The coaching sessions with Wendy have been invaluable for my professional development and confidence as a new manager. Wendy encouraged me to think more deeply about the root of the challenges I encountered, to enable me to identify suitable solutions that would work for me. Specific examples include managing and prioritising my time effectively and managing my own expectations. Wendy also recognised personal traits that were important to me, such as creativity and supported me with how I could include this within my role. Wendy’s encouragement and wealth of expertise enabled me to reflect upon my achievements and future plans and provide me with a sense of accomplishment within my new role.

Laura Shaw
Learning Development Manager

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Working with Wendy has been a pleasure – she brings a wealth of knowledge from the sector. She challenges your thinking in a very constructive way. A guru on Leadership and Management her skills and mix of theory and embedding into practical experience is invaluable. We will use her input from the visit to drive the organisation forward from good to outstanding.

Sandra Burnhill
Executive Director

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Wendy is passionate about all aspects of education and skills, and particularly the potential leadership has to develop people and their potential.  Wendy has proven herself to be an excellent communicator who works collaboratively with leaders and managers to develop realistic solutions to challenges.  She is able to plan bespoke and active training for the needs of individuals, teams and organisations, meeting strategic priorities and emerging issues  Wendy uses her vast experience as a senior manager and her in-depth knowledge of theory to focus on the aspects of leadership that actually work and have an impact! ​

Oliver Symons
​Director of Quality Enhancement

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We had the pleasure of working with Wendy in relation to our recruitment campaign.

As a small business, without our own dedicated HR department, we were in need of some expertise in relation to the recruitment process, specifically attracting, identifying and interviewing the best candidate for our team. We did not want to approach traditional recruitment consultants. We wanted someone working in our interests, who took time to identify the needs and priorities of our business. What we really needed was an experienced individual who could guide us through the formulation of the job description right through to the interviewing of potential candidates.

​The beauty of Wendy’s involvement was that not only did we have an incredibly experienced and knowledgeable professional on hand to help us achieve that goal but her input on this project has given us the skills and tools to tackle future recruitment and hiring campaigns on our own.
Wendy was a joy to work with and her input was invaluable.  I would not hesitate to recommend her.

​Victoria Oerton
Partner

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As a senior manager, Wendy has also made an excellent contribution to the overall strategic direction, leadership and management of the organisation.  This has perhaps been most evident through her time in the role of Director of Staff, Curriculum & Quality which she secured in 2015.  Within this role she was responsible for strategic leadership of our Human Resources, Quality, Higher Education and English & maths delivery. 

Wendy’s positive nature, enthusiasm and endless energy, drove through numerous well researched whole college initiatives and strategic developments.  Examples have included the development and implementation of a new Leadership Framework, development and delivery of an internal leadership and management programme aimed at our middle and senior leaders and managers, and the development and delivery of an Ofsted readiness programme.

Andy Berry
Principal and Chief Executive

Having worked with Wendy on a number of complicated projects I can say without hesitation that she has excellent leadership and project management skills. 

Kevin Jones
Partner
Clarke Willmott LLP

Wendy is a highly respected Further Education Senior Manager, with a passion for improvement, supported by a strong and in-depth knowledge of leadership. One of her key strengths is her ability and energy to process large amounts of complex information and use this to bring about positive change.  This she does using a clear ethos for leadership and management.
 
Wendy achieved numerous successes at the College, not least leading a whole college re-structure and the highly successful implementation of a brand-new management structure, supported by a bespoke leadership programme.
 
Wendy has numerous skills that would benefit any small or long term project.  She is passionate and energetic about education and people, responsive and highly organised, and is highly effective both strategically and operationally.
 
I wish Wendy and Yellow Goose all the best.  I have no doubt that anyone who works with her will benefit from her extensive experience and personal strengths.

Louise Rowley
Vice Principal

Wendy is the most passionate, dedicated and relentless advocate of training and skills that you will ever meet. Whilst working together she provided highly effective leadership and management of 2 restructures and a merger resulting in an institution of 1500 staff servicing over 22,000 students each year. Her experience and knowledge of leadership and management theory coupled with an uncompromising approach to doing what is right for an institution and its stakeholders makes her an invaluable member of any team.

​I learnt a great deal from our time together and perhaps the most important lesson was that of words and actions needing to be congruent. This was best demonstrated in her design and implementation of an 18-month long leadership and management training programme for a group of 35 new managers within our College, giving them the fundamental theories and approaches to guide their behaviours and build their self-confidence as managers. The impact of this programme is evident not only in the improved outcomes across all areas of the newly merged college but also in the culture and atmosphere you feel working within the institution every day. 

Ben Houlihan
Head of Quality & Learning Development at BTC