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Professional Background David is a founding partner of Performance
Consultants, a partnership originally formed some 16 years ago by three international
sportsmen, Sir John Whitmore (British and European
saloon car racing champion), David Whitaker (Coach to the Olympic Gold medal winning
Field Hockey team) and himself (Athletics Olympic Gold Medallist) to bring their
knowledge and experience into the world of work.
David Hemery and Colin Jackson arriving
in Singapore for the International Olympic Committee session
Over the years, Performance Consultants pioneered workplace coaching and management
style transformation in many large organisations from all sectors Barclays, Standard
Life, Lloyds TSB and many others in the financial sector, Clarks shoes, Rover
cars, Rolls Royce (Aviation) and more in manufacturing, most of the major pharmaceutical
companies in the UK and abroad, and many others companies. In the not-for-profit
sector they worked with, among others, the IRS, Customs and Excise, Danish Centre
for Human Rights, British Council, National College of School Leadership and several
police services.
Professional
Experience David Hemery CBE, is best known for his days in sport,
both as Olympic Champion & World Record holder
in the 400m hurdles and later three-times winner of Superstars.
His
talks and workshops have been run for a wide variety of companies and sports.
They are intended to be inspirational and thought provoking, combining his own
experiences, with his research into what makes an achiever & how we can bring
the best out of ourselves and those with whom we work.
He received his
BSc in Business Administration from Boston University; his Certificate of Education
in Economics & RE from Oxford University; his Masters in International Education
from Harvard and his Educational Doctorate in Social Psychology from Boston University.
As a founding partner with Sir John Whitmore
and David Whitaker of Performance Consultants he has spent almost 20 years applying
the principles of coaching into management, providing coaching and mentoring training
and executive coaching within many of the UK's blue chip companies.
David has worked with various sports coaches including basketball, biathlon, boxing,
equestrian, football, gymnastics, hockey, rugby, tennis and of track and field
athletics. Also, he has worked on the self-awareness, mental toughness and the
power of positive imagery and clear focus, with a wide variety of sports performers
from grass roots to Olympic medallists and in addition to the sports above, individuals
in golf, motor racing and weight lifting.
David has a belief that there
is a spark of greatness in everyone and that enhanced coaching/mentoring skills
helps us to bring out more of that innate potential in ourselves and others.
Conference
speaker, keynotes and seminars
Coaching for Performance
Developing
Potential
The London Olympics 2012 Legacy | 
