Linda Linehan - Director
Linda Linehan is the Managing Director of Abbeville Associates Ltd. She loves to work
with businesses and organisations to ensure that the values of equality and
diversity are lived out on a day-to-day basis: in the workplace, in
business plans, and in meeting the needs of different customer and user groups.
Linda has over 20 years in human resource, leadership, learning and development,
change management and diversity issues. She has provided strategic, consultancy
and organisational change support to a wide range of organisations in the
public, private and not for profit sectors.
Over the past year Linda has supported company directors and other
leaders to enhance their own leadership performance. She has also developed
performance appraisal approaches which build on current strengths and deliver
organisational success.
Recent assignments have included evaluating leadership strengths and weaknesses
and contributing to a national leadership programme. Workshops in England,
Wales and Scotland have covered equality impact assessment of policies and
services, developing vision and values, team-working and strategic influencing.
She has recently been appointed as a tutor for the Institute of Director's
People Mean Business programme.
During 2005 Linda undertook training in community research and
contributed in 2006 to research for the Weir Link community project.
Linda has an honours degree in Social Science and Public Administration from
the University of London and a post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies.
Voluntary positions include being chair and member of leadership and steering
groups. She is currently an external member of Tomorrow's Planners, a group
managing a positive action programme to attract more black and minority ethnic
planners into the planning profession. Linda has held the posts of Director and
Education Co-ordinator of the Premier
Chapter of Business Network International (2004-2005).
