How do organisations flourish?
By building work places people love.
What we do
Build Teams
Vilo develops teams that are more effective and add more value to your organisation. Our collective leadership programmes create bonds through embedding a common purpose, creating team alliance, and leveraging team strengths.
Develop Leaders
We design and deliver tailored group and one to one coaching, workshops, and development programmes. We grow managers and leaders to create the right future for your organisation.
Strengthen HR
From articulating HR strategy and EVP to delivering HR projects and building HR teams, we boost your HR capability, confidence and reputation. Vilo acts as an extension of your HR function. We build HR communities in and between organisations.
Solutions in a suitcase
IMPACT MASTERCLASS
EXECUTIVE COACHING
SUPERTEAMS
Why do we do this
We believe in possibility and opportunity. We wake up every day on a mission to enable individuals, teams and workplaces to exceed their potential and have a positive impact on the world.
Our vision is to transform the world of work by creating better workplaces, stronger leaders, outstanding teams, and great cultures.
Our methodology
We collaborate. We get to the crux of your people challenges and opportunities. We design intelligent, pragmatic, and creative solutions. We deliver every time. We always have skin in the game.
Our methods are direct, to the point and devoid of fluff.
Who
We are a team of expert consultants, with diverse experience and perspectives. We’ve all worked in-house as well as in consultancy experience, and we know what makes organisations tick.
Lorna Bains
MD/Facilitator
“I’m on a mission to end the tyranny of boring, unfulfilling work. I work with leaders and teams to enable them to accelerate their development, deliver brilliantly and create the future for themselves, their teams, and their organisations. I’ve experienced the joy of building and leading extraordinary teams in consultancy and in-house roles across geographies and sectors.”
Katie O’Hare
Coach/Facilitator
“I’m fascinated by behaviour and how it helps us achieve great relationships and do great work. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with leaders and teams in specialist and global businesses to bring this passion and experience into their workspace to accelerate theirs and their team’s development in pursuit of better results.”
Lindsay Smith
Coach/Facilitator
“I am impassioned about Leadership Development, individually or as part of a team. I am curious about dynamics when people come together and work to enhance the relationship system in order that the best possible outcome can happen in any given situation. I work to build confidence, share tools and techniques and have leadership flow with ease to support what needs to be done.”
Emily Plumtree
Actor/Facilitator
“I bring a unique experience as a formally trained actor and theatre practitioner. I am enthusiastic about helping others grow in confidence, enhance their presence and develop powerful communication skills.
Working with groups and individuals designing and leading programmes I am able to enhance confidence, presence and impact in the workplace.”
Taran Kalsi
Coach/Facilitator
“I am a proactive problem solver who loves achieving effective lifecycle management through coaching leaders and managers. I value the open and trusting relationship and connections with clients and individuals to help understand their culture and vision. As a consultant I have worked with organisations to set up and/or evolve HR functions, structure and capability.”
Gail McPake
Coach/Facilitator
“I am a dynamic and collaborative leader with proven delivery at senior leadership level and as HR business partner to various stakeholders. Having gained a wealth of skills and experience in-house, my passion is now to get the best out of people. I am driven to solve problems that make a real difference to people through leadership development, building high performing teams, wellbeing and culture.”
Gillian Niven
Operations Manager
“Passionate about delivering outstanding service to business and individuals. I love to build strong relationships and always want to find out more. Good coordination, connection and positivity are key to creating and maintaining a happy environment.”
What Our Clients Say
Not for Profit Organisation, London
We worked with Lorna and Lindsay extensively over several months, culminating in a two day team offsite. The event was a resounding success, leading to a much clearer articulation of our shared values across the team and individual specific commitments. Lorna and Lindsay also helped us following through on these commitments and we achieved a remarkably high level of engagement across the entire team. We have been reaping the benefits of this work ever since, especially as we have been facing the challenge of a prolonged period of working remotely in response to the Covid-19 crisis. We are grateful for Lorna’s and Lindsay’s help and would recommend them to anyone who is looking to achieve similar objectives.
Not for profit organisation
Senior manager
Lorna was an essential partner for me and the senior team as we learned to work together as a new team tackling a large set of internal and external challenges. I relied on Lorna’s creativity and pragmatism to help guide us through a rapidly shifting landscape; I needed a partner with agility and pace and Lorna was able to apply all her technical toolkits around HR, leadership and culture/engagement in a manner that was appropriate to our “age and stage”. We also appreciated Lorna’s ability to “tell it like it is” in an honest but empathetic way – it’s rare to find an HR leader who can hold you to account without alienating the business, but Lorna walked that line with a great blend of professionalism and good humour.
Amanda Cupples
President, International
We have worked with Vilo on several projects over the last few years. Our relationship with Vilo has been extremely useful as we have tackled the strategic, organisational and personnel questions that our growth and development has thrown at us. I have been consistently impressed with the good nature, knowledge and professionalism of the Vilo team, and look forward to working with them over the years to come.
Hugh Yarrow
CEO and Fund Manager
Vilo consulting supported MBNL during the early stages of our organisational change and organisational health development journey. The support we received was grounded in good theory and experience but most importantly, very practically applicable. It definitely helped kick-start our journey.
Pat Coxen
CEO/Managing Director
I had an urgent need to find an external partner to design and co-deliver some management development. Vilo went above and beyond to deliver against our tight timescales whilst sharing great ideas and thinking. The content was exactly what we were looking for and the delivery top notch. Vilo partnered all the way, was open to challenge, kept me in the loop and never missed a deadline.
Sally Simpson
Talent and Management Development Partner
Vilo Consulting has supported the Rise Mentoring Programme over the last 3 years, delivering training sessions and ongoing support for our Mentees and Mentors. Their work has always been of an exceptional standard, with friendly and professional advice and they always provide an outstanding service – I can’t recommend them enough.
Carrie Wooton
Managing Director
Not for Profit Organisation, London
We worked with Lorna and Lindsay extensively over several months, culminating in a two day team offsite. The event was a resounding success, leading to a much clearer articulation of our shared values across the team and individual specific commitments. Lorna and Lindsay also helped us following through on these commitments and we achieved a remarkably high level of engagement across the entire team. We have been reaping the benefits of this work ever since, especially as we have been facing the challenge of a prolonged period of working remotely in response to the Covid-19 crisis. We are grateful for Lorna’s and Lindsay’s help and would recommend them to anyone who is looking to achieve similar objectives.
Not for profit organisation
Senior manager
Lorna was an essential partner for me and the senior team as we learned to work together as a new team tackling a large set of internal and external challenges. I relied on Lorna’s creativity and pragmatism to help guide us through a rapidly shifting landscape; I needed a partner with agility and pace and Lorna was able to apply all her technical toolkits around HR, leadership and culture/engagement in a manner that was appropriate to our “age and stage”. We also appreciated Lorna’s ability to “tell it like it is” in an honest but empathetic way – it’s rare to find an HR leader who can hold you to account without alienating the business, but Lorna walked that line with a great blend of professionalism and good humour.
Amanda Cupples
President, International
We have worked with Vilo on several projects over the last few years. Our relationship with Vilo has been extremely useful as we have tackled the strategic, organisational and personnel questions that our growth and development has thrown at us. I have been consistently impressed with the good nature, knowledge and professionalism of the Vilo team, and look forward to working with them over the years to come.
Hugh Yarrow
CEO and Fund Manager
Vilo consulting supported MBNL during the early stages of our organisational change and organisational health development journey. The support we received was grounded in good theory and experience but most importantly, very practically applicable. It definitely helped kick-start our journey.
Pat Coxen
CEO/Managing Director
I had an urgent need to find an external partner to design and co-deliver some management development. Vilo went above and beyond to deliver against our tight timescales whilst sharing great ideas and thinking. The content was exactly what we were looking for and the delivery top notch. Vilo partnered all the way, was open to challenge, kept me in the loop and never missed a deadline.
Sally Simpson
Talent and Management Development Partner
Vilo Consulting has supported the Rise Mentoring Programme over the last 3 years, delivering training sessions and ongoing support for our Mentees and Mentors. Their work has always been of an exceptional standard, with friendly and professional advice and they always provide an outstanding service – I can’t recommend them enough.
Carrie Wooton
Managing Director
