Paul Walsh, Senior Consultant

Paul Walsh began his career in the financial services industry with Schroder Financial Management. During his time in the FS business he received many quality awards, and was appointed Financial Advisor to both the Downs Syndrome Association and to SCAR (Sickle Cell Anaemia Relief) of which he is now Vice Chairman.

More recently Paul’s emphasis has been on synthesising a combination of life coaching, mentoring and counselling into a process that he calls Life Coaxing. He has employed this method to great effect with groups and in one-to-one coaching for managers who are being asked to assume higher levels of people management responsibility as part of their career development.

In early 2000 Paul founded The Grace Project, a registered charity dedicated to empowering individuals to overcome life issues such as low self-esteem and poor self-image and identify their life purpose and fully embrace life’s opportunities while confronting its challenges.

He has authored several articles on the subject and lectures extensively on contemporary issues such as “burnout.” He is in increasing demand as a public speaker at numerous conferences around the world and is mentoring identity coaches in both South & North America as well as in the UK.

Paul is currently engaged in writing his first book on the subject, entitled The Bonsai Conspiracy, which is expected to be ready for English publication by the autumn of 2006.

He is also currently involved in researching new programmes in The Management of Virtual Teams and Leading To Win - developing the leader/ manager through Emotional Intelligence. He is also completing a Masters Degree dissertation on “value based leadership.”

Paul’s involvement in Rhema Group as a Senior Consultant will focus on Leadership and Management Development as well the Management of Change.

E-mail paul@rhemagroup.com