Life Experience.

Victoria became increasing frustrated by the lack of self-awareness in traditional leadership training and moved on to work with Make Sense Limited in order to help clients secure performance not compliance. Rather than imposing change, Victoria encourages her clients to let people be the change.

Victoria believes that any change must start with the individual and she uses neuroscientific insights and her life experience to help improve understanding of performance in key areas such as designing and implementing change, resilience, wellbeing, learning and development and teamwork. Victoria provides her clients with a new evidence-based perspective on how the brain operates and its systems, processes, strengths and limitations.

Victoria believes that the problems we face today in the workplace are inseparable from who we are and the decisions that our brain makes for us without us even realising. Victoria works with her clients to help them understand themselves and the different behaviours that result from their brain and body intelligence systems. She advocates that leadership today is managing minds and brains, moving away from what you know to who you are as a person and what drives you. Victoria encourages leaders to be courageous and understand the impact that they have on their organisations so that the value they brings goes beyond strategies and projects to inspiring collaboration.

Victoria is a self-development coach and speaker who is passionate about helping people who are stuck in unhappy situations take responsibly to change their life by understanding themselves better.

Having moved 20 times by the time she was 25 years old, Victoria became a specialist at 'fitting in' from a young age. Add to this her diverse career background as an RAF Officer, partner in a law firm and HR Professional, Victoria's chameleon like credentials were maturing nicely until the age of 38 when she could no longer sustain the unhappiness of a life where she was not being herself.

Following an emotional breakdown, Victoria was coached to recovery. She learnt what makes her tick as a human being and to take control of what she can change about herself. By the age of 40 she had run the London Marathon, started her own business and most importantly become content with her life which has made her a better mother and friend.

Through the desire to help others do the same, she left her legal and HR career behind and is now dedicated to working in this area.

Victoria believes that any change must start with the individual and she uses neuroscientific insights and her life experience to help people on a fascinating journey of self-discovery which can see them succeed in their personal life and at work. She has been able to turn that wealth of people experience into a positive force in her life and that of her clients, both at a personal level and through leadership teams.
 

"Victoria is very knowledgeable and passionate regarding the subject matter of people and their behaviours. I thought the session she delivered had the right level of theory combined with discussion on what it means in practice. She had a real knack at getting everyone to be really open and honest”.
Lloyds Bank, Leadership Team training session