Meet the Staff
Kevin Walker - Training Director
Kevin, 55, an honours graduate in Occupational Psychology, has worked in the field of team development and leadership training for over 30 years. He specialises in raising people's awareness of themselves and others, breaking down hierarchical barriers and silo mentality within businesses, developing effective communication both within and between teams, and enhancing creative thinking and innovation.
On leaving university in 1977, he set up his own experiential training business. At the time, his approach to development training was virtually unique, and it was not long before his expertise was in demand by other development training businesses - over the years he has worked with a wide range of other training organisations including the Leadership Trust, Beacons Leadership, Action Based Leadership, Aberclydach House, Jill Davies Associates, the International Consulting Group, DLJ Sabre, JAC International, the Barry Harding Consultancy, and Palladium. He was Senior Outdoor Management Development Tutor with Compass Teamwork Development for almost a decade, and is an associate consultant with Insight Human Resource Consulting and Action Based Consultants.
This varied background has given him a wide experience of many different types and styles of development training in both the public and private sectors, and with businesses of all types and sizes.
Although he still enjoys working as an associate consultant on an occasional basis, he now spends most of his time and energy designing and running his own training courses and programmes for a varied and growing client base.
Author of several books and a qualified mountaineer and caver, Kevin is a keen outdoorsman. He is married with three children, and lives in Mid Wales.
Ian Waddington - Senior Facilitator
Ian, 44, is an honours graduate in Environmental Science. On leaving university in 1984, he joined the River Dart Management Training Centre, tutoring with independent consultants and working on experiential training modules including several run by Cranfield School of Management and Ashbridge Management College. In 1990, he gained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education prior to setting up his own training business. Since then he has worked with a number of development consultancies including Next Step Management Development, the International Consulting Group, and the Barry Harding Consultancy. This has given him experience of working with companies both large and small, using a wide variety of approaches.
A qualified and experienced mountaineer and canoeist, Ian is married with two children and lives in Cheshire.
Facilitation & Technical Team
Depending on the nature and requirements of the training, we also use the services of a small team of experienced associate facilitators and outdoor technicians. This team has been built up slowly over the years, individuals being chosen not only for their technical expertise, but also for their professionalism and the effectiveness of their approach. All are fully qualified and possess the relevant National Governing Body certification.