Michelle Vaughton 

Michelle Vaughton 

Associate Consultant

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Michelle is a dedicated and experienced people development consultant, with a passion for helping organisations to unlock its potential by empowering people. With a blend of strategic insight, cultural transformation, leadership development and a strong emphasis on well- being equity and inclusion, Michelle ensures sustainable growth and a thriving, motivated workforce.

Michelle collaborates with leaders and executive boards to map, create, and execute strategic initiatives aimed at accelerating business performance and enhancing employee engagement.

Key accomplishments include:

Culture Champion: Launched programmes to bring values and ethics to life, building an inclusive, value-driven environment, supporting neurodiversity, ensuring all employees feel valued and empowered.

Leadership Development: Launched a comprehensive leadership framework and management masterclasses, enhancing managerial competencies, creating dashboards andlinking outcomes to business performance metrics.

Award-Winning Onboarding: Designed an onboarding program that won the Princess Royal Training Award for excellence in 2021.

Coaching Success: Developed a tailored coaching model that was implemented and integrated, working with the executive team, key leaders and managers to increase competence and ability to effectively manage performance.

Transformational Leadership Apprenticeships: Supported leaders in achieving L3& L5 qualifications through a bespoke leadership apprenticeship program and ILM center status.

Continuous Improvement: Developed new performance review processes and competency frameworks to drive values-based behaviours aligned to the training and competence scheme.

Sales & Service Training: Developed and rolled out bespoke sales process and up- skilled employees resulting in increased performance and customer satisfaction scores.

Performance Excellence: Led a Business Excellence initiative using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies, achieving significant business savings.

Global Engagement: Rolled out Insights Discovery profiling tool, including team and sales effectiveness, enhancing communication and employee engagement.

Product and Technical Training: Designed and delivered award-winning training programmes that boosted sales performance and enhanced both employee and B2B confidence.

Outside of work, Michelle is a dedicated yoga teacher, which helps her maintain balance and flexibility in all aspects of life. She is a proud mother of a 15-year-old son, who keeps Michelle on her toes and reinforces the importance of curiosity and resilience. Additionally, Michelle serves as Chair of Governors at a local school, where she champions education and development for the next generation.