Curriculum Vitae - Denise Chilton Coaching

Award winning, commercially aware executive coach with a warm, empathetic and challenging approach.
Natural ability to engage and connect with people at all levels, creating a safe space for them to work in.
Strengths based, solution focused, intuitive and insightful.
Skilled at enabling people to raise their own levels of self-awareness and gain a greater understanding as to what’s going on beneath the surface.
Excels in motivating and stretching people to be the best they can be.
Dynamic, enthusiastic self-motivated leadership development specialist with drive, ability and a positive “can do” attitude.
High levels of infectious energy make facilitation and delivery, real, fun and impactful.
Exceptional interpersonal skills, heightened emotional intelligence and excellent communicator.
Ability to remain calm in emotionally charged situations and normalise complex situations.

Executive Coach and Leadership Development Specialist

Denise Chilton Ltd

March 2007 – Current

Executive coaching assignments with Executive Directors, Senior Managers and Early Career Managers

Organisations include:

National Museums Liverpool
NHS England (approved external coach GP Development Programme since 2015)
Avios
Merseyside Police
Accenture
University of Liverpool (approved external coach, L&D facilitator provider since 2017)
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust (approved external coach and L&D facilitator provider since 2014)
Macmillan Cancer Services (approved external coach provider since 2013)

Business Innovation Coach

Local Growth Hub, Liverpool City Region

Since 2014 – Current

Providing leadership coaching, mentoring and business support to leaders of high grow SME’s in LCR.

Enterprise Co-ordinator

University of Liverpool

March 2015 – July 2017

Reporting into Pro Vice Chancellor responsible for all University-wide enterprise and entrepreneurship activities.
Assisting with the development of a more coherent, visible and joined-up enterprise strategy across the University.
Working across the three University Faculties and with the Careers Service, enrolling professional service and academic colleagues to help facilitate the roll-out and growth of the enterprise agenda. Resulted in Entrepreneurship agenda incorporated into the University’s 2020 Strategy
Managed the relationship with Santander Universities team, local Santander Business Managers and Business Growth Hub Manager in Liverpool.

Associate Business Coach and Trainer

Striding Out

June 2010 – July 2011

Supporting the creation of social enterprises and small businesses across the Liverpool City Region, providing IAG on all aspects of small business operational and strategy development.
Supporting businesses and social enterprises with funding applications and growth plans.

2020 – Advance Coaching with Neuroscience

2020 – Certificate in Team Coaching

2019 – CTI 3 Day Leadership Experience

2019 – DISC Accreditation

2017 – ILM Level 7 Coaching Supervision

2014 – Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation

2013 – Qualified practitioner in Strengths Profile and Strength scope

2013 – ILM 5 Clean Language

2012 – Systemic Modelling in Clean Language Certificate

2012 – Organisational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) Fundamentals

2012 – Enterprise Mentor, Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

2011 – Common Purpose Meridian Leadership Programme Graduate

2011 – CTI Certification Programme, Associate Certified Coach ICF

2010 – CTI Core Curriculum Coaching Programme

2009 – Approved Accelerated Learning Trainer ITOL Accreditation

2008 – Mental Health First Aid Trainer

2006 – Corporate and Professional Stress Management Diploma – Distinction