David Robertson
Facilitator and Business Coach

David is a graduate of Trinity College, Oxford and has an MBA from Henley Management College, where he specialised in change management. Prior to launching Attiva in 1999, he worked for several years for a specialist US-based organisational development company, Blessing White. David has 15 years top level experience as a business coach and organization development consultant in Europe and the US.

Specialist areas

• Coaching senior executives and their teams
• Designing and facilitating programmes of organizational change particularly in leadership and culture
• Building partnerships in key relationships such as alliances and JVs, including mediation of groups and individuals in conflict

Key Clients

• Technology - Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Intelligent Engineering, Philips Consumer Electronics, Sun Microsystems
• Finance - AXA UK, Friends Provident, MBNA bank, ifs School of Finance, International Private Equity Services, Royal & Sun Alliance
• Public sector - Post Office Ltd, Royal Mail Group, Department of Work & Pensions, Forensic Science Service
• Other - Avon Cosmetics, Earls Court and Olympia, LexisNexis, Mourant, Reed Elsevier

Testimonials

Executive and team coaching at Cable & Wireless
“David has an excellent way of working with senior people. He understands how to get the best out of groups, particularly senior guys with big egos. He helps individuals to face into the issues which are most important for them.”
Craig Boundy, Chief Operating Officer, Cable & Wireless

Senior team development at Post Office Ltd
“I like the way David works behind the scenes to knit it all together. He knows when and how to bring difficult issues into the room. He has a wonderful combination of being clear, cold and analytical one moment and warm and human the next – he drives us hard but in a pleasant way. He always leaves me with big questions to consider although he may not have asked them directly. His only agenda is to improve the performance of the team.”
Gary Hockey-Morley, Marketing Director, Post Office Ltd

Board and leadership development at Earls Court and Olympia
“David was given an unusual and challenging brief, working with our Board and Senior Management team at a time of fundamental change and uncertainty in our business. He quickly identified the barriers to change and complex relationship issues that we were facing. Once our awareness of the issues had been raised, he was able to help us confront them. Together, we reviewed our structure and formulated new strategies, moving swiftly to implementation and reaping immediate organizational and behavioural rewards. David’s insight and intuition served us well in tackling difficult matters in a supportive way. Every member of the team has improved their leadership style and gained new skills from this project. We are now equipped to tackle the exciting challenges that lie ahead."
Yvonne Denyer, Group Finance Director, Earls Court & Olympia Group Ltd

Building management capability to lead cultural change at the Institute of Financial Services
“We needed to make a radical change of culture. David helped me and my management team to see how we could be different as leaders and helped us to embed the changes over 18 months.”
Gavin Shreeve, Chief Executive IFS Scool of Finance

Partnership building at Post Office Ltd
“David really understands partnerships in business. He is a master of resolving conflicts and relationships which seem to be stuck.
He has helped us to achieve really positive outcomes with several of our key commercial partners and alliances as well as improving collaboration within the business.”
Ian Anderson, HR Direcotr, Post Office Ltd

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