Coloured Square – Mentors, Coaches & Trainers

Team

It’s not been easy to find the right people to work alongside us – we’re very fussy in all sorts of ways! – but we’ve now got a team that’s been intact for the last five years or so. Their values are very much in line with our own, they know the material, the Coloured Square philosophy and our training system inside-out.

And they’re all widely respected by our clients as talented individuals who add real value…

Sian Bryant

Sian Bryant

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Andrew Manuel

Andrew Manuel

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Alison Fairley

Alison Fairley

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Luke Thomas

Luke Thomas

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Vicky Hopkins

Vicky Hopkins

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Sian Bryant

Sian Bryant

Expertise & skills

  • Developing HR strategy to support business strategy
  • Management and leadership development
  • Development and coaching of HR business partners
  • Coaching
  • Field coaching
  • Training design and delivery  
  • Internal communications/employee engagement

Experience

Sian's industry experience includes roles in Human Resources and Line Management with Marks and Spencer plc, Somerfield Stores Ltd and Nationwide Building Society.

In a career spanning over 20 years she has held a number of senior management roles within these organisations. She has worked with directors and their teams to develop and deliver varied people strategies to lever Business results, her experience in internal communications has contributed to the engagement of thousands of employees. Sian is valued for having a pragmatic, common sense approach, with a clear focus on the business and its results. She is passionate about helping organisations and the individuals within them achieve their best. Her work with individuals encourages them to bring more of themselves to work. She is supportive, thought provoking, challenging and usually great fun!

Her passions outside of work are cooking, family, holidays and entertaining!

Qualifications

  • Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
  • Member of the EMCC.
  • Qualified to administer and interpret Psychological instruments – Myers Briggs Type instrument (MBTI), FIRO B.
  • Advanced Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring (EMCC Senior Practitioner).

Andrew Manuel

Andrew Manuel

Expertise & skills

  • Accelerated learning
  • Coaching
  • Field coaching
  • Training
  • Induction design
  • Training
  • Training design
  • Team development
  • NLP

Experience

Andrew's background is in retail – 20 years predominantly with Marks and Spencer, in store management and training and development roles. He is commercially astute and still misses the buzz of driving up sales in stores! He works with integrity and quickly builds rapport and trust across all levels of an organisation. He loves working with a diverse range of clients which over recent years have included finance, retail, manufacturing and even theme parks! He loves skiing, playing the drums and watching his son play football!

Qualifications

  • NLP Master Practitioner
  • NLP Coach
  • Myers Briggs Type Indicator Certified
  • Good Boss Questionnaire Certified

Alison Fairley

Alison Fairley

Expertise & skills

  • Coaching
  • Field coaching
  • Team development
  • NLP
  • Strategic brand development
  • Training
  • Training design
  • Accelerated learning

Experience

Alison has worked in the field of strategic brand development for the last 15 years and is now regarded as one the UK's authorities on visual brand projection. She is an experienced communications professional, particularly adept at managing change initiatives and has a track record for achieving exceptional business results. Her creative thinking makes her an innovative training designer and she combines warmth, integrity and enthusiasm in order to inspire, energise and drive those around her.

Oh – she's brilliant at fashion advice too!!

Luke Thomas

Luke Thomas

Expertise & skills

  • Accelerated Learning
  • Sales & Marketing
  • Change Management
  • Coaching
  • Facilitation
  • Field Management
  • Neuro Linguistic Programming
  • Performance Management

Experience

Luke is versatile, practical and commercial, having worked with a wealth of top brands in Sales, Ops, Management and HR roles. The work he produces has a frank, candid and consistent approach. We knew soon after first meeting Luke that we'd work together in the future - our values fit was apparent very early on and his results speak for themselves. Don't get him on the subject of cars or scuba diving though... you've been warned!

Qualifications

  • Postgrad in Human Resource Management (CIPD)
  • Postgrad in Advanced Marketing (CIM)
  • NLP Master Practitioner
  • Good Boss Questionnaire Certified

Vicky Hopkins

Vicky Hopkins

Expertise & skills

  • Accelerated learning
  • Change management
  • Coaching
  • Facilitation
  • Graduate recruitment and development
  • Management development
  • Performance management
  • Psychometrics
  • Training
  • Training design

Experience

Vicki has over 12 years' expertise delivering bottom line results through learning and development. Strong rapport building skills and an ability to match her style to meet the needs of the individual and the group makes Vicki an excellent coach and facilitator. Vicki has a proven record of facilitating key behaviour changes in individuals that leads to real business success.

Industry experience includes retail, IT, financial services, distribution, business investment and domestic services.

When not working Vicki enjoys photography and visiting the gym regularly – nothing too strenuous, mainly to relax and socialise!

Qualifications

  • MCIPD
  • BA (Hons) Business Management and Human Resource Management (2:1)
  • British Psychological Society Certificates Level A and B
  • CIPD Certificate in Training Practice
  • NLP Practitioner