Creating effective and engaged teams and leaders
Briony Lawton
"I’m referred to as a salt of the earth Yorkshire woman who loves nothing more than being outside, long distance hiking, including ultra walking challenges. I’ve also camped in the artic circle - that was a bit chilly!"
What specific skills do you bring to the Blue Gnu team?
I bring a wealth of corporate experience in HR and Organisation Development alongside facilitation and coaching expertise to work with clients focusing on leadership and team connection.
What is your passion and mission?
Why do you do what you do?
My passion and mission is to create spaces for weary leaders, teams and women leaders in HR to press pause, avoid burnout and reclaim life-work balance through empowering leadership skills, connection, emotional intelligence and practices to slow down to speed up.
What qualifications do you bring to the Blue Gnu team?
ACC ICF Coach, insights Discovery Practitioner,
Motivational Maps Practitioner, Time to Think (Nancy Kline) Facilitator & Coach, NTL Behavioural Science Certified, Sound Healing and Yoga Nidra certified / practitioner.
What is the most interesting Blue Gnu project you've worked on?
Working with a group of leaders to develop key skills for people leadership, including how to build trust, develop listening and presencing skills. All key to successful people leadership. A spacious programme designed to enable participants to truely immerse in the learning and experience for people leadership.
Who would your dream client be and why?
My dream client(s) are leaders / women leaders and teams who are open to creative experiences and conversations inside and outside in nature and are open to creative learning and conversations which might be challenging as well restorative.
What does your Insights Discovery profile say about you?
Briony is a creative thinker who loves to be in the company of others.
She loves nothing more than finding creative solutions, holding conversations and connecting concepts with down to earth solutions and approaches.
Briony is engaging and enables groups and people to be at ease when together.
What are your top 3 motivators?
Friend
Expert
Creator