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Alison Haill

The training and coaching consultancy, Oxford Professional Consulting (formerly Oxford Professional English), was founded by Alison Haill in 1998 in Oxford, England.

Oxford Professional Consulting works with its own network of specialist associates to tailor-make a programme for each client company or organisation, in the UK and internationally. The experience of our specialist coaches and trainers covers a variety of sectors, from the oil and steel industries to education and banking. 

We work with client companies and organisations to achieve:

  • Powerful conversations
  • Outstanding relationships
  • Inspiring results

Powerful conversations

Conversation is a key element in creativity and performance. The way individuals talk together, listen to each other and communicate cross-cultural understanding has an enormous impact on the well-being and performance of each individual - and on the bottom-line of their organisation.

We help you develop your skill in professional conversations - whether in speaking or writing - so that you are an excellent communicator in your home country and across cultures. In addition, we help you to be effective in English across all borders and cultures.

We work with you to develop the soft skills of clear speech and effective listening. We coach you in delivering presentations with more impact - whether to UK audiences or other nationalities - and in performing more effectively in meetings. We support you in developing a clearer writing style so that emails and messages take less time while producing better results.

Outstanding relationships

Good relationships with colleagues, clients and partners at all levels are a great start. But we believe outstanding relationships are many times more productive and enjoyable.

We help you develop empathy, trust and motivation so as to be more effective. We support you in building strongly-motivated and creative teams. We raise your diversity and cross-cultural competence to deal with a diverse and multi-cultural working population, so as to bring out creative thinking and maximise the potential of the team and of each individual.

Inspiring results

We care about your results - as much as you do. You can see this by how carefully we agree measurable goals with you and in our regular reports on progress. Also in the fact that we follow all training programmes with individual coaching conversations so that momentum is kept up, actions and learning implemented in the job.

OPC's network consists of highly qualified, experienced specialists in these fields:

  • Executive and corporate coaching
  • Intercultural skills
  • Training coaches for the workplace
  • Clear speech, presentation & meeting skills
  • Team-building 
  • Leadership development
  • Image consultancy
  • Effective writing
  • English for Law
  • English for Business

OPC associates: consultants, trainers, facilitators and coaches

In Business

Jackie Arnold, author, leadership coach and trainer

Julia Miles, leadership coach, consultant and trainer

James Pritchard, leadership coach

Hugh Cheswright, Marketing Consultant

Bev James, specialist trainer in DISC profiling, team and leadership coach

Anne Roques, coach in London and Paris 

 

In Education

Sarah Fearon, coach, coaching skills trainer-in-training

Kath Prandle, workplace coach, coaching skills trainer-in-training

Rose Finch, workplace coach, coaching skills trainer-in-training

Stacy Jones, workplace coach, coaching skills trainer-in-training

 

         
Oxford University Alison Haill with colleague Ros Wilson
Careful coaching brings out the best in each professional, enabling every one to maximise their potential in an international environment.
 
      
  
"The trainer was very efficient, organised and communicative - and the course was well-designed. I strongly recommend it."
Senior teacher, University of Santa Cruz, Brazil