• DYNAMIC CHANGE

    Energy for change can come from the 'top-down', 'bottom-up', 'inside-out' and 'outside-in'. The resulting tension can be both creative and destructive. Coaching helps to manage the resentment, resignation and uncertainty that change can bring, as well as maximising its potential.


     

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    AUTHORITY

     

    WHAT'S EXPECTED OF ME? 

    Leaders, managers, legal systems, religious beliefs and ethical codes expect our compliance. It is often associated with a command and control mindset when we accede to the will or wisdom of others. 

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    		Bottom-Up Change
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    CULTURE
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    WHO CAN HELP ME?
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    Experienced when you cooperate with others in teams and communities to satisfy a common need or goal. It is associated with collective action around shared values and a shared purpose

     


     

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    CAPABILITY
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    WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
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    Experienced when we know who we are and can see/feel things that appeal to our mind body and soul.  It is associated with personal creativity and a desire to realise goals and dreams.
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    ENVIRONMENT
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    WHAT DOES THE WORLD THINK?
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    When global events, environmental conditions or social situations impact on our choices.  This is associated with our exterior world which is holistic, systemic and ecological in nature.
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Steve Trivett - Personal & Professional Change Coach

I bring over thirty years experience of developing trust, continuous learning and relationship intelligence to team leaders and senior managers from public and private sector organisations. I have coached and trained many thousands of professionals in how to lead change from the 'inside-out'. I am fully committed to helping leaders learn new and more productive ways of dealing with personal change, business transformation and stakeholder engagement. I set up ‘The Change Zone’ website in 2007 to create a place for leaders to discover the secrets and benefits of ontological learning and dynamic change from multiple perspectives.

The philosophy and passion behind this website is my personal commitment to ontological learning and dynamic change. One appreciative visitor wrote . . . . . . .

"I want to express my gratitude for all of the ontological topics you have exposed and developed on your web site. They have been a valuable inspiration. No one does it better. Please continue."  Ric Nind

I set up The Change Zone after working for over three decades with senior managers and professionals leading customer care and business transformation programmes. I brings a unique breadth of experience to managerial, professional, organisational, community engagement and management consultancy work. Over the years I have worked as a School Teacher, a VSO Teacher in the Western Pacific, a Community Development Officer  and Leisure Services Manager in New Towns, a Lecturer, Management Trainer, Learning Projects Director, Organisation Development Consultant and an Executive/Life Coach.

Personal Highlights

  • Head Chorister - Performed solos in Chester Cathedral and made a record 1961
  • Performed in a Folk Group and Trad Jazz Band 1965-67
  • Worked in the Solomon Islands for Voluntary Service Oversees 1968-69
  • Took a Greyhound Bus across America 1970
  • Marriage to my wife Pat 1972
  • Musical Director - Production of The Mikado with members of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  1973
  • Birth of my first son Guy 1973
  • Co-organised a 1,000 event festival in Warrington and the first National Boating Conference 1974
  • Produced a performance of Oklahoma for the Livingston Players at Howden Park Centre 1975
  • Organised a National Pipe Band Championship in Livingston, Scotland 1976
  • Escorted Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth on her Jubilee visit to Livingston, Scotland in 1977
  • Served as President of the Livingston Sports Council 1979-82
  • Set up Goodwill, the first Community Business Project in Scotland 1983
  • Birth of my second son Marcus 1984
  • Networked Community Resource Centres across Herefordshire and Worcestershire 1986
  • Secured over £2m of grant aid for charities and small business from the European Commission 1987-89
  • Director of the Learning from Service Users Project for Birmingham City Council and the Local Government Management Board  1990-93
  • Introduced the first Learning Lab into the UK from the United States 1994
  • Brought Real Change Leaders Training Programme into the UK with the Local Government Management Board - 1998
  • Created the The Change Zone Infobase Website to support Change Leaders 2000
  • Set up Change Zone Ltd to provide Coaching and Facilitation Services for Change Leaders 2008
  • Launching a joint Life Coaching venture with my wife 2011

I have a Masters Degree in Education and Diplomas in Teaching, Management Studies and Change Coaching. I am a certified Master Practitioner (INLPTA) and a Personal and Professional Life Coach (NCFE). I have over 750 hours of coaching experience and a Certificate in Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling.  I am an EFQM Assessor, an experienced facilitator, mentor, learning advisor and tutor on Birmingham University’s Public Sector Management Programme.  I am an active member of the Chartered Management Institute (MCMI) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.  

I bring considerable experience of developing and supporting Management & Leadership Development Programmes, as well as Cultural Change and Organisation Development Programmes with large local authorities. I have organised large Open Space and Future Search events, and facilitaed workshops on Appreciative Inquiry, Leading across Boundaries, Managing Stress and Conflict, Community Engagement and Building Trust. Steve runs workshops on Ontological Coaching and NLP Skills for aspiring change leaders.

My company ‘The Change Zone’ offers senior executives a unique approach to the professional and personal challenges of transformational change through an extensive programme of Skill Gym Workshops.  I follow the principles and practices of Ontological Coaching and the International Coaching Federation’s ‘Code of Conduct’. 

My most recent corporate clients include the IDeA, East Birmingham Primary Care Trust, Wolverhampton City Council, Welsh Headteachers Association, Local Government Employers Organisation, The Cabinet Office, Institute of Public Service Managers, Birmingham City Council and the Disabled Ramblers Association.  As well his private coaching clients, Steve has coached business executives at British Energy, Ecobuild Ltd, The Learning Path, GSP Contractors, the National Primary Trust, the National Youth Bureau and Birmingham City Council.

I am married to Pat, a retired Head Teacher.  We have been together for 37 years and have two sons and two grand children. We live in a 16th Century thatched cottage (Grade II listed) in Worcestershire. I practice Vipassana meditation, jazz music (I play clarinet and guitar), sailing and family holidays.