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Richard has worked in the field of empowering people for over 20 years. This theme of empowerment has led him into housing support work for the homeless, project management for an inner city youth project, Church ordination in 1992, pastoring several churches in team contexts, and starting new churches.

Richard runs a coaching practice for personal and Team Empowerment www.richardburwell.com  and a Church coaching practice which seeks to train Church Leaders in Coaching skills www.churchcoach.org.uk. He is a trustee for New Hope Ministries Trust Leeds, which exists to support overseas medical aid, and he is involved in the sending team for overseas aid workers. Richard is also pioneering a network of English language teachers for aid workers, economic migrants and ethnic minorities (www.elcas.org.uk).  For the last 6 years Richard has shared child care with his wife, working part time until recently.

In addition to his His Honours Degree (Theology), and Church ordination, Richard has also qualified as a Secondary School Teacher (PGCE) and gained a Diploma in Coaching Practice with distinction with ‘Coaching and Mentoring International’  www.cmiexcel.com,  now part of The Coaching Academy www.the-coaching-academy.com. His coaching diploma is currently being externally accredited by the ‘Open College Network’ O.C.N.   The decision to form ‘The Coaching Dynamic’ with Fiona has been an exciting development in our shared desire to see the benefit of coaching principles taken to a wide audience of people.

Richard’s book “The 5 Senses of Self - A Coaching Framework for Personal & Team Empowerment” will be published in the summer 08.

Fiona Following a 2:1 Hons Degree (Social Policy & Administration, York University), Fiona embarked on a retail management career. She has been fortunate to work for over 20 years in dynamic, challenging, & customer focussed business environments providing her with a diverse breadth & depth of business experience. Fiona held a variety of senior positions involving product, people & performance management within blue chip companies Boots, The Body Shop, Superdrug & latterly Homebase.

Fiona was the first woman appointed as a Permanent Regional Manager for Homebase where she led a team of 22 direct store manager reports, a regional team of 800+ staff with responsibility & accountability for the development of 70+ management team & full profit & loss responsibilities.

She took the decision to take a career break to take stock of her personal goals including spending more time with her family (which included a rewarding around the world trip) & putting something back into her local community (volunteering as a School Governor & chairing the Curriculum Committee) which resulted in the decision to retrain as a Coach.  Fiona has a Diploma in Coaching Practice with ‘Coaching & Mentoring International’ www.cmiexcel.com, now part of ‘The Coaching Academy’ www.the-coaching-academy.com.  The ‘Open College Network’ O.C.N. is currently externally accrediting this diploma.

It was whilst undertaking her Coaching Diploma, that Fiona became passionately interested in the science of Psychology and its relationship with personal development.  It is as a direct result of this passion & many shared values, ethics & goals that she &  Richard formed The Coaching Dynamic as a practical way ‘to make a difference’ to the development of teams & individuals through the application of Coaching principles & to achieve their own personal goals & ambitions.