"This is clearly a unique course. It is extremely powerful."
Richard Petrie, Technical Director, BAA plc
High Performance Leadership
Be you, only better!
Our Praxis programmes are designed for individuals like you, who are looking to build on their personal communication, leadership and people management styles, we help individuals and their organisations to achieve a more successful future.
Firmly grounded in management issues, we provide a radical and innovative edge to conventional thinking.
Highlights
3 days, residential
Do you find that your conversations at work are increasingly not about the work, but are the work? Do you sometimes avoid the more courageous one’s?
Customer Testimonials
"Great course, the best I have ever had. A lot of useful experience and lessons and great people to work with and an excellent atmosphere!"
Jurgen Hirschfeld, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs DG/RP, Schering AG
Managing People Effectively
"Very much enjoyed the whole course. It was excellent."
Cris Maiden, Information Technology Infrastructure Manager, SX3 Service & Systems Solutions Ltd
Influencing Skills for the New Workplace
"Really fantastic course with a great bunch of people - tutors and participants.
Joanne Boyle, Head of Customer Service Development, Permanent TSB
Increasing Personal Power
"A simply fantastic course! Such a different approach that has me completely convinced and inspired! Thank you so much."
Maria Chandler, Web Manager, Lloyd's
Managing People Effectively
"It exceeded my expectations completely. I found it extremely relevant and like all the best ideas, beautifully simple."
Dorothy Leng, Company Director, Faraday Partnership
Courageous Conversations
"Quite a fulfilling experience. The interaction between the tutors and course participants is very conducive /encouraging for the self expression and achievement of programme objectives.
Bernard Poyi, Head - Agriculture Business & SME, First Bank of Nigeria
High Performance Leadership
"The whole course has been of great help in my personal development of management of others, and how to interact with them to achieve the best results."
Max Giddins, Shift Co-ordinator, Corus Tubes
Managing People Effectively
"Hugely rewarding and thought-provoking on a personal and professional level."
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Increasing Personal Power
"Thanks for an outstanding experience."
Gary Miller, Associate Director, Briggs & Forrester
Managing People Effectively
Forthcoming Events
- Increasing Personal Power - 23 February 2009
- Confident and Creative Presentation - 26 February 2009
- Organisational and Interpersonal Skills in Management - 09 March 2009
- Walking Your Talk: High Impact Performance - 11 March 2009
- Managing People Effectively - 16 March 2009
- Courageous Conversations - 28 April 2009
- High Performance Leadership - 11 May 2009
- Organisational and Interpersonal Skills in Management - 18 May 2009
- Increasing Personal Power - 08 June 2009
- Power and Influence - 15 June 2009
- Winning Hearts and Minds - 17 June 2009
- Managing People Effectively - 29 June 2009
- Organisational and Interpersonal Skills in Management - 06 July 2009
- Organisational and Interpersonal Skills in Management - 14 September 2009
- Confident and Creative Presentation - 24 September 2009
- Increasing Personal Power - 28 September 2009
- High Performance Leadership - 05 October 2009
- Walking Your Talk: High Impact Performance - 07 October 2009
- Managing People Effectively - 12 October 2009
- Organisational and Interpersonal Skills in Management - 09 November 2009
- Winning Hearts and Minds - 11 November 2009
- Power and Influence - 16 November 2009
- Courageous Conversations - 17 November 2009
Faculty Spot
Sheridan Winn
Praxis Role
Writer and Editor
What are you an expert in?
Connecting people, words and ideas. I am a wordsmith.
Creativity and imagination.
Tuning in to deeper levels of communication.
What is it you are currently thinking about/care about in the world of work?
How organisations can find ways of working that ensure balance, integrity and sustainability
for the planet, and that all are valued.
What would you like to see change in organisations?
A keener appreciation of the human spirit.
An understanding that everything is connected: what we give out comes back to us.
What is special about Praxis?
Its rigour and imagination. Praxis is vibrant, open and dynamic.
Why does the writing you do for Praxis matter in business?
Praxis changes lives. I am proud to help to convey this to the world of business.
How would you describe your writing style?
Imaginative, accessible and clear.
Education and qualifications
Foundation Studies, Bristol Polytechnic, 1973
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Bristol Polytechnic, 1976
- seconded to Bristol University’s Postgraduate Radio, Film and Television Course in
second year
Postgraduate Certificate of Education, Keswick College of Education, 1979
Work experience
1979-1985: Middle School Teacher
Specialised in Art and English
1980-1999: Business Development Manager, Chris Winn Associates
· I worked in partnership with illustrator, cartoonist and author, Chris Winn.
· CWA provided illustration to a wide range of national and international clients in the fields
of advertising, design and publishing.
· Our work spanned a wide range of successful commissions – from huge, cross-track
posters for the London Underground, corporate brochures for global banks and cartoons
for Private Eye, to a wide range of books for children.
· CWA clients included: American Express, IBM, BBC, KPMG, IKEA, FHM Magazine,
EMap Publications, Lloyds TSB, Barclays Bank, John Lewis Partnership, The Times, The
Observer, Telegraph Newspapers, Express Newspapers, The Independent and Walker
Books.
· As well as having creative input, my focus was business development, sales and
marketing, with responsibility for all contract negotiation, licensing and rights.
· I am an experienced account manager and project manager.
· Between 1990-1997, CWA produced the Mad Gadget cartoon strip, which was
published weekly in the Daily Telegraph’s Young Telegraph. Based on the adventures of a
crazy boy inventor, it was the most successful cartoon series in the paper for over seven
years, with an estimated weekly readership of 3.5 million.
· I initiated and managed an international Mad Gadget character licensing programme and
drove the development for production of an animated television series in the US, UK and
Japan.
2000-2001: Deputy Editor, Industry Magazine
· My responsibilities included sourcing and interviewing business leaders for the monthly
cover feature and writing the pieces.
2001-current: Freelance Journalist and Editor
· My features are published across a wide range of leading magazines and newspapers,
including: The Independent, The Guardian, Management Today, BA’s Business Life,
Human Resources, Industry, The Manufacturer, Saga Magazine, HSBC’s Premier
magazine.
· I write management and lifestyle features and specialise in profiles of business leaders.
· My interviews include: Carlos Ghosn/Nissan; Sir Martin Sorrell/WPP Group; Kim
Winser/Pringle; Karan Bilimoria/Cobra Beer; John Hirst/Premier Farnell; David
Radcliffe/Hogg Robinson; the originator of lateral thinking, Edward de Bono and business
philosopher, Charles Handy.
2003-2004: Launch Editor, MindBullets from the Future™
This challenging weekly e-zine is published by FutureWorld International. As editor, I wrote
MindBullets on everything from nanotechnology and pharmagenomics, to the political
situation in Taiwan.
2004: joined Praxis
Interests
Film and screenwriting.
Music – from Tallis to fusion; live music.
Art – particularly Modern British Art (1900-1960). Architecture – sacred, secular and
vernacular.
Writing poetry.
Mountain biking; horse riding; sailing; walking; swimming.
Meditation; shamanism; Nature.
Cooking; gardening; family.
Feeling free in big, wild spaces.