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Dr John Collins

August 19, 2019 Steve Hobbs
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I’ve known John for over 10 years. As well as sharing a passion for rugby (including coaching our sons at the same club over a number of years) we both share a passion for supporting people in their roles as leaders and managers in organisations and business, helping them to be successful.

So who is this man?

John is an award winning, qualified business coach and mentor with extensive experience of coaching business leaders and their senior teams to embrace significant growth and change, to take the right actions to transform their individual and business performance.

John’s successful career ranged from research on artificial limbs to watch manufacture to chemical / polymer manufacture. His extensive senior business and people management experience covers operations, sales and general management, and he has a wide international experience in South East Asia, USA and Europe.

John also spent several years managing major business change and transformation programmes in multinational manufacturing and service businesses and this generated his real passion for developing and coaching people to achieve their goals. He quickly builds rapport and credibility using real ‘been there and done it’ business experience to coach the skills, mind-set and behaviours necessary for businesses to successfully achieve their growth ambitions. He is expert at bringing dysfunctional management teams together and has a proven ability to mobilise, enthuse and coach business teams to deliver practical solutions to complex business problems.

Since starting his successful coaching and change management business in 2005 he has coached, mentored and trained business owners, MD’s and senior managers across a broad sector base including manufacturing, education, food, construction, charity, professional service and public sector. He is a highly experienced High Growth Coach, a Certified DiSC Behavioural analyst, an experienced MAS consultant and a coach/mentor of Nottingham University and Nottingham Trent University spin out businesses

John passion for coaching also extends to training coaches and he is principal of the UK subsidiary of the Toronto based Adler School of Coaching, which delivers leadership development courses and ICF accredited coach training programmes across the UK.

John’s own professional Coach training has been mainly with the Adler School of Coaching in Toronto and he is an Adler Associate Business coach, a member of the ICF (International Coach Federation), and a CMI qualified Strategic Business Coach.

More about John and PCA here

In people+places Tags people, coach, facilitator

CQ: The Creative Quarter

August 16, 2019 Steve Hobbs
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CQ holds a really important position in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Nottingham. They’ve got a great team who do amazing work with limited resources to support people and businesses across Nottingham. Here’s their office in the funky Sneinton Market, where you’ll find lots of interesting and quirky businesses alongside the CQ hub.

(I have a soft spot for them as they have invited me (OK, I won a tender!) to deliver early stage start-up workshops over the last 18 months. That’s been great for me as I love working with fledgling entrepreneurs in my city. )

The Creative Quarter Website gives access to a host of options through the Big House programme (that’s the one I have delivered on) for those who live and work in Nottingham… and if you live within the Creative Quarter geography there are other offers and opportunities just for you.

As they say themselves… “The Creative Quarter is becoming Nottingham's 1st choice destination for students, businesses, investors, locals and visitors to work, learn, live & have fun. #CQNG” Look them up.

In people+places Tags places, ecosystem

nonsuch studios

August 15, 2019 Steve Hobbs
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I’ve delivered here a few times in the last couple of months and it’s a great, accessible space for larger group work. The room I used was large, airy and bright (see below). The tables enabled my biggest handouts to be catered for and the staff are really helpful.

Nonsuch Studios is a brand new theatre & performance venue and creative space based in the heart of Nottingham’s Creative Quarter, nestled between cosmopolitan Hockley and the vibrant Sneinton Market.

The building is being transformed into five versatile creative spaces that are all available for hire for rehearsals, events, workshops, classes and whatever activity you need to create.

If you’ve got a need for a space check them out here… plus all the other stuff they offer.

The studio I’ve delivered in..

The studio I’ve delivered in..

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