Articles published
Engage Guide, Dacorum Borough Council entitled “Personal Skills for Engaging With People.” – January 2008
Airline Pilot Careers Magazine, (published in Atlanta Georgia USA), entitled “Emotional Hijack.” – Spring 2007
British Airline Pilots Association magazine, The Log entitled “Emotional Hijack.” June/July 2006
Northamptonshire County Council staff magazine Insights, entitled “Self-Esteem, does it really matter?” – March 2005
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Sally Foan at People Tree has been working during 2011/12 alongside Becky Pavey and Kelly Ednie at South Northants Homes who secured funding to deliver an 8 part Life Skills prgramme for tenants and people associated with SNH. The 8 day programme includes three days with Sally Foan focusing on Communication Matters, Motivation Matters and a Round-Up day culminating in a great celebration for attendees. The course aims to offer valuable life skills, confidence and self-esteem and the outcomes are proving to be really positive. Recent feedback from the course: “Thank you very much for helping me change, making me a better person, Dad and husband. I will take everything forward and work hard and start to believe that I can change.”
People Tree are pleased to have begun working with delegates at Central Bedfordshire Council during 2012, delivering half day courses on Problem Solving, Decision Making, Listening Skills and Motivation.
We offer 1-2-1- coaching to people from all walks of life. Sessions are typically two hours long and are opportunities to work on a very bespoke programme of growth and change. “As a professional rugby player for over 13 years I have experienced the highs and lows that being a sportsman can bring. At one stage I felt I was losing my way and needed some support which Sally was able to help me with. Her insight and patience has helped me immensely on and off the pitch. I now have a collection of strategies and tools that she has taught me to use, which means I can deal with all the situations that come my way, focus on performance on the pitch and enjoy my quality of life when at home with my family. I would not hesitate to recommend Sally and I thank her for her contribution.” Sept 2010 Ben Cohen MBE – England Rugby World Cup Champion, Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks & the Global Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation.
During 2010 People Tree was working alongside CAN, a charitable organisation supporting homeless people across Northamptonshire. We developed a range of workshops for a core group of people who have used the services of CAN at some time and who were to become the voice of homelessness. This group will be involved with decision making professional bodies and help guide and steer funding to make a positive difference for the future. Sally Foan has also been invited to speak alongside Richard Lukehurst, of CAN, at their annual conference in December 2010.
My role is “Client involvement Development worker” for CAN/SP Northamptonshire – The projects aim is to promote empowerment and independence through effective involvement. I first met Sally Foan (People Tree Training) while looking for an organisation to deliver some training on improving self esteem/confidence to vulnerable clients who are involved in the project UP2U. Over the past year Sally has delivered training to many of our clients on Assertiveness, Improving Confidence, Effective meetings, Presentation Skills and NLP. All of which have proved to be a great success with our clients. Sally has a great way to help you feel at ease, get the best out of people and encourage others to participate. Many of our clients have gained many useful skills which have enabled them to become or certainly move towards their preferred future of independence. To sum up, Sally is highly professional, highly skilled and highly recommended! Richard Lukehurst CAN Client Involvement Worker
We are proud to have been delivering rolling Assertiveness courses at Northamptonshire County Council for over 11 years.
During 2009 People Tree Training worked with the Clean, Safe and Green arm of Dacorum Borough Council, where we helped create a unique working appraisal form and delivered Appraiser Skills training.
During 2009 we delivered a programme of Customer Care courses for Northampton Borough Council Housing Team.
During 2007 People Tree delivered workshops for the new appraisal system and paperwork at Buckinghamshire County Council. The short (hour and a half sessions) were aimed at supporting the newly introduced competencies as short, key support and explanation sessions.
In 2006/7 People Tree designed and delivered a management development programme entitled Leadership in Action. This was a joint initiative between Northampton Borough Council & Northamptonshire County Council and the programme was delivered to senior level managers from both organisations at shared sessions.
During 2006/7 People Tree worked with a number of different organisations regarding internal team conflict. Our independent position has allowed us to investigate, mediate and offer conflict management programmes for improved team cohesion and understanding in each case.
During 2005 People Tree supported Breakthrough Breast Cancer by presenting at their Birmingham Conference and in London where we supported their Advocate training programme. We are pleased to offer pro bono work to such an active and worthwhile charity who’s focus is the complete eradication of this disease.
September 2005 found us working with Northamptonshire NHS Trust, delivering their new KSF Appraisal and PDR process rollout courses. We delivered courses for both colleagues/reviewees and managers/reviewers.
People Tree Training have been working alongside Dacorum Borough Council since 2004. We deliver Assertiveness, Customer Care and Effective Presenting courses and created a bespoke workshop for the entire Housing Team entitled ‘Improving Service Delivery- Maintaining Positive Outcomes’. This workshop was designed to align the entire Housing Team with the new organisational values at Dacorum and to support aims for future KPI and BVPI measurements. We delivered a bespoke range of teambuilding programmes for Communities, Customers and Housing. We were also invited to speak at their ENGAGE conference, where we ran workshops around engaging networking skills and recruiting and retaining volunteers.
Since 2003 we have been working alongside Northamptonshire County Council delivering a range of courses including Assertiveness, Customer Care, Effective Presenting and Facilitation Skills. In 2004 we designed and delivered a course entitled Giving Feedback, which supported their new appraisal system rollout. We continue to work alongside NCC delivering bespoke courses designed to meet the unique departmental needs of IT, Governance and Scrutiny, Sustainable Transport Integration, Finance and Special Educational Needs.
