Angus McLeod, author, coach and trainer

Angus is author of 'Performance Coaching - The Handbook for Managers, HR Professionals and Coaches' (2003)', 'Me, Myself, My Team' (2000 and 2006 (2nd edition); both from Crown House) and 'Self-coaching Leadership: Simple Steps From Manager to Leader' (2007) from John Wiley & Sons in the UK and under the Jossey-Bass imprint in the US. His books are available in languages including Chinese, Russian and Polish!

Performance Coaching Workbook, published with Will Thomas is available as an ebook, see front page news www.angusmcleod.com

Performance Coaching Toolkit is published by McGraw Hill under the Open University imprint in early Spring 2010.

He is regularly published in journals in the UK and USA including, Anchor Point, Rapport, The Training Journal, Resource Magazine, Organisations & People and Effective Consulting.

Picture shows Angus with colleague, Sir John Whitmore where they co-ran the Dudley Coaching & Leadership Conference, May 2009.

Angus McLeod Asociates (AMA) is now supporting a National Programme to improve the management of manufacturing industry. AMA is assessing and certifying coaches to this Government-sponsored initiative as well as sole-provider of coaches to the scheme. It is anticipated that over 400 assessed coaches will be needed by mid 2010. AMA is also providing training to the same industries and their supply-chains. This training is up-skilling managers in coaching skills and three courses are currently on offer, two of them nationally-certified by the ILM and by CMI. Other recommended and promoted courses are the two Newcastle courses.

Picture shows just some of the brilliant AMA coaches working on the NSA Programme.

Angus is a master-coach.

He has been 'first-call' coach at PPP Healthcare and Oracle. He has also coached at Board level in numerous corporations in several countries. Angus often coaches professional coaches. Coaching feedback includes: "incredible insight", "I moved to a whole new perspective", "flabbergasted" and "transforming".

"It was a delight and privilege to observe a masterful coach at work" - ICF National Official.

Angus co-founded and continues to co-run The (not-for-profit) Coaching Foundation, a group for executive and life coaches and mentors. He initiated and co-developed "Ask Max" - the e-mentoring service.

Angus has provided managemnt with many practical models including the 51% Rule, McLeod Management Model and many others. Many of these were published first in papers and books but most are available for free at the coachall web-pages at www.angusmcleod.com and the pulication list on the same site has free copies of most published papers (where permitted by the journals).

He is regularly published in journals in the UK and USA including, Anchor Point, Rapport, The Training Journal, Resource Magazine, Organisations & People and Effective Consulting. He is featured at international conferences and events, often as a keynote or plenary speaker.

Angus designed the updated Performance Coaching Diploma Course at Newcastle College. 15,000 students graduated from the earlier course (in the previous five years) and the course became available in February 2004, with over 7,000 registrations in its first year. The course was also launched in a web-based format in March 2005 and available for just £395. This course is the most popular web-available course offered by Newcastle College in 2007/8.

The Advanced Diploma Course (level 4) was launched in June 2008.

Angus McLeod Asociates (AMA) is now supporting a National Programme to improve the management of manufacturing industry. AMA is providing training to the same industries and their supply-chains. This training is up-skilling managers in coaching skills and three courses are currently on offer, two of them nationally-certified by the ILM and by CMI. The NSA National Programme also recommends and promotes the two Newcastle courses designed by Angus McLeod.

Angus has held numerous Directorships following academic and business careers to senior level and he continues to sit on several boards in both training and environmental sectors. He is a competitive rower and Chairman of his club, an advanced trainer in motorcycling and a passionate cook. He loves to sail. In 1995 he was cured of progressive and irreversible nerve damage (bilateral) by a miracle and since then has been able to channel healing for others with, sometimes, wonderful results. He is both a 'self-published' and 'independently-published' poet and has a draft novel as well as a draft self-development book almost in full readiness for willing publishers.
He has a rescued python called Bluey which he provides a special home to, attempting as far as possible to reproduce the environment of the species' native Queensland climate. Bluey has a blue, forked tongue and a powerful grip!