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Mr Paul Toombs
Personal details Back to top
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- Title
- Mr
- Forname
- Paul
- Surname
- Toombs
- Gender
- Male
- Date record last updated
- Thursday 06 January 2011
Contact information Back to top
- Preferred contact address:
- 16 Hillside Abbotts Ann Hampshire SP11 7DF
- Regions prepared to work:
- East of England; London; Midlands; North West; Scotland and Northern Ireland; South East; South West and Wales; Yorkshire and North East; International
- Telephone:
- 07973431196
- E-mail:
- paultoombs@mac.com
- Website
- paultoombs.org.uk
Reference one Back to top
- Title:
- Mr
- Name:
- Jonathan
- Surname:
- Roberts
- Job title:
- Programme Manager: Development resources
- Intitution:
- Vitae
- Contact method:
- Jonathan.Roberts@vitae.ac.uk / 01223448547
Reference two Back to top
- Title:
- Mr
- Name:
- Paul
- Surname:
- Spencer
- Job title:
- Researcher Skills Development Officer
- Intitution:
- University of the West of England
- Contact method:
- Paul.Spencer@uwe.ac.uk / 0117 32 83974
Experience Back to top
- Job title:
- Partner
- Current institution:
- Paul Toombs Associates
- CV
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- Relevant qualifications:
- BA, FCIPD
- Personal profile:
- An effective Personal Development professional with a comprehensive mix of experience of people performance, training and development, organisational development, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits and employee relations gained in a variety of for profit and not for profit organisations in the UK, and worldwide. I have depth and breadth of experience in the design and implementation of personal development programmes, linking people and their performance. Effective and innovative, I provide leadership and bring out the best in others by working with them and developing their performance.
- Biography:
- Paul Toombs has over 30 years experience in enabling people to be superior performers. Since graduating with a Business Management degree Paul has worked with multinational organizations. Before moving into consultancy he worked for SKF, (Swedish), Goodyear, (US), and Portals, (UK). In the UK he retains links with universities and works nationally with Researchers and their Supervisors. He is a Leader for the Effective Researcher and Broadening Horizons courses; and Director and Tutor on GRADschools. He also facilitates skills sessions; and works on personal and career development sessions for undergraduates, PGRs, researchers and academics. Paul is a member of Competency International, a research consortium and consultancy formed to foster collaboration on the design and implementation of competency based interventions which produce measurable results for clients. Internationally he has worked with SP Tyres, Siemens, Lufthansa, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Philip Morris, Hewlett Packard, UME Health in North America; Western, Central and Eastern Europe; Russia; Kazakhstan; Asia, and the UAE. Paul also supports the Windsor Fellowship, a charity that runs personal development and training programmes targeting talented Black and Asian students in the UK. In 1986, Paul became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management. He sits on the Branch Committee and has served on the International Committee. He has a passion for assessing and coaching people with their personal and career development using a competency based approach. Outside of his work he enjoys theatre, modern art, sport and the gym.
- Testimonial one:
- I have had the pleasure of working on two national GRADSchools as a tutor where Paul has been the course director. In this role I have found him to be extremely supportive of tutors & mentors, providing encouragement and support in achieving their personal goals as facilitators with an air of calm authority. He brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge, from both the commercial sector and the higher education sector that provides a firm foundation for any course that he contributes to. Many participants on these courses have commented how much they appreciate being able to chat about career options with someone of his calibre. I have also commissioned Paul to facilitate a session on enterprise skills for research students as part of the UWE skills development programme. His background in researching the competencies of superior performers within organisations yields a real sense of gravitas and inspires confidence in participants to ask difficult questions about workplace scenarios and to explore their competencies that are often outside of their comfort zone. Paul will also be acting as the course director for the forthcoming South West Universities GRADSchool in June 2009. He has already been instrumental in shaping the programme and enthusing the tutors. I have no doubt that he will bring a calm, cool, competent air with him that will set the tone for the course. Dr. Paul Spencer Researcher Skills Development Officer Research, Business & Innovation University of the West of England
- Testimonial two:
- Paul Toombs has been one of our popular external trainers at the University of Kent for a number of years. Here are some of things our student's thought of his workshops: • I found this workshop really really helpful. Thanks Paul and I mean it!! • This workshop was very well planned and extremely well delivered • I like the way this session encouraged me to think about the task more • Paul's very good at getting to the PhD academia level • Paul's workshop was fantastic and very helpful. I think the benefits of this workshop should be emphasised • Paul Toombs is a great moderator and coach, excellent workshop Tracy Denison Researcher Skills Training Assistant Graduate School University of Kent
- Testimonial three:
- I have worked with Paul Toombs in developing the Vitae Phase 2 project for Intrapreneurship, in a partnership creating the project vision and turning this into the reality for researcher development of an intrapreneurial lens, focussing on intrapreneurial capabilities and the training which would support this. Paul brought a professional business approach to the project as well as his own experience in business and excellent training skills. Reflection on superior performance and what that might mean for researchers as well as successful business managers was introduced to the project by Paul. This has permeated through into new training materials developed by Paul, well received by researchers, and now available to other trainers. Paul has a vast range of experience which is of value for both developing and delivering innovative well-grounded approaches to researcher development. Alison Mitchell Head of Postgraduate Research Office, Research and Knowledge Exchange Services University of Strathclyde, Room 102 Graham Hills Building, 50 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1QE
- Audience:
- Careers service personnel
- Human resource professionals
- Postgraduate researchers
- Postgraduate skills trainers
- Principal investigators
- Research staff
- Senior staff in HE
- Staff developers/trainers
- Supervisors
Specialist areas Back to top
- Type of work:
- Blended learning design / delivery
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Research into skills development
- Training delivery
- Training design and development
- Subject areas:
- Career development
- Enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Interpersonal skills development
- Knowledge transfer
- Leadership
- Research relating to skills and career development
- Training needs analysis/reflective practice/PDP
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Experience of delivering
Vitae programmes: - GRADschool Director
- GRADschool Tutor
- How to be an effective researcher programme (PGR) - programme leader
- How to be an effective researcher programme (PGR) - programme facilitator
- How to be an effective researcher programme (research staff) - programme leader
- How to be an effective researcher programme (research staff) - programme facilitator
Additional information Back to top
- Additional information:
- Lead Tutor for Vitae 'Broadening Horizons' Course Director Leadership GRADschool Project team member for Vitae 'Innovation and Intrapreneurship' Trainer for Vitae 'GRADschool Tutor Training' Lead Tutor Social Enterprise, The Common Good and Ketso case study