people profile: Allan James

During the last 25 years, Allan has delivered consulting and facilitation services to leaders and managers in a range of businesses in Hewlett-Packard.

This has included the telecom, electronics, consulting and IT sectors as well as functional organisations such as HR, Supply Chain and Marketing.

Prior to this he worked in the FMCG, Retailing, Telecom and Construction/ Civil Engineering industries.

He has focused his expertise in a number of areas: business strategy and planning; organisation design; managing organisational change; executive and manager coaching; team development; business process improvement.

What Allan’s clients have valued about working with him is his ability to help them cut through complexity and find a practical way of moving forward.

He helps them to measure their results in terms of improved individual and organisational performance. In particular he builds his clients’ capability and confidence in their own ability to deliver strong business results and meet their aspirations. Leaders and managers who want to increase their business, team or individual performance would benefit from speaking with Allan and where appropriate, engaging his support.  

Allan has a range of methods and tools which he has found to be successful in bringing insight and clarity to business leaders and line managers, and which enable them to increase their own and their organisation’s performance.

In addition to experience as a manager and consultant in Hewlett-Packard, he has a Master of Science degree in Organisation Consulting and a Diploma in Management Studies.

He takes a practical approach in working with clients and it is backed up by a sound knowledge of relevant theory.

Allan is married with two grown up daughters and is a practicing musician and digital photographer.

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