Meet our People - Kay Buckby

Kay is a management trainer with practical working experience in a wide range of industry sectors. Kay has worked in sales, personnel and accounting for retail, manufacturing and service industries, her last position being as the Financial Controller in a Japanese company in the automotive industry.

Kay worked as a trainer and Area Personnel Manager for Texas Homecare, and then as Personnel Manager/Accountant in a medium sized Northamptonshire Best Western hotel. She passed her IPD (now Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - CIPD) qualification at Nene College in Northampton. She has a BSc (2:1) in Psychology through University College Northampton. Having passed the Certificate in Life Coaching through Newcastle College she is now studying for the Diploma in Life Coaching.

Kay's diversity of skills and industry/sector exposure means delegates will benefit from her business experience and know-how.

Since joining The Development Company Limited as a Director in 1995, Kay has used her personnel experience to design and run an accredited Selection Interviewing course in which delegates are assessed via CIPD interviewing standards.

Some of her more recent achievements are:

	The design, development and delivery of a culture change programme for Church & Co footwear which skilled staff in interpersonal and management skills for an empowered culture
	A two year coaching programme for a Senior Manager at Countrywide Property Lawyers, facilitating wide ranging behavioural changes
	Voted the most effective facilitator/trainer for Interviewing and Appraisal Skills by delegates attending a 17 Module Management Development Programme at Scarborough Building Society – Ann Bays, Training Manager said "she really knew her stuff"
	Main speaker at the Times Crème national conference delivering 3 one hour seminars to groups of 80 – one attendee said "I could have listened to you all day"

Her specialist areas include Appraisal Skills – appraiser and appraisee skills, Assertiveness/Interpersonal Skills, Team Building, Time Management, Presentation Skills, interviewing skills and and level of Supervisory or Management development. Her area of special interest is group dynamics.

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