Ben’s passion, and lifelong interest, is leadership and human performance. He spent 13 years in an organisational leadership role. This was initially with the British Army’s Parachute Regiment, where he was promoted to the rank of Major, and then as a Country Director in Zimbabwe and Uganda, for Raleigh International. Since 1995 he has been working as a consultant developing leadership, team and organisational performance for a wide variety of national and international organisations, commercial, public sector and NGO.
Ben works from middle manager to executive board levels to develop leadership at a professional and personal level in individuals and teams. His approach integrates performance coaching, workshops or development centres, and organisational consulting to create a leadership, and high performance, culture. He has a particular interest in creating high impact learning experiences using experiential learning and since 1995 has been developing a unique approach to leadership development involving wilderness based leadership programmes in developing countries. In 2004 he was a consultant and coach for the Channel 4 documentary ‘The Carrot or The Stick’ which explored the impact of leadership on competing teams undertaking military style challenges in the Welsh mountains. Ben has studied extensively in the fields of education, psychology, psychotherapy and leadership.
Ben is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, and is currently studying for a MA in Coaching Psychology. His approach is integrative, pragmatic and holistic, and combines some of the latest thinking from a wide variety of fields including neuroscience, coaching and sports psychology, as well as his own wide ranging personal experiences in leadership, and performance development. Ben lives between the French Alps and Oxford, England, and enjoys climbing, skiing, running and yoga whenever he can. He is a qualified ski instructor and mountain leader. He is currently training as a yoga teacher and as an international mountain leader.
Ben Clayton-Jolly's company website is http://www.inspiringleadership.co.uk/
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