Nicola Blackmore

Nicola is an experienced and passionate Learning & Development professional, specialising in Management Development.  She has worked in the L&D field for over twenty years with a variety of organisations and was an operational manager before that, enabling her to truly understand what it takes to be a great manager – and how tough it can be!  Her focus is helping managers to prepare for, transition into and excel in their management roles.  Enabling them to understand themselves, their roles and their impact on others.

Nicola is driven by making a difference to others, helping them to be the best they can be.  She is practical and realistic and works to make training concepts relevant and accessible to everyone.  She is a creative training designer, always looking for new and exciting ways to engage learners in training content in both the classroom and virtual learning environments.  She has a strong belief that the most effective learning is experiential, flexible, challenging, memorable and fun.  She uses a variety of tools and techniques to make this happen, including like Insights Discovery, MBTI and Motivational Maps. She is also a qualified coach and experienced mentor.

 Insights Discovery ® wheel position 35 – Reforming Observer

Top three motivators: Expert, Searcher, Spirit