Speakers

Beryl Badger

As a passionate believer in the power of learning, it has been a privilege to witness and be part of the power it has to transform individual and organisational lives in the 27 years I have worked at Plymouth Business School. The stimulation and nurturing of curiousity, capacity and ability to explore, identify and model excellence in individuals and organisations is my driving force. Both individuals and organisations learn. People are an organisation’s lifeblood; without their creativity, energy, commitment, drive and enthusiasm all that there is, is a lifeless set of processes and structures doomed to stagnation at best and destruction at worst.

The main thread running through my career is the concern for the development of learning and expertise in individuals and organisations. The foci have included:
 Development of the HR professional body in the South West, particularly by leading the professional development programme.
 Management development activity in South West organisations,
 Contribution to the HR professional body (CIPD) nationally,
 Leadership of applied research by the Business School into organisational learning and its use in organisations, particularly with regards to the success of small organisations.

Ole Dodwell

Ole Dodwell is the Leadership and Management Trainer at the Met Office. He has been working in the field of soft skill training delivery for 10 years and specialised in Leadership & Management development for the last 4 years through the design and delivery of various development interventions for all managers in the Met Office. Ole has recently become an NLP Master Practitioner which he feels has taken his ability to get the best out of groups and individuals to the next level. Prior to working at the Met Office, Ole was a Corporate Learning & Development Consultant at Torbay Council where he delivered the main corporate training plan including ILM Accredited Management Development Qualifications.

In other areas of Ole’s life, he is a husband to Dani and father of Maddy and Thomas and enjoys walking and spending time re-discovering this glorious part of the world that we live in.

Dave Bebbington

Lt Dave Bebbington MSc joined the Navy in 1982 as a Junior Radio Operator (Tactical) conducting initial professional training at HMS MERCURY. Having reached the rank of Chief Petty Officer he was selected to join the Officer cadre, entering Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) for Officer training in June 2005. His first appointment was back to the communications school and after attending Staff Course he became a Course Officer at the Royal Naval Leadership Academy. The Academy is responsible for leadership training of ratings taking their first steps on the managerial ladder. After a successful appointment as the Course Officer he was selected to join the training team of the RNLA to develop the training of instructors and to support the implementation of coaching across the Naval Service (NS). Responsible for the delivery of the coaching policy his main focus has been on developing those within the NS to move from prisoners to passengers and pilots.

Married to Nicky, he has 2 daughters and in his spare time enjoys many sports especially football but his passion is Field Gun, and Dave was a member of the successful COLLINGWOOD A Crew who completed the clean sweep in 2006 and was fortunate enough to be the lead trainer of HMS COLLINGWOOD’s crew in 2011

Dan Phillips

Dan has extensive experience working within the Substance Misuse and Learning sectors. He began in clinical roles for young people's drug services during which he followed his interests and took up the delivery of substance misuse awareness training to associated services and completed an accredited Train the Trainers course. In 2006 he moved into a Training and Development Officer role for the Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) based in the Worcestershire County Council (WCC). In 2010 he was trained in an initial cohort of coaches for the WCC 'NLP Coaching Programme' as one of a number of Council staff delivering wellbeing led coaching.

He recently took up a new post of 'Business Partner' in the Learning and Development Centre within the WCC. This is a role of broad scope which incorporates being in charge of the WCC Coaching Programme which now has around 50 staff members trained in the NLP model.

Dan has a degree in Psychology and qualifications in Counselling, Teaching and Leadership & Management Studies.

In his spare time he reads, watches films, tries to keep fit and settles into his family hierarchy below his wife, two sons and the cat (but just above the goldfish).

Jane Stubberfield

Jane Stubberfield is the Managing Partner of Leading Edge Development. She has over thirty years experience as a coach and trainer. As a coach she is dedicated to helping each client reach his or her potential. She uses a combination of her management and business acumen; her many years experience in successfully helping people to develop and the philosophy, attitude and techniques of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) to bring about the changes that her clients seek.

She is adept at helping organisations grow through developing the potential of their people and through helping them handle those difficult situations such as conflict and poor performance.

As a trainer she is skilled in developing programmes focussed on meeting the needs and transformation of each delegate. Her training is delivered in a challenging, encouraging and supportive way with highly interactive workshops. She brings creativity and passion to every training programme so that her delegates can maximise their learning.

She understands the importance of continuously developing so that she can provide an up to date and effective service. She is a Master Practitioner of NLP and an Internationally Accredited Trainer of NLP and Coach. She has a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) and a member of the Institute of Hospitality (MIH).