Ian Banister

 Ian Banister
Ian Banister
Business Coach
Sandlea Associates

I am Ian Banister, business coach and facilitator. I am not a formulaic business coach. I use emotional intelligence and (all-too-uncommon) common sense to amplify my considerable real-time experience working in large and small organisations.

I have worked with, and studied, a wide variety of people for a long time. I have witnessed staff earning enough to keep them going week-to-week and those who drive their own education and performance. I have learned, and continue to learn, from people: what they do, what works, what does not.

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Originally a quantity surveyor, I became a project manager and then an operations director. The latter company was an SME which we grew to become a FTSE 250 operator. The operations director role indulged my fascination for leadership and people development. I realised, more than ever, that business success is about the people who work in it. Listening to, and talking with, people and understanding the issues became my passion.

In the final years before establishing Sandlea Associates I worked for an executive training company, developing and leading bespoke programmes in business strategy, sales targeting, and marketing as well as one-to-one coaching and consultancy for directors and senior managers.

Since establishing Sandlea Associates I have worked across the UK with individuals and teams, driving business improvement through the very heart of an organisation and through its differing functions. I am delighted to have worked with enlightenHR clients in these areas.

Ian says…

Even when the solution is very clear, my mantra is not to tell, but to help. I bring examples to life through experience, not through PowerPoint presentations and bullet points. I like to think of myself as the friendly colleague who helps, emotionally and practically.”