Our Founder
Shirley Gaston
With over 20 years specialising in experiential learning and working with dynamic market-leading companies, Shirley is a highly accomplished and versatile facilitator delivering a spectrum of leadership, management and team development as well as coaching and strategic and organisational development with an emphasis on employee engagement.
Shirley is a very skilled and charismatic leader of people, experienced as a company director, facilitator and public activist. A facilitator inspiring others to achieve individual excellence or to work as cohesive, high performing teams. A consummate networker and natural sales person, thriving under pressure and embracing challenge to deliver innovative solutions.
Shirley can be trusted to design, deliver and evaluate long-term development programmes for the most senior people in leading organisations. Friendly, warm, professional, enthusiastic, confident, informal delivery style with an ability to build rapport with anyone are some of the simple ways to describe Shirley’s approach. Have a look at some testimonials.
I attended a one-day session exploring Metalog training tools, & ideas & approaches to experiential learning - Shirley’s own approach was the epitome of effective experiential learning, giving me (& other attendees) food for thought, a toolkit of new ideas & a renewed enthusiasm for being more creative with my own teaching & training delivery. The whole day sped by & was energising from start to finish.
I would heartily recommend participation in one of Shirley’s sessions to my colleagues & contacts.
| Anna Nibbs - Learning & Teaching Enhancement Adviser, The University of Sheffield