Associates

When delivering the largest programmes Walking with Leaders is able to draw on a pool of fully qualified, skilled and experienced associates who share our values and approach.

All our associates have experience as senior leaders and are qualified coaches. They are able to bring many years of experience in a wide variety of sectors to our programmes.

Carol Bailey

Carol worked as an executive director in human resources in the NHS for 18 years most recently as Interim Director of Human Resources at Barts and the London NHS Trust where she managed the HR function across three sites and was a member of the Executive management team. Previously she was HR Director at Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust where she established a new human resources department, and was an Executive member of the Trust Board and the senior management team that led the hospital to university status and the Investors in People award. Carol's early career included positions as Deputy Director of HR at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Director of Industrial Relations at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Carol is now a qualified executive coach and Consultant in Human Resource management and Organisational Development with special experience of the health sector. She has a particular interest in Board development; leadership and senior staff development; and coaching for executives and senior managers.

Tony Brister

Brigadier Tony Brister made his career in the Army and ultimately became Director of Educational and Training Services for the Army, in practice responsible for learning and development across the Army. Other senior appointments included: leader of a large specialist training organisation with 6 schools on 5 sites; leader of a team responsible for implementing new, ground-breaking HR procedures across the Army; and head of strategic and corporate planning for the HR and Training functions for the Army. During his Army career Tony has also taken on more traditional leadership roles.

Tony has taken great pride in developing strong teams and helping to unleash the potential of those he has had the privilege to lead. He is now a qualified executive coach and an NLP Practitioner. As a coach Tony enjoys working on personal and professional development and is particularly interested in the challenges of leadership. He strives to enable leaders to achieve results while also making their organisations more exciting, enjoyable and fulfilling places to work.

Joanne Rule

Joanne has a research background and has held a number of senior communication and public affairs roles; she has ten years’ experience as a voluntary sector CEO and most recently was chief executive of the patient charity CancerBackup. She has presented widely on patient and public engagement in health care.

Joanne has worked extensively in the not for profit sector with federal organisations as well as charities and public/private collaborations. Joanne is now a performance coach and consultant with expertise in health and social care; communications and patient engagement. Currently she coaches and mentors health care leaders and is a consultant for the National Cancer Action Team working on the involvement of service users in the commissioning of cancer services.

We are also pleased to mention our long association with the Hanover Partnership where we provide executive coaching support and leadership training and the Hanover Foundations where we have trained coaches to work with young people.