Debs Ingham, EMEA Director

“Becoming a mum to two children hasn’t diminished how much I enjoy and value my career but meant rethinking what worked best for me and my family in combining work and home life. The importance of being able to work flexibly is something I am passionate about supporting both organisations and individuals to achieve.”

Debs Ingham is a hugely experienced coach and facilitator. Combining her training and experience provides her with a powerful understanding of how to align business and strategic goals with an individual’s personal goals.

An occupational psychologist, researcher and guest-lecturer, she’s implemented leadership and development programmes and facilitated assessment and selection initiatives in diverse organisations including EY, BP and John Lewis. During the past 5 years with How Do You Do It, Debs has helped a range of organisations successfully embrace more agile and inclusive working practices. Most notably leading How Do You Do Its work with Deloitte where she has overseen a reduction in post maternity attrition from 19.4% to 8.3%.

Her two children are key reasons she is passionate about supporting people to successfully integrate their work and personal life and committed to delivering results for their employers.

QUALIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Chartered Occupational Psychologist, British Psychological Society and Health & Care Professions Council
• Member, Division of Occupational Psychology and Special Group in Coaching Psychology, British Psychological Society
• Accredited Coach & Mentor, Level 5, Institute of Leadership & Management
• Masters of Science Occupational Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London
• Bachelor of Science, Social Psychology, Loughborough University
• Level A & B Psychometric Testing, British Psychological Society (MBTI, 16PF, FIRO B, WAIS-IV, WRAT, TOWRE, ART & Beery)
• Accredited Practitioner, Neuro-linguistic Programming

EXPERIENCE

• EMEA Director How Do You Do It
• Occupational Psychologist, EY, BP, John Lewis, KPMG
• Coach, EY, Proctor & Gamble, PWC, Thomsons, Lloyds TSB
• Co-author, Assessor bias in selection and assessment methods, Dewberry, Chris and Jordan, Deborah (2006)
• Speaker, BPS Occupational Psychology Annual Conference, 2006
• Guest Lecturer, Loughborough University Business School Senior Manager,
• Learning & Development, EY

 'I feel privileged to work with organisations to support individuals on their personal journeys to being confident and competent in making their career and life work for them'

Clair Hodgson knows how to bring out the best in people. A skilled facilitator of executive and high-performance teams, and qualified in Myers Briggs, she brings her considerable HR experience to every training and coaching session she leads. Her previous roles, including joint venture HR Director with Post Office Financial Services and First Rate Exchange Services, have given her valuable expertise in performance management systems, the establishment of HR functions and business restructuring.

Clair’s analytical skills, empathy and insight, make all the difference to the teams, executives and organisations she works with. At How Do You Do It, Clair has played an instrumental role in helping Deloitte reduce post maternity attrition from 19.4% to 8.3%.

As a working mother of two girls, Clair is passionate about helping people to reach their full potential whilst juggling the demands of all aspects of their life.

QUALIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
• MA Human Resource Management, the University of the West of England
• BSc Politics, Bristol University
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator Accreditation,
• OPP Emotional Competence Indicator Accreditation, Hay Group

EXPERIENCE

• EMEA Director How Do You Do It
• HR Director, Post Office Financial Services and First Rate Exchange Services Ltd
• HR Business Partner, UK Financial Services, Bank of Ireland
• Senior HR Business Partner, Ernst & Young

“As a working father of two boys, I’ve personally experienced the trials and tribulations of balancing a career with family-life over a number of years.  It doesn’t get any easier! 

I believe that everyone can benefit from support in working out what they want as a parent and as a professional.  Similarly, employers don’t always find it easy to adapt to the changing needs of parents, whilst still achieving demanding organisational goals.  Working with people to navigate these challenges fits with my personal values around creating workplaces that are, above all, human places”

Roger Coles is a facilitator, coach and consultant with 25 years of experience in the fields of individual and organisational development.  He has worked with managers and leaders in a broad range of industries including financial services, professional services, media and communications, retail, manufacturing, transport and automotive.

Roger passionately believes that there is untapped potential in all of us.  He sees his role as providing developmental experiences that help people access this more readily, and channel it in the most productive ways to deliver personal and business success.   He recognises that the modern business environment presents some unique challenges, which many of us feel ill-equipped to navigate.  So, creating the right learning environment, where people feel able to look at themselves honestly and try out new things, is a key feature of his approach.

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc Psychology – University of Hertfordshire
• MSc Occupational Psychology – University of Hertfordshire
• Associate Certified Coach – International Coaching Federation
• Practitioner Certificate in Organisational Development – NTL Institute of Applied Behavioural Science
• Qualified in leading psychometric tools including MBTI, Hogan, FIRO-B, Facet5, Emotional Intelligence Profile (EIP) and WAVE
• Member, Division of Occupational Psychology and Special Group in Coaching Psychology, British Psychological Society

EXPERIENCE

• Facilitator and coach – How Do You Do It
• Director – Keeping It Human
• Head of Leadership Development – British Broadcasting Corporation
• OD & Change Partner – Vodafone UK
• Learning & Development Business Partner – Virgin Media
• European Learning & Development Consultant – Chubb Insurance Company of Europe

“I’m passionate about helping parents find
pragmatic and family-friendly ways to
contribute to the workplace and define how
they want to shape their lives, both as an
employee and as a parent.”

Suzi Arditti is an assessment and development consultant and business psychologist
with over 25 years’ commercial experience. Professionally trained in leadership assessment and development, Suzi has worked with managers at all levels in the private, public and charity sectors and regularly supports organisations in planning and delivering development and change programmes.

Suzi is an experienced mentor and coach at senior and middle management levels and has
completed the London Leadership Centre’s mentor training programme. Suzi’s approach is centred on the needs of the individual while strongly informed by her understanding of the commercial world. She is able to quickly build rapport and credibility with a wide range of people, at all levels.

As a single working mother of two teenage girls, Polly and Annie, Suzi has negotiated many
of the challenges faced by working parents, and is committed to supporting others in their journey.

QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• MSc Psychology, Open University
• BSc Psychology, Open University
• BA French and Spanish, Open University
• Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel
  and Development
• Accredited and licensed to use all major
  psychometric tools including WAVE, 16PF,
  O.P.Q, Work Style Analyser, Firo B, Hogan
  and Myers Briggs Type Indicator

EXPERIENCE

• Consultant to: BP, The Foreign and Commonwealth
  Office, The Cabinet Office, Marks & Spencer,
  Hachette Publishing, Heinz, WH Smith, Sainsbury’s,
  The Co-operative Group, Asda, RBS and The NHS.
• Group Development and Succession Planning
  Manager, WH Smith

Amanda Alexiou is passionate about helping people to excel. As a business psychologist with broad industry experience, she knows how to encourage and motivate executives and help them achieve synergy between their professional and personal lives.

“I have had an intense and demanding international career in parallel with an even more demanding parent path - seven lovely children with my fantastic wife. Help and support as provided by How Do You Do It would have been highly beneficial to me and to us”

Tommy is an experienced business executive who has achieved results in a variety of roles, based on a passion for understanding and supporting the motivation, mindset and skill set of the people around him.

With seven children of his own, balancing career and family life is certainly a challenge to which he can relate to and he brings practical experience of all stages of parenthood to his role with How Do You Do It. 

Tommy has had roles as an army officer, CEO, CCO and consultant. He has wide-ranging experience, working with specialists, middle-managers and executives to develop talent through coaching, workshops and training. 

QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION

• Certified Transition Coach, EMCC certified program
• Executive Management Program, INSEAD
• Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
• Officers Academy
  
  

EXPERIENCE

• Facilitator and coach HowDoYouDoIt®
• CEO and CCO in companies from start-ups to multinationals
• Partner, consultant and trainer working with large Danish service organizations
• Officer in the Danish Army
• Executive Outplacement Counselor at AS3 Executive

Sarah has coached executives, middle management and emerging leaders within a range of organisations across the legal, higher education, government, not-for-profit, police, emergency service and corporate sectors. She has also led numerous Coaching for Leaders and Conflict Coaching training programs throughout Australia.

As an executive coach and trainer Sarah offers coaching experiences that work with the whole individual and the complexity of the workplace. She has a particular skill in creating space within this for clients to find their own way forward. Her easeful style supports the cultivation of reflective and self-awareness capabilities that translate to sharp navigation tools within complexity, transitions and leadership.

Sarah has particular expertise in supporting her clients to recognise patterns and understand team and system dynamics resulting in clearer communication, engaged collaboration and impact. She also specialises in cultivating the courage and dexterity of her clients to engage positively in the challenges of conflict and to value diversity both within the individual and the workplace as a rich opportunity for development.

 Clients come away feeling empowered, supported and inspired to act. Sarah’s coaching and consulting is influenced by a unique blend of ecopsychology, integral theory and systems-thinking for sustainable change. As a mother to two young daughters, Elka and Joni, Sarah knows the challenges of navigating the natural tensions between career and family life. She is passionate about supporting working parents shape their lives in a way that brings balance, fulfillment and health.

Linda works with organisations that are intent on improving the number of women in senior leadership. She does this by drawing out the best thinking of both women and men to achieve a balanced and strong culture of inclusion, believing that by involving men and women in creating the leaders of tomorrow, we make it a "leadership" issue, not a women’s issue.

She helps organisations and individuals  achieve a balanced and supportive culture by speaking, facilitating and coaching on subjects such as:

• Influencing through others
• Exploring unconscious bias
• Increased job flexibility
• Career partnering
• Understanding behavioural differences
• Meeting room respect
• Listening with purpose & meaning

Previously, Linda worked in financial services for over 20 years,  including as an Executive Vice President at BT Financial Group, managing a National Client Relations Department of over 300  people.

Combining hundreds of hours in coaching male and female senior executives with her experience in the corporate world, Linda brings a unique perspective about how strong relationships between leaders, male and female, are key to a successful culture.

Linda is the author of two books about making sense of financial matters. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two children and has two stepchildren and three step-granddaughters.

Qualifications and memberships

• ACC Associate Certified Coach, ICF
• Member of the AICD
• Founding member of Global Women Leaders

“Empowering working parents to achieve success at work and home is an absolute privilege”

Lauren is an experienced facilitator and coach who is passionate about bringing How Do You Do It to the Perth market.

Her pragmatic and compassionate approach to facilitation is based on her specialized facilitation training in the working parent’s space, as well as her corporate experience in the legal industry.

Lauren has a passion for diversity and strives to provide working parents with tools, strategies and solutions to effectively manage the constant juggle of work and family life.

Lauren has 2 children (including an active toddler!) and is well versed in the challenges faced by working parents.

Qualifications & Memberships

• Bachelor of Business, University of Columbia (USA)
• Diploma in Law, University of Sydney
• Graduate Diploma, College of Law, St Leonards

Experience

• Executive Coach and Facilitator, How Do You Do It
• Practicing Solicitor, various law firms
• Legal Consultant, Hudson Resources, Hong Kong
• Mentoring and Coaching, The Smith Family
• Speaker at various events across the legal and finance industries over a period of 10 years

Lisa oversees the behind-the-scenes operations in the Australian business and takes pride in enabling the best client and participant experience possible. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Media and Communications. When she isn’t busy helping working parents manage career and family, she is busy wrangling her 6 and 3-year-old and practicing yoga.