Our Experts

The knowledge and expertise available through Positive Input comes a range of people of all ages and backgrounds. What they have in common is they have travelled the path of life long enough to gain some knowledge and experience which could be helpful to others who are earlier on the journey.

They have all expressed a willingness to make that knowledge and experience freely available in the hope that it will help others. They have contributed to our articles, courses and programmes and hold themselves available to give guidance to individuals where and when appropriate.

Below you will find the details of some of these people with their background and areas of specialisation.

If you feel you have some knowledge, skill or experience you would like to contribute to Positive Input, please write to me at johnd@positive-input.org outlining what you have in mind.

Best wishes

John Donaldson

Tamsin Fielden

Tamsin is our guru on marketing, communication, love and relationships. She has worked in marketing for over 17 years, for some of the biggest organisations in the world. She now coaches, trains and develops individuals and teams. She has a passion for helping people to communicate and build lasting relationships, based on trust, self-worth and shared values.

www.provadisgroup.com

Chris Delaney

Chris helps people find and succeed in the right career for them. He has worked for many years in employment training and careers advice for disengaged young people and vulnerable adults. He helps people who are already in employment, further their careers, market themselves successfully for their next promotion and get the job they really want.

www.EmploymentKing.co.uk info@employmentking.co.uk

Sue Weighell

Sue is a highly experienced finance manager, having worked as a Finance Director, Managing Director and consultant within the accounting profession. Sue helps individuals, as well as businesses, financially organise their busy lives and get control over their finances. She has backed up the hands-on experience by attaining a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Information Technology

sue@delta-solutions.org.uk www.delta-solutions.org.uk

Stuart Shelton CFP

Financial Planner Stuart is one of a small number of Certified Financial Planners, a standard recognised by the Institute of Financial Planners. He has been active in financial services for over 12 years, working for a number of independent companies. His primary focus is to help his clients become financially independent early enough in life to enjoy it.

www.stuartshelton.co.uk stuartshelton@thinkpositive.co.uk

Sandie Shaw

People can be happy regardless of their present circumstances. If we live our lives according to our own personal values, no matter how challenging life can be, there is still great fulfillment in knowing that we are on the ‘right path'. Sandie is an NLP Practitioner holds an ASET Diploma in Life Coaching, and Certificate in Personal Performance Coaching.

highpeaklifecoach@gmail.com www.highpeaklifecoaching.com

Andrew Pendleton

Andrew is a marketing professional and also Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Andrew has owned and managed an Advertising Agency and a Digital Media business. With over 25 years experience working in marketing communication my goals now are to help others start and growth their businesses successfully.
apendleton@matchpointnetwork.com
www.matchpointnetwork.com/en/apendleton

Susan Leigh

Susan is a professional counsellor, psychotherapist and hypnotherapist of 20 years standing. Susan works with individuals, couples and in businesses. She is a long established contributor to BBC Radio, even acting as an ‘agony aunt’ to people who phone the radio station.

0161 928 7880
susan@susanleigh.wanadoo.co.uk www.lifestyletherapy.net

 Robin Hills

Emotional intelligence has endured since Goleman’s introduction in the 1990s because it is essential to effective organisational leadership, which is even more true today than ever before. My special interest lies in linking together the outputs from assessments to help you put them to use in improving your effectiveness and productivity. I work practically helping with applications of emotional intelligence in leadership and management.

http://www.ei4change.org.uk robin@ei4change.org.uk

Bernadette Willems

Bernadette is a Family Solicitor/Mediator with over 20 years experience. She is the founder of Greater Manchester Mediation Limited. She offers a very different approach to couples who are separating. This can lead to a much more satisfactory resolution of all the issues that can make divorce acrimonious and expensive. If separation is inevitable then it can be done in a grown-up way which is harmonious for both partners and their children.

www.greatermanchestermediation.com

John Ardern

Starting and developing your own business can be a lonely business. A Mentor such as “Uncle John” can help you tackle the problems and opportunities that arise – based on many years experience of running 2 of his own businesses (in Market Research and in Business Development).John’s Mentoring methods are based on proven research methods to help you get REDI to succeed in business.

www.reallyusefulconsultancy.co.uk

Chris Marsden

Chris is a highly motivated professional coach, facilitator and training consultant with over thirty years of experience within the public sector and small and medium sized businesses. Her coaching concentrates on building trust with clients through a warm and practical approach encouraging them to achieve their goals.

www.keeptrackcoachingandtraining.co.uk

John Donaldson

After ten years corporate career in marketing and general management, John was one of the founders of the Pluswork Ltd..He moved to Non-Executive Chairman of the Pluswork Group in his forties.
He then took up writng and publishing books and periodicals on better handling of money and time management, communication and other life skills.
He has run various voluntary support groups helping people to handle their stress issues and become more effective in life.
In 2005 he launched Positive Input as a life principles and skills learning facility using the power of the web.
johnd@positive-input.org

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