Barbara Ives

Hi, I'm Barbara Ives, Health and Wellbeing specialist, learning and Development Consultant.

Barbara is experienced in the creation, delivery and evaluation of learning and development soft skills and management and leadership programmes. Babs has a great deal of experience of consultancy and has herself spent many years in managing employees and managing an L&D department. Barbara offers Life and Business, Career Coaching and Mentoring and is a qualified workplace Mediator. Barbara has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of Health and Wellbeing and employee health and wellbeing programmes. Barbara has a generalist HR background, her passion, experience and skills lie withing the L&D, coaching and mentoring arena. Barbara is a qualified NLP Practitoner and Facilitator and has a particular interest in employee health and wellbeing, staff engagement, motivation, and leadership, change management, organisational development and personal development. Barbara is also a BWY(Dip) yoga, mindfulness meditation and relaxation teacher. As a yoga teacher Barbara offers yoga, relaxation, mindfulness meditation classes, workshops and retreats. Barbara is an accredited 'Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs' teacher and Nordic Walking instructor offering walking for health programmes.Barbara's ethos is around offering individual's tools and techniques to improve their health and wellbeing, achieve personal and professional growth. As a yoga therapist I work with clients on a one to one basis, this is particularly helpful for people with specific, physiological, musculoskeletal, emotional and mental health issues. Therapies include; Yoga & Relaxation Mindfulness meditation Therapeutic yoga Nordic walking Specialties: Organisational development, change management, soft skills development, leadership, performance management, business and life coaching, group coaching, supervision, health & wellbeing, absence management, staff engagement, improving performance, staff appraisal, interview skills, stress management, resilience and emotional intelligence.

Training & Development Consultant, Coach & Wellbeing Specialist & Yoga Teacher at Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust

September 2008 - February 2012

Training & Development Business Coaching Life Coaching Career Coaching Group Coaching Performance Coaching Business Mentoring Workplace Mediation HR Policy training Health & Wellbeing employee programmes Facilitation Interview/recruitment Bullying and Harassment awareness training Leadership skills Yoga Yoga therapy

Business owner at Yoga Norfolk

2006 - 2012

Education & Training Manager at Broadland PCT

2004 - 2006

Learning & Development Trainer at Norwich Union Training and Development

1992 - 2003

I was employed in various L&D roles during my employment at NU. I was also a volunteer on the Norfolk CIPD group and did this for approx six years.

IT Trainer at Aviva Life Insurance Company

1991 - 2003

Learning and Development Consultant at Norfolk County Council

July 2012

Currently working temporarily 3 days a week at NCC on various L&D and OD projects, creating and delivering and facilitating L&D programmes, coaching and mentoring.

Freelance Training and Development Consultant, Coach/Mentor - Health and Wellbeing Specialist at Barbara Ives

March 2006

Generally anything that involves staying fit and healthy, reading, walking, cooking and socialising, Raw foodie enthusiast.