Who We Are
Dr Anna Duckworth, Director
Dr Anna Duckworth holds an Advanced Diploma in Professional Coaching and Mentoring and is a member of the International Coach Federation, the American Board of NLP and the Association for Project Management.
She has been coaching professionally since 2000 and has coached over a hundred clients in a wide range of organisations, including British Nuclear Group, Norwich Union, John Lewis, Spirit Group, Bank of Scotland, Yorkshire Water, ACAS and VEGA.
As a Faculty Coach Mentor with theOCM (previously the Oxford School of Coaching & Mentoring), she also participates in delivery of OCM and CIPD coaching qualifications and in-company coaching programmes.
She is a qualified practitioner of NLP, Time Line TherapyTM and Hypnosis and is also an MBTI practitioner. She is a trained coaching supervisor and is absolutely passionate about the delivery of high quality coaching. With a Cambridge degree and a PhD in Laser Physics behind her, she also has twenty years of experience in the corporate arena in Research, Engineering, Project Management, Programme Management and Change Management.
She is an enthusiast of wild sports such as skiing, snowboarding, sailing and windsurfing and finds energy and inspiration in such environments. She also loves jazz piano, painting and salsa dancing and believes that creativity can be a source of lasting change. Finally, she is a mum and believes wholly in achieving and maintaining the right balance between the important things in life!
Anna works closely with Emily Hutchinson (www.ejhconsulting.co.uk), with whom she has a joint company, Healthy Leadership Ltd.
Anna has contributed several publications to the Ashridge Business School (please click on the icon to visit her profile).
Emily Hutchinson
Emily Hutchinson is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist.
She has over 20 years experience of working in a range of industries, including insurance, IT, nuclear, construction, defence and aviation, and in January 2004 she was featured in the Independent on Sunday as one of Britain’s 10 leading Occupational Psychologists.
Emily works at both the organisational level and with individuals to help them to work better – a coaching approach empowers and enables people to develop.
She is a member of the British Psychological Society’s Special Group of Coaching Psychologists, and currently coaches around 10 individuals a month. She is qualified in a number of psychometric tools, both aptitude testing, and personality questionnaires (OPQ, MBTI, 16 PF, FIRO Element B). She is also a part-time senior lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire.
Emily believes that helping people to enjoy work is beneficial for all – people who are happier at work and fulfilling their potential are more productive, make fewer mistakes and have better health and general well being. Now, that can’t be bad...
She has an open, honest and friendly approach that instantly makes you at ease. Emily has knowledge of a wide range of processes that could be successfully applied to a vast array of situations.
Emily Hutchinson is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist.
She has over 20 years experience of working in a range of industries, including insurance, IT, nuclear, construction, defence and aviation, and in January 2004 she was featured in the Independent on Sunday as one of Britain’s 10 leading Occupational Psychologists.
Emily works at both the organisational level and with individuals to help them to work better – a coaching approach empowers and enables people to develop.
She is a member of the British Psychological Society’s Special Group of Coaching Psychologists, and currently coaches around 10 individuals a month. She is qualified in a number of psychometric tools, both aptitude testing, and personality questionnaires (OPQ, MBTI, 16 PF, FIRO Element B). She is also a part-time senior lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire.
Emily believes that helping people to enjoy work is beneficial for all – people who are happier at work and fulfilling their potential are more productive, make fewer mistakes and have better health and general well being. Now, that can’t be bad...
She has an open, honest and friendly approach that instantly makes you at ease. Emily has knowledge of a wide range of processes that could be successfully applied to a vast array of situations.