ABOUT US
Why Treehouse?
It’s all in the name. Treehouse is a safe yet inspiring place you can go to learn new things, conceive new futures and work through challenges to achieve personal, professional and organisational growth. Like a Treehouse with a solid trunk and roots giving support, the concepts that underpin our coaching, facilitation and training are well grounded in research and first-hand experience; yet we are in the canopy, surrounded by blue sky and sunshine – the Treehouse represents future thinking and growth rooted in well-founded research – a place where you can have your feet on the ground and head in the clouds.
Conceptually that’s neat, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating – so here is what our clients have said about their experience of working with us.
Agile
Clients say we are:
Flexible, small and nimble
(we secured a training project because we were the quickest of their suppliers to adapt to virtual delivery during covid-19)Tailored to their business and the challenges they face (4D approach)
Effective
Clients say:
our methodology works, with brilliant results
we make a positive, impactful change and make a big difference in the success of the business
“Unlike many leadership development approaches previously experienced the Treehouse team brought the best out of my leadership team in understanding how they collectively contribute to the organisation.”
A.Lumb, BAE Systems
Refreshing
Clients say:
we have a refreshingly different approach
we bring ‘Serious fun’ with practical, credible techniques
“Just wanted to say I had the best time today in the training. It meant a lot to have a supportive group of people to try some of the techniques with. Helen and Claire were excellent.”
J.Shaw, DSTL
90% of our customers repeat
Dstl, our first-ever customer is still a client and we have worked with them every year since Treehouse was founded.
We empower people and unlock opportunity.
Our Values
Open & Straightforward
We are to the point, honest, and easy to deal with. No flannel. We say yes when we know we can deliver, and deliver well.
Our values reflect those of a business started with a single question: “How can we empower people and unlock opportunity?”. They guide our work helping people to think differently and make a positive impact. They inform our behaviours day-to-day, how we act, the decisions we make, how we work with each other and our clients.
Collaboratively Enabling
We work with you to co-create solutions and enable your organisation to be increasingly self-sufficient.
Courageously supportive
Blending support and challenge to help you and your organisation grow.
Rigorous Quality
High standards no matter what. We never settle for second best and ‘good enough for Government’ means our best work.
Serious Fun
We do what we love and love what we do, and you should too. What we do is fun with a serious purpose.
Who we are
We have more than 200 years of combined experience - with the commercial savvy & ‘know-how’ that comes from running big businesses and understanding the challenges required to deliver results. We are all practitioners in what we train, coach and facilitate to help gain great results with everyone we work with.
Helen
Director and Head Locksmith
Helen is a chemist turned business leader and thrives on enabling people and businesses improve, change and grow. She is a self-confessed ‘improver’, and her reward is seeing those lightbulb moments when people make a new discovery and take away a flash of insight and understanding that will last forever.
Specialism: Helping people think differently and making a positive impact.
Michaela
Head of Facilitation and Innovation
Michaela enjoys working through a challenge, both mentally and physically. With a background in marketing and strategy, she has a realistic approach to situations, and brings with her the energy and enthusiasm to make change happen!
Specialism: Helping people and businesses realise their potential
Jo
Head of Learning and Development
Jo supports and champions leaders & managers within organisations, helping them to achieve sustainable high contribution through a focus on personal effectiveness, emotional intelligence and resilience. Jo enjoys matching the latest in leadership ideas and practice with different client needs and cultures, in order to deliver high quality development programmes.
Specialism: Supporting leaders in navigating challenging and complex situations
Clare
Head of Futures
Clare has a broad commercial background, from large scale corporates to start-up businesses. She works alongside clients, to look for growth and innovation in systems, processes and people to enable growth and long term value.
Specialism: Structural business change to build business value for shareholders.
Pam
Capabilities Coach
Pam loves to turn business problems into practical solutions, and with her background in HR, Discovery Insights and MBTI, she approaches challenges in a people-centric, pragmatic and thought out manner. Her ultimate goal is to make a difference and enable people have the courage to change.
Specialism: Soft skills, Coaching & training using the Contribution Curve
Ingrid
Learning Facilitator and Development Coach
Ingrid is an occupational psychologist with an immersive background in learning design and facilitation as well as the development of teams and leaders. She particularly enjoys digging into the latest thinking on a topic and designing programmes that bring it to life. Drawing on her experiences in industry, she is passionate about making a difference to people at work.
Specialism: Designing engaging learning experiences, developing leaders and teams and applying psychological insights.
Gill
Innovation Facilitator and Subject Matter Expert
Gill has a 37-year career in Defence Science and Technology and Innovation and now brings all that expertise to Treehouse. Her strength is quickly analysing and comprehending complex information, joining the dots, and identifying key trends and essential information.
Specialism: Helping teams get to the root of a problem
Mark
Strategy Coach and Innovation Facilitator
With an extensive background in national security and defence-related innovation and change, Mark is passionate about enabling organisations to exploit technology-underpinned innovation. He is skilled at cutting through complex terminology and concepts to build confidence in strategies and plans.
Specialism: Achieving success in a secure and digitalised market.
Amanda
Innovation Trainer and Facilitator & Contribution Coach
Amanda is focussed on supporting leaders to achieve results through their people, and facilitating cultural and organisational change. An experienced leadership development facilitator; passionate about developing individuals with emerging potential through coaching and mentoring.
Specialism: Exploring options and challenging thinking through coaching
Julie
Strategic Facilitator and Coach
Julie has over 35 years’ experience as a strategy and business leader which she leverages as a facilitator and coach – she loves to help others grow and achieve their goals. She has led and worked with diverse teams globally, and can adapt to different cultural, company and personal contexts. Julie is curious and eager to learn and brings her enthusiasm and expertise to every project.
Speciality: Supporting businesses, leaders and teams to unlock growth potential
Emma
Change Catalyst and Facilitator
Emma helps leaders and their teams to maximise performance, improve workplace cultures and thrive at work. Her background is change management and she has over 15 years experience in building, developing and leading teams to help businesses transform.
Specialism: organisational change and transformation
Gerwin
Operations and Projects Director
Having spent 20 years as an internal change catalyst with Mondelez, Gerwin knows what it takes to manage complex stakeholder networks to implement simplicity programmes, successfully bringing new ideas to market. Naturally collaborative and organised, he has a cool head and tenacity to ensure that stuff gets done.
Specialism: Supply chain strategy
Rachel
Accounts and Security Officer
Rachel has an innate love of numbers, having worked as an IT manager previously. She enjoys seeing successful projects through from inception to completion and making sure all the figures stack up! She also likes a good geological formation and can ‘talk rocks’ being a Geologist at heart.
Specialism: Numbers
Peter
Contribution and CEO Coach
With 10 years under his belt as a coach, mentor and confidante to ambitious people, Peter is a catalyst for growth. He combines 40 years’ experience in manufacturing and engineering businesses with highly developed soft skills to help people build confidence and flourish in order to achieve their dreams.
Specialism: Coaching and mentoring, especially in manufacturing and engineering businesses
Jenny
Graphic Recording and Visual Communication Expert
With over 15 years experience lecturing in forms of visual and graphic communication, Jenny loves providing and researching knowledge on how to expand the potential of visual communication. She gets her buzz from helping others achieve, and providing the tools to unlock their creative potential.
Specialism: Visual communication and creative thinking
Sara
Personal Assistant
Sara has worked in increasingly senior roles in the manufacturing and services industry for the last twenty two years including two F1 Teams. As a PA working at the highest levels, she has gained a wide range of experience and skills in project management, marketing, accounts, customer relations and hospitality, as well as general administration.
Specialism: Organisation, Customer relations and hospitality.
Eleanor
Change Catalyst and Facilitator
Eleanor is a seasoned marketing, strategy and business leader with over 35 years of experience in various industries and markets. She is a certified coach and a natural facilitator who loves to help others grow and achieve their goals. She has led and worked with diverse teams across the world, and she knows how to adapt to different cultural, company and personal contexts. Eleanor is always curious and eager to learn new things, and she brings her enthusiasm and expertise to every project she undertakes.
Specialism: Supporting businesses, leaders and teams to unlock growth potential