Anne McMurray - BSSc, MSW, MSc, Associate Member of the Institute of Management Consultancy - Anne McMurray Consulting Ltd

Anne is based in Belfast, N Ireland, UK. Contact details are:
 

Anne completed the Cognitive Edge training in UK - London June 2005. Anne has experience in The future backwards; ABIDE; Dynamics; Archetype Creation; Story Construction; and Anecdote Circles.

Industry Specialisation

Health and Social Services

Enterprise Development in N.Ireland

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Local Government

Professional Background
Anne McMurray is an independent organisational development consultant, specialising in leadership and team development, strategy formulation and change implementation.  She combines a focus on the people side of organisations with the realities of sustaining performance in a complex and changing world. Her company specialises in strategic leadership and team development.  Their work is based on best practice research and provides customised designs for organisations. The purpose is to strengthen the quality of leadership at all levels so that organisations are successful, are positive places for people to work and develop in and that they create value for society.
She draws on career experience which has included youth and community work, family therapy, health and social service senior management and organisational development consultancy through Ireland, GB, Europe and Canada since 1989. Anne is an associate trainer with the Centre for Creative Leadership in Brussels and is a practitioner with Cognitive Edge, a knowledge network specialising in working with complex organisational systems.  
Anne’s client base is north and south of Ireland as well as England, particularly in the areas of health and social services, NGOs, housing, education and local government, as well as with private sector clients. In a voluntary capacity Anne is a chair of the East Belfast Partnership.  In 2008 Anne was awarded the MBE in recognition of her work in women’s enterprise and leadership in N.Ireland.

Additional Information
Anne has worked with women to develop their leadership in business and management careers through a number of programmes. Since 2001 Anne has acted as consultant to Invest NI in the development and implementation of a strategy to increase women starting up or developing their own businesses. This involved listening to the views of women across N. Ireland to identify gaps and improvements needed in the local system of support; working with Invest NI and local support providers to set up a policy forum; developing innovative ways of supporting  and educating women in enterprise; increasing the connectedness of the local systems of support; challenging cultural and social stereotypes, developing a knowledge base about female owned enterprises and evaluating and disseminating good practice.
She developed the Gender Lens for Business Support with Helen Keys which was successfully piloted in N.Ireland and was also run in the RoI and England during 2004.  She has also developed and delivered a women’s’ business leadership programme  Making the Most of Difference  targeted at women in middle management in the private sector to help them develop their leadership, self-confidence and business improvement skills. This programme won a National Training Award in 1998.
She was commissioned by Derry and Donegal councils to undertake research and prepare strategic recommendations on the barriers to access and promotion for women during 2004-2005. She is currently running career planning workshops for women in local government throughout N.Ireland as preparation for Reform of Public Administration. She acts as an executive mentor and coach for women leaders in the private public and NGO sectors in Ireland north and south.
Anne McMurray Consulting Ltd is currently providing the Pathclearing and Pathbreaking programmes for Invest NI. Pathclearing aims to integrate the business support system at a local level to provide more seamless support and advice to women entrepreneurs. Pathbreaking aims to help women use innovation to start and grow their businesses. For further information see www.annemcmurray.com/pathclearing  and www.annemcmurray.com/pathbreaking