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Who is Annabelle Beckwith…?
…and why should you care?
As seen at http://yaraconsulting.wordpress.com
And http://www.youtube.com/user/YaraConsulting !!!
Biography Annabelle Beckwith is a leading personal and professional development provider to businesses and individuals. She didn’t start out that way, though… her chequered career has included a stint as a petrol pump attendant, as a telesales rep selling advertising space in an unknown local directory in the Midlands, work on daytime TV, as an MP’s researcher, in PR, and finally as head of marketing and fundraising at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Then fate took a hand and pushed her into the world of training and development. Her methods are usually experiential…and occasionally off-the-wall. She prides herself on being not only a training and development facilitator, but something of an ‘agent provocateur’, challenging individuals and organisations to get over themselves in order to move forward. Her work in training, development and coaching has been in both the public and private sectors, working with individuals and groups at all corporate levels for organisations including BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, the Ministry of Defence, Smiths Industries Aerospace, the Peugeot Motor Co, Glaxo SmithKline, Royal Bank of Scotland, EDF Energy, Avon Cosmetics and many many more, and it has taken her across the UK and Europe, and to the Middle East. Annabelle is also involved in the development and delivery of enterprise projects within the education sector, helping to prepare young people for work readiness, and plugging some of the gaps in the current education system. She is a regular contributor to online journals, blogs and article directories (examples attached), and is increasingly in demand as a speaker at conferences and events.
Gallery: Event speaker, international trainer, executive coach
Articles and Press Coverage
Quoted in…..The Art of Inspiration Written….Improving business performance – the
From Personnel Today Magazine potential of arts in training
Emerald Insights research paper
Employers are turning to the arts to cultivate creativity in their
managers. To survive, companies need their managers to be like Successful employee development is about changing
children: creative, innovative and prepared to take risks. attitudes and motivation before changing behaviour.
Creativity is inherent in all of us, according to training and The performing arts at their best can move an audience
development guru Sir Ken Robinson, author of Out of Our Minds: towards a particular state of mind; by adapting drama and
Learning to be Creative. But by the time most of us reach music techniques for corporate training, they can be used to
adulthood, it is put on the backburner or safely limited to leisure influence attitude and motivation, as well as develop core
time. skills.
Advocates of arts-based training highlight its ability to In practice, various arts-based training methods have been
significantly engage trainees, making the training more used to develop key communication skills, to examine
memorable. sensitive issues which might otherwise be difficult to bring
into the open, and to dramatically represent complex
"The performing arts engage people in a way that most other business issues.
training does not, allowing people to explore personal issues in a
group setting and work creatively on their own behaviour," says For those companies prepared to invest in it, arts-based
Annabelle Beckwith, head of development at the Royal Scottish training can also be a catalyst for creativity in business. In an
Academy for Music and Drama (RSAMD)….. environment where creative advantage can increasingly be
equated with competitive advantage, this is significant.
"Traditional training with its formal didactic approach all too often
only reinforces the numerical, linear approach. Arts-based
training allows a blended approach, catering for different learning
styles, integrating aural and visual with the active," says
Beckwith of the RSAMD.
in the papers
© Scottish Sun, January 2012
© Daily Record, December 2011
online blogs and e-zine articles
Blog posts at yaraconsulting.wordpress.com… ‘Expert author’ at ezinearticles.com…
7 Leadership skills that EVERYONE should Stay at home mums - if you can run a home...
develop #3: personal accountability lady, you can run a business!
7 CRUCIAL SKILLS THAT YOU ALREADY
Over the last couple of years, the UK’s members of parliament
HAVE AND THAT EVERY WORKPLACE NEEDS!
have opened our government up to ridicule and disgust by
falsely claiming hundreds of thousands of pounds in expenses.
As a working mum myself, I've lost count of the number of
times I've heard women say "I'm JUST a home-maker or
Did they take personal accountability for their wrong-doing and
housewife or working mum".... "I'm JUST a mum to my
offer to pay the money back? For the most part, they did these
kids"...or "I'm looking for jobs for working mums, but I don't
things instead:
have the skills - I've been out of the labour market so long!“
Their first instinct was to try to ban investigations into the
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that staying at home
extent of the false expense claims. They tried to hide the
and running a family and household is so far removed
facts.
from the world of work as to make it irrelevant. Worse than
that (and speaking from experience) it can make you feel
When this failed, some claimed that the process for claiming
as though you have nothing to offer…and this is simply not
expenses was faulty – it allowed too much scope for
the case.
fraud. They blamed the system.
If you were in any doubt about your remarkable abilities, if
Some decided to show no remorse for their theft, and carry on
you were not feeling confident about the skills you have to
as though it was ‘business as usual’. They tried to pretend it
apply for that return to work job...then let me let you in on a
didn’t matter.
few workplace secrets!
Some tried to say that their administrative staff had made
Here are 7 CRUCIAL SKILLS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE,
mistakes. They tried to blame other people.
AND THAT THE WORKPLACE NEEDS!
Others said that they were only doing what they saw other
people doing. They blamed the culture of the
organisation….
Determined to rid the world of ignorance, lack of confidence
and career depression, Annabelle is available as a contributor,
and to provide comment on the following:
Personal development and career coaching: Economic times are tough, and thousands are finding
themselves forced into career directions that they hadn’t contemplated. Take time to refocus, setting goals,
building confidence, learning new skills and developing resilience and momentum, and develop practical
interview and personal presentation skills.
Personal impact and ‘brand’ EVERYTHING we do says something about us…and most of us have no idea
whatsoever what we’re giving away about ourselves. Whether it’s reading the body language of leading
politicians, or advising business executives on their deportment and way of speaking in times of crisis, or
explaining how to make a good impression at interviews, Annabelle can.
Confidence development: What is confidence and how do we build it? Annabelle can advise on the thought
processes that lead to self awareness and confidence, and on ‘fake it till you make it’ behavioural techniques
to achieve the same end.
Leadership and management: from her considerable experience as a trainer, Annabelle can comment on a
wide range of leadership and management issues, including teamworking, time management, handling
confllict, influencing and persuading, assertiveness and confidence, communication skills, managing and
leading change, giving feedback, performance management …and so on.
Business-in-education: in many respects, the education system is simply not equipping young people for
the real world. At best, it’s teaching them to be job seekers instead of opportunity seekers. With experience in
delivering business-in-education programmes and workshops, Annabelle is well placed to comment on
business – education links, and on work readiness and young people’s skills development.
Annabelle Beckwith
4, Lochside Court, Dundonald, Ayrshire KA2 9JR
E: annabelle.beckwith@yaraconsulting.com
T: 07801 097 497
Web: www.yaraconsulting.com
Blog: http://yaraconsulting.wordpress.com
You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/YaraConsulting
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