Carol Wilson

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Carol Wilson specialises in presentations on Leadership, Coaching and Motivation. She experienced the value of a coaching culture at first hand while working at board level with Richard Branson at Virgin, is now Head of Accreditation and Honorary Vice President at the Association for Coaching, and runs an international consultancy advising and implementing strategies for organisations to transform their cultures. Carol was nominated for the AC Awards ‘Influence in Coaching’ and ‘Impact in Coaching’ and is the author of ‘All About Performance Coaching’.

biography

International speaker, writer and broadcaster Carol Wilson is Managing Director of Performance Coach Training in partnership with Sir John Whitmore, Europe’s pioneer of coaching, and Head of Accreditation/Honorary Vice President at the Association for Coaching.

Carol experienced the value of a coaching culture at first hand when she worked at board level with Sir Richard Branson in the first decade of Virgin. During 25 years as a corporate director and MD, she became the first woman in the world to found a successful record company, the first woman director of global corporate Polygram and is now Honorary Vice President and Head of Accreditation at the Association for Coaching. Carol was nominated for the AC Awards ‘Influence in Coaching’ and ‘Impact in Coaching’ and is the author of ‘Best Practice in Performance Coaching’ ( Kogan Page 2007) featuring forewords by Sir John Whitmore and Sir Richard Branson.

Carol has presented at many conferences and workshops, including the HR Forum, Dubai Women in Business Conference, Coaching for Performance, Dept for Education and Skills, Royal Bank of Scotland, Cranfield University School of Management, Sky News, CIPD Coaching at Work, Brunel University Business School and Surrey University.

Since entering the field of leadership and coaching in 2001, Carol has specialised in creating coaching and leadership programmes in organisations in the UK and abroad, including IKEA, CLM Olympic Delivery Partner, NCR, Westfields Retail Centres, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, Honeywell, the Arts Council and other public sector organisations.

Presentations include:

Comparison of leadership styles Sir Richard Branson v Sir Alan Sugar
What is a coaching culture and how to create one
Hot seat coaching: live coaching demonstrations
Career risks & breakthroughs (motivational)
The EXACT goal setting model
Training managers in coaching, communication & leadership skills
One coaching for CEOs and directors

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Testimonials

‘The whole session was radiating positive development & networking. I learnt so much in such a short time. For me this was a magical session.’
Mike Benson

‘Good ideas in short space of time. Really good use of interaction and delegate participation. A very good session - highly participative. I thoroughly enjoyed the active role play. Good style, relaxed, engaging’.
HR Forum, Aurora cruise ship

‘Thanks for such an inspiring talk last night - you really have a way of capturing an audience!’
Association for Coaching presentation participant

‘You managed to make it sound like so much fun, even though there was a lot of clarifying required to get to the end goals. It was a brilliant demo and you really brought your own style to it, so it all sat very naturally.’
Live coaching demonstration participant