Peter Thompson
Peter has more than 20 years’ leadership experience to board level in a variety of business areas including Sales and Marketing, Culture Development and personal growth through Learning and Development. In the 4 years to August 2007 he was the HR Director of Hilti GB Ltd, a privately owned multinational with 600 people in GB and Ireland.
Since then he has been working as a coach and facilitator strengthening leadership capability in individuals and organisations.
His broad commercial experience coupled with a pragmatic approach helps his clients translate strategic direction into practical behaviours. His track record reflects his interest in developing leadership skills in people to achieve for themselves.
His areas of particular interest and experience are:
objective focussed development coaching to release potential
facilitation to strengthen Team Effectiveness
navigation of change at a personal, team and organisational level
assessment and development of Leaders to leverage strengths
His recent sector experience includes agrochemicals, financial services, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, manufacturing, third sector and professional services.
Peter is a member of the Associating for Coaching and has an HND in Mechanical Engineering from Huddersfield. He is a mentor for Business in the Arts, Trustee of Hope Through Action and an active member of Knutsford Methodist Church.
“Peter is the best at what he does that I have ever had the privilege to work with.”
“My interaction with Peter has left me with the tools I need to solve issues of workload, time management, staff line management and even more important, a more positive person with a greater “can do” attitude.”
“Assuming the Directorship of a £10m programme, that expanded into a £20m programme in five years, was a challenging task for an academic and researcher who had limited formal management and leadership training. Coaching with Peter strengthened my leadership capacity to meet the challenges and ensured growth while delivering quality products. I am now more confident moving forward with an expanded portfolio.”
“Peter understands real commercial pressure and helped me through those hugely challenging early days with both support and direction.”
“Peter creates a friendly and relaxed learning environment.”