Areas of training expertise
• Business Development – capturing and sharing best practice
• Team development using IE/TE
• Emotional Intelligence and business performance
• Negotiation skills/ Interpersonal skills
• Leadership development
• Advocacy skills and stakeholder engagement
• Face to face public engagement skills for charities

Mike directs Making the Link- and runs business development training, leadership and management training using advanced emotional intelligence. Making the Link Ltd  also deliver training to the Charity sector. During his facilitation career Mike has delivered training and team events to many organizations and charities on business planning, skills workshops, and team development.

Qualifications & experience
• BSc Hons Botany
• Business to business sales in recruitment
• Management Consultant for 8 years
• National Staff Development Manager for large facilities management company
• Worked overseas in Leadership and Youth development with Raleigh International
• Individual Effectiveness and Team Effectiveness: Emotional Intelligence Qualified
• Director: http://www.makingthelink.co.uk
• Member of CIPD and ILM