Mile One helps leaders, organisations and brands through a blend of executive coaching, leadership development, consultancy and consumer insight.
Our job is to coach you through change and to help you to realise your highest potential: for yourself, for your career, 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.
If you are overwhelmed with ideas, opportunities and projects then Mile One can help you to put your plan together and get things moving.
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 can call on our experience as senior managers in well-known international businesses - the expertise of our network of expert consultants and coaches - and the resources of our industry leading partner organisations.
Patrick Ballin is a qualified practitioner in Myers-Briggs (MBTI steps 1 & 2), Belbin Team Roles, NLP, PDI Profilor and Executive Profilor. He is national Account Director for the 3 Circle Partners Team Accelerator programme.
Patrick has a background in international retail and charities and lectures on supply chain, change management and global working at Brighton and other UK Business Schools. He holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the RSA.
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 expertise is wine and spirits marketing in which she holds WSET advanced qualifications. Kay was recently appointed a Trustee of a leading Fair Trade charity, Twin Trading.
In Summer 2012, Kay is going to Malawi to work as a volunteer for VSO, helping the development of eco-tourism and ensuring benefits flow to the people of one of Africa's poorest nations. You can support her by donating here
Clients
Our clients span most shapes, sizes and sectors of organisation:
- ASDA - Beaming - The Body Shop Foundation -
- Twin Trading - Burberry - On Purpose -
- Beam Global - Crime Reduction Initiatives -
- Electric Body - Compassion in World Farming -
- The Disney Store - Littlehampton Academy -
- Energy Saving Trust - Enotria Wines - Egmont Publishing -
- Fit For All - Kraft - Garrone Vermouth - Pernod Ricard -
- Reckitt Benckiser - National Accident Help Line -
- Mountain Range Restaurants -Temple Spa -
- Seven Seas - Retail Trust - Sight Savers - O2 -
- Teach First - St. Barnabas Hospices - Visit Scotland -
- Astra Zeneca - Morrisons Academy -
We set up The Extra Mile as a way for independent consultants, trainers and coaches to mix, enjoy time together and gain new insights from experts. We run six meetings a year, alternating between London and Sussex. Next event is September 2012
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