Specialisms
I specialise in the following areas:
- Commercialisation of Services
- Leadership Training
- LGR Hub
- Member Development
Description
Gilli’s experience ranges from the City of London, Banking, Security and Investigations, Central Government, Civilian Disaster recovery, Corporate Director roles and as a Senior Manager for a National Charity. Now running her own consultancy for over 18 years, working with the Public, Private and Charity Sectors. She has engaged with over 70 local authorities throughout the UK, supporting them with a variety of projects.
Notable Achievements
· Facilitated and launched first approved Alternative Business Structure Legal business and then supported 3 more local authorities to move to ABS structure
· Developed and managed commercial programmes to achieve both additional income and savings
· Developed and managed Central Procurement Unit for a large city council
· Led a team of procurement experts to implement and embed demand management in several authorities
· Developed and delivered a range of workshops for both officers and elected members
Relevant Sector Knowledge
· Commercialisation
· Shared services
· Officer and Member development
· Strategy and strategic thinking
· Income generation
· Contract management
· Developing bespoke workshop programmes
Training/Coaching Programs/Workshop Offers
· Strategy and Strategic Thinking
· Commercialisation
· Effective Report Writing
· Chairing Effective Meetings
· Motivating your Team
· Effective Team Meetings
· Value Propositions
· Leadership
· Effective Decision Making
LGR Experience & Expertise
· Service Reviews
· Contract management and contract register reviews
· Team manager resilience
· Team development
· Conflict resolution
· Investigations
Gilli has been instrumental in the development of our commercial approach. It was great to have her experience and skill to support our officers to provide the foundation for our Better at Business programme. She has also provided a mentoring role to some of our key officers which has helped them to develop their own commercial skills. – Chief Executive