Valerie’s training style is informal, energetic, fun, awareness-raising, confidence-building and transformational. She specialises in management, communication and interpersonal skills.
Past delegates have said …
“The best course I have ever attended”
“Valerie is inspirational”
“I have learnt valuable skills that will make me a better manager”
“Fantastic! I am looking forward to the next training day”
After graduating from Exeter University, Valerie spent two years in the Personnel Department of Esso Petroleum, gaining experience in recruitment and selection, interviewing and industrial relations.
She then moved to ITT Components Ltd as their first female Sales Engineer and during three years with that company was involved in selling, marketing and sales development and training, both in the UK and in ITT’s European subsidiaries.
She then spent some time as a freelance interviewer for BBC Radio before joining the sales team of Professional and Executive Recruitment.
Within two years she was appointed Training Manager and for the following three years was responsible for the training of all levels of PER’s 600 staff.
Valerie now runs her own training consultancy covering general management, communication, assertion, staff development and interpersonal skills, interviewing, telephone effectiveness, selling, influencing and negotiation skills, and quality and customer care for a wide range of clients throughout the country.
Just a small sample of Valerie’s past and current clients:
The Geest Organisation
Peugeot Talbot
Hertz UK
Pirelli General plc
Harcross Ltd
Rank Zerox
HSS Hire Co Ltd
Rover Group Ltd
The London Stock Exchange
Sun life of Canada
Macmillan Publishing
Yorshire Bank Retail Services Ltd
MEMEC plc
Zebra Technologies