C Grow Consulting

Elizabeth Ferguson

 

Elizabeth (Libby) Ferguson is the founder and CEO of C Grow Consulting and has over fifteen years of experience working in the areas of organisational, team and leadership development.

 

With a passion for supporting senior business leaders to achieve their complex people agendas, Elizabeth aims to utilise her varied experience of organisational consultancy, leadership development, sales and high performance sport to develop and implement innovative solutions that really do enhance performance.

 

A trail blazer in the sport of rowing by being the first British woman ever to win a gold medal at the Senior World Rowing Championships, Elizabeth's success in sport motivated her to apply her understanding of high performance to the different environment of business. Elizabeth began her consulting career at the Centre for High Performance Development (now part of IBM) focusing on the identification and development of high performing leaders within global, corporate organisations. During this time she worked with organisations including Omnicom, Bayer, GSK, C&W and Credit Suisse.

 

Elizabeth then moved to Energis during a time of fast-paced change including business turn-around, a focus on service and a vision to differentiate through excellent people. With responsibility for leadership and behavioural development across the organisation Elizabeth led significant organisational development work streams, including the design and implementation of new performance management and succession planning processes and company-wide leadership development programmes.

 

Following the acquisition of Energis by Cable & Wireless, Elizabeth moved to a business development role, managing the relationships with some of C&W's largest customers, including Logica and Unisys. During this time she experienced first hand the difficulty of delivering for clients during a time of major change.

 

Until recently Elizabeth has been working as a Client Director at change consultancy Crelos, with clients including; HSBC, EDF Energy, Electrocomponents and British Rowing.

 

Elizabeth has an MBA awarded by Henley Business School and she

constantly looks to bring this world-class learning in to the innovative but pragmatic solutions she designs for her clients. Her dissertation was on the topic of 'making change work in a partnership structure.'