Our facilitators
Our facilitators all have tremendous experience in their field of expertise. They are practitioners first, trainers second. That means you can be sure that what they’re recommending and teaching really does work. On top of that, they are all accomplished at passing on their knowledge to others and helping them develop their skills and confidence.
- Sheila Hirst
- Domna Lazidou
- Chris Carey
- Colin Braithwaite
- Tony Coll
- Miles Henson
- Paul Johnson
- Neil Munz-Jones
Sheila Hirst
Sheila is an experienced facilitator, trainer and coach, with 25 years’ experience of developing leaders’ communication capability. She specialises in helping leaders and leadership teams to understand how their communication shapes their organisations and influences employee engagement – and helps them discover their own effective and authentic communication voice.
Sheila has worked with organisations in all sectors to support leaders going through change such as AstraZeneca, Bridon, HMRC and Cancer Research UK as well as those wishing to optimise their engagement capabilities such as Civil Aviation Authority, ASDA and the NSPCC.
Sheila has a post-graduate diploma in executive coaching and is currently researching authentic leadership for a doctorate in coaching and mentoring. She has also developed a face-to-face ‘communication gym’ based on research into middle manger communication capabilities and worked with others to develop a set of leadership communication competences.
Dr Domna Lazidou
Domna is a communications academic and facilitator/trainer with a long track record in helping organisations and their leaders assess and develop communication and cultural competence. As an expert in cross-cultural communication with a PhD from Cranfield Business School, Domna specialises in working with executives in complex multicultural organisations to help them deal with the communication issues of the multicultural workplace.
Domna has designed and run change communication workshops for leadership teams at numerous organisations including Microsoft EMEA. She has worked with Compaq/HP executives to coach them on communication style and approach during a period of significant change and designed and facilitated cultural communication workshops for senior Airbus and Stryker EMEA executives, as well as senior civil servants at the Cabinet Office.
Domna combines her corporate training and facilitation work with teaching executives in the classroom – she runs modules in intercultural communication skills for marketing professionals and a module in communicating with employees in multicultural environments for senior HR professionals at Cranfield School of Management. She also teaches International MSc students on the subject of ‘The practice of intercultural communication in the workplace’ at Warwick University.
Chris Carey
Chris has over 20 years of experience in employee engagement and is managing director of Axiom Communications Ltd. Chris is also a former Management Development Manager at Kingfisher, so developing people’s skills in becoming better communicators really plays to his strengths.
Chris has successfully designed and delivered a wide range of employee engagement workshops that have contributed to the success of organisations in a variety of business sectors including; pharmaceutical, manufacturing, retail, travel, banking and charities around the world and for CEOs and frontline staff alike.
Chris specialises in translating his wealth of experience in actually delivering award winning employee engagement programmes into practical tips and techniques that workshop participants can readily apply. A highly accomplished and respected workshop facilitator, Chris’ advice on how to help people deliver their objectives through enhanced communication is much sought after and forms part of a popular book he has written and published called ‘How to be a better communicator.’
Colin Braithwaite
Colin has over 25 years’ of experience in management development and specialises in training needs analysis, the design of appropriate workshops and interventions and the delivery of memorable and inspirational development activities.
Colin’s experience and expertise has helped organisations in the public and private sector including; De La Rue, Cable & Wireless, Johnson Controls, Kuwait Petroleum, London Underground, Next, Rank Hovis MacDougal and United Utilities.
Colin is a fluent and effective communicator who works hard to ensure he tailors workshop content to meet the precise needs of both the client organisations and the participants he works with. His energy and passion for excellence are infectious and his command of best practice is always appreciated by participants.
Tony Coll
Tony is a former BBC journalist who has worked for more than twenty years as a media and communication coach, trainer, consultant and facilitator. His media and communication skills help individuals and organisations improve strategy, content and performance, in live events, on video and in media interviews.
An Oxford law graduate with a classical education, Tony began as a newspaper journalist and became a BBC reporter, presenter and producer. He then moved to more creative forms of communication, working as a scriptwriter, producer and director in TV drama, film, light entertainment, comedy and corporate video, and as a copywriter in an advertising agency. He has written gags, scripts and links for comedians and TV presenters.
Tony keeps one foot in the door of broadcast TV, combining his communication consultancy with a range of documentary, drama and comedy projects. He's also in demand as a facilitator and speaker on media and communication.
Miles Henson
Miles is a communications and behavioural change specialist, with an ability to connect at all levels from the ‘coalface’ to the boardroom, helping organisations to better engage with their people and inspiring them to deliver better performances.
Miles' expertise covers a range of subjects and specialises in how to ‘sell’ new ideas and concepts to stakeholders and internal audiences alike.
Miles has designed and delivered employee engagement workshops for organisations such as Alstom, AstraZeneca, BMW, BT, HBOS, HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group on a global basis and has collected almost as many case studies as he has Air Miles.
Miles works at executive level as a coach and mentor and presents the Business Show on 93.7 Express FM every week. He has recently been made a Fellow of Southampton Solent University working with third year Masters students on communication skills as they move into the workplace.
Paul Johnson
Paul is an experienced and versatile business writer who has the ability to pass on his skills to others.
Paul is adept at writing across media: website and intranet content, speeches and presentations, brochures, leaflets and employee and B2B magazines.
He has helped communicate everything from a global bank’s new strategy, through the fine points of competition law and on to the merits of a market-leading skin moisturiser.
Paul designed our workshop ‘The write stuff: How to improve your writing skills’ and successfully facilitates writing skills sessions, with participant feedback showing their appreciation of his best practice knowledge.
Neil Munz-Jones
Neil leads Axiom’s networking workshops. He published a book, The Reluctant Networker, on the topic in 2010. This has been featured in a number of leading publications such as The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, People Management and Good Practice.
Neil is first and foremost a successful business consultant. He has primarily developed his business through effective networking, making him ideally placed to speak with authority on the topic.
Prior to consulting Neil spent several years in various director roles in the international DIY / home improvement sector at Kingfisher / B&Q and one of its suppliers, Caradon. Neil has a BA (Hons) from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD. In 2008, Neil published a case study entitled ‘You Can Do It If You B&Q It’ in conjunction with Professor Nitin Sanghavi at Manchester Business School (MBS). He teaches at MBS using the case study.
Neil has given inspirational talks on networking for organisations such as The Financial Times, The National Audit Office, Barclaycard, LexisNexis, The IOD and INSEAD as well as several professional services firms. He has appeared as a guest on BBC radio and as a networking expert on The Guardian’s Live Q&A. Neil writes a blog on networking for the Financial Mail Women’s Forum.
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