Engaging Minds is the brainchild of Sally Bibb.
A CEO told Sally, three months into a project, that her strengths work was transforming his business. An HR Director started sending text messages reporting amazing results. And a government department got wind of the work and wanted to know more. Virtually everyone who comes into contact with SBR sees the benefits quickly — staff turnover falling, productivity rising, sickness absence dropping and engagement shooting through the roof.
Sally realised she must take the strengths work to the widest possible audience, and so the Engaging Minds strengths-based consultancy was born. It’s as much a mission as a business. The mission?
To turn organisations into places that are hugely successful because they are full of passionate people doing what they love.
Everyone’s a winner. And the mission extends beyond organisations — Sally’s dream is to help people of all ages and in all walks of life to understand their strengths and what’s important to them so that they find work that they truly love and succeed at.
Meet the other members of the Engaging Minds team:
Ali is a skilled facilitator and coach. She brings a wonderful sense of humour to her work and clients love her for the combination of her intelligent insight and down-to-earth, practical approach. Ali has over twenty-five years experience of people and organisation development in the UK and internationally. Before becoming a consultant she held senior HR and OD roles in the financial services sector including as Head of OD for a FTSE 100 company.
Debbie is a seasoned strengths-based organisational practitioner. She is a strategic thinker who delivers practical and innovative people solutions with measurable business value. Her extensive HR experience encompasses multinational companies in diverse sectors, including Diageo and Standard Chartered Bank, where she led major HR activities and sustainability across EMEA, Asia and the Americas.
David is a seasoned organisational change consultant. He brings a wealth of knowledge, wisdom and insight to projects. And his approachable, empathic nature means he develops great relationships quickly. He has worked in talent management, leadership development, and organisational change for over thirty years. In his corporate career he has held senior roles the financial services sector and has worked in many parts of the world, including a five year assignment to the USA with a FTSE 100 company.
Jan’s knowledge, insight and empathy inspires people and organisations to be the best they can be. The combination of her consultancy, coaching, management and operational experience is powerful. It means she has great empathy and builds trust quickly. She helps people achieve their potential, improve their impact and effectiveness and increase their teams’ performance. Her multi-sector and international experience enables her to coach leaders and teams for the challenges that face global business today.
Jan has a BA Honours degree in business. She is a qualified coach. She is also accredited in the Schroder Leadership Competency Model and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument and is a qualified MBTI® practitioner.
Andrew has extensive experience as a facilitator, coach and leadership/management developer. He is a business psychologist, and specialist in strengths approaches to supporting leaders and organisations in managing the human and cultural side of change. He has worked with over 200 organisations in more than 30 countries, from small firms to some of the world’s leading multinationals. He is known for working with pace, energy and passion and is able to blend a deep knowledge of leadership development, facilitation and coaching with a pragmatic and engaging style. Supporting groups and individuals to be more effective is his natural habitat.
Deborah has worked as a facilitator, course designer, assessor and coach for more than twenty years. She feels as excited about her work now as she did at the outset because her projects give her the opportunity to work with so many different people who are striving to develop their leadership and interpersonal skills. Deborah is as comfortable working with small family-run teams as she is within multinational corporations and enjoys working with board members and graduate recruits alike. Deborah’s consultancy work builds on the business experience she gained from varied roles in the retail and financial service sectors. Many of her professional relationships have lasted for decades.
Sophie is a seasoned consultant, facilitator, culture change expert and project manager. Her career has spanned sales and consultancy roles in a wide variety of industries including PR, training and development, the charitable sector, manufacturing and corporate finance. It was at the London Business School that Sophie developed her interest in Organisational Behaviour, strongly inspired by Charles Handy, John Hunt and Rob Goffee. She was a leading consultant at the US organisational development consultancy Blessing White, before going freelance. Sophie is passionate about high quality development that makes a difference to both individuals and the organisations in which they work.
Sophie has a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford University, speaks four languages and has an MBA from London Business School.
Caroline Connor has worked for ten years as a coach and facilitator. She enjoys working with groups and individuals at all levels to help them achieve their very best. Her warm approach and ability to partner with the organisations to achieve their goals has led clients to describe her as “our fifth Beatle”. Caroline held senior commercial positions within major UK magazine publishing houses where she led large teams. She uses her experience to help people she works with apply the tools and techniques they learn to maximum effect when they get back to their desk.
Mary loves to work with people to help them to discover their potential. Her warmth, humour and curiosity makes her an inspiring facilitator and consultant. She has more than twenty-five years experience of organisational change, coaching and consultancy in the UK and around the world. Before becoming a consultant she held senior positions in the UK and Spain.
