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Diane Wilkinson
WILKINSON
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What is your role in the business? I am the founder and driving force of the business that specialises in teams.
What are your areas of expertise? I am a Team and Executive Coach – give me 10 or 100 people in a room and I am able orchestrate a fun, enthusiastic and interactive team development day.
What do you enjoy about your work? I get most satisfaction when I support clients who are keen to explore the tricky aspects of their business and maybe their team’s way of working, to see how they can get better results. When that happens I can enjoy a glass of wine in the evening!
Where were you born? Port Elizabeth, South Africa
DIANE WILKINSON PROFILE ? What are your hobbies / interests? I love the outdoors – sailing, skiing, swimming in the sea, even trapezing on catamaran or seeing the view from the top of a Munro (mountains in Scotland that are over 3,000 feet) and going for a run with my ‘Westie’ Rex in University Parks in the morning. I love gardening and adore my 100ft plus Ginkgo tree in my garden.
Do you have a favourite sports team? I love watching rugby – Johnny Wilkinson (no relation) is my hero and I had the pleasure of meeting him. So strange as it may sound, I was cheering on England versus SA in the recent World Cup Final!
Where is your favourite place(s) in Oxfordshire and why? Walking in the Chiltern Hills with Rex and my partner Chris – he and I love being in nature and free of technology!
Who inspires you? Nelson Mandela because he was able to show how to get on the side of your enemies by putting on the colours of his enemy, in this case the rugby jersey of South Africa’s white captain, Francois Pienaar, in the 1995 World Cup.
What do you like about Oxfordshire? It’s flat and I can cycle fast into the City Centre. I campaigned to the council when my children (Laura, Nicholas and Christopher) were in primary school to create a cycle track down the Woodstock Road and some my friends now refer to it as ‘The Diane Wilkinson Cycle Path’.
