A Multi-Talented Team To Support You
Our global experience means we work with multi-cultural teams in organisations of all shapes and sizes. Our enthusiasm for bringing Training, Facilitation and Coaching to life is what makes us Iconis.
Your Iconis Learning Programme Director and is person you get to work with throughout your programme. They’ll fully get to understand your challenges and requirements and work with you to deliver the outcomes you seek.
Our experience encompasses: Aerospace, Automotive, Banking and Insurance, Central, Local and other Government, Charities, Education, FMCG, Health, Logistics, Media, Oil & Gas, Police, Real Estate, Regulatory Bodies, Retail, Sport, Technology…
Jan Cowan
Trainer, Facilitator, Coach
Jan helps organisations, teams and leaders to maximise their potential through practical, clearly communicated interventions, balancing both commercial and people needs. Experienced in designing and delivering Leadership Development programmes across a wide range of sectors, she enables managers to develop the skills and behaviours to become leaders. She can help to improve team effectiveness, facilitating collaboration and focus across new and challenged teams. Jan is also an ILM Level 7 Dip. qualified Executive Coach, and a Licensed Practitioner in several psychometrics.
Steve Oliver
Facilitator, Coach
In his commercial career, Steve held Executive Director sales and customer experience roles, leading professional teams in blue-chip organisations. He now works as a coach and facilitator across a breadth of sectors and clients. He brings a positive, pragmatic and flexible approach, focusing on enabling individuals and teams to achieve their personal and collective goals, improving overall leadership capability, performance and potential. His coaching style is engaging, purposeful and utilises his commercial experience to draw on practical examples and models to bring solutions to life.
Kate Turner
Trainer, Facilitator, Coach
Kate is one of the UK’s leading experts and a best-selling author in motivation. She is a specialist in helping businesses deliver on purpose, productivity, and profit by increasing the employee experience of work. With a natural, results-focused approach, her command of a range of management and leadership tools enables her to offer helpful frameworks which act as a backdrop to development discussions. She delivers culture change to drive the businesses forward, fostering employee engagement and inciting passion across all levels, so that everyone feels committed to the same outcomes.
Chris Reedthomas
Trainer, Facilitator, Coach
Chris has more than 30 years’ experience helping people develop the skills to be more effective in their workplace and in supporting senior managers and leaders to deliver organisational and culture change. He has particular expertise in Leadership Development, Team Development, Leading Change and Transition and Developing Effective Cultures. Chris has an MSc Management Development & Training, a Diploma in Executive, Business and Life Coaching, and was project leader for the development and implementation of Plymouth University’s Leadership Programme.
Emma Brown
Trainer, Facilitator, Coach
Emma is an innovative executive coach and facilitator, specialising in Leadership Development with particular expertise in Communication Skills, Public Speaking and Forum Theatre. Her unique background combined with her professional training in Voice, Executive, and Team Coaching, has laid the foundation for her subtle and powerful methods. She has worked with a wide-ranging portfolio of leaders in corporate, public sector and third sector clients around the world, designing and delivering personal coaching interventions to build skills, confidence and behavioural change.
Vikki Pratley
Trainer, Facilitator, Coach
Through her own experiences as a long-standing and respected lawyer, Vikki has been inspired to help others working in challenging organisations and teams, without risking burnout. Building on her Psychology and Social Science first degree, she retrained as an ILM accredited coach and now works to create sustainably high-performing professional environments and practices. Vikki has a holistic approach to her work, beginning with the individual. She equips them with a toolkit for success, focusing on mindset and key skills and critically for those who are leaders, a process.
Amy Reynolds
Trainer, Facilitator, Coach
Formerly a blue-chip Financial Services COO in Risk, Amy understands both commercial drivers and what makes people tick. Her real passion lies in supporting people to thrive and achieve their full potential. Through a supportively challenging process, she creates a safe space for leaders and teams to explore and articulate their thoughts, feelings and ideas, identify what is getting in the way, take a deeper look to resolve challenges and determine their way ahead. Amy’s style is warm and encouraging whilst cutting through to the heart of the situation with thought-provoking questions.
Ian Tulloch
Trainer, Facilitator
Ian is a high energy training consultant, engaging his audience with warmth and enthusiasm. He brings extensive experience in the design and delivery of leadership development and team effectiveness programmes, enabling participants to personally and collectively develop the self-awareness, skills, and behaviours to achieve their full potential. Always committed to quality customer service, for 10 years Ian was Senior Board member of the Call Centre Management Association, representing the industry to Government and sharing best practice throughout the UK and abroad.
Phil Way
Facilitator, Activities Specialist
Innovative and creative, Phil has been bringing much valued difference to the Iconis team for over 15 years. With a wealth of experience providing engaging, relevant, indoor and outdoor team activities, he enhances clients’ awaydays, events and training, bringing them to life in a fun, practical, and memorable way. Comprehensively qualified, his standards are exacting, and his calm, balanced approach ensures clarity of purpose, and encourages dynamic involvement of all participants, whilst constructively challenging their thinking and building collective confidence.
Success Stories – Read What Our Clients Say…
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Sharky & George
"Iconis are very easy to work with, accommodating, and able to design and deliver workshops and awaydays to meet our specific business needs. As a group who are all very creative and vocal, I was a bit nervous that they might not completely ‘get’ us. There was no need to worry, each time we’ve worked together, Iconis have absolutely understood what we were looking to do, were very engaging and able to focus the energy in the room to great use. The Iconis team clearly know their stuff, and what really stands out is their ability to tailor that knowledge and information to match the audience.”"
George Whitefield
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Marie Curie
"They’re very down to earth, honest and open. Iconis empower team working. Our teams are talking differently and using their Insights Discovery profiles to support discussions and how they work together."
Jayne Cooper
Associate Director, Nursing and Quality -
Brunel
"Iconis have worked in partnership with Brunel on several projects including our leadership values and training programmes. They bring wisdom and expertise in various OD models and tools that have influenced our approach and decision making, and Jan’s generosity, warmth and energy means individuals feel supported and able to speak openly. Iconis are a trusted, credible and supportive advisor."
Gemma Bailey
Director of Human Resources -
Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation
"Iconis are extremely professional and personable. It’s been more than a consultancy/contractor relationship. They really are above and beyond. All the team are experts in their field and their respectful challenge has been invaluable. Jan has been a real steadying hand with her experience and smooth, calm, and in-control approach. Iconis have taken time to really understand the organisation, our needs and required outcomes, and turned everything into a meaningful training package."
Julie Williams
CEO