Dr Peter Clough | David Marchant | Margaret-Nollaig Heffernan | Dr Fiona Earle | Peter Duckitt | Victoria Shore | Pauline Bowe | Peter McCombe | Institute of Leadership and Management | View Assessments Inc.
Over the years AQR has developed a superb network of associates and partners. This gives us the capability and capacity to respond to virtually any need identified by clients. Prominent amongst these partnerships are:
Dr PETER CLOUGH BSc, MA, PhD, Chartered Psychologist, BASES, Accredited Sports Psychologist
Background
Dr Peter Clough is the Head of Psychology at the University of Hull. This is widely acknowledged as a leading centre for occupational psychology and has won an enviable reputation for the development of psychometric instruments.
Peter is a particularly interesting and accomplished psychologist. Although operating now in the academic world, his origins are, in fact, in the occupational world.
Peter originally joined the Royal Mail where he became the Manager of the Psychological Services Department where he managed one of the largest groups of Occupational Psychologists in the UK. There he developed a selection and recruitment strategy which embraced 200,000 employees.
During this time he became an authority on Assessment & Development Centres as well as the use of Employee Surveys as a strategic management tool.
In the early 1990's Peter joined AQR where he continued to develop his expertise working with organisations such as HM Customs & Excise, Unilever, AP Lockheed, Champion Spark Plug, Astra Zeneca and Royal Sun Alliance.
Another interesting and unique aspect is that Peter has a passionate interest in Sports Psychology as well as Occupational Psychology. He has worked with elite sports persons in the world of Soccer, Rugby (League and Union), Golf and Rowing.
It is this blend of experiences and background that contribute to the emergence of Peter as a remarkably innovative psychologist. And yet his work is always extremely approachable and accessible. He is widely understood to be someone who is very practical and down-to-earth.
As his own web site puts it "I am interested in the appliance of psychology to real life problems".
Research Interests
A major area of interest (and one where he is now an acknowledged authority) is Mental Toughness. A good example of Peter's ability to cross over research, this has its roots in his interest in Sports psychology. Oft quoted but little understood, Peter has operationalised this concept and developed an approach where individual and teams can learn to deal more effectively with the stressors and challenges in the workplace. His Mental Toughness work made a significant contribution to our understanding of how to develop performance in the workplace.
In the course of that work he has developed a unique Mental Toughness Measure - MTQ48 - and a validated Mental Toughness Development Programme.
Another area of interest for Peter is Leadership and he has been involved in developing AQR's new leadership measure (ILM72) which is leading edge psychometric tool which measures leadership style and which maps to all the leading leadership models.
He also has interest in researching Risk Taking and the Psychological Impact of Exercise.
Peter is a member of the British Psychological Society
http://psy.hull.ac.uk/Staff/p.j.clough
David Marchant PhD. Psychology
David is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Edge Hill University. Prior to this he worked as a teaching fellow at the University of Hull Psychology department he has also worked with disabled children introducing them to sporting activities and mentoring roles with children to encourage them into higher education.
Throughout David's early career the focus has been on development and improvement through applied psychology. Communication and people assessment skills have played a major part in this.
David has worked as an associate consultant for us on a number of projects including Assessment and Development Centres where he has run centres and been involved in the moderating process, also post-centre appraisal and evaluation.
Using his statistical analysis skills he has also processed and produced analysis for Employee surveys.
David is a member of British Psychological Society (BPS), BPS Division of Health Psychology Associate, BPS Division of Sports and Exercise Psychology (DSEP) General Founder, PsyPAG DSEP Postgraduate Student Representative, British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences (BASES).
Margaret-Nollaig Heffernan MSc (Industrial Psychology)
Nollaig is an occupational and sports psychologist with a special interest in Leadership. She worked with AQR (and Dr Peter Clough) to develop and introduce our new Leadership Measure (ILM72).
Nollaig also plays a central role in presenting our work on Mental Toughness and in delivering programmes in Team Working and Leadership.
Very usefully, Nollaig is an elite rower. She has achieved considerable distinction as a champion rower both in the UK and the Republic of Ireland - including recently being a finalist at the British national championships (2005) as well as winning the Keith Martin trophy for Outstanding Achievement in Outdoor activities in 2004.
This provides a valuable insight into leadership and team working which is highly transferable to the occupational world.
Nollaig is also qualified in psychometric testing (BPS Levels A & B (int.) and holds a Diploma in Business & Financial Information Systems.
Dr Fiona Earle B.S.c.(Hons), Dip. Occ. Psych, Chartered Occupational Psychologist
Fiona began working with AQR in 1997. Her main areas of expertise include the design and implementation of Assessment and Development Centres (particularly for middle and senior managers) and the development and application of Psychometric Instruments.
She is currently employed by Hull University as a lecturer in the fields of Postgraduate Occupational Psychology and Undergraduate Research Methodology and Statistics.
Fiona is involved in a wide variety of projects with AQR including the design and delivery of Assessment Centres, Attitude Surveys, researching customer perceptions for our clients and Psychometric testing and training.
Fiona graduated from Hull University in 1996 with a first class honours degree in Psychology. Continuing at Hull, she then completed a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Psychology. Following several years of experience in both Academic and Commercial arenas, Fiona qualified as a Chartered Occupational Psychologist.
Peter Duckitt BSc (Hons)
Peter has over 25 years experience in a variety of Line and Personnel/HR roles within manufacturing industries - specifically with Albright & Wilson, Unilever and Hasbro UK Ltd.
His most recent corporate role was with Hasbro UK Ltd, a sales and marketing orientated company in the aggressive toy, games and leisure markets, where he was UK Personnel/HR Manager for 9 years covering 3 UK sites.
Peter's areas of expertise include: Recruitment and selection, coaching on CV preparation and interview presentation, planning for redundancy programmes and site closures, integration and harmonisation of terms and conditions of employment, introduction of HR Policies and Procedures and Performance Management to create a more positive working environment, expert witness in personal injury litigation cases (assessing pre and post injury employment and earnings potential).
Peter is a graduate (BSc) in Chemistry (Manchester University) and is an affiliate member of the CIPD.
Victoria Shore MSc Occupational Psychology
Victoria has more than 14 years experience in a variety of Business Development, Line Management, & Consultancy roles. She completed her Masters degree at Manchester Business School where she undertook a sizable research project investigating Leadership and the Management of Change within the National Health Service (NHS).Victoria's areas of expertise include: Leadership Development training, Development and Coaching of individuals and teams to maximise performance and Assessment and Development Centres.
Victoria holds the British Psychological Society Level A and Level B certificates in Occupational Testing. She is a Registered Member of the British Psychological Society and Division of Occupational Psychology.
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Pauline Bowe - MSc Occupational Psychology
Pauline has over 23 years in the Health, Education and Social Services in both private and public sectors including teaching, training, therapeutic and managerial roles. These have included teaching in Special Education, Youth Training and more recently in Children's Services as a Manager within a busy Resources Team. She also ran a Private Hypno-Psychotherapy Practice.Pauline gained her BSc (Hons) degree in Psychology at the University of Liverpool and completed her MSc in Occupational Psychology at John Moores University. She holds a Further & Adult Education Teachers Certificate, Diploma's in Integrative Therapy and Clinical Hypnosis (with NLP), and Certificates in Basic Counselling, Personal Performance Coaching and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Pauline also holds the Level A & B Occupational Testing Certificates and is a Member of the British Psychological Society and is registered with the National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists
Peter McCombe
Peter is a highly experienced associate providing management consultancy and interim management services. He has worked with AQR (TCA) for a number of years in a variety of assignments
He has worked in a variety of private sector industries including: food production and distribution, paper conversion and automotive component manufacture and distribution. He has also held roles within the NHS, local government and with DARA the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.
His areas of expertise include Planning and Project management, business process re-engineering, supply chain and logistics consultancy and the management of change.
His notable achievements include:
- Record of productivity gains in excess of 25% in various business environments.
- Completion of rationalisation programme to strict timetables and exceeding targets
- A highly commercial approach linking business needs to customer service
- An experienced negotiator in international markets
Peter is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and Institute of Logistics and Transport.
Institute of Leadership and Management
ILM is Europe's largest awarding body for qualifications in leadership, management, coaching and enterprise Also a professional body which supports the continuing development of leaders & managers, ILM provides managers in every sector and at every level with the support they need to succeed, including nationally recognised qualifications, learning opportunities, magazines & membership services.
ILM fully supported AQR in the development of the Intergrated Leadership Measure (ILM72) and have now incorporated this into their training programmes offered by over 2000 accredited centres worldwide. ILM members at professional grades are now able to complete an MTQ48 and ILM72 measure free of charge as part of their membership package. There are also discounts on AQR products for the corporate membership.
View Assessments Inc.
One of North Americas leading developers of occupational tests, View Assessments are the publishers of the Prevue psychometric measure which AQR distributes alongside its own published measures, MTQ48 and ILM72.
As one of their largest distributors AQR work closely with View Assessments on developments to the Prevue product including language translations and software developments.