Su Openshaw Executive coach, team coach, facilitator

Sector specialities: Finance and insurance, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, retail, professional services, third sector.

I have over 30 years’ experience as a Management Consultant, Executive Coach and Facilitator of learning events for individuals, teams, and organisations across every sector and over the world. I build deep relationships to enable me to challenge individual and organisation behaviours and limiting beliefs.

My aim is always to help individuals and teams be as effective as possible in their environments, and with the people around them, to achieve their individual and organisational goals.

People say I am able to quickly get to the core of business challenges and bring ideas when working with those issues. I work intuitively with leaders to help them fluidly manage the complex demands of today’s business environment. I care passionately about creating sustainable change and always work authentically to enable that to happen.

My pragmatic approach to developing individuals and leaders was formed by a management career in the retail sector before moving into management and organisation development roles across a range of sectors, and then as a partner in a management consultancy business for 10 years.

Qualifications
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Business and Executive Coaching, Leeds Metropolitan University
  • Hogan psychometric profile accredited
  • MBTI steps 1 and 2 accredited
  • SHL Aptitude tests, OPQ, & Motivation questionnaire
  • MBA – specialising in International Business, Aston University
  • Honours degree in Psychology, Loughborough University
Su Openshaw, Executive and team coach and facilitator at gemm

“Su was immediately engaging and at the same time some of the conversations we had will shape how I care and craft my leadership approach to be ever closer to who I am as a person forever more. Her extensive experience meant she could nimbly shift the conversation to organisational design and change management agendas, which helped me understand the impact I could have. Through her careful listening and excellent challenge, I was able to surface how I feel about my strengths and weaknesses and better read how to apply myself in my current context. I hope we get the chance to work together again.”