People I work with
Energise Development is, at its heart, a one-person business. That’s by design. It’s my first baby, and I’m proud and protective of it.
However, sometimes a project’s deadline shifts suddenly, but I’m already committed elsewhere. Some pieces of work need more than one brain, or a different kind of brain. Sometimes the project mushrooms, seemingly overnight. Sometimes I need to call in reinforcements.
So, over time, I’ve built a small circle of people I trust. They aren’t “associates” in the traditional sense. They’re simply a network of people I rate highly, have worked with (so I know first-hand that they really are brilliant), and would happily work with again. They’re all outstanding in their own right, and I’m ridiculously proud to be able to involve them in Energise Development work.
If it would genuinely strengthen your project, I may invite one of them to get involved. But I always shape the approach around what you actually need. If involving someone will make the work better, I’ll do it. If it won’t, I won’t.
Whoever delivers your work, you still have me as your one point of contact. You just get the added value of additional expertise where it helps.
My circle of experts
Dr Hayley Lewis
Hayley is a coaching psychologist specialising in leadership and management behaviour, and what that does to culture and performance. She really knows her stuff and is brilliant at making theory understandable. If you’ve ever read something and thought, “Yes that sounds amazing, but how do I actually do that on a Tuesday morning?”… Hayley is your person.
You may have seen Hayley’s sketchnotes on LinkedIn. She shares them with a huge community, and they’re one of the best examples I’ve seen of making complex ideas feel clear and practical.
I might involve Hayley if your project would benefit from:
Leadership development based on emerging research, the kind that will not only make you think differently but actually do things differently. A ‘pracademic’ at heart, Hayley has a knack of taking complex theories and models and turning them into clear, practical tools that you can see yourself using time and time again.
Diane Allton
Diane has a brilliant knack of identifying what’s really going on in teams, especially when you’re finding it hard to put your finger on it. She’s curious, creative, and not afraid to say the things that need saying, kindly.
If work has started to feel heavy, stuck, or a bit joyless, Diane helps people notice the stories they’re living inside, and choose different ones.
I might involve Diane if your project would benefit from:
Fresh thinking, curiosity and creativity, and facilitation that really gets under the skin of an organisation. Diane is one of the best facilitators I’ve ever worked with. And if you’re dealing with something particularly complex, she’s brilliant at making sense of knotty situations - nothing phases her!
Jodi Mustard
Jodi is highly creative and energising, with a background in culture strategy, employer brand and performance coaching. Jodi will bring energy and creative ways to deepen thinking, always with performance and a future goal in mind.
I might involve Jodi if your project would benefit from:
Creative, high-impact workshops. Culture change projects that needs energy as well as structure. Or leadership coaching for leaders who want a reflective and focused accountability partner.
Meg Peppin
Meg’s work is all about helping people make sense of complexity. She calls it “disentanglement”, which is exactly what it feels like when you work with her.
If you’ve got lots of moving parts, lots of opinions, lots of unspoken stuff, Meg helps create space for clearer thinking and better conversations, so you can take the next right step.
I might involve Meg if your project would benefit from:
Untangling what’s stuck, especially where the real issue isn’t being said out loud. Meg is one of the wisest people I know. She can walk into almost any scenario without a toolkit and help people think more clearly. She’s an exceptional facilitator and a deeply skilled thinking partner.
Hazel Anderson-Turner
As a business psychologist and OD expert who’s worked extensively with the NHS, Hazel specialises in resilient leadership and burnout prevention. She is a fantastic coach, supporting leaders to work in ways that protect their wellbeing and their team’s wellbeing, in a way that feels grounded and practical.
I might involve Hazel if your project would benefit from:
Specific wellbeing coaching, or resilient leadership support from a psychology perspective. Hazel examines people strategies through a wellbeing lens. Her wellbeing programme reviews are invaluable, especially where pressure is high and the cost of burnout is real.
Fiona Venton Harvey
Fiona is a seasoned facilitator, coach and leader, with the kind of change experience across the public, private and charity sectors that could fill several books! She’s been right at the heart of change programmes and team development at the BBC, The Royal Mint, and multiple local authorities.
Fiona brings a rare mix: a deep understanding of local government, alongside a strong private sector reality. Her collaborative and pragmatic style means she can provide a calm and focused energy to change work.
I might involve Fiona if your project would benefit from:
Organisational development or design. Significant change projects. Senior team work where credibility matters. She’s calm, experienced and gets on with it. I’ve worked with Fiona for years and she never loses sight of what’s ultimately practical, workable and useful in the world of reorganisation and change.
Tamasin Sutton
Tamasin works with organisations to build, reshape and redefine people practices in a properly joined-up way. Yes, she can write policy, but she’s always looking beyond the document to the scaffolding that needs to be in place for things to actually improve.
If your HR activity has become overly task-heavy, Tamasin is brilliant at streamlining it, digging into the data and refocusing effort on what adds real value. Her aim is always robust, practical approaches that help organisations operate well and support teams to thrive, following a simple principle that makes a big difference: treat adults as adults.
I might involve Tamasin if your project would benefit from:
Senior HR experience to balance strategy with hands-on delivery, strengthening your people practice in a way that’s both caring and clear.
Sarah Johnstone
Sarah has more than 25 years’ experience in communications, including stretches inside public sector organisations. She’s brilliant at helping teams step out of their “inside voice” and into the real world.
If you’re trying to communicate change or other tricky messages, Sarah will gently challenge and coax you out from under your comfort blanket of acronyms and industry-speak. She helps you see what your audience will actually hear, and shapes messaging that’s clear, human and useful.
I might involve Sarah if your project would benefit from:
Audience-first change communications that people can understand and act on. She knows how organisations talk, how audiences listen, and where the two often miss each other. Clear, human, communication.