Chairperson - Julie Hay TSTA OPE
I was one of the three founder members and the inaugural
Chair of IDTA, a former president of ITAA and EATA, and of the EMCC (European
Mentoring & Coaching Council). I am
now the Editor of IJTAR (International Journal of TA Research) and Project
Manager of the TA Proficiency Awards. I
have many years’ experience as ‘ordinary employee’, manager, trainer and
consultant in the public and private sectors and of teaching TA around the
world. I am keen for IDTA to reach out
across cultures, sharing what we know and being enriched by different
perspectives. I coined the term ‘developmental
TA’ back in the 1990s as a way to describe those of us who apply TA in
non-therapy contexts, to develop rather than to cure, and am now Academic Dean
of an MSc in Developmental TA.
Vice Chairperson - Bill Heasman PTSTA O
My early career was in management and social work. I qualified as a Social Worker in 1978. Twenty years ago, to develop new skills, I
began working as a trainer, first of social care workers and then of managers
in the public sector. Working in a
Public Sector organisation, I lead a team of Leadership and Management
trainers. I continue to practice Organisational
and Management Development and my recent experience has included implementing
competence based appraisal schemes; developing policies to promote fairness and diversity in the workplace;
running leadership and management courses both as one-off events and as part of
a qualification programme; and facilitating the development of high performing
teams at all levels of the organisation.
Council member - Clayton Ainger
From once being a mergers & acquisitions tax specialist
with Deloittes, I am now a consultant and speaker working in the UK and
internationally, where I help senior leaders and executive teams to transform
performance and achieve sustainable growth by unleashing passion, nurturing
natural talent and ‘bringing vitality to the workforce’. My specialist areas include: executive consultation & advice;
executive facilitation, strategic planning & visioning, employee &
customer engagement, reputational risk, and developing a commercial
mindset. I am looking forward to
using my current and earlier skills as IDTA Treasurer.
Chair Training Standards Committee - Lynda Tongue TSTA O
I work primarily within organisations, specialising in leadership development programmes, and coaching on a one-to-one and team basis. I was part of a team that won a National Training Award for a programme teaching TA to leaders in 2005. I am also Deputy Programme Director for an MSc in Developmental TA. I am Chair of Training Standards Committee on the IDTA Council. I am also UK delegate to EATA with effect from July 2014, where I represent the 4 UK associations.
Chair Marketing Committee - Susan Botfield
I have had a successful career as a Senior Sales &
Marketing Manager in two multi-million US/EU businesses in Healthcare. Having children and a career break gave me
the opportunity to study Law as a full time degree and attain LLB (Hons) Law
Degree, followed by 15 years in senior level recruitment of which 9 years have
been in my own business affording me the chance to embark on extensive CPD in
Coaching. I have ILM Level 7 Management
and Coaching, Emotional Intelligence
Practitioner (MHS Group), and Master Practitioner NLP plus NLP Trainer of NLP for Business. My coaching business is aimed at mid to senior level managers where DTA and NLP are invaluable tools.
Practitioner (MHS Group), and Master Practitioner NLP plus NLP Trainer of NLP for Business. My coaching business is aimed at mid to senior level managers where DTA and NLP are invaluable tools.
Treasurer - Mary Tobin
I work as a pupil counsellor in a secondary school in Hemel Hempstead. I use TA with a number of the pupils I see. I first became interested in TA when I studied it as part of my counselling diploma. I have been attending TA training now for several years and I am looking forward to my roles on IDTA Council as National Coordinator for the TA Proficiency Awards in the UK, and looking after the IDTA website.
Committee Member - Lindsay Ainger
I spent 20 years in banking before starting my own
consultancy business, where I specialise in leadership, cross-cultural coaching
and creating cultures that deliver results. I am a Trainer and Master
Practitioner in Neuro-linguistic programming and Neuro-strategies, a certified
coach in Spiral Dynamics, and I use MBTI, Belbin, DISC and Insights in my
work. My specialist areas include
executive coaching, consultation & advice, executive facilitation,
strategic planning & visioning, improving employee engagement, cultural
development, building successful teams, reputational risk, business
development, and commercial acumen.
Council Member - Diane Richardson
I am a Management Consultant specialising in Change
Management with experience of Corporate Communications, Stakeholder Engagement
and Cultural & Behavioural change. I have extensive brand, change and
operations experience in the Third Sector, IT and Financial Communications
sectors. I have lived in 8 countries,
spent significant periods of time in another 8 and run projects in 72 different
countries, whilst managing multiple stakeholders and working one to one with
Director/CEO level clients. I have worked both ‘client-side’ (within large
organisations) and for consultancies including Landor Associates and Wolff
Olins. I use TA as part of the process
in establishing a client’s brand values and management style.
Council Member - Sandra Slight
I am a Learning and
Development Project Manager, who is passionate about enabling people to learn,
develop and be empowered. My projects have involved designing training, delivering
and evaluating for people both in the UK and overseas. I am currently studying
both the organisational and psychotherapy TA fields. I find this underpins the
work I do, and use it to inform my thinking when making a diagnosis about ‘what might be wrong’. I have a diploma in
NLP which provides me with some practical skills on top of the TA which I am
using to enhance my communication skills. I was born in
Trinidad, and am interested in how transgenerational trauma (e.g., slavery) is
transferred from first generation trauma survivors to their offspring and
future generations. I am fascinated by the concept of the “Rituals of Power and Rebellion” and how that was played out within Trinidad:
throughout slavery, the emancipation of slavery, continuing to independence. My community work
involves bereavement counselling and I am a first aid educator, teaching first
aid to vulnerable adults. I enjoy the group dynamics and interplay that emerges from these groups.
