Mervyn Smallwood: -
An experienced consultant, trainer and coach specialising in leadership and management development and also organisational change projects.
With experience of public, private and voluntary sectors, Mervyn is able to work at all levels assisting clients with practical and cost-effective solutions. Having helped start-up micro-businesses, SMEs and large institutions Mervyn draws upon a breadth of learning that regularly proves useful to current clients.
Mervyn’s style is pragmatic, facilitative, results-focused and highly interactive.
Areas of Focus
Mervyn focuses primarily upon the following areas of activity:
Leadership and Management Development
Organisational Change Projects
Project Management
Meeting Facilitation
Training and Organisational Development
Recent Projects
The following examples provide an insight into the range of projects Mervyn has successfully undertaken in recent years:
Facilitating a public sector organisation to capture their corporate vision, organisational values and formulate their mission statement.
Development and delivery of a corporate management training programme to a team of 100+ first and second line managers.
Project Leader and facilitator for a range of corporate improvement projects.
Development and introduction of a coaching programme to a Direct Services workforce enabling team leaders to coach their team members effectively.
Delivering a European-funded Workforce Development project to a geographically-based business community.
Review and evaluation of business objectives for an insurance company.
Education and Qualifications
Through Mervyn’s commitment to lifelong learning he has achieved the following qualifications in recent years:
MSc in Management Development and Organisational Change (University of Bristol)
Registered PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner
Diploma in Performance Coaching
CIPD Postgraduate Diploma in Training Management (Nottingham Trent University)
NVQ Level 4 in Human Resource Development
NVQ Level 4 in Training and Development
Postgraduate Certificate in Management (De Montfort University)
Services Provided
Mervyn provides a range of support services to his clients including:
Training workshops (part, full or multi-day events)
Training programmes (including certificated courses)
Action Learning programmes
Investigative and analytical consultancy
Advice and guidance on training and organisational development
Project management support
Facilitated team meetings
One-to-one coaching
Previous Clients
To illustrate the range of organisations that Mervyn has supported, a sample of his previous clients includes:
Camborne, Pool Redruth Urban Regeneration Company
Chevron Aerospace
Cornwall Business School
Cornwall College Group
East Midlands Development Agency
Elim Pentecostal Church
Hawthorne Parkes Insurance Company
North Cornwall District Council
Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry
University of Nottingham
Why Choose Mervyn Smallwood?
Mervyn’s aim is to provide high quality value adding and cost-effective service to his clients. Adopting a partnership approach, every intervention is individually crafted to suit the needs of the client.
You can have confidence that Mervyn will deliver a comprehensive and challenging Leadership Development Programme as he already has similar experience. In recent years he has:
Developed and delivered a corporate Management Development Programme to a team of 100+ managers for a local authority.
Experience of supporting a range of corporate change projects aimed at improving management, improving morale, reducing bureaucracy, etc.
Experience of facilitating Action Learning for a number of client organisations. (Action Learning was an integral element of Mervyn’s MSc)
An understanding of leadership through operating as part of a leadership team and holding overall responsibility for organisational leadership (Mervyn’s MSc dissertation analysed leadership in the not-for-profit sector).
Personal Information
Having been a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Mervyn has also served as a School Governor and holds leadership and pastoral care responsibility as a Minister in Training. Mervyn’s interests include business and personal development, life coaching, property renovation, vehicle restoration and spending time with his young family around his local Cornish beaches.