Gayle Hudson
Gayle has over 25 years of experience in management and senior management roles across the public and third sectors, including social care, education, mental health, disability, and community development. She has worked for a local authority, a social care regulator, and the Open University. Gayle holds an MBA and is an accredited executive coach (ILM Level 7 qualified).
As a generalist, Gayle’s strengths lie in asking the right questions, seeing the bigger picture, bridging silos, and bringing the right people together to address complex and challenging issues. A consistent thread throughout her career has been a strong commitment to social justice and equality—working with individuals and systems to help people find and use their voice.
Her recent work includes one-to-one executive coaching, team coaching focused on specific issues, and facilitating leadership development programmes at both senior and corporate leadership levels. She also delivers several well-regarded coaching and mentoring skills programmes for WME, including Introduction to Coaching/Mentoring and Manager as Coach/Mentor.
Gayle is particularly interested in applying a coaching approach to leadership development and driving shifts in organisational culture. She is also passionate about neurodiversity and worked for many years as a subcontractor for the DWP’s Access to Work Scheme, coaching neurodivergent individuals. Having gone undiagnosed during her formal education, she has more recently embraced her own identity as a dyslexic adult.
Specialism(s): Coaching, Training Delivery, Project Management & Policy Development/Design
No of years Public Sector experience: 25+
Sector Specialism(s): Local Government, Fire Services, Education, Universities & NHS
Work Locations:
Flexible
