About
Ann Todd, MSc Psychology, MBA, PGCert Consultation and Psychotherapeutic Supervision
Qualifications – and what it means:
- MSc Psychology – the science of behaviour: what is a choice, what is not: what is changeable and how to change it.
- MBA – Master of Business Administration – influential, collaborative, authoritative, effective team and business leader. Strategic, analytical, financially numerate, project direction and management.
- PGCert Consultation and Psychotherapeutic Supervision (Learning & Change) – Integrative, systemic Coach: expert in Transformative Learning and Change: support and supervise others working with emotions and change:
Affiliations:
Association of Business Psychologist
About
Ann is Principal Consultant at the Performance Practice. She coaches adults through significant change, working with individuals and groups, onsite, face to face and online.
Delivering significant, positive change is the constant across a career that includes international and cross-cultural experience, senior employed roles, and selling and influentially leading transformation to time and budget as a business and team leader. She has facilitated and led change in commercial organisations, NGOs, and government departments. Clients have included: Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Kiln, R.K. Harrison, Datum Solutions Ltd, Elexon, Energy Settlements and Information Services Limited, Gartmore, HBOS, National Grid plc.. Government and NGO Clients include bis/Berr/dti (now Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), The Big Issue, The Cabinet Office, Community Development Foundation, EU (ACP Business Scheme), Home Office, Mind, NAWO, Women’s National Commission and Senior team members at The Spectator. She founded IQEQ Network, a working group and reflective space for senior employed professionals responsible for manager and staff performance. Member employing organisations included Aviva Investors, Barclays Capital, Betfair, Bupa, Ciena, Discovery, Disney, Expedia, Grosvenor Group, Housing for Women, Monitise, Nandos, Polycom, RWE Npower, Tesco, and The Big Issue.
Ann explored Psychotherapeutic Supervision (Learning and Change) adding to her coaching credentials, before moving to an MSc Psychology to effectively challenge the ‘shoulds’, shaming and fear that often define institutional responses to difference.
Ann offers expert support for parents and carers, navigating the complexities education and the UK EHCP process: after you realise there is a problem, before you have to use lawyers.
Contact me for:
Management and leadership coaching
For when the inhouse offer is unavailable, politically unattractive, or not suited for an individual. Particularly bringing Emotional Intelligence to the fore in leaders.
EHCP Coach
Expert support to navigate the UK’s EHCP process.
Collaboration
If you’ve read this far – well done!
Complexity is often best addressed via collaboration and teamwork: please contact me.
Recent Stay Sharp articles
Stay Sharp (Parents)! Emotional Skills: AI your new ‘Best’ friend?
Psychologist on why emotional skills matter, ‘AI’ does not replace human friendship & improving social skills of Youth.
Stay Sharp! Navigating overwhelm in times of dizzying change.
Staying calm in times of dizzying change involves being deliberate in when and how we access the news. This article contains a 10 point check list to support this aim.
Stay Sharp! Psychological Safety
What is psychological safety?
Why it matters. Creating psychological safety in your teams.
Protecting vulnerable team members.