Mac Macdonald MProf, MSET.

Experience

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  British Army

  Jul 1978 - Jul 2000

  Military Training Instructor and Coach

  Joined in 78 as a driver and quickly changed to a Military Training Instructor (MTI) when I discovered my passion for training people.Taught many skills including Weapon Systems, First Aid, Mountain Craft and Leadership, Tactics and ended up specialising in Leadership and Management Skills and also Train the Trainer.

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  Knowledgepool

  Feb 2000 - Jul 2001

  Training Consultant

  Training consultant designing and delivering courses for major client role out of EPOSS and Coding IT systems.

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  TAP Learning

  Jul 2001 - Sept 2009

  Training Consultant

  During my 8 years with The Training Foundation I delivered soft skills topics to delegates from the UK and abroad in face to face training environments both at our base in Coventry and at client sites as well. I was also involved in the design of courses and presentations for clients and their own clients. It was great, thank you.

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  FLOW

  Sept 2004 - now

  Chief Executive Officer

  Strategic planning and Management of the day to day functions of the organisation, its administrators and moderators. Now a Registered Charity.

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  LaPD Solutions Ltd

  Jul 2005 - now

  We have delivered courses for many large, small, public and private organisations. These include:GSK, Rooftop Housing Group, DJH Mitten Clarke, Lloyds Banking Group, Aviva, Capp, Save the Children, Hewlett Packard, The LPI, ScS Sofas, Police, NHS, Virgin Atlantic, Capita Learning & Development, VW, Local & Central Government, The Royal bank of Scotland, Rolls Royce, M&S Money, Barclaycard, The Carphone Warehouse, Leeds and Oxford Universities, AXA, MoD, BAE Systems and many others.We are known for delivering high quality, measurable and engaging development programmes. Our solutions include bespoke Courses, Workshops, Live Online Learning events and Webinars. Our free initial consultancy offers professional, pragmatic and measurable training solutions for organisations. Show less Working with clients to design flexible programmes around Leadership, Management, Organisational Culture and Values.Introducing Emotional Intelligence and our Moccasin Approach® as the underpinning skill set required to create effective working relationships and reduce stress, backbiting and political football in organisations. Introducing "Clean" Communication, Psychological Safety and Consequence Conversations to manage the performance of our people. Challenging existing or outdated thinking, Leadership, Management, and Performance Management practices and refreshing the outlooks of all those who work with others. Rethinking the People Strategy and other documents to actually make a difference and not be a saved document that ticks a box. Introducing our EI Tree® and our ARCHWAY Approach® to help our approach to Leading and Managing our people. Show less

  • Learning and Development Specialist

    Jun 2004 - now

  • Leadership and Management Specialist -

    Jul 2005 - now
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  Metricate

  Jan 2007 - Jun 2009

  Associate Training Consultant

  Metricate offers various development workshops. Its flagship is MAP Assessment (http://www.dpgplc.co.uk) and follow up development to improve the 12 assessed competencies of MAP. Development includes one to one coaching and group workshops covering a variety of management and leadership topics including Managing your time, Communicating Effectively and many others. Board level workshops are also available to identify areas of organisational managerial/leadership development. These are both effective and valuable gaining an insight of how the "whole team" agrees that the organisation can develop and become even more effective. Show less

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  The Peplow Group

  Oct 2007 - now

  Associate Training Consultant

  The Peplow Group offers various development workshops. Its flagship is MAP Assessment (http://www.dpgplc.co.uk) and follow up development to improve the 12 assessed competencies of MAP. Development includes one to one coaching and group workshops covering a variety of management and leadership topics including Managing your time, Communicating Effectively and many others. Board level workshops are also available to identify areas of organisational managerial/leadership development. These are both effective and valuable gaining an insight of how the "whole team" agrees that the organisation can develop and become even more effective. Show less

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  The LPI (Learning and Performance Institute)

  Nov 2009 - Mar 2017

  Learning Academy Manager

  Associate consultant for The Learning and Performance Institute. Working with clients to improve their L&D programmes. Managing and nurturing The LPI's Trainer Performance Monitoring and Assessment (TPMA) programme and advising TPMA centres . Creating, designing, delivering classroom/online courses, workshops and webinars.

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  The Abandoned Soldier

  May 2013 - now

  Chief Training Officer

  Researching, designing and delivering training for The Abandoned Soldier project. Mr Mark Christmas heads up the organisation and steers the focus of the training requirements.More on TAS here http://www.theabandonedsoldier.com/story.php

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  Capp & Co Ltd

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  Consultant Leadership & Management Designer and Facilitator

  Assisted in the design of and the delivery/facilitation of Leadership events for a number of Capp clients, both face to face and online. A great company with excellent services and highly recommended.

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  Lloyds Banking Group

  Oct 2015 - Nov 2017

  Consultant Designer and Facilitator

  Advising, designing and facilitating on the Graduate and Apprenticeship programmes. What a privilege that was.

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  Aviva

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2018

  Consultant Designer and Facilitator

  Facilitating Online Learning on the Graduate programme.

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  REACT Disaster Response

  Apr 2020 - now

  Volunteer at RE:ACT Disaster Response (Covid & CW Games - as required)

  Volunteering time to projects which RE:ACT need us for.

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  InStudents

  Nov 2023 - now

  Learning and Development Consultant

  Advising InStudents on Learning and Development, specifically around Leadership, Management and People skills.