About us - Leadership Factory

Since 2007, we have been providing strategic, leadership and management solutions for ambitious organisations.

As the Leadership Factory has grown, so too has our reputation for world-class development programmes, and we are proud of our bespoke, interactive and inspiring solutions.

We understand the changeable challenges of leadership and ensure our programmes continually evolve to include the most relevant content that will have the biggest impact on your business and your team. Our experienced team has a broad range of expertise in strategy, leadership, management, organisational development and coaching, and our programmes are designed to build these skills into your leadership team.

It is always a pleasure to engage with an extremely professional training provider. The Leadership Factory strive to tailor and meet our training needs at a very high level which has been successfully transferred into our Management’s day to day activities and has added value to our bottom line. Some of those employees who have been trained by The Leadership Factory have been pinpointed as ‘talent’ for the future.

HR Advisor

Our Senior Management Team have all completed the Leadership for Growth Programme which has developed them hugely, making them more self-aware, helped them understand themselves and the impact their words and actions have on their peers and their direct reports.

Managing Director

The programme transformed my role as a leader in the business. These coaching sessions were some of the most valuable hours of my professional life to date. It is very rare to have an opportunity to discuss business challenges with another professional and gain helpful input from them in a supportive way.

Sales Director

We’re incredibly proud of the people who have chosen to be part of our team.

They’re intelligent, interesting, passionate and dedicated, with the expertise and skills base to deliver inspiring development programmes.

We champion diversity and with a team of trainers, coaches, mentors, team building specialists, speakers and organisational development consultants, we know we have the best people for the job.

Dr Andy Kelly
Director

Leadership development, strategy development, coaching, research and evaluation, teams.

Julie Law
Head of Leadership & Coaching

Leadership and team development, change management. Coaching capability and culture development. Organisation and Employee wellbeing.

Penny Williams
Head of Operations

Planning and organisation, event management, client management, social media, corporate social responsibility.

Brian Glennie
Associate Director

Leadership development, coaching, management development, top team development, psychometrics.

Sandy Smith
Business Development Consultant

Sales & business development, experiential learning tools and approaches for team and organisational development

Laura Currie
Principal Consultant

Coaching, mentoring, leadership training, group facilitation, human resources.

Pamela Donnelly
Principal Consultant

Leadership and management development, team development, culture change, talent management and blended learning solutions of maximum impact.

Chris McCann
Principal Consultant

1:1 coaching and mentoring, group facilitation, data analysis, problem solving.

Fiona Marshall
Principal Consultant

One to one executive coaching, leadership development, EI development, team development and one to one career coaching.

Dr Nick Quinn
Principal Associate

Family business, leadership and management development, strategy development, coaching, organisational development.

Brian Barnett
Consultant

Group facilitation, team development, one-to-one coaching and mentoring, management and leadership development, organisational development.

Graham Forbes
Consultant

All things continuous improvement- training, coaching or hands on. Organisational learning.

Campbell Ford
Consultant

Staff development, coaching, project management, bid management and service delivery.

Stephen Hibbard
Consultant

Leadership development, executive coaching, team effectiveness.

Roz Logan
Consultant

Sales training, executive coaching, marketing.

Teresa Robertson
Consultant

HR, L&D, organisational development, culture, change & coaching.

Victoria Russell
Principal Consultant

Facilitation, training, 360 feedbacks, coaching and market research.

Flora
Chief Barketing Officer

Morale, security, biscuits.

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WE DEVELOP WORLD CLASS PROGRAMMES

Since 2007, we have been providing strategic, leadership and management solutions for ambitious organisations.

HR Advisor

Managing Director

Sales Director

We’re incredibly proud of the people who have chosen to be part of our team.

Dr Andy Kelly

Julie Law

Penny Williams

Brian Glennie

Sandy Smith

Laura Currie

Pamela Donnelly

Chris McCann

Fiona Marshall

Dr Nick Quinn

Brian Barnett

Graham Forbes

Campbell Ford

Stephen Hibbard

Roz Logan

Jack Wood

Teresa Robertson

Victoria Russell

Flora