Phil Kelly, Author at Leadership and Coaching Specialists

05 Jun

Turning Things Around: Pro-Noctis Supports South Tees NHS Trust to Improve Performance

Following a disappointing inspection result in 2019, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust partnered with Pro-Noctis to develop bespoke training programmes for the organisation. Over the course of three years, we worked together to develop the leadership and performance culture, and the results of the latest Trust inspection speak for themselves!

22 May

Guaranteed Gains: How to Invest in Your Leaders

From directly influencing profitability to helping embed company culture, effective leadership and management can make or break an organisation. At Pro-Noctis, our years of experience delivering leadership training and development programmes across the world has shown us the most effective ways organisations can invest in their leaders and see the serious benefits...

26 Apr

Why a Positive Company Culture is Vital

How can you determine if your organisation has a good company culture? As performance consultants, company culture is one of the first things we take a close look at. An organisation's culture, and how that culture is communicated, has never been more important to business success...

23 Mar

InFINNite Happiness?

For six years in a row, Finland has ranked No. 1 as the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report. So, what can we learn from the Finnish approach to employee and work-life satisfaction?

13 Mar

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ILM Courses – Could it be the Course for Me?

ILM Coaching and Mentoring qualifications are highly valued and well-recognised amongst employers. But, what exactly is an ILM qualification? Why Coaching and Mentoring? And is this the right course for me? We explain it all...

08 Feb

Showing Compassion in the Workplace

Working out how to respond to a colleague in distress can be tricky for a lot of reasons. Compassion is not a biologically based skill; we don’t just have or don’t have compassion. It is trait that we can all develop and learn. We explain why it is of immense value to practice compassion at work.

23 Jan

Are You Listening?

Many of us likely believe we are good, even effective listeners. Yet, when we speak to teams or organisations, not feeling listened to is such a commonplace complaint or criticism of colleagues or management...

23 Dec

Twist, or Stick: Should you make changes in 2023?

It's a brand new year, and with a new year comes the expectation that we make life-altering resolutions. But, are we always best placed to assess what needs to change in our lives? How can we make sure we enter 2023 with the right approach for us, as individuals or as part of a team?

02 Mar

Meet the Trainer: Sally Strazzanti

Over the last 16 years, I have trained hundreds of people at different levels on coaching and mentoring programs, from introduction to coaching programs through to level 7 Masters module programmes. Before working in leadership development and coaching and mentoring, I worked in the health service in human resource management and organisational development. I have...

22 Feb

CASE STUDY: Kathryn reflects on the ILM 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring

As a director in the housing sector, Kathryn had already been coaching and mentoring in an unofficial capacity for the previous 6 years. She knew she wanted to do more coaching when she left the corporate world. Kathryn took part in the ILM 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring in 2019, just before lockdown...