If you are looking for something extra, to ensure you, your people and organisation shine, I and my 25 years experience in the Charity sector are perfectly placed to make it happen.
With 25 years experience in the Charity sector, I am perfectly placed to provide that ‘extra something’ that will ensure you, your people and your organisation shine.
Leadership
Creating strong performance driven leaders and leadership teams by supporting them to clarify purpose, improve practice, build confidence and excel at communication.
Promoting a flexible approach to leadership, aimed at creating both effective followers and fellow leaders.
Velvet will be the grit in their oyster - helping to create a pearl.
Teams
Able to work with teams at all levels, I develop team understanding of each other and the task in hand so they create clear plans that secure the buy in of key stakeholders.
Thinking & Doing
Strategic thinking, critical incidents or general planning?
Allow me to facilitate meetings within your organisation or with key partners
My input can be provocatively challenging or quietly supportive, energising or reflective... Whatever the extra something is that you are looking for.
Interim Management
Let me support your organisation’s pinch points with interim or project management.
My strengths lie in people development particularly trustees and managers, insight led strategic thinking and project planning for success.
Jane Whalen
With over 25 years experience of student’s union leadership and management I have a passion for seeing people grow, think, challenge themselves and succeed. With excellent presentation and engagement skills I can support you and your organisation to work better together, understand each other and make things happen for your key stakeholders.
Where I've worked and what they say...
"Jane’s approach is a pragmatic mix of wanting every person to impress themselves and others, and no-nonsense but friendly and safe interventions. She was exactly what I needed to help my organisation navigate our way out of difficult legacy issues.
Durham SU had experienced a lot of change and my leadership team wanted to do the best by our committed, but exhausted, colleagues. Jane’s careful guidance helped us open up our thoughts to their reality, and how we need to inspire, guide, and challenge our whole team to face our new year together. We understood what we needed and could expect from each other, and have benefitted enormously from bringing her in to help us.
There’s no better facilitator to get the best out of your people. Jane is always focussed on results but knows that the only way to get there is through bringing people and plans together. She takes a brief seriously and develops a bespoke response that you know wouldn’t work in every organisation but will definitely work in yours; she takes care to get the insights she needs to do the best for your firm. Her consultancy sticks. It’s efficient and effective, and always feels personal.”
Gareth Hughes, CEO at Durham SU