How to Handle Difficult Conversations

About the Host

I've been using my background as a professional actor, voiceover and writer for twenty-five years to facilitate learning and development in business in creative ways. Having trained to act at Manchester University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, I studied for a Master’s degree in Playwriting in the USA. Alongside a career as an actor and voice artist, in the mid 1980s I began scripting corporate training and marketing films for organisations like Shell International, British Aerospace, Prudential, the Post Office, the Alzheimer’s Society and the Foreign Office. Over the years I've become increasingly passionate about taking drama beyond the walls of the theatre or recording studio to combine my skills in a spectrum of live business contexts: as a roleplayer and forum theatre performer, a writer and director of interactive plays, a facilitator of interpersonal skills workshops, a private coach in speaking with confidence (both on Zoom and in person), and a creative consultant. Often working in association with other arts-based training organisations, I've undertaken contracts for clients ranging from retail to blue chip companies; from local authorities to central government departments; and from small voluntary sector organisations to major financial services providers. I believe wholeheartedly in combining serious professionalism with sheer fun – as a creative structure in which people can learn new skills as well as find their own answers.