Jan Mellor is a knowledgeable and enthusiastic advocate of the not for profit sector and is passionate in her belief that good management is what makes the difference between organisations that deliver and those that don’t.
Jan brings to her work a practical approach that recognises the real world that people are working yet at the same time ensures that the client stays at the centre of an organisation’s thinking.
Her background as a lone worker on a project and as Director of a medium sized national voluntary organisation provided solid experience on which to build her work as a trainer and consultant.
Her specialisms include governance, management development, interim management and project management.

Alan Lawrie has worked as a full time independent consultant for fourteen years. Before moving into consultancy he worked as a development worker, trainer and manager in the voluntary sector and then moved into management roles in the public sector. He is an approved consultant with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations having passed through its client based quality assurance procedure on five occasions.

He has had published the following books and publications; Managing quality of service (1984), The complete guide to business and strategic planning (1988), Managing contracts (1988), Creating and managing new projects (1999) and Developing your organisation (2001).

His main specialisms are:

• Strategic planning
• Business planning
• Organisational development.

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