Ted Piker

Experience

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  YMCA Bristol

  Jan 1975 - Jan 1980

  Youth Work Director
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  Bristol & Weston NHS

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1985

  Staff Nurse (Mental Health)
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  Teen Challenge Wales

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1987

  Personal Counsellor & Curriculum Developer
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  Berkshire County Council

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1990

  Primary School Teacher
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  East Berks Community Health NHS Trust

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  Health Promotion Specialist

  Commissioned health education services in local business focusing specifically on smoking and stress management campaigns. Ran education seminars in conjunction with employment law specialist to guide businesses on smoking policy development. Designed an active listening skills programme for Mars as part of their staff well-being programme

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  Wexham Park & Heatherwood NHS Hospital Trust

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Training & Development Officer

  Ran non clinical staff training and developed the Learning and Development for the Management Development programme.Wrote, delivered and adapted various courses covering Appraisal, Presentation, Negotiation and Coaching Skills.

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  Chiltern Oak Consulting

  Jan 1995 - now

  Founder & Director | Leadership & Team Development | Executive Coaching

  I work on behalf of commercial, public and not-for-profit clients, delivering the following: • Organisational Development• Executive Mentoring• Mediation• Business Development• Team DevelopmentLatest projects:- Leadership and Business Coaching for CREATION, London• Supported the establishment of Senior Leadership Team• Developed the coaching role of the CEO• Improved staff empowerment and access to decision making• Advised on internal meetings and communications processesOther projects:Retained by clients such as BT, Red Prairie, Transco, Olympus, Exxon Mobil, Charles Schwab, BAA, Access Conferences and Management Centre Europe to provide a range of services and facilitation programmes focused on identifying restructuring options, performance improvement, commercial mediation, team building, strategic review and mentoring skills. Mentored individual high ranking Sales Executives to achieve effective sales through others and ensure talent retention.Public sector clients include Northamptonshire County Council, NHS Health Education South West, Northampton NHS, Department of Health London Region, Government Office East Midlands, Wokingham PCT, Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority, Buckinghamshire County Council, Bracknell Forest Adult Services, Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council and Reading PCT and Borough Council.If you would like to learn more about how I can help your business and people development goals, please get in touch. Show less

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  Wycombe District Council

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2013

  Scrutiny Support Officer

  Provided Democratic Services support of the newly created Improvement and Review Commission. Embedded substantiated approach to overview and scrutiny.Built strong partnerships and stakeholder relationships, focused on diplomacy through open lines of communication and clear delivery of objectives. Offered evidence based recommendations to significantly increase rate of acceptance. Positive impact on Commission’s reputation. Managed liaison with the Adult Health and Social Care Select Committee on the scrutiny process that was supported by the creation of a local stakeholder consultation that led to agreed service improvements recommendations. Show less

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  Viva

  Mar 2013 - Jul 2013

  Training Consultant (via Chiltern Oak)

  Viva is a Not for Profit organisation focused on building global collective action networks to improve the lives of children. Liaised with CEO and Head of HR to understand objectives and design a workable programme that was relevant to the specific workplace and related issues. The event embedded best practice continuous improvement to team synergy.

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  Mustard Tree

  Aug 2013 - now

  Training & Mentoring Consultant (via Chiltern Oak)

  Mustard Tree is a highly respected organisation, focused on combatting poverty and preventing homelessness. It is the winner of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Responsible for mentoring Leadership Faculty Coordinator first in his role as performance coach and now in his seconded post with the Manchester Homelessness Partnership as Facilitator for Manchester Homelessness Charter.Consulted with Mustard Tree CEO and in-house facilitator to author and deliver a key management dedicated away day.Led behavioural analysis for the team to identify areas of improvement. Capitalised on high levels of motivation to focus team on demanding self-challenge process. Show less

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  Strategic Commissioning Partnerships LLP

  May 2015 - Dec 2015

  Interim Commissioning Manager in Local Authority and NHS Commissioning Collaborative

  Identified service-specific impact of current and future market forces on voluntary sector working:Worked closely with the procurement department and engagement team to provide data for commissioning. Relaunched Carers Strategy Reference Group with updated membership to meet needs of the community.Event design and facilitation of Adult Community Transport Forum for staff, service users and volunteers to improve communication and share best practice.

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  Lady Margaret Hall

  Jul 2016 - Sept 2016

  Training and Learning Development - as External Consultant

  For the LMH Development Team:Liaising with the Director to design and facilitate a series of team development sessions to embed team-working best practice.The programme incorporates use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.