Experience
I have worked as a facilitator, trainer and coach since 2003, following the publication of 'Getting on Brilliantly'. Before that I had a hugely enjoyable career in education - see below for details of my employment history and public appointments.
Employment History
1989-03 Principal Tower Hamlets College
In 1989 I was appointed to create a new college for Tower Hamlets, East London from the annexes of neighbouring colleges. The circumstances were challenging. We inherited 3 near derelict buildings, 100 demoralised staff and hardly any students. The team I led:
– Developed and led a strong and committed staff
– Encouraged an ethos based on shared values and focused on results
– Merged with two other organisations
– Saw student numbers grow from less than 1000 to over 8000 and achievements exceed
national averages
– Directed an imaginative £40m building programme to time and budget
– Managed a £30m turnover consistently rated financial health status “A”
– Moved the college from the bottom of the education league table to a nationally recognised ‘Beacon’ with above average results.
1989-89 London Borough of Hackney (to conduct post-16 review)
1985-89 Principal Hackney Adult Education Institute
1983-85 Senior Lecturer Curriculum and Centre Development,
Hackney Adult Education Institute1978-83 Coordinator for English as a Second Language,
Hackney Manor AEI
1974-78 Part time lecturer in English as a Second Language Industrial (Language Training Unit)
1967-71 Freelance Film Editor
