Action Learning Associates

Christine Bell

Christine Bell has been an independent organisational development consultant and trainer since 1992. She has worked extensively within the NHS and the voluntary sector. Her particular interest is in supporting learning and personal and professional development within groups and teams. She is an experienced coach, mentor and supervisor and practised for many years as a registered psychotherapist and counsellor.

Christine’s previous working experience includes publishing and journalism, running an organic smallholding, practice management, campaigning and event organising, and project management. She has travelled extensively and lived and worked in various countries, including Trinidad, Australia and France.

Recent consultancies, training and action learning

Christine now divides her time between London and Dorset. Part of her portfolio since early 2005 has been working as a Leadership Development Consultant with the Health Foundation, offering a range of interventions to award-winning teams on two of their developmental programmes.

She previously lived and worked in SE London for ten years and was part of the Continuing Professional Development Team within the prestigious King’s College Department of General Practice. This included facilitation of ongoing action learning sets with groups of GPs at various stages of their careers and offering individual support to clinical and other staff through the mentoring programme. She also undertook extensive organisational development consultancy for local NHS Primary Care Trusts in the area, working with medical practices and primary care teams to implement change and develop team building.

Christine has developed and run training courses in facilitation and mentoring skills for nursing staff who induct students, following the courses up with ongoing action learning sets.

Through NACVS (National Association for Councils of Voluntary Service), she was one of a group of experienced facilitators on the Action Learning for Managers Programme from 2002-2004, running sets for managers in the not-for-profit sector. This included ‘training sets’ for managers wishing to facilitate action learning within their own organisations.

Christine also had many years’ experience as a tutor on the Careers Research Advisory Council’s 5-day residential Graduate Schools for leaders and managers.

Qualifications

• Currently studying for an EdD in Narrative & Life Story Research at Bristol University
• MSc in Change Agent Skills & Strategies (Surrey University) 1995
• Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (IMI) 1997
• Diploma in Individual and Group Supervision (Cascade Associates) 2000
• Various certificates and diplomas for facilitation, training, counselling and management