Biography
Jacqueline believes that with the right support, everyone can reach their potential. Through her coaching she has facilitated impactful personal development experiences for leaders across the education, health and not-for-profit sectors. Her work in education includes the hugely rewarding experience of coaching leaders of schools in challenging environments.
Jacqueline’s coaching and mentoring are informed by over 30 years’ experience in strategic planning, change management, leadership, and leadership development. Cross-cultural working and living with those who hold very different world views to her own enables her to honour the many different life experiences of her clients.
In addition to coaching and mentoring internationally, Jacqueline shares her skills through environmental and social justice activism within her community, supporting local initiatives to be more sustainable and accessible and creating connections across community groups and local government.
Jacqueline recharges her joy, fun and spontaneity in walking in nature and being an active aunt.
Coach training & specialism
Certificate of Coaching Skills, Coaching Development
Transactional Analysis TA101, Metanoia Institute
Gestalt Coaching Skills, Academy of Executive Coaching
ORCS Fundamentals (coaching within the system), CRR Global
NLP Essentials, ITS
Jacqueline specialises in working with high-potential individuals and senior leaders who are actively working to make the world a better place. They may be seeking to improve within their current role, to stretch themselves, or to explore where to take their life next.
Clients include leaders from VSO, British Council, On our Radar, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), UNHCR, UNOPS, CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education), the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID/UK Aid), WaterAid, Asylum Welcome, Last Mile Health, Soil Association, St Margaret’s Hospice, CRUK, Air Ambulance Service, Kingston University and senior school leaders through Ambition School Leadership.
Industry experience
J Hill Associates
2004 – present
J Hill Associates builds the capabilities of individuals, teams and organisations working to make the world a better place through management consultancy, facilitation, coaching and mentoring. Jacqueline’s focus is on leadership coaching and change mentoring for clients in the international development, health and education sectors. Her work includes the use of 360 feedback on leadership styles, behavioural competencies, emotional intelligence, work climate/staff engagement, personality, and working preferences. She is an accredited member of European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) with over 700 hours of coaching experience. Jacqueline works one-to-one with coaching and mentoring clients and runs group workshops in reflective practice and raising awareness of unconscious bias.
Dipshikha, Bangladesh
January 2003 to January 2004
Jacqueline took a sabbatical from Hay Group in order to take part in the Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) Business Partnership Programme. Her role was as a Strategic Planning advisor with a local NGO called Dipshikha in Bangladesh, where she worked across the organisation and its partners to facilitate the participatory development of a strategic plan.
Hay Group Management Ltd
February 1996 to October 2004
Jacqueline joined Hay Group as a management consultant working in leadership development, organisational effectiveness, change management, performance management, behavioural research, and organisational and job design. She was a member of the team that conducted research in to teaching and school leadership behavioural competencies, and facilitated leadership development programmes for primary and secondary school leaders. Jacqueline also facilitated leadership team development within further education colleges.
Education
University of Brighton 1981 – 1984
Information Technology BSc Honours Degree
Cranfield University 1993
Cranfield Development Programme for business leaders