Centrica – Senior Leader Development Programme

Facilitators

Melanie’s experience in Media sales and advertising working with clients like DWA, IDG and Kantar led her to launch her own venture, Sales Associates Ltd a recruitment and training company in 2002. Since then she has launched two further companies of her own as well as working on the strategic and commercial aspects of several start-up businesses in a variety of industries including media, smart building technology and natural language generation. She is an expert speaker and mentor on the government’s Help to Grow programme for SME’s as well as running her consultancy business facilitating Leadership, Innovation Management, Strategic Planning and Organisational Behaviour programmes. Pietro Micheli is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield School of Management and a Professor of Business Performance and Innovation at Warwick Business School, where he is also the Head of the Operations Management group, and formerly the director of the Executive and Global Online MBA programmes. Over the past 20 years, Pietro has worked as a consultant, mentor and facilitator with over 60 organizations, including Astra Zeneca, British Energy, BP, Emirates, Jaguar Land Rover, KLM, Poste Italiane, Shell, Vopak, Wartsila, United Arab Emirates Government, Council of Europe, UK Cabinet Office, and Department of Health. His work focuses on three main areas: strategy implementation, performance management and improvement, and innovation management, particularly in relation to design thinking, agile, and digital transformation. Pietro has lectured in over a dozen European academic institutions and has been awarded nine teaching awards over the past four years. He speaks fluent English, Italian, French and Spanish.

Melanie Roberts Emotional Intelligence and Delegation Skills

Pietro Micheli Strategy Execution and Performance Management

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