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Mike Collins

Leadership and Management Trainer

Mike holds a BSc in Mathematical Physics from the University of Nottingham and has held a number of senior roles in consultancy, sales and business development. He has extensive experience in strategic selling, team building, account management and strategic alliance management. Mike is also a published author of a book addressing the challenges of global IT systems implementation.

Working for blue chip IT product and services companies, Mike led the pursuit and delivery of several large IT programmes of work including the implementation of a new trading platform for a global bank, the replacement of the IT infrastructure for a large UK telecommunications company and the programme to exit a large UK energy company from its primary data centres. As an alliance director, Mike also led a strategic relationship with a prestigious global consultancy growing the business 25% p.a. for three years.

Mike’s key areas of expertise are the development and leadership of high-performing teams in complex multi-stakeholder environments, the negotiation and sale of large, complex programmes of work and the development of strategic partnerships.

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What we do

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The Property Centre

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Customer testimonial

Lots of activities to help to understand each part of the course and to keep you involved.
The activities is what I enjoyed the most.

R.B , Tilda Limited

Great course for presentation skills, really got me to re-evaluate my structure & how I come across. Will be very helpful for presentations internally/externally or virtually/in-person!

A.C , Aria Networks Ltd

The trainer David James was a delight to be tutored by.
All activity's were thought provoking without ever feeling like filler to fill some empty time unlike other courses I have been involved in.

G.B , Clearwater Hampers Limited

I thought the trainer, Ken, was brilliant - he was engaging and personable. I enjoyed the interactive nature of the course and having the course booklet for notes and referral proved very useful.

P.S , Global Legal Group

The course material and slide presentation was very well planned out, and the way the course was delivered by David James was extremely satisfying. He kept a good flow to the day and made it very interesting.

A.R , Beechenlea Maintenance Ltd

Consistency and flexibility

Deliver the same levels of learning in the ways that works best for each individual in your team. Whatever their circumstances.

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Contemporary expertise

Our experienced trainers and assessors stay at the forefront by continuously training and being assessed themselves.

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The Impellus Business Centre

The Impellus Business Centre provides online access to your organisation’s account and learning records. Free for all clients.

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Entirely results-focused

Every course, every qualification, every time we help or advise we’re focused on delivering real and measurable workplace results.

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Thought leadership

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Home and away? five top tips for managing employees in a work-at-home culture

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