The Springboard Consultancy

Personal and work development training

We are a small, expert, training company, with a well established track record of specialising in personal and work development training - particularly for women.

We have an exemplary reputation, consolidated over many years, which can be summarised in the following words:

• highest quality
• practical
• innovative
• effective
• excellent value
• wholistic
• ethical
• environmentally-friendly.

 

Founded in 1988, when Liz Willis and Jenny Daisley (already acknowledged trail blazers in the field of women’s development training) came together to develop a women’s development programme for the BBC which was to be quite unlike anything that had gone before. This programme proved to be so successful, it evolved into the award-winning Springboard Women’s Development Programme that is now delivered worldwide.

All these years later, Liz and Jenny are still working together and many other initiatives and programmes have germinated from that creative beginning.

Working with Liz and Jenny is an extraordinarily diverse network of skilled professional trainers, delivering Springboard Consultancy courses around the world. In this way, for a small organisation, we have enormous impact.

Our business is influenced by our strongly-held beliefs, which are that:

• everyone has untapped potential that can be developed - for the fulfilment of the individual and the benefit of their employing organisation.
• developing the whole person (not just the parts of them that come to work) means that changes are rooted in people’s lives, are more sustained and more productive.
• it is perfectly possible to run a successful business in an ethical and environmentally-friendly way and we make it a priority to do so. Take a look at our environmental policy.
• it is essential, as well as desirable, that we ‘walk the talk’ in that we put everything we talk to others about into practice in our own personal and professional lives.

 

Liz Willis and Jenny Daisley – Joint Chief Executives

With over 63 years of practical experience in training and development between them, Liz and Jenny know what they’re doing! They make a formidable team, with skills, personalities and ways of looking at things that perfectly complement each other.

Liz and Jenny have devoted their careers to helping other women develop themselves in the workplace. They are passionate about their work and about making it as accessible to as many women as possible, regardless of their circumstances.

Their overall objective is to enable women to participate more fully in the workplace and as active citizens in their countries.

Having worked their way up from the bottom of organisations, they have personally encountered many of the issues that are raised by course participants, so they bring the perfect blend of empathy and objectivity to their work.

With a client list as long as your arm, Liz and Jenny are constantly listening to what people and organisations need, delving into their seemingly bottomless kitbag of ideas and unparalleled experience and developing new materials which hit the spot – for women, men and their employers - around the world.

The prestigious National Training Award and a ‘European Woman of Achievement Award’ are just two of several awards they have deservedly gained in recognition of their extraordinary contribution.

Sue Keane – Business Development and Operations Manager

Sue has recently joined our team, bringing with her very successful experience in business development within the computer software business.  She puts much of this success down to developing excellent long term relationships with clients, and this, along with her wide business experience and specialist knowledge of e-commerce, goes a long way to explaining her exemplary track record in business development. Sue is already bringing a breath of fresh air into the consultancy, as well as her warmth, energy, dynamism and a solid business focus. Her creative approach to marketing and PR, and her innovative sales strategy for us and our network of licensed trainers around the world, is already enhancing our image and profile.

Georgina Pullen – Senior Training Consultant

Georgina joined The Springboard Consultancy in 2000. She has an impressive track record of 20 years of delivering top quality training inside both public and private sector organisations, most notably (before joining us) inside British Telecom.

Georgina delivers courses around the UK for a variety of clients and also manages large projects, co-ordinating teams of licensed trainers.

With commitment and infectious enthusiasm, Georgina combines her natural warmth and good humour with high professional standards.

Meet the team. Clockwise from the left; Celia, Georgina, Cindy, Pat, Sue, Jenny, Liz and Kathy.