DAVID SLEIGHTHOLM
MA, MBA, FCIPD, FCMI, Dip SW, CQSW
Director of HR and Coaching, Sleightholm Limited,
18B, Main Road
Danbury, Chelmsford
Essex, CM3 4NQ
Telephone: 01245 221519
Mobile: 07929 541130
david@sleightholmltd.co.uk
www.sleightholmconsultancy.co.uk
One of very few people to be awarded the European Individual Award for coaching at Master
Practitioner level by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). Leading the
development of European Individual Assessment as a member, of the EMCC Standards Committee.
MBA, FCIPD and FCMI, with an Advanced Diploma in Professional Coach – Mentoring. NVQs in
assessment and internal verification. Particular skills knowledge and experience in the areas of
finance, information and human resources. Experience of strategic management including national
representation and negotiation. Currently mentoring and providing action learning to a number of
senior managers, teaching on OCM Advanced Diploma courses, and in-service coaching certificate
programmes for RBS ,Grant Thornton, npower and Marafiq. Assessing for the EMCC European
Quality Award and European Individual Accreditation.
Coach/mentor and assessor, David Sleightholm Consultancy Limited
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EMCC European Quality Award assessor and Individual Accreditation assessor: coaching
programmes are assessed using the EQA process against quality standards. Individuals are
assessed using the EIA process
Coach-mentor to directors and other senior managers from a range of organisations, including
the NHS (Breakthrough programme), CIPD, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,
London Probation Trust, Ministry of Justice
Associate of CCL, advising PAC candidates for CIPD membership, helping them construct
portfolios of evidence, supervising and marking 10,000 –word management reports, assessing
and internal verifying: candidates from a very wide range of companies
Action learning facilitator, for CCL associates at CCL and also for senior National Probation
Service managers
Facilitation and dispute resolution
The OCM (formerly Oxford School of Coaching and Learning)
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2003 – present
2003 - present
Coach Mentor Supervisor for the CIPD Advanced Certificate in Professional Coach-Mentoring
and the OCM Advanced Diploma in Professional Coach-Mentoring, and for a range of incompany coaching development programmes, e.g. AVIVA, BUPA. Working with candidates
from a range of organisations: since 2010, these have included Hay, John Lewis, Tesco, Council
of Europe, PWC, European Central Bank, and HM Treasury. Running a coaching programme in
Saudi Arabia
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West Midlands, Suffolk, Essex, Inner London and London Probation Services
1974-2003
Worked from 1974 – 2003 for a number of probation services, commencing as a temporary
probation officer, and progressing via successive promotions to Deputy Chief. Was Deputy Chief
Officer throughout the period 1993-2003, for Essex, Inner London and London. Was responsible
directly or indirectly for every operational and back-office function over this time.
This included the implementation of substantial cuts, whilst retaining focus on front-line services,
major governance issues, large-scale change programmes and leading negotiations with the unions.
Alongside strategic organisational change, I also had responsibility for decisions about individual
risk, e.g. whether a specific parolee should be returned to prison.
1990 – 1993
ACOP Lead Officer - Domestic Violence
 Devised probation service national domestic violence policy, incorporating radical new thinking,
which brought about a revolution in probation practice in this field.
 Prepared and delivered written and oral evidence to House of Commons Home Affairs Select
Committee
1996 – 2000
ACOP Lead Officer - Finance and Resources
 Member of small team that negotiated with Home Office civil servants national probation service
Key Performance Indicators for submission to ministers for approval
 Co-ordinated and provided much of supporting information to Home Office civil servants for
three Public Expenditure Round (PES) processes regarding probation service financial needs.
 Regular information to Chief Probation Officers on a range of finance matters.
 Brought about closer co-operation with other relevant bodies on probation Finance matters
1997 – 8
Comprehensive Spending Review
 Seconded to the Home Office as advisor to the Comprehensive Spending Review - a searching
report on how the government can get best value for money from the probation service.
Quality
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British Quality Award assessor 2001 and 2002. One of a team of assessors who undertook a
detailed assessment using EEM criteria of a leading public sector organisation.
Assessor for the TNT Modernising Government Partnership Awards 2002 (assessed an award
winner).
QUALIFICATIONS -OBTAINED
European Individual Accreditation – Master Practitioner level - EMCC
Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD)
Master of Business Administration
Anglia Polytechnic University
Diploma in Social Work
Birmingham University
BA - Mathematics – IInd
Oxford University
Advanced Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring Oxford School for Coaching and Mentoring
Open Market Assessor Licence (European Excellence Model)
NVQ A1 (Assessment) and V1 (internal verification)
OTHER RELEVANT MEMBERSHIPS
Fellow of Chartered Management Institute
Member of Public Management and Policy Association
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