Liz Saunders

Liz is an energetic and skilled leadership development and organisational development practitioner. She is passionate about development as a means of empowering teams and individuals to improve the quality of the services they provide. She has worked in the field for 14 years, principally within the health and social care sector but has also worked with clients in the third and private sectors. 

Liz was a Senior Consultant in Leadership Development at the well regarded think tank The King’s Fund for 5 years, then moved to join the public sector team at Korn Ferry Hay Group in order to broaden her skills and portfolio.

Liz is experienced in working with individuals, teams, organisations and whole systems either in service of personal development or broader organisational/ systemic goals. Her design and delivery enable participants to have brave conversations with themselves and each other, to develop confidence and competence in their leadership practice and lift their eyes beyond their day jobs to see the bigger picture. She has experience in working with the most senior teams however is passionate about developing emerging leaders and those operating in mid level roles to build their capacity, capability, resilience and ability to lead change. 

Liz has a first class honours degree in English and Theatre Studies from the University of Warwick. She is accredited to use a range of psychometric tools including MBTI (step 1), Leadership Styles and Climate, Emotional & Social Competence Inventory (ESCI) and TalentQ. She also holds an ILM level 7 in Executive Coaching.