Council Members

Chairperson - Sandra Wilson TSTA O

I am a human resources management professional with over twenty-five years experience gained from grass roots to senior management posts. My successful consultancy experience is in working with large organisations. Specialising in change management, organisation design, leadership and team development, I work with individuals and teams to promote change, increase competence and improve performance in the workplace. In May 2017 I have been awarded Doctor of Professional Studies (Coaching Psychology). bsaed on research explored the influence of the coach's unconscious mind on the coaching process. I will be offering a number of webinars on the research process and the outcomes.

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.

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.

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.

Council Member - Shane Evans

I am excited to have been co-opted into IDTA Council in May 2017 and am looking forward to being a presenter at the IDTA online Community Gathering Event on 16 September 2017 - and standing for election in July.

I currently works in one of the world’s largest family-owned businesses in the food sector, where I am responsible for talent acquisition and development, including L&D and coaching.

I have been using TA to transform the culture of the business since 2003.

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 - Sharon Ward

Executive Director - 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.