Gary Ward

My passion is to work with people. I have a strong belief that everyone can live a life full of energy and joy. What I do today is rooted in my own journey, a life of learning from life's ups and downs. Professionally, I have more than 30 years of career behind me, mainly in the IT industry, in different positions and leadership roles. Today I want to share my experience to support and help others on their journey to fulfill their dreams and achieve their own goals.

"Chasing meaning is much healthier than avoiding discomfort." - Kelly McGonigal

Experience

• Active within the areas of personal development, leadership development and group development.
• Several years of leadership and management experience from a number of companies working in the IT industry.
• A distinct communicator, open and easy to work with
• Active ACC Certified Coach of the International Coach Federation (ICF) with experience in both individual and group coaching 
• Supervisor of several programmes for personality and leadership development
• Active as an educator for ICF accredited coaching courses
• Facilitator/supervisor of group meetings and workshops

Background

• 09-     Owner and professional coach, Total Personal Success AB
• 16       Supervision, Radical Collaboration
• 16       FIRO Element B
• 14       Certification, Four Rooms of Change®
• 14       Licensed Personal trainer and gym instructor
• 13       Certification, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® 
• 12-13 Coach and manager,  "Individuals seeking new positions", Sony Mobile Communications
• 12       Certification, Coaching supervision
• 09      Coach Certification, ICF(ACC)
• 08      Internal education, "Leading Change", IKEA
• 08-11 IT Architect, IKEA IT Delivery
• 03-08Information- and security specialist, IKEA IT
• 01-03 Information Security Manager, WM-data Scania/Scania InfoMate
• 98-01 Network administrator/Technically responsible,  SEB IT Service AB
• 93-97 Network administrator, Växjö University