LET'S CUT THROUGH THE CHAOS, CLARIFY YOUR GOALS, AND CONNECT YOUR TEAM
I AM AN INDEPENDENT COLLABORATOR;
FACILITATOR, STRATEGIST, AND COACH
My mission is to share my skills with more organisations and teams making a positive impact in the world. I shine a light on what matters most to you and clarify the practical actions that will get you where you want to be.
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I help you solve problems and make decisions
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Authentic and productive relationships are the basis of everything I do. I take pride in creating spaces for people to express themselves, share aspirations, and seek common ground. I bring open-hearted interest, creativity, and practicality to my work, alongside a unique blend of skills I've gathered along the way.
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My work and approaches are based on many years' experience creating plans, nurturing partnerships, and facilitating shared decision making across NHS, local government, voluntary and community sector partners. I combine this with experience in managing events, branding, marketing, and communications in commercial settings.
Designing and delivering stakeholder engagement sessions
"Holly’s help to plan our event was invaluable – from the relatively limited amount of information we were able to share with her, she was able to quickly make sense of what we were hoping to achieve, and put together a session plan that would help us get there. Having her skilful facilitation on the day enabled us to step back and really get the most from the event, as well as supporting people to be open and honest in the conversation that we had. Her planned activities, and the way she delivered them, worked well to help us drill down and get the information that we need for the next steps in our planning. Holly’s background knowledge in health and care was an added bonus for us (given the focus of our work) but I’m sure her facilitation skills would be valuable in many other settings."
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Lucy Davies, Chief Officer,
Healthwatch Sheffield
Reflective practice and future planning for management teams
"Holly facilitated two sessions with us - one for senior managers and a follow up involving the wider leadership team. I found the preparatory conversations with her incredibly useful as she was able to take general themes and aims and form them into a clearly structured and ordered session that took into account the individual needs, styles and preferences of the team.
The days themselves were full but never rushed and her skilled facilitation enabled some really open and honest conversations which are helping our, already strong, team to work together more effectively. All the participants enjoyed the days and felt they came away with a clearer understanding of each other and of our shared challenges and aims. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Holly again or to recommend her."
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Sylvia Ward, Chief Executive Officer,
Citizens Advice Sheffield
READY TO GO DEEPER?
Illuminate to Elevate is my signature strategic support service. It is a tried and tested framework for organisations, groups, and teams that are ready to invest in a clearer future and realise their ambitions to do things better and do better things.
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Illuminate to Elevate is a facilitated co-design process. Through your choice of 6 phases of work, it guides you to clarify your goals and devise the practical solutions to get you there. Illuminating what you do and how you do it can help you to elevate:
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commitment to shared purpose and priorities
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positivity of culture, values, and sense of inclusion
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integration across staff, teams, and departments
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productivity and more effective ways of working
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problem solving and taking logical, practical action
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the likelihood of achieving outcomes
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staff motivation, drive, wellbeing and retention
Collaboration for me means an ongoing, trusted relationship that makes a difference. I am an independent guide who values the knowledge and wisdom of participants and ensures every one of the team can participate fully and equally.