Io-d is The Turning Point’s partner in Germany, because it shares its values and works in similarly innovative ways.  Io-d is led by Mechtild Beucke-Galm, who is a coach, organisation development consultant and trained family therapist.  She and her colleagues work for well-known international companies, local industrial associations and a number of German States. Io-d and The Turning Point have collaborated on two projects. To visit the Io-d website click on the link below: 

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The Turning Point provides this support to individual leaders in major international firms and Governments in Europe: among its recent work has been support to a major post-merger programme in Canalplus in France.

Earlier in his career, Richard worked for 15 years as a change and organisation consultant with Kinsley Lord, KPMG and DIA.logos, working principally in the UK but also in Indonesia, China and Western Europe. He did an MBA at IMD in 1985, after spending ten years focusing on Africa, in rural development work and human rights.

Richard has written two books: In 2004, Richard co-authored Leaders et Transitions (Village Mondial, Paris) with Gilles Amado, which was translated into English in 2007 as Leaders in Transition (Karnac, London). In 2006 he published Lost in Transition (Cyan/Marshall Cavendish, London) with Bridget Farrands. Richard teaches on the MBA programme at HEC-Paris.

She also works as an executive coach with individuals who want to develop themselves as people and leaders. She is a founding member of the Association of Professional and Executive Coaches and Supervisors (APECS), a coaching accreditation organisation designed to ensure the highest standards of practice within coaching.

In addition to having held roles as an investment analyst, then in a variety of roles within manufacturing industry, Bridget also trained as a psychotherapist and practised this alongside her consulting work. Now she aims to combine the two worlds, using the insights about how human beings function best to add to her business experience.

Bridget has recently been researching the so far unexplored territory of leaders’ personal experiences in making transitions to senior roles and published this research in October 2006 in Lost in Transition, which she co-authored with Richard Elsner.

Bridget is a frequent visitor to the USA where she teaches at a leadership institute near Boston; she also contributes to the MBA programme at HEC-Paris.

Marion is very active in the coaching world. She is Director of the Advanced Diploma and Master Practitioner programmes at The Academy of Executive Coaching (AEC) and is a Director of the Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS), with whom she is an Accredited Executive Coach. She is also an Accredited Coach Supervisor with the AEC, and holds their Advanced Diploma in Executive Coaching. In addition she is visiting Senior Faculty at Oxford Brookes University and is a supervisor on their Diploma Programme in the Psychology and Practice of Supervision.

Marion is a Chartered Occupational and Counselling Psychologist, has Masters degrees in Organisation Psychology and Gestalt Psychotherapy and a post-graduate Diploma in Advanced Process Consulting. This rare and powerful combination of skills enables her to work with business and organisation–level issues and at considerable depth with individuals and teams.

Penny joined Energis at its inception, and participated in all phases from initial launch, through flotation, rapid organic growth, acquisition and expansion into Europe. Following a dramatic change of fortunes within the sector, she continued to provide HR leadership and business management throughout the complex processes of administration, re-financing and restructuring.

Drawing on the substantial coaching experience she gained at board level and throughout the organisation, Penny now concentrates on executive coaching. In particular, she believes that more women in senior roles would improve the performance of organisations and is therefore specialising in the coaching of women to help them realise their potential. Her client base includes men and women at the most senior levels in corporate, public sector and not for profit organisations. In addition, Penny coaches young women with potential in the formative stages of their careers.

Prior to joining Energis, Penny worked in a variety of HR roles in the public and private sectors. She has extensive experience in Industrial Relations in addition to operational HR management. She has a degree in Business Studies, an MSc in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from LSE and is a Member of The Association for Coaching.

Her work involves trying to make a contribution to the health and success of the whole organisation by helping individuals and teams articulate and realise their goals. Her approach is to work with people within the organisation, developing approaches which are more likely to be relevant, acceptable and sustainable. She works with different groups to define their current strengths, development needs, and agreed implementation plans to develop or improve their existing people and organisational systems.

She is very values driven in her work, and likes to work with clients and partners who focus on working according to their values, as well as their dreams and targets. She also likes to work with clients using creative approaches, and to help them achieve extraordinary things. She has worked extensively in Southern, West and East Africa and actively support the work of Interims for Development.

Annie has a Masters degree in coaching, as well as an MBA from the Open University, and a PhD in Organisational Change from Leeds Business School. She is a Fellow of the CIPD and a member of the EMCC.