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Karen Knowles Training and Development Ltd

Developing People to Succeed

"We are trusted by our clients because we bring great results time after time. Your future leaders are sitting in your teams already, let them flourish!"

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Meet The Team

We are both enthusiastic and knowledgeable practitioners who both approach all opportunities with dedication and professionalism. As mother and daughter, our mutual respect and admiration acts as a solid foundation to the business. The business was founded by Karen 30 years ago with the wealth of experience and knowledge being passed on to Claire. With a very similar approach, we work seamlessly and consistently as a team and our passion for our work shines through.

We pride ourselves on being:

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    Passionate about communication

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    Exciting, innovative facilitators

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    Committed and personalised with clients

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    Focused on developing individuals and teams to high performance

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    Focused on well-being

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Photography by @alix.psd

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Testimonials

Developing People to Succeed

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“We have had several sessions from Claire and Karen, introducing our valued volunteers and staff to the Insights programme. It has always proved to be an enjoyable session with everyone joining in and engaging well. I always love the dawning of understanding that happens on people’s faces as they learn about themselves and other people. It has proved invaluable for all of us to understand each other and the strengths and weaknesses of others. It has been so useful in helping us work better together in teams.”

Julie Walton, Chief Commissioner

Girlguiding North West England, January 2024
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"Claire initially provided Liberating Leadership training to all the senior Leaders across the UK team. The course was delivered in such an effective and interactive way that we all thoroughly enjoyed the group sessions. Claire’s way of approaching the training made the whole process both fun and rewarding and we left with a more insightful understanding of what kind of leader we are and also a better understanding of how to lead moving forward.

Due to the success of the initial training, we have rolled out the course to middle managers and supervisors and we will continue to utilise some of the one2one follow up sessions that Claire has offered.

All in all, it has been a hugely successful experience working with Claire and I would highly recommend her to any business looking to improve and evolved their management skillsets."

Richard Hodgson - UK Operations Director

Curaleaf Laboratories
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"I first met Claire and Karen when I took on my role as L&D Manager for PD Ports and knew straight away that I wanted to work with them; their passion and enthusiasm for developing others was evident from that first conversation. Nearly two years on, Claire has developed a deep understanding of our business, culture and our strategy to enable the use of insights at all levels of our organisation and in a way that works for us."

Emma Dickinson - Group Learning and Development Manager

PD PORTS
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"Karen has undertaken several pieces of work for my service areas, all of which have had a huge impact on the staff who have participated. The Insights evaluations and coaching has been of particular interest to the whole management team and the delivery of this has lead to a greater understanding of management styles within the leadership team. We are looking forward to further input to strengthen the team's development. The My Customer My Responsibility has received very positive feedback and other staff within the organisation are now keen to complete this. Karen has a presentation style that keeps the audience engaged and makes the sessions enjoyable and interactive for even the most reluctant of participants. I would not hesitate to recommend utilising Karens skills and knowledge to improve any organisations functioning and delivery of services"

Cath McEvoy-Carr

Northumberland City Council
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"As a busy Director in a growing company myself and the other busy Directors needed help seeing past the ends of our noses. Karen opened our eyes and unlocked knowledge to allow us understand better ourselves and our interaction with each other, those internally and our customers. Karen is hugely insightful and has a fantastic and rare ability to constructively and educationally cut to the chase, provide alternative perspective and make you revaluate the most important part of business.... relationships. I have no hesitation in recommending Karen to others"

Alastair Tennant

Director at D&S Services
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“Karen Knowles has worked with my leadership team throughout the last 3 years. Her work with the team has been excellent and enabled us to work more effectively together and to achieve better outcomes for the school through consistent leadership approaches. I am certainly a better leader and a more confident leader as a result of working with Karen, both through “Insights” and through High performing leadership teams training. I do highly recommend her to colleagues.”

Carolyn Morgan

CEO of Ascent trust
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"We have some of our finest, most experienced practitioners in the Karen Knowles Team. Working with them is like a breath of fresh air. They know what people need to assist their development journey, whether that’s individuals, teams or leaders at all levels. Their skill and experience is outstanding. They are fun, engaging and they hold you to account, so you can be the best you can be. The models they use to guide you are award-winning, and they bring professionalism and energy to all they do. Engage them now to help your leaders, you won’t regret it!"

Ali Stewart

Founder & CEO, Ali Stewart & Co Ltd

Prospectus

Our Services

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Insights Discovery

As an Insights Discovery Partner, we offer a range of training and development opportunities that support the overall effectiveness of an organisation.

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Coaching Sessions

‘Personal Effectiveness’ Coaching Sessions - These are individualised to the customer based on their own personal development journey.

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Leadership Development

Effective Leadership is achieved through commitment, individualisation and consistency.

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A wide range of specialist programmes
to suit the needs of your organisation

Training

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Developing you and your people to
high performance with a dedicated
and personalised approach

Development

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