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Mac Farquhar
Mac Farquhar
3rd degree connection
Co-Director at The Trusted Executive Foundation
AoEC Scotland
Middlesex University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Elevating trust, the one thing that changes everything, is the only agenda that will deliver Great Leadership... Great Places to Work... Great Results... and Great Business Reputations. As a passionate advocate of executive coach John Blakey's 'Trusted Executive' pathway for growing and developing trusted leaders and restoring trust in business, and having managed and developed teams for many years in blue chip corporate environments, I work with leaders on their impact and influence, helping them to build trust, and inspire their people to do great work and enjoy performing at their best. With full professional accreditation, my 'big goal' is to accelerate the development of trusted leaders and organisations that are driven by a purpose beyond profit to deliver the triple bottom line of outstanding results, inspiring relationships and rock solid reputation for integrity and social responsibility. In short, doing well by doing good. Specialties: Trust-based Executive Leadership Coaching and Development, Employee Engagement, Conversational Intelligence, Applied Emotional Intelligence, High Performance Team Development and Facilitation.
Experience
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Owner and Principal
Company Name Able People Development
Dates Employed Oct 1997 – Present
Employment Duration 20 yrs 1 mo
A people development company specialising in leadership and employee engagement.
The essence of my work is to help managers develop their full leadership potential, and that of their teams, so that they can enjoy performing at their best and produce great results.
The beauty of it is that so much can be achieved in terms of high performance by the empowering influence of positive leadership on workplace climate. Simple, enlightened help, stripping away the mystique that surrounds leadership, to help managers engage and inspire their people. -
Learning & Development Consultant
Company Name Bray Leino BroadSkill
Dates Employed 2000 – 2010
Employment Duration 10 yrs
Designing and delivering a wide range of leadership, management and team development programmes, coaching and performance enhancing training courses, including a National Training Award.
Signature successes include the long running Foundation Management and People Managers Toolkit programmes for United Utilities and Scottish Water; The Confident Manager coaching programme for the MoD; and the Leadership Development programme for middle managers at the Scottish Parliament. -
Accredited Emotional Intelligence Coach
Company Name Measures for Success
Dates Employed 2008 – 2009
Employment Duration 1 yr
A privileged year assisting UK author and emotional intelligence expert Tim Sparrow to set up his consultancy business before ill health prevented him from enjoying the benefits of it.
Education
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Institute of Consulting
Degree Name Certified Management Consultant
Field Of Study Leadership & Management Development
Grade CMC
Dates attended or expected graduation –
The Certified Management Consultant Award (CMC) is the mark of a competent and confident consultant. It is the only internationally portable consultancy award and is recognised in 67 countries. The Institute of Consulting, which is part of the Chartered Management Institute, is the only organisation in the United Kingdom which is able to award the CMC and is accreditted to do so by the ICMCI (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes).
Featured Skills & Endorsements
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Leadership Development See 30 endorsements for Leadership DevelopmentLeadership Development
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Emotional Intelligence See 26 endorsements for Emotional IntelligenceEmotional Intelligence
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