Paul Matthews founded People Alchemy Ltd in 1999 after a distinguished career in industries as diverse as travel and engineering, during which time he held many positions, including senior posts in sales, customer service and operations, finishing at director level in a multinational IT company.
Since founding the company, Paul and several associates have provided consultancy, coaching and development for individuals and teams to many prestigious clients, including Barclays Bank plc, Credit Suisse First Boston bank, Philips Semiconductors, General Motors, Roche, Deutsche Bank, Zurich Insurance, Ricoh, West Midlands Police and The Open University.
Along the way, it became evident that although an abundance of learning products was available to executives of all grades, there was nothing expressly designed to give today’s managers the one aid they really needed: an easily accessible source of authoritative and practical help with the problems they face on a day-to-day basis.
Drawing on his background in coaching, management development and IT, as well as an extensive network of senior business consultants, Paul embarked on a project to provide the answer to this need.
The result is Alchemy for Managers.
'Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers
who can cut through argument, debate and doubt
to offer a solution everybody can understand.'
Colin Powell (1937 - )