the mathews partnership

Stephen Mathews has more than thirty years' experience leading people development and corporate organisational improvement programmes.

Stephen’s particular area of expertise is helping individuals and groups to improve the way they manage relationships to improve performance. He has gained a reputation for both an effective and efficient approach to Business Psychology through a variety of feedback methods in groups, between peers and in 1:1 mentoring to improve individual levels of satisfaction and the contribution of teams.

Using his unique skill set with board members, senior management teams, and individuals, Stephen enables successful organisational culture change, high performance team development, team performance measurement and valued management and leadership development.

Stephen has worked worldwide, with companies of all sizes, in support of a wide range of business improvement initiatives, such as: Strategy Development and Implementation, Business Excellence, Six Sigma, Process Redesign, and Performance Enhancement. Stephen's business experience spans fields as diverse as: petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, banking, defence, education, food, engineering, telecommunications, and the public sector.

Past and present client organisations include: 3M, Schneider Electric, Paperloop, SKF, Haldex Hydraulics Corporation, Exxon Chemical, Bayer, ICI, Inland Revenue, DERA, Tetra Laval, Philips, Mobile Systems International, Pfizer, NatWest Bank, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

He serves on the executive development faculty of IFL, the prestigious Swedish Institute for Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics, has been on the faculty of two UK business schools and is also an Executive Coach

SPECIALISED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

• Management and leadership development
• Executive coaching
• Organisational culture change
• High performance team development
• Psychometric testing
• Conflict resolution
• Interpersonal skills training
• Process/Quality management and Six Sigma
• Level B Registered with the British Psychological Society.

PARTICULAR AREAS OF INTEREST

• Effect of Eligibility and Suitability on predicting job success
• The impact of building strong, trusting relationships on Business Performance
• The interaction between People and Process to deliver Performance

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management
• The Human Element® and Radical Collaboration® International Business partner and Trainer
• Qualified user of a number of psychometric instruments including the Harrison Assessment, 16PF, CPI, MBTI® and the FIRO Elements.
• Chartered Chemist, Chartered Scientist, Member of the Royal Society for Chemistry
• Member of the Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Fellow of the Institute of Quality Assurance