Profile

Jean Balfour

Jean is an experienced Organisation Consultant who brings energy and passion to her work in Leadership, Team Development and Diversity. Jean established Bailey Balfour Consulting Ltd in 2001.

She builds long lasting relationships with clients and believes that relationships are central to organisational success.  She uses an appreciative conversational approach to work with individuals, teams and large groups.  She is pragmatic about the constraints of organisational life and the paradoxes these bring.

Jean’s primary focus and experience is on facilitating events for large and small teams, organisation events and off-sites, and groups of leaders. 

Jean’s facilitation work takes her in to a wide range of sectors including investment banking, large corporate national and multi-national organizations, professional service organizations, NHS Trusts, Local Government, Social Housing and the charitable sector.

Jean has a Masters in Organisation Consulting, completed at Ashridge Business School.  She is also a Non-Executive Director of Worthing Homes, a Housing Association.

Recently Jean has designed and facilitated

• A 2-day workshop for 120 people from across the UK
• Team development workshop for a multi-national company with a focus on virtual team working
• Facilitating an action learning set for leaders in an NHS Trust
• One to one coaching with senior leaders
• Provided leadership masters classes in investment banks
• Facilitated a leadership programme for senior doctors

In diversity Jean is particularly interested in

• supporting the development of robust diversity strategies,
• developing business focused initiatives which will enable more women and BME people to move into senior leadership roles
• creating inclusive environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who are able to be ‘out’ and to bring their whole selves to work.

Jean started her career as a primary school teacher. She moved from this into Learning and Development and then into Organisation Development working in Social Housing and the NHS.

For three years Jean was Head of Organisation Development and member of the Executive Team for a large NHS Trust which closed two large long stay hospitals and merged twice during this time – great personal experience of change management. 

Jean is accredited and experienced in the application of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®, Team Management Systems, Level A & B Psychometric Testing, 16pf personality profile and Firo-B®.

"I am excited by the difference a positive and appreciative approach to work can have. Recently a colleague on a board I represent commented on the difference I have made to the board through my approach of celebrating the successes of the organisation.  This is my aim for my clients and their organisations."  Jean Balfour