Mark Tonks
Mark spent 20 years working in engineering and surface coating prior to establishing his first training consultancy, alongside Nicky, as part of the global Leadership Management International team, a worldwide business excelling in leadership development.
Born out of his passion for seeing people achieve more both personally and professionally Mark quickly established himself as one of the leading regional directors and holds a position within LMI’s global Presidents Honours Club which recognises the most successful LMI directors around the world. Leadership Management International was established in 1966 by Paul J. Meyer and is now active in over 80 countries with programmes translated into 28 languages and over 2 million clients.
Mark loves sport, especially rugby, football, and cricket, listening to rock and blues music, reading about people in leadership roles, learning more about leadership, motivation, success, life, exercising, hit training, walking, travelling, helping others succeed. A frustrated blues guitarist and golfer.
Nicky enjoys watching most sports and participates in Yoga, Qigong and Pilates, enjoys walking, travelling, films, musical theatre, reading historical novels, life stories, DIY, gardening and is a partner in a successful MLM business.
Nicky Tonks
Having survived a life threatening health scare in 2015 Mark began a self-improvement process as a means to aid his recovery, and in 2016 graduated from the UK College of Personal Development with a Business & Life Coaching Diploma as well as an NLP Practitioner Certificate.
To compliment and improve the overall service provision, Prevue HR profiling, job fit benchmarking and assessments were added to the portfolio in 2016 enabling clients to improve their recruitment, staff development and retention as well as helping with succession planning and company growth.
Responsible for all aspects on business administration Nicky takes care of the important processes behind the scenes that enable the organisation to function smoothly. Having had a career in office administration, sales support, document management, retail and the care sector Nicky also heads up the assessment, job benchmarking and profiling processes within Orange and Blue as well as acting as an “in house” resource for many of Orange and Blue UK’s profiling clients.
Michelle Haycox
Michelle brings a laser focus to understanding and meeting business needs, particularly when it comes to leadership. After 20 years in the housing sector, Michelle took her talent in coaching individuals, teams and organisations to navigate complexities and thrive personally and professionally.
With a golden characteristic and ability to generate enthusiasm and optimism in others, she is influential in challenging the status quo to create fresh vision. Michelle will help you develop insights and actions for strategies and actions to achieve growth, potential and satisfaction. Michelle is a board member for Women in Social Housing (West Midlands( part of the Chartered Institute of Housing Regional Group (West Midlands) and an Ambassador for The Property & Construction Partnership
Michelle is an avid nature lover and enjoys exploring the nearby AONB (Cannock Chase) with its varying fauna, flora and migrating birds along with her two miniature schnauzers. Michelle is a voracious readers who also enjoys experimenting and getting creative.
Lorna sees communication not just as a fundamental business skill but equally as important a way of building self-belief, confidence and self-image on an individual level.
A great lover of writing humorous articles, Lorna also has a passion for American crime movies.
Lorna
From working in 29 countries over 32 years of running her business, Lorna’s passion for Communication Skills Training & Coaching saw her launch the Lichfield Speakers Club some 16 years ago - taking her role in the business world into her leisure time.
Her expertise in speaking and presentation skills has seen her work across all types and sizes of corporate, commercial, charity and public sector organisation, as well as interesting opportunities such as the Krugersdorp Correctional Facility in South Africa.