Meet Our Team
Compact Team, Expansive Vision
We’re a dedicated team of experts committed to delivering tailored solutions that drive growth and transformation. Together, we can unlock your potential and achieve extraordinary results.
Neil Thomas
Co-Founder & Director
A Teacher, Senior Leader, Coach, Facilitator and Consultant, Neil has over 18 years of teaching and leadership experience, both in the UK and internationally.
Neil is the Co-Founder and Director of Strata Professional Development and has worked with several organisations to provide professional development training and professional coaching to senior leaders in businesses and schools.
He is a certified coach and encourages his coachees to take a strengths-based approach in looking to enhance their leadership capabilities and emotional wellbeing in the workplace.
Wellbeing is central to Neil’s work following his diagnosis of stage one testicular cancer in 2019. Now five years in remission, he is determined to help professionals find happiness within themselves, both professionally and personally.
Matt Sheppard
Co-Founder & Director
A Teacher, Coach, Senior Leader and Business Professional, Matt has over 25 years’ experience developing people within educational, business and voluntary sectors.
Matt is a Co-Founder and Director of Strata Professional Development. Matt works primarily with small businesses and educational establishments to provide professional coaching to Leaders at all levels.
He is an accredited Coach and Mentor and an RFU Rugby Trainer for Coach Educators and Coaches. Matt is performance improvement focussed and works hard to provide a high level of challenge and support to his coachees in order to help them achieve their goals.
A holistic approach is central to Matt’s work and he uses this to help people find confidence, happiness and success in the workplace.
Discover More of What We Do and Who We Are
Needs Analysis
We offer a range of self, 180° and 360° assessments that help you and your staff to identify personal development needs and team and organisational trends.
Coaching
We can provide individual and group coaching in order to explore and develop areas of need as well as provide training for those wishing to build their own internal coaching team.
Training
We have a wide range of training workshops that can be delivered on site or online as well as joined together in any combination to design bespoke sessions or courses.
Get in Touch
If you’d like to explore how our services can support you or your team, we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch today to start the conversation.