Leadership and Management Course – CMI Level 5

Charlie is an Associate Principal Consultant at InPD, specialising in Leadership and Management.  In particular; Assessment, Talent Management, Value, Behaviours, Culture –, Emotional intelligence and Cognitive Diversity, Decision Making, Communications, Strategy, Vision, Coaching and Mentoring, and Change.

With a Master of Arts in Military Studies (leadership and management) from Cranfield University, Charlie is a highly experienced leadership practitioner in all aspects of leadership from Team to Boardroom. More recently he has written programmes to develop leaders in both the private and public sectors at home and abroad, and successfully delivered CMI Level 5, 7 and PG Cert Leadership and Management training, as well as improved the performance of formed teams across industry on bespoke developmental programmes.

For 35 years, Charlie was an officer in the British Army.  He has led, trained, and developed officers and soldiers operating in Northern Ireland, the Gulf, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.  He has chaired an International NATO training committee, a multi-activity PFI contract monitoring committee and a major MoD change programme. For 3 years he developed the next generation of leaders at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) and for a further 3 years as President of the Army Officer Selection Board. he was the Army lead for selecting those seeking a place at RMAS.

Now a consultant for 5 years, he has a proven track record with a wide variety of organisations spanning the private and public sector working with both teams and individuals seeking professional development in all aspects of leadership and management. Putting his money where his mouth is, he has also developed his own small agricultural business.  He has been a chair of school Governors, and currently sits on a local committee organising an annual amateur horse racing meeting and chairs a nationwide military veteran’s organisation.

David is an inspirational Executive Coach and Leadership Mentor with two decades of experience in people development. He is a Law Graduate (LLB), a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and he holds an MA in Coaching and Mentoring, a post graduate diploma in Criminology and an MA in Organisational Management and Economics.

David has worked with colleagues at all levels in organisations in sectors including petrochemicals, telecoms, IT, banking and finance, construction, aviation, higher education, ministry, transportation, security, military and customer service. He has a motivational and supportive coaching style.

With more than 30 years in policing, his career has involved strategic planning, performance delivery, security management, risk management and disaster recovery. He is an accomplished strategist. David has extensive experience of operating at a strategic level in public, private and third sector organisations, both in the UK and internationally, bringing a broad spectrum of knowledge, awareness and expertise across a wide range of subjects and disciplines. 

Louisa started her career, spending 10 years working in the voluntary sector advocating for and supporting marginalised groups. This included designing and delivering training to professionals to challenge stereotypes and break down barriers for the groups she worked with. She set up a service to support women out of sex work which became nationally recognised as best practice approach. She ran a Woman for Peace programme across the north of England and set up and ran her own Social Enterprise to campaign for greater awareness of and support people affected by PTSD. 

In 2017 Louisa moved into the corporate sector, setting up Learning and Development departments for two different companies, driving cultural change, embedding Leadership, Learning and Development Strategy including Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging advances alongside Mental Health and Wellbeing strategies. She then went onto specialise in Leadership Development and Performance Coaching. She is a Mountain Leader which allows her to create Coaching, team building and leadership programmes outdoors. 

Louisa was a UK delegate for the UN Commission on the status of Women’s 67th and 68th session (March 2023 and 2024).  

Pierson has 15 years’ experience as a consultant and facilitator, specialising in leadership, management and coaching. Experienced in the design and delivery of people development, Pierson uses coaching psychology to engage with leaders at all levels, supporting them to; be, have and do more.

Highly experienced in talent development, from managing large graduate programmes to developing directors and senior leaders for global brands at an international level, Pierson adds value by making learning stick, while turning new knowledge into practical skills.