Mile One helps leaders, organisations and brands through a blend of executive coaching, leadership development, consultancy and consumer insight.
Our job is to help you to realise your highest potential: for yourself, for your organisation and for your brand. We help you to get new ventures off the ground; to understand what your customers most need from you; and to go to the next level in your business and in your professional life.
We help business leaders to tackle their professional and career goals; assist well-known organisations of all sizes with change programmes, strategy development and routes to market; and offer expertise in business development, branding, consumer insight, supply chains and systems.
A few of our current areas of activity include:
Mile One adheres to the Ashridge (EMCC) Code of Conduct for Executive Coaching.
People
The Directors of Mile One are Patrick Ballin, who heads the executive coaching, change management, supply chain and systems practice; and Kay Armstrong, who leads in marketing strategy, brand development, innovation and consumer insight.
We are both former senior managers in international businesses. We can call on over 80 independent consultants and coaches, specialists in their own fields; and have access to the resources of a variety of partner organisations.
Patrick Ballin is a qualified practitioner in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI Steps 1 & 2), neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), PDI Profilor and Executive Profilor.
Patrick has a background in international retailing and has taught on supply chain, communications and global working at Brighton Business School, Cranfield School of Management and
Kay Armstrong is an international researcher, senior marketeer and facilitator who works fluently in both French and English.
One of Kay's particular areas of interest and expertise is wine and spirits marketing, where she holds WSET professional qualifications.
We are based in the Sussex Downs near Lewes, UK and have worked in more than eighteen countries all over the world.
Clients
Our clients span many shapes and sizes of organisations:
- ASDA - Beam Global - The Body Shop Foundation -
- Bettys & Taylors - Burberry - Business Link London -
- Crime Reduction Initiatives - Compassion in World Farming -
- The Disney Store - Energy Saving Trust - Enotria Wines -
- Egmont Publishing - Garrone Vermouth - Kraft -
- Legal & General - Morrisons - Retail Trust -
- National Accident Help Line - Pernod Ricard -
- Sight Savers - St. Barnabas Hospices -
- Teach First - Temple Spa - Visit Scotland -
Partner Organisations
We work on selected projects in partnership with a number of organisations, including:
- international qualitative market research and brand innovationAvanza Partnership - international change management specialists
Change Consulting - human resource development, coaching and change management
Charity Learning Consortium - e-learning expertise for the
European Logistics Consultants - supply chain development across Europe and the
We host regular events, The Extra Mile, for independent coaches, consultants and trainers to meet, try out new ideas and learn from each other.
We will be in Farringdon, London on 29th January 2010:
"Cultural Differences - what's it all about?" - with Vivianne Naslund.
Vivianne is an exceptionally experienced consultant, facilitator and executive coach who works all over Europe, the US and Asia with Global 500 companies, helping their leaders and teams to work more effectively across cultures. She's well qualified to do this, having lived, worked and studied in five European countries: Sweden, France, Switzerland, Britain and Germany. Vivianne works in English, Swedish, German and French and has published a number of articles on Culture and Diversity.
We will be back in Sussex in March 2010.
Please contact info@mileone.co.uk if you would like to be added to our list of invitees.