Shirley Berry

My background and experience

I’m all about people, a helper by nature. My background is software and services in the emergency services space. I started in travel marketing, working for the largest independent retail travel agency. My career from there has grown organically. I’m quite creative, so I love ‘solutionising’ – asking client about their challenges and being able to say “ooh have you thought about xyz?”. My cats are my babies (no judging) and I love when I live. Currently in a bit of a fitness, weight loss, get healthy drive.

What I enjoy most about my work

That no 2 days are the same. That I work with a brilliant bunch of highly-creative and talented people, who are energetic, enthusiastic and who are brilliant at taking my “I have client that has x challenge and I was thinking, maybe we could do something like y … what do you think? Can we do that?” And they come back a bit later and say “we thought we could do it this way with this outcome and here’s why what we’re suggesting is even better”

Who I am beyond my work

I love my home world, my cats, music (all sorts of genres)… and I used to teach a spot of salsa dancing back in the day. I bought a pair of roller boots 2 years back in an effort to relive my youth … I haven’t gone further than the drive way yet – this summer 🤪😬😁

What my business does

We’re an end-to-end training provider that specialises in interactive, immersive workplace e-learning

We design, develop and deliver, through our in-house team of experts:
1. Off-the-shelf compliance and other courses
2. Tailored content for employee engagement, specialist topics, software and new ways of working, culture/behaviour change and leadership development

Any topic, any sector

Our solutions are underpinned by academic research from the University of Sussex

We can deploy through our own learning management and event booking system or via a client’s existing system

What sets my business apart

We are genuinely out to help people. We want them to get the best outcomes for their teams and their business. We’re highly creative and have a real can-do-will-do culture. We know what we do works – not just because we’ve 20 years experience doing it, but because it’s backed by academic research

The problem my business solves

We:
1. Keep organisations and their teams compliant with legislation
2. Ensure people have the tools and techniques to do their jobs better – any sector, any topic
3. Help organisations achieve adoption of software, technology and new ways of working
4. Ensure existing and emerging leaders are equipped to confidently lead teams including through growth and change while supporting wellbeing and creating a culture of psychological safety