shifts in performance culture and leadership in a wide range of companies including many household names” Prof. Eddie Obeng Director, Pentacle Virtual Business School
“Graham’s facilitation is an experience you cannot afford to miss. Graham's style is extremely flexible and fits in with any organisation, and also any individual. He has a proven track record of improving performance and I have noproblem is recommending Graham as one ofthebestperformance coaches I have ever worked with”. Dr Mike Rotheram Performance Consultant, Metaphorics