Peter's story

The story so far...

I developed my understanding of the corporate environment in a range of fast-moving service industries with high profile clients. After experience in line management, I became an HR Manager for a leading hotel group, then a Marketing Manager, a National Account Manager, and a Manager of Learning & Development - a high intensity crucible for learning that set me in good stead for becoming the coach I am today.

Since becoming an independent consultant, coach and facilitator over 20 years ago, I have worked with executives, and senior managers in private, public and voluntary sectors including multi-cultural organisations. I've also launched and ran a successful learning and development consultancy.

Since then, I've set up my own coaching and coaching supervision enterprise, working as a coach supervisor to many professional coaches, and several coach supervision groups. I benefit from regular supervision myself and maintain an active CPD learning journal, to sustain my accreditations.

I regularly work in the related areas of Leadership, Change, Performance Management, and Communication Skills. For example, I'm a Volunteer Coach and Coach Supervisor supporting the Executive Leadership Programme within The British Heart Foundation.

Since 2009 I've been an active Board Member and co-founder of the Association Of Coaching Supervisors (AOCS) - a not-for-profit organisation set up to promote coaching supervision and to help coaches and others seeking supervision worldwide to find qualified supervisors easily.

My key skills are:

• creative learning designer, drawing on accelerated learning, NLP, appreciative inquiry, story telling, solutions focus, and self-directed approaches to learning
• as an effective and persuasive communicator and networker
• as a mentor, coach, coach supervisor, and facilitator of learning groups and teams
• in creating strong relationships with clients to co-develop new areas of work
• in developing management and leadership skills - from team leaders to senior managers
• in drawing on principles of the "learning organisation" and on current thinking in management, leadership, coaching and learning strategies

My credentials include:

• Accredited Member of the Association for Coaching since 2010 (MAC status)
• NCFE Diploma in Performance Coaching in 2005
• Diploma & accreditation in Coaching Supervision in 2008 from the Coaching Supervision Academy (programme accredited by ESQA)
• Certificate in Team Coaching & Supervision from The Bath Consultancy, 2015
• MA - Learning in Organisations in 2001, Brighton University
• Board Member and co-founder of the Association Of Coaching Supervisors (AOCS)
• Wide variety of recent continuing personal development , including NLP Practitioner Diploma, FIRO 'B' accreditation, Appreciative Inquiry 'qualified', Team Facilitation skills training
• Approved to administer Thomas International profiles for Personal Profile Analysis (DISC) & General Intelligence Assessment (GIA), for individuals and teams
• Trained to provide 360 degree Assessments & Feedback by Thomas International
• Professional Indemnity Insurance cover held

• Please visit my Linkedin page here:

Corporate experience includes:

• Manager of Learning & Development - American Express Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Direct Marketing Manager - Retail Industry, American Express, UK & Ireland
• National Account Manager - Retail Industry, American Express, UK & Ireland
• Regional HR and Training Manager - Forté Hotel Group
• ex-Chair of the Board of Directors of a highly successful performance arts organisation in the South East

Peter's profile to download:

Download Executive Coaching Profile

Download Coaching Supervision Profile

Download Facilitator's Profile

 Coach supervision group

Lewes Supervision Group: contact me for details: peter@peterwelchcoaching.co.uk

Some of my key influences include:

Chris Stagg - for his concepts of 'choice, chance and fate' and 'The Hero's Adventure', plus workshop collaborations to create dynamic scripts, and for his superb direction of actors I have worked with

Edna Murdoch - my original coach supervisor - for introducing me to the world of coaching supervision, and for the excellent learning from the Coach Supervision Academy

John Kotter - for his seminal work on leadership

Jane Revell - for her excellent NLP teaching

Peter Senge - for his amazing work on learning organisations and culture: The 5^th Discipline, The Dance of Change and the various 'Fieldbooks'

Alexander Caillét, Doug Silsbee, David Rock and Robin Shohet for their outstanding work in the field of coaching, transformation, and coaching supervision

Robert Dilts - for his insights into NLP and coaching applications

Nancy Kline - for her stimulating work on The Thinking Environment and Time to Think

Some of my other passions include:

West African drumming - website: http://thedrumcoach.org Corporate drum workshops can also be arranged to aid teambuilding, better communications, etc. I run regular workshops for beginners and improvers. Please email: rhythms@thedrumcoach.org