Biography
Judith’s 30-year career led her to set up Great Companies Consulting in 2002, to support companies in building workplaces that make a positive contribution to the life of employees, whilst being successful in the market place.
Her commitment to people and workplace culture led Judith to spend a year with Great Place to Work® UK, during the production of the 2002 ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ list for the Sunday Times, to develop her understanding of what makes a company great. In the course of that work, she visited a number of the great companies in both UK and USA. This experience plus many conversations with a wide range of senior leaders from ‘great’ to ‘difficult’ cultures focussed her thinking and led her to set up Great Companies Consulting (GCC).
In order to understand the inputs that produce a great culture, Judith went on to research and write her best selling book, Becoming an Employer of Choice(CIPD, 2004). Written in her signature style of simplicity and easy to understand language, the book inspires, whilst providing useful information and ideas for action. Her second book, Inspirational Manager, (Prentice Hall, 2007) provides a clear and practical guide to being the manager of choice for high performing individuals and organisations. Book three, The Psychology of Success, (Prentice Hall, 2009) focuses on talent, identifying the best way to manage high performers in the 21st Century.
Prior to founding GCC, Judith had 10 years experience in Leadership/ Management Development and Executive Coaching and has coached a wide range of senior leaders in a variety of business settings. As a coach and consultant, she is known for providing strong, rigorous support that includes giving the tough messages. Using her experience of psychology she is able to do this in a way that maintains self-esteem and allows the person to move forward in a positive way.
Her career has taken her to a variety of countries and she has worked with people from many different cultures including Africa, Asia, USA and Europe, both individually and in cross cultural groups. This has given her an understanding of the significance of diversity in the workplace.
Judith is an engaging and exciting international presenter on the subject of Employer of Choice, Inspirational Manager and The Psychology of Success. Conferences include: Etisalat Conference, Abu Dhabi; Human Resource Conference, Istanbul; Human Resource conference, Warsaw; Metropolitan Police Conference; Annual CIPD Conference; National Housing Federation; Aston Business School;, NHS Conference; AIMS Conference, Budapest; Skillsoft HR Conference
Her background is in Gestalt psychology and she was a founder member and Managing Director of the Gestalt Centre from 1979 to 1990, which continues to be one of the prime UK Psychotherapy Training institutes.
