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Guy Foster
Operations Director
 
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Profile - Guy Foster BA MIITT

Operations Director

IITT Qualified Assessor

 

Background

Guy, who is in his fifties and has a wealth of experience, is an expert when it comes to implementation of development and change linked to training in the workplace. He has worked as a Director of Management Development for a multi-national Company, as well as lecturing on Management Studies and Financial Planning at Colleges of Further Education in the United Kingdom. He has the knack of making practical problem solving and task management seem uncomplicated by use of his easy going anecdotal style of presentation. He speaks from the experience of having to translate theory into practice in a workplace environment. He has the ability to implement change from within by empowerment and involvement. He has the ability to motivate, coach and problem solve at all levels within a business.

Professional Experience

  • At Logica he was responsible for delivery and review of the Learning and Development framework for 10 career pathways at all levels form Foundation to Advanced grades of staff
  • Manage engagement with key internal and external stakeholders
  • He has implemented top down leadership and awareness performance development
  • Assurance that instructional materials are well designed, up-to-date, fit for purpose and appropriate to the level of training and to the training situation.
  • He has project managed the roll out of both e-learning and intranet competency based systems throughout the UK
  • He has delivered successfully over a number of years supervision and management training and development in many different types of organization
  • He has created developed and implemented the UK's first 'Professional Development Award in Client Management
  • Devised, created and presented a Senior Management guide’ to implementation of Norton and Kaplan’s Balanced Scorecard performance management system.
  • Published a handbook entitled ‘A Problem Solving Guide’ for Sales Managers
  • Facilitated Strategic Planning workshops worldwide
  • Implemented change management programmes
  • Developed Time Planning workshops for major companies in the Middle East
  • Developed IT skills courses within the Financial Services sector
  • Worked with UK companies on Performance management
  • Delivered communication and negotiation skills workshops to Kuwait Investment Authority
  • Has delivered Webinars to a wide range of staff at all levels
  • Worked with a number of SME's on Business planning and start up development

Professional Achievements

  • BA London
  • ICTP and Assessor qualified with the Institute of IT training
  • Written an examination guide to the Financial Planning Certificate in 1997.
  • Have assessed trainers gain an 'Institute Certified Training Practitioner' certificate
  • Published a ‘Competency based framework’ for training needs analysis for use by Management
 
 
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