Claire Harris
TITLE: Director of AspirePOD and Chartered Occupational Psychologist
QUALIFICATION: PhD, MSc (Occupational Psychology), BSc (Hons), CPsychol, AFBPsS
SPECIALISM: Leadership development, Team development, Wellbeing
Claire is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Executive Coach and Team Coach specialising in Leadership Development, Team Development and Wellbeing at Work. Claire has a strong understanding of what constitutes good practice in relation to enhancing performance and wellbeing and uses this knowledge to underpin all her work.
Claire has worked for over 18 years supporting individuals and teams, in Higher Education and Health Care. She has considerable experience in designing and delivering leadership interventions including development centres and leadership programmes. She has coached over 100 executives and 20 teams to support effective decision making, improved innovation, built confidence, enhanced leadership impact, enhanced performance and wellbeing. Claire is a member of the International Stress Management Association and keenly promotes the dual benefits of improving performance and wellbeing at work.
Claire obtained her first degree in Psychology at the University of Manchester, followed by a Master’s degree from Liverpool John Moores University and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. She started her career at Sheffield University where she worked as part of a research team then joined Manchester Business School working on a leadership development programme for aspiring directors in the NHS. Claire left academia in 2007 and has been the managing director of Aspire ever since
Su Fowler-Johnson
TITLE: Executive Coach
QUALIFICATION: PG Dip Coaching Psych, PG Cert Business and Executive Coaching, PG Dip Primary Care, PG Dip Management Studies, RGN
SPECIALISM: Coaching, organisation development, leadership, primary care
Su has gained significant senior management experience in both public and private sector. She has held a number of senior positions in the NHS, general practice, academia (University of Manchester), Department of Health, and private sector consultancy.
Su’s NHS career path has lead to senior roles in strategic organisations. Her expertise has focused on leadership development, workforce development & planning, policy development, organisation development, quality, change management, and reform across the public sector.
As a consultant, Su has led on a range of large-scale consultancy projects that have spanned large-scale change programmes, including: in response to NHS reforms; service and workforce redesign; leadership development; executive coaching; international evaluation; and developing partnership and stakeholder relationships.
In her consultancy role, she has gained experience of working with boards and senior teams, designing interventions to support changes in services, culture, team & organisational resilience, and leadership. Her clients include the NHS, local government, the police, and many voluntary organisations.
Su has over 15 years as a mentor and 5 years as a business and executive coach. She brings constructive challenge and support to all her coaching sessions and has experience of coaching a range of clients from middle managers, to clinicians, to executives of large organisations.
She has particular expertise in the design and delivery of leadership and organisational development programmes including service commissioning, service re-design, and team coaching. This work spans national and local delivery and includes working in politically sensitive, complex settings.
Louise Harris
TITLE: Executive Coach, Solution Focussed Hypnotherapist, Mental Health First Aid England Instructor
QUALIFICATION: BSc (Hons), Certified Registered NCH Member
SPECIALISM: Executive Coaching
Louise is an experienced leader and coach, working for over 20 years in Housing, Human Resources and Education. Louise has held a range of executive and non-executive roles at a national and regional level, including Managing Director of a Training Company, Director of Housing, Council member for the Chartered Institute of Housing and Board member of a Housing Association. Louise is a qualified coach, solution focussed hypnotherapist and Mental Health First Aid Instructor.