Typically, if your boss asks to ‘have a quick word’, the question either elicits positive thoughts of intrigue, or, if you’re unlucky, some kind of dread! Luckily for me it was almost always positive when Gillian Murray, my boss of nine years, asked this question.
I’ve spent my career focused on how to build organisations that engage employees so they give their best. I’ve experienced economic booms and busts, a technological revolution in the way we live and work, and the increased globalisation of business. The consistent theme throughout my 35 year career, is that people give their best when they truly believe in their organisation’s mission.
July is an important month for me. Like so many others, July was the month I left academic studies and began making my way in the world.
"I can honestly say it was transformational. Not only did the various programmes help me focus the direction of the Trust and provide a supportive sounding board, they also gave me the confidence to innovate and take risks."
Key to my role at Pilotlight is learning about the latest and emerging trends in Talent Development, so I can be sure that our programmes continue
Here’s a vision of society that I think is worth working for: one where deaf people have equal access, rights and citizenship, there is an end to y
I’d been thinking about how I might give something back to my local community for a while, although I didn’t know what that would look like. When I came across Pilotlight it clicked with me instantly.
Tom Ward is our longest-serving Pilotlighter in Scotland, joining us in 2008. Here he tells his story about why he came to Pilotlight in the first place and why, after all this time, he’s still committed to the work we do.
Working at a strategic level in the public sector sometimes feels like I’m far removed from “real people”. I volunteered for Pilotlight as part of my Fast Track management development programme that Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership offered me. Coaching and mentoring were part of my personal development plan, and tackling inequalities by developing and building supportive relationships with practical outcomes has always driven and energised me.
Stuart McMaster, a Pilotlighter in Scotland who’s recently retired as Director of Investment Management at Alliance Trust, says working with Pilotlight gives him new focus, makes him a better communicator and a more positive person.
