Philly specialises in communications, leadership and management development and personal effectiveness. She is an accredited coach, action learning set facilitator and a CIPD Learning and Development Associate.
Philly’s career has spanned both the private and not for profit sectors, where she has gained extensive experience in communications and management. She joined =mc over 10 years ago and has worked with organisations such as Marie Curie Cancer Care, Royal Shakespeare Company, Department of Education, and the World Food Programme. Before joining =mc, Philly specialised in strategic partnerships and was Corporate Account Team Manager at Alzheimer’s Society working with large scale corporate partners that included Tesco and KPMG. Prior to that she worked for performance development consultancy Lane4.
This year I am delighted to be continuing my work with some inspiring partners through training, facilitated sessions and 1:1 coaching.
I will be co-leading =mc’s public training on Transformational Leadership this spring with my excellent colleague Rachel Whittle, so look out for dates if this is a development area you are keen to explore in 2025!
In other areas, the Future Managers Programme developed in partnership with Cancer Research UK is now supporting it’s eighth cohort of aspiring managers. The programme gives participants an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a manager and whether this is a role they would like in their future. Through on the job learning activities in between workshops, these aspiring managers have the opportunity to practice some of the key skills of management and reflect on where they would like to develop. It is such a rewarding programme, and participants continue to get a huge amount from this support. Our work supporting Cancer Research UK with their career pathway for managers also continues this year through the New Manager Programme, with two more cohorts planned to support new managers with essential management skills.
My work with the Royal Shakespeare Company continues this year, where I will be supporting a new group of leaders through Amplify – a bespoke programme made up of a series of modular sessions on people management and organisational leadership, including workshops on change and collaboration.
I am also really looking forward to working more with Battersea Dogs and Cats Home this year – through a series of programmes to support development across this organisation.
Finally, effective presenting and influencing continues to be an invaluable skillset in our sector, and I, along with my colleagues, continue to take great delight in supporting groups looking to hone their presenting and impact skills, with organisations such as UNICEF and Rethink.
I began my career in the private sector, working for Lane4, who specialise in performance development. I worked on internal communications between their global offices, and then moved into the commercial team, launching customer relationship initiatives across the business – a key account management programme and customer feedback process. During this time, I became an accredited coach.
In 2010, I moved into the not-for-profit sector, working on projects that looked at gaps in service provision and how charitable organisations could best galvanise support, through their volunteer networks and private funding streams. I then specialised in corporate partnerships, managing virtual and cross-departmental teams.
In my role at =mc, I value the opportunity to work across so many important missions, sharing the practical approaches with our customers that will make a real difference in their day to day.