Who are we?
The Positive Input team is made up of people who are all achieving success in their fields. They are united by a common desire to share what have learned so far and make the journey for others less bruising and more fun.
Positive Input was founded in 2007 by John and Anne Donaldson, following an extensive trial period in 2006. The direction and content of the programme is now overseen by a board of Founder Members who work alongside John and Anne to ensure that the programme remains current and relevant to the challenges facing busy people today.
In addition we have a growing number of Associate Members who contribute to the expansion of Positive Input in various ways.
Founder Members
John Donaldson following a career in marketing and general management, was one of the founders of the Pluswork Group. He used this vehicle to build a wealth base and move to non-executive management in his forties. He has written and published books on better handling of money and other life skills and run various support groups helping people become more effective in life. Today he promotes and applies the ideas and tools of Robert Kiyosaki and others to help people get a clearer understanding of finances and wealth, and to achieve a better grip on life. John Donaldson
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Anne Donaldson worked as a Primary School teacher for a number of years before moving into Youth Employment. After having had a family she became a founder member of the Pluswork Group and became their Financial Director. Today she operates a property business and runs a wide ranging portfolio of investments. She is also very interested in helping ambitious people start their own businesses and develop alternative income streams.
Anne Donaldson
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Janet Sharrocks started her career as a Secondary School teacher and then moved into Further and Higher Education, developing new courses to meet the needs of the changing jobs market. During that time in education, Janet also set–up and ran various businesses of her own, including a Farm and a Residential Home. Today she has a wide range of business and investment interests and is keen to pass on this knowledge and experience to younger people. One of the things not many people know about Janet is that in former times she played Hockey for England and coached the Cheshire Ladies Hockey Team to rise from a depressed position to win the Northern Counties Championship. Janet Sharrocks
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John Ardern is an experienced and enthusiastic marketing and market research consultant based in Greater Manchester. Having cut his teeth in major companies in roles involving Marketing & Brand Management, Research & Development and Business Development in UK and Europe, he ran a client-orientated market research operation for 21 years until selling the business 6 years ago. John now provides Market Research and Business Development consultancy services to a wide range of businesspeople, from small owner-managed companies to large multi-national operations. These consultancy services include some special research and profiling techniques for developing both businesses and, if not more importantly, the people and the cultures within these organisations. John Ardern
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 Carol Dickens has over 25 years experience in providing financial advice to wealthier individuals and business owners. For the last 8 years she has demonstrated a highly innovative approach to the subject through her own very successful practice - New Vision Financial Services. Being married and a mother to two daughters, Carol has achieved an enviable work/life balance and she has been able to take time to study more advanced methods of wealth mastery for the benefit of her clients and herself.
Carol Dickens
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Michael Hankey started his career in Accountancy in the 1970s with a well known Manchester practice of the time. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant and eventually found himself working for Price Waterhouse. Since then he has found it preferable to work with lower profile practices with a more human face, serving a wide range of activities helping charities, trusts, artists and smaller or start-up businesses. In the 1980s Michael started to interest himself in Politics and since 2006 has been a Councillor with Bury Council in charge of Learning, Skills, Regeneration and Employment. Michael lives in Bury and has three grown up sons.
Michael Hankey
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Associate Members
Our Associate Members contribute articles to the website in their areas of expertise. In addition they help with expert input to the courses and tools we are developing for each Learning Area.
Associate Members have a page of their own on the site with a summary of the services they provide and a link to their own websites.
You can see them listed in the 'What the Experts Say' column of each Learning Area.
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