Jeff Salter
Founding Director
Hi, I’m Jeff. I’m the Founding Director of Mind The Gap Transformations, a small Organisational Psychology consultancy focusing on leadership, wellbeing and relationships at work. I was formerly a JNC-qualified youth worker, manager and director in the statutory and voluntary sectors for 10 years and was Vice Principal and Senior Lecturer at the YMCA George Williams College for 18 years. I held leadership responsibility for the College’s undergraduate and post-graduate programme and relationships with external stakeholders and validating bodies amongst other areas.
There are three big reasons why MTGT exists. Firstly, I spent 30 years as an educator, manager and leader across a range of fields gaining some invaluable experience in what makes places terrific or unbearable to work in (clue: it’s usually the people). I have something to offer in sharing those insights. Secondly, I got thinking a few years back about what the impact of incessant work pressure, lack of resources, increasing demands and little intrinsic reward was doing to me and my own wellbeing. Reframing these circumstances as a promise of hope rather than an insurmountable obstacle helped make something of the ‘gap’ opening up in front of me. So I am committed to supporting others to ‘mind the gap’ in their lives and form communities of like-minded others who might start to love their work again. Thirdly, work should be enjoyable, meaningful, hopeful and life-enhancing as well as achieving. I aspire to make that kind of contribution.
I have an MSc (Distinction) in Organisational Psychology from City, University of London, a further Masters in Human Resource Development, extensive experience in teaching, training, facilitating, leading and managing in a range of educational, charity and government organisations, and have worked as a chicken shed controller to CEO. I have recently led programmes, lectured and written materials in the Organisational Psychology department of the University of East London and am currently working with St Mary’s University in Twickenham to help develop their youth work programmes and am studying on the Diploma in Relationship Counselling with Relate.
Dr Tina Salter
Director
Hi, I’m Tina. I head up the coaching and mentoring offer for Mind the Gap Transformations. I love working in teams and groups, but there is something unique about seeing people change and grow through one-to- one interactions. A coaching or mentoring relationship can be hugely powerful when the clients’ needs and aspirations are the focus of reflection and discussion and these transformations are the aim of my work. Working for many years in Informal Education and as a Higher Education manager and academic has informed my approach to establishing ‘coaching cultures’ where people at all levels of organisational life commit to learning from each other. I also love seeing how these interactions positively impact other areas of employees’ lives.
I have a Masters and Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford Brookes University’s Business School, have also managed programmes and teams across the charity sector and am a programme lead and senior lecturer specialising in youth and community work at the University of Bedfordshire.
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