Action Learning Associates

Di Bligh

Di is a housing professional with 20 years experience of local government including roles as Chief Executive and Director of Housing for a number of local authorities.

For the past ten years Di has worked as an independent consultant, facilitator, coach, mentor and trainer. Di also provides senior level interim management, facilitation for boards, top level mentoring, strategic planning and policy advice primarily for local government and the arts sector. An experienced action learning facilitator, Di is a Senior Associate with Action Learning Associates.

Action Learning facilitation and training

Di facilitates cross-sector action learning sets which bring together chief executives and directors from the public, private and voluntary sectors and offers training for action learning facilitators. In the 1990s Di trained as a mentor for senior women managers and as an action learning facilitator with Roger Gaunt, a widely respected action learning practitioner.

Consultancy

Di applies her skills in whole organisation analysis, review and cultural change, performance management and business planning to public service sector delivery. She is a specialist in developing stakeholder business plans and proposals with extensive experience of urban multicultural organisational and community environments both in the UK and South Africa.

Di has undertaken various interim and chief executive and director placements. She works with senior management teams on business and organisational development and as a coach and mentor to chief executives and senior staff in local government, the arts and foundations. Di also facilitates executive and governance events and has taken an active part in a number of corporate governance inspections. Di is a trustee of the charity PEP Charitable Trust and a board member of Westlea Housing Association.

Current and recent customers

Current and recent action learning customers include: Rural Payments Agency, The London Housing Foundation, Manchester Arts Managers' Forum, RNIB, Cancer Research UK, ActionAid, HelpAge International, AbleChildAfrica, Thames Reach, Rethink and the Metropolitan Police. Consultancy and mentoring customers include IDeA, Arts and Business, Creative Partnerships, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Nottingham City Council, The Health Foundation, Association of Charitable Foundations, Futurebuilders England and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

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