Shona Rowan

Shona Rowan is a Psychologist, NLP Practitioner, Corporate Peak Performance Coach, Hypnotherapist and International Ballroom Dancing Champion.  She works across the UK and internationally with companies including RBS, Shell, Barclays, British Telecom, SMBC, DHL and Sky TV.

Areas of corporate peak performance coaching and conference speaking include:

The Psychology of Success: 

5 Keys to Maximise Your Career Success in 2011.

The “Psychology of Success” workshop will help you maximise your career success in 2011 by: developing a winning mindset, clarifying your professional objectives, reflecting on your successes/challenges of 2010, and by increasing your overall focus, direction and motivation.  You will leave the workshop with a clear and concise action plan that will keep you on track during 2011.

Outcomes of the workshop include:

  • A clear plan of attack for 2011. Set specific goals and develop step by step action plans to achieve them.
  • Increased self confidence, motivation and focus.
  • Understand your key lessons of 2010 and clarify what you will do differently/change in 2011.
  • Develop a winning mindset and remove your limiting beliefs and mental barriers to success.
  • Uncover your internal (mental) and external (behavioural) development areas via a personal success assessment.
  • You will also learn a range of tools and techniques from the fields of Psychology and NLP to immediately lift your game at work and create outstanding results.

“People Psychology: Business Success Comes Down to Relationships”

The “People Psychology” workshop will help you to build strong professional relationships with your clients and colleagues.  It will increase your emotional intelligence, self awareness and overall interpersonal effectiveness.  It will discuss why some people can quickly build powerful connections with clients/colleagues, whilst other people struggle.  It will also cover the main barriers to effective communication and discuss the importance of trust, rapport, empathy and active listening in all relationships.    Remember: No man is an island - success comes through your relationships!

Outcomes of the workshop include:

  • The ability to build strong, authentic, professional relationships.
  • An increased level of self awareness, emotional intelligence and interpersonal excellence.
  • An awareness of the key barriers to effective communication and trust.
  • A powerful understanding of 3 core communication skills: active listening, empathy, and rapport.
  • Understand emotional bank accounts and how to build emotional connections.
  • Uncover what drives and motivates different people.

Powerful Impressions - Presenting with Impact.

Are you one of the few people who thrives at the chance to speak in front of an audience, or does your heart start to race at the mere thought?  Although the benefits of being a great public speaker are endless, research indicates that it is something most people fear more than death! 

Learning to be great in front of an audience is a skill that can be learned and is a powerful asset in today's highly competitive corporate arena. 

This interactive workshop will show you how to:

  • Build self confidence, personal presence and eliminate anxiety.
  • Learn how to engage an audience from start to finish.
  • Maximise your impact in front of any audience.
  • Learn how to tailor and structure a presentation to maximise its impact with different audiences.
  • Change the way you see and feel about public speaking.

Embracing Change:  “Opportunityisnowhere”.

 

Would you like to know why some people thrive during changing times whilst others sink other the pressure?  Would you like to learn some powerful strategies which will enable you to stay motivated and optimistic during uncertain times?

 

Outcomes of the workshop include:

  • Completely change the way you see and feel about change.
  • Increased personal resilience, flexibility and self belief.
  • An understanding that implicit in change is opportunity – learn how to seek out the opportunities.
  • Learn a range of strategies from the field of Psychology that will enable you to stay focused/motivated when other people are “cracking under the pressure”.

All of the above programmes are tailored to your audience/organisation and begin with a free face to face consultation.

Testimonials:

“We (Corporate Banking) have worked with Shona on a several occasions with our talent groups, specifically on 'Personal Brand' and 'Mindset'. On both occasions the post course feedback Shona received was fantastic. It also went a step further and influenced and inspired people to change their behaviours in the workplace, which for me demonstrates the power of Shona's facilitation and coaching ability”. Ria Ingleby, Corporate Banking Learning, RBS

 

 “Shona's knowledge and genuine enthusiasm on her subject matter is both encapsulating and infectious to the audience.  She is a rare breed amongst Psychologist speakers”. Steve Bacon, Area Sales Manager, Natwest


 “Shona’s history with BT as a performance coach led to the BT Women’s Network booking Shona for a high-profile event with 40 executive women. This event received outstanding feedback, encouraging and motivating every attendee and raising the profile of the Women’s Network considerably”. Jessica Price, Professional services BT