The Insight Team

We are proud to present to you our unique team of Business Psychologists, Learning and Development Consultants, Human Resource Professionals and Recruitment Specialists.

John Lazarus  Director

  • Fellow CIPD, BA (Hons), Post Grad HR Management, MIOD

    John brings a depth of quality exposure to people solutions from pan - European HR Director roles and a diverse range of market sectors and clients. A founding partner of Insight in 1995, his focus is on Human Resource management, development and strategy, delivering measurable business improvements.

    His leadership and consulting style takes Insight beyond the delivering excellence model and towards the goal of 'dependably teriffic'. John's assurance to you is that Insight will always put our clients at the very heart of our business and work with you in a genuine and progressive partnership.

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    Simon Wiltshire  Director

  • MBA, BSc Psychology, PGCE, BPS Level A & B Certificates, Member of Association of Business Psychologists

    Simon provides positive, constructive and effective solutions to individual, team and organisational challenges.
    He has worked closely with multi-national companies, local government, educational institutions and health sector providers, often supporting board-level projects. He specialises in areas including assessment and development centres, top-team development, talent management programmes, transformational change workshops and psychometric feedback.
    Simon brings enthusiasm, creativity and constructive challenge to each of his projects, forming sound and long-standing relationships with our clients.

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    Paul Chudleigh  Operations Director

  • MSc Psychological Assessment in Organisations, Post Grad Occupational Assessment, Post Grad Certificate in Psychology of Organisational Development and Change, BPS Certificates of Competence, MABP

    Paul, a qualified Business Psychologist, has worked across the UK in areas such as developing high-performing senior teams, delivering culture change, assessing and selecting new talent, designing and delivering leadership, management and personal skills training programmes, designing and implementing competency frameworks, designing and applying performance management systems including 360° Feedback.
    Paul has extensive experience in working with senior teams across the public, private and voluntary sectors, including the delivery of programmes in local government, social housing, NHS, education institutions and private clients.

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    Richard Eaves  Business Psychologist

  • MSc Occupational Psychology, BSc Psychology, BPS Level A Certificate, Member BPS, Diploma in Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching

    Richard offers many years’ experience of designing and delivering leading edge assessment and development solutions. He consults to organisations ranging from heavy manufacturing to healthcare, in both public and private sectors, and with individuals from executives, directors to ‘blue collar’ staff.
    His specialities include team building, facilitation, training and coaching, 360° feedback, assessment and development centre design and delivery.
    Richard is both reflective and analytical with a highly professional approach. He is known for generating creative client-focused solutions and builds genuine and lasting relationships.

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    Tori Lang  Business Psychologist

  • MSc Organisational Psychology, BA (Hons) Psychology, BPS Certificate in Psychometric Testing, ACA Certified Professional Accountant, Member of British Psychological Society and Association of Business Psychologists, Diploma in Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching

    Tori joined Insight from a global 'top 5' finance and advisory firm where she had developed a reputation for building strong client relationships across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, engineering, IT, education, pension providers, retail and charities. She is richly experienced in assessment and development centre design and delivery (to senior management and director level), search and selection, psychometric profiling and competency frameworks.
    Tori brings a friendly, innovative, pragmatic and commercially sensitive approach to her projects across both public and private sectors.

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    Pip Gwynn  Project Manager

  • BSc (hons) Psychology, BPS Certificate in Occupational Testing (Level A), Member of the Association of Business Psychologists, currently studying an MSc in Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck College, London

    Pip works as an Assessment Centre Manager, organising the logistics, timetables and resources for Insight’s occupational assessment team. She is trained in the full range of assessment centre activities and psychometrics and has also developed assessment exercises.
    Pip is particularly interested in effective team working and has recently developed the Team Effectiveness Questionnaire for diagnostic use with teams at all levels in an organisation. This questionnaire was successfully launched recently for one of Insight’s international clients.

    • Michael Baker  Development Consultant

  • MBA, BPS Level A & B Certificates, Member CIPD

    Michael brings an energetic and enthusiastic approach to his training, and is highly sought after for his motivational and skills based training programmes. An extremely versatile and knowledgeable individual, Michael has an aptitude for translating concepts into practical learning opportunities.
    With a wide and varied background, including financial services, Michael combines a high level of commercial awareness, with a personable and client focused sensitivity.
    His expertise includes management development, organisational change, strategic review, coaching from junior management to director level, assessment centres, personal development and career planning.

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    Jackie Barr  Business Psychologist

  • MSc Organisational Behaviour, BSc (Hons) Occupational Psychology, BPS Level A & B Certificates, Member of Association of Business Psychologists, EMDR and CBT trained

    A chartered psychologist and HR professional with qualifications gained both in Australia and the UK, Jackie has over 20 years experience working with public and commercial firms both in the UK and overseas.
    She coaches and mentors individuals from shop floor to board level, specialising in difficult situations, conflict resolution, stress management and career consolidation.
    Jackie has a reputation for honest communication, excellent coaching skills and perceptive feedback.

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    Duncan John  Development Consultant

  • NLP Practitioner, Associate Member CIPD, City and Guilds Assessor, Investors In Excellence Practitioner , Diploma in Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching

    With a career of over twenty years working in management, marketing and training, Duncan has a very successful track record with the voluntary sector, local government, educational institutions and the private/public sector. He specialises in areas including stress management, recruitment, harassment issues, management techniques and behavioural skills

    Duncan has a reputation for creative and unique high-energy training using humour, practical examples together with his business knowledge and experience.

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    Ginny Baillie  Development Consultant

  • CoachU Certified Graduate (CCG), Master Certified Coach, Professional Mentor Coach (PMC), Qualified Teleclass Leader with Coach Inc, Member of the International Coach Federation

    Ginny was an early adopter of coaching in the UK and has coached over 400 individuals in personal and business development. She delivers coaching for senior executives in career development and business expansion, working with entrepreneurs and business owners.
    She is qualified and very experienced in leading tele-classes and developing tele-class workshops structures and content. She was a speaker at the first European International Coach Federation conference and is committed to the ethical and professional expansion of coaching internationally.

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    John Mayne  Development Consultant

  • PGC/Cert Ed, Development Coaching

    John has a reputation for delivering excellent ‘Fast Track’ training programmes. He specialises in junior management training, team leader/supervisor training and management development. Training programmes include communication, presentation and leadership skills, self-motivation, self-management, team building and self-confidence.

    John draws on his background in Engineering, Management and Sales to deliver practical and commercially focused training. He has a reputation for delivering lively, ‘hands-on’ and encouraging programmes, with excellent client feedback.

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    Caroline Gourlay  Business Psychologist

  • Chartered Occupational Psychologist, MSc Occupational Psychology (Distinction), BSc (Hons) Psychology, BPS Level A & B Certificates, Member of Association of Business Psychologists, Diploma in Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching

    Caroline is renowned for her career development coaching and counselling work. She also adds wide experience in assessment and development centre design and delivery and 360’ feedback.
    Caroline has a reputation for being highly versatile and sensitive to client needs, helping people to a greater level of understanding. Her natural style is insightful, empathic and highly perceptive. She combines this with a strongly diagnostic approach, with an ability to get to the heart of the matter. Drawing on her background in industry, IT and consulting, she offers practical, business focused solutions.

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    Suzanne Unsworth  Development Consultant

  • BA Business Studies, Post Graduate Learning & Development Diploma, Member CIPD, Accredited Belbin facilitator, Diploma in Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching

    Suzanne's enthusiasm and commitment to learning and development, combined with the wealth of experience she has gained from a wide variety of industries, provides clients with practical results that can be utilised immediately in the workplace.
    She has demonstrated that the key to successful learning and development is to understand the needs of the individual, team and organisations she works with, so that they reach their full potential. This is achieved through building excellent client relationships and the use of practical relationship and behavioural learning and development in all areas of people management.

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    Stephen Lambe  Business Psychologist

  • MSc Organisational Psychology, BA (Hons) Psychology, BPS Level A & B Certificates, Association of Business Psychologists (ABP),

    Stephen is a Chartered Occupational psychologist who has 13 years consulting experience within the Public and Financial sectors. His passions lie in the fields of personal growth, leadership and change.

    Stephen is an experienced personal coach and has provided development advice and feedback up to Director Level. He has also designed and managed organisational wide, high profile / high volume assessment and development activities.

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    Ian Rothwell  Development Consultant

  • BA (Hons) in Business Management, Diploma in Sports Psychology, MA in Human Resource Management , Masters in Management Learning

    Ian's early management training and development career in the leisure industry, followed his sports coaching in both the UK and the US. His passion for developing others and making change happen was then transferred into the business world. As a result Ian has held posts in both HR and Senior Management Development with the Leisure and Financial Services Industry. As a qualified coach, he has specialised in personal and life coaching. His experience has given him the opportunity to excel as deliverer, coach, facilitator, manager and consultant.
    Ian's key areas of activity are Senior Management development, Executive coaching, Leadership development and Change.

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    Wendy Shooter  Business Psychologist

  • MSc Occupational Psychology, Certificate in Counselling Studies, BSc Psychology and Zoology, BPS Level A Certificate, Graduate Member BPS, Diploma in Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching

    Wendy draws on her management experience, psychology and counselling training to deliver real-world solutions to business issues. She works with clients to assist them in gaining deeper insights into their organisations and themselves, developing solutions that provide results.
    Wendy’s expertise includes: assessment and development centres, 360° feedback, organisational culture, organisational change, competency design and personal coaching.
    Known for her positive attitude, and excellent relationship building skills, Wendy is analytical and dedicated to delivering high quality solutions.

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    Karin Dean  Development Consultant

  • MSc Organisational Psychology, BA(Hons) Psychology, BPS Level A&B, Graduate diploma in Psychotherapy, NLP Practitioner, Graduate Member BPS, Member International Coaching Federation, Diploma in Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching

    Having spent her earlier career in IT and management consultancy, Karin has specialised for the last 6 years in the development and implementation of assessment and development solutions across a wide variety of organisations. She has clear business and client focus and is committed to finding cost-effective and tailored responses to customer needs. Karin has an engaging style that is both supportive and challenging. Her expertise also includes executive coaching, career counselling, group facilitation, team development, stress management and training.

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    Amanda Stewart  Development Consultant

  • Member of the CIPD, Post-Graduate and Masters degrees in HR Management, US Designation of Senior Professional in HR

    Amanda has 18 years International HR Generalist experience. She has worked across Private, Public and Voluntary Sectors with a strong emphasis on service delivery. Her focus has been on supporting leaders to achieve results through their people as well as facilitating organisational change, through strategic planning, organisational design and culture/change management.

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    Sally Watton  Development Consultant

  • BA (Hons) Psychology, NVQ Level 4 in Training & Development, NVQ Assessor & Verifier Awards (1996)

    Sally is a management development specialist with over 14 years experience both in the public and private sector alongside large and small organizations. This experience has enabled her to use the whole training cycle as a deliverer, coach, facilitator, manager and consultant. During the last few years Sally has worked continually for a small select client base on projects that continue to grow and evolve.

    • Dee McAlinden  Development Consultant

  • NLP Business Practitioner

    Dee is a development consultant who brings a pragmatic approach to businesses which focuses on solving problems either at individual level, team level or organisational level. Her approach is to find out what is happening to prevent the results which the organisation wants and then implementing, with the client, a rigorous, effective solution that really works.

    Some of these solutions are coaching, 360 feedback, behavioural and management training programmes, observation and feedback, team development programmes, assessment and development centres, change management programmes, problem solving faciliation.

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    Jessica Cooper  Administration Manager

  • BSc Business (Legal Studies), HNC Business Administration, Occupational Test Administrator

    Insight’s Business Support Team has an absolute commitment to you, our client.

    Jessica has a depth of experience of assisting in programme management and overseeing all aspects of client needs and quality assurance processes.

    She will give you confidence whatever your requirements, and will demonstrate customer focus, excellence and flexibility, to ensure your total satisfaction in the services we provide.

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