Donovan 💻 Grant

University of the Arts London

Imparting my knowledge in business analysis, I dispense job focused training and coaching, enabling student progression, advancing experience and ensuring wellbeing. As a business coach, I manage numerous training programmes, providing instruction and coordinating activities. Handling stakeholder communications, I partner with senior management to formulate bespoke plans. Orchestrating and facilitating groups and one to one workshops, analysing training results and testing knowledge to confirm understanding.

Here are some of the highlights of my achievements:

• Coordinating efforts with Business Analyst Managers, facilitating workshops; improving capabilities throughout business analysis teams.
• Identifying skills gaps presenting training and career coaching; enhancing careers of junior and senior staff.
• Forming strong and mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external stakeholders, collaborating with business
teams to share ideas and best practice; troubleshooting and resolving issues.
• Delivering Business Analysis on the university’s digital business transformation programme; confirming value and usability are delivered across change management plans.

Lead Business Analyst & Coach

Metadata Training

One-on-One Mentoring: Providing regular, personalised one-on-one coaching sessions to apprentices, ensuring the seamless integration of training course knowledge into practical workplace applications.

Bridging Theory and Practice: Playing a pivotal role in bridging the gap between theoretical learning and real-world workplace practices, ensuring that apprentices can effectively apply their skills.

Tailored Learning: Customising the learning process to align with the specific needs of both the employer and apprentices, ensuring that the training directly addresses the challenges faced in the workplace.

Alignment with Real-World Problems: Ensuring that apprentice learning aligns with the real problems they encounter in their day-to-day work, fostering practical problem-solving abilities.

Guiding the Learning Journey: Guiding mentees throughout their learning journey, helping them develop technical proficiency, and fostering their confidence.

Practical Skill Development: Enabling the transformation of theoretical knowledge into practical, hands-on skills, empowering apprentices to excel in their roles.

Coaching Through Challenges: Providing support and coaching to apprentices during setbacks and challenges, helping them navigate and overcome obstacles in their professional development.

Business Analyst Mentor

Heroic Public Benefit Corporation

Heroic is a dynamic platform that unites ancient wisdom, modern science, and world-class, scientifically validated tools to drive personal growth. 

In my role as a Heroic Performance Coach, I offer customised one-on-one coaching to help you unlock your fullest heroic potential and spark transformative change—one individual at a time. 

If you’re inspired, explore more at heroic.us or drop me a DM.

Heroic Performance Coach

London Metropolitan University

As a senior business analyst and coach, I executed business analysis, delivering group workshops and developing process improvements. A major part of my role, was to plan projects, share progress and evaluate results.

Here are some of the highlights of my achievements:

• Spearheaded Lecture Recording Project as part of virtual learning programme; delivered change, achieved results on time and within budget.
• Conceptualised and integrated continuous improvement initiatives, including focused project meetings; provided focused feedback and progress updates to ensure future business transformation.

Senior Business Analyst & Coach

HSBC Commercial Banking

Working with HSBC, I led requirements gathering workshops and obtained feedback from stakeholders to create business requirements documents and support the delivery of strategic initiatives and key projects.

Here are some of the highlights of my achievements:

• Motivated and coached team members; increased knowledge and confidence in use of systems, business analysis, project management and change management.
• Integrated continuous improvement initiatives; triggered improvements in reporting and strategic planning.

Visa Europe

In my role with Visa Europe, I assessed business conditions, considered project feasibility, identified areas for improvement and outlines solutions to deliver digital transformation. Partnering with internal and US stakeholders, I delivered global projects and met standards.

Here are some of the highlights of my achievements:

• Managed digital change projects; designed and instituted more transparent and secure payment options for members and customers.
• Played a pivotal role as an agile team member across three countries, mapped and documented business processes; originated improvement initiatives to achieve project deliverables.
• Contributed significantly to the launch of the new Visa Apprentice programme; delivered training and career coaching, marked assignments, tested knowledge and offered mentoring to develop a diverse range of IT professionals.

A decision maker and motivational communicator, a coordinator of key performance goals, I have coached individuals and teams to achieve digital change objectives. 

Engaging in key training activities, I am passionate about providing group and individual coaching to prepare business professionals for future business transformation. I also greatly relish new and refreshing challenges, which give me great satisfaction when I resolve issues.

A career performance coach, I deliver bootcamps providing exclusive coaching for technology professionals, enabling them to become more influential and impactful.

Presenting internal and private coaching for technology leaders and managers, I offer strategic support to enable organisational change. I am regularly called upon to deliver high performance coaching and training in value driven business analysis.

I guide business analysts and Technology professionals to move their mindset and businesses from their current position to where they want to be in the future.

As a business transformational coach and business analyst, I excel while leading challenging digital development projects and change initiatives to advance learning and improve business processes. I am a high achiever and impacting leader, with a talent for refining and advancing knowledge in business analysis, project delivery and change management within major organisations, creating and developing people and strategy to improve engagement.

As an imaginative and analytical individual, I can easily visualise the wider business, allowing me to steer change and strategic advancement to achieve results.

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𝘗𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵! :)

I help ambitious professionals and leaders advance their public speaking and presentations in order to improve their job performance and enhance their career prospects

Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Coach

Self-Employed

As a Certified John Maxwell Coach, Trainer and Speaker, I offer customized presentations to fit your individual or team’s needs including:


“Lunch and Learn”
Keynote speech for your company sponsored event
Half day and full day workshop/seminar
In-house corporate training
Coaching

A John Maxwell Certified Coach, Trainer and Speaker."

Running a range of basic and advanced Zoom workshops for leadership teams, entrepreneuunurs and individuals in order to aid their transition into the virtual world as a result of COVID-19.

Beginners and Advanced Zoom Trainer

Sandra Mighty Training and Development Solutions

I run and facilitate presentation skills workshops for organisations, businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals who wish to improve their presentation skills in order to win more clients or to communicate their message/story.The workshops are tailor-made for attendees to both learn how to write content, structure and deliver their talks/presentations.

Presentation Skills Coach, Workshop Facilitator, Speaker and Trainer

Speakers Trust

•	Coached over 1000 young people in the development of their public speaking and presentation skills for 60 - 80 delegates per session as part of their National Citizenship training.
•	Facilitated development of communication skills through interactive activities and a supportive learning environment.

Presentation Skills Trainer

Qualified Primary Maths Specialist Teacher.

Maths Specialist Teacher

Young Enterprise UK

Freelance trainer for Young Enterprise.  

-Delivering financial education workshops to young people in schools.
- Consultant to schools regarding financial education and the curriculum.

Freelance Trainer

TEDx Youth Croydon

Coaching young people in preparation for delivering their TED Talk for the large international public speaking organization August 2014 – August 2015

Public Speaking Coach

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils  ('Via Agency)

•	 working alongside pupils and teachers in 6 schools that were at risk of falling below local authority floor standards.  The aim being to help to  raise standards and achievement.  This entailed:
•	Providing booster classes for groups of children
•	Observing and providing feedback to teachers  
•	Team teaching
•	Liaising with headteachers

Education Achievement Project Consultant 

🚀 Are you a professional or business owner struggling to deliver effective sales pitches or presentations that win over clients and stakeholders? 😟 You're not alone. Many professionals and business owners face challenges when it comes to public speaking, from feeling nervous or unconfident to struggling to connect with their audience or convey technical information in an engaging way.

But there's good news! 🎉 As a seasoned and passionate presentation skills and communication skills coach with over five years of experience in corporate and private sector teaching and training, I can help you overcome these challenges and become a confident, engaging, and impactful presenter.

Whether you're looking to improve your pitch to win more clients or improve your KPI results, or simply want to develop your public speaking skills for personal or professional growth, I can help. With a proven track record of organizing and managing public speaking programs in the UK and Africa, and coaching speakers for the TEDx stage, I have the knowledge and expertise to help you succeed.

I understand that every individual and organization has unique needs, which is why I offer customized training programs tailored to your specific requirements. My excellent communication skills and ability to work with people from various nationalities, ages, and backgrounds means that you can expect a personalized, collaborative, and effective learning experience. 🤝

So why wait? ⏰ Contact me today to learn more about how I can help you improve your pitch and presentation skills, overcome your public speaking challenges, and achieve your goals as a leader in the tech industry. 💪

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