Sally Vanson

Dr
Sally Vanson is international and very sought after business coach and
professional coach trainer. She has been nominated for both the Association of
Coaching Awards for ‘most influential coach’ and ‘most impactful coach’. Sally’s
commercial achievements for record profitability led her to win recognition in
the Hanson PLC Middle Manager of the year award (worldwide) after which she
moved into a strategic role working on mergers and acquisitions, was an
employed management consultant and then Director of OD and HR for Mazda Cars
before founding The Performance Solution™ in 2001. In 2002 Sally became a
global partner with Dilts Strategy Group, based in San Francisco.

Sally’s positive attitude and insight, underpinned
by an ability to analyse complicated strategic issues quickly and logically,
enable her to inspire practical solutions for transforming personal and
business performance. She works in industries as diverse as legal and financial
services, hospitality, pharmaceutical, logistics, ‘e’ commerce, manufacturing, automotive,
retail and professional services in blue chip organisations, the public sector
and third sectors on a global basis. Clients include The London Stock Exchange,
Bevan Brittan LLP, Astra Zeneca, NHS, Thomson Reuters, Harlequin, Mills &
Boon, HMRC, European Central Bank, EIOPA, Prudential Insurance as well as
clients in mainland Europe, UAE, Kenya and Australia.

Sally is valued for her innovative and
pragmatic approach and her passion for positive and congruent leadership is one
of the reasons that professional coaches choose to be trained and supervised by
her. Sally’s current projects revolve around the optimal performance of people
in organisations as well as the development to post graduate level of other
coaches. Sally has gained a reputation as an international speaker and is the
author of three books.  She completed her doctoral research into dysfunctional,
identity issues in senior partners in law firms resulting from commercial challenges and the changing face
of the profession. She is a visiting fellow at Kingston University and an
associate lecturer at University of Derby. She directs the ICF ACTP faculty and
that of the MA in Applied Coaching.

Sally has bases near Bath, Sheffield and in Vic
Fezensac, France and enjoys travelling further afield perusing her interest in
multi-cultural development. Sally also spends time working with the ghetto
children in Romania and developing leaders in the Middle East. She lives with
her husband and three dogs near Bath, has three grown up children and is
currently learning photography and improving her spoken French.