"Leaders who have the capacity to be authentic, balanced and adaptive to change will gain maximum potential from their key asset – their people"

Norton
Bertram-Smith

Norton Bertram-Smith
Managing Director, On Purpose Ltd

Norton believes people are at the heart of organisations and that to improve performance you need to develop everyone as leaders.

Having reflected on his own life and leadership experiences, Norton integrates both a mindfulness based approach to relationships and a thorough approach to achieving results.

Norton’s business experience ranges from leading large scale infrastructure projects to leading strategic organisational change programmes. Since leaving the corporate world as Managing Director of Aberdeen Airport he has become an experienced leadership development coach and corporate facilitator. Norton is extremely well placed to guide leaders and enable teams and organisations to improve their effectiveness.

Norton also gives time to sharing his experience within the Business Mentoring Scotland Scheme, and is chairman of the charity UNIPAZ (UK). He is also a member of: The Society of Organisational Learning; Presencing Institute; Noetic Sciences Institute; and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Lynn Carpenter
Development Coach and Facilitator, On Purpose Ltd

Lynn believes that being comfortable in your own skin and your ability to connect with others will determine how successful you are as a leader in work and in life.

A testament to Lynn’s character is her presence, genuiness and access to her inherent wisdom which she brings to all her relationships. As a coach and facilitator she always seeks to empower others - we can only change ourselves.

Lynn’s experience is in education, having been a class teacher for several years including working with children having challenging behaviours and Autism. She has led teams of professionals, parents and carers to achieve outstanding results. Lynn creates safe and supportive learning environments in which individuals and teams will grow and develop.

Lynn is an NLP practitioner and certified clinical hypnotherapist. She has more than ten years of experience coaching and facilitating. She works closely with leaders and teams to discover how their behaviours affect others. Lynn also works with individuals to increase their understanding of self and enable them to achieve their dreams and ambitions.

Lynn gives her time as a volunteer counsellor for Childline.

Paul Swift – Facilitator

Paul is an experienced leadership development coach and consultant with over twenty five years experience of working with both private and public sector companies in the UK in leading culture change and people development programmes . He is also an existential psychotherapist and has his own private practice in London.