Positively Enabling

...is a business psychology and Human Resource (HR) management consultancy with its roots in enabling people and organisations to create good-to-great places to work. We work with them to help develop new thinking and new strategies and services to deliver high performance, safely and healthily. Naturally, this includes identifying and harnessing sources of stress or wellbeing.

Our services are based on qualitative and quantitative research, on ways of developing as adults who wish to develop and of designing work environments matched to human needs. This is an unusual combination yet conversations and enquiries about work environments fit for needs of people who work in them are, to us, fascinating as well as worth stimulating and supporting.

Our experience, training and skills enable us to build on research findings with clients to help them to agree on effective solutions and to implementing them.

Since we started in 1984, we have been dedicated to cultivating diverse styles of learning, grounded in research about how adults continue to learn and develop. We have extensive experience across the private, public and third sectors and were shortlisted for the Education for Capability Award by the Royal Society of Arts. Based in Croydon, on the borders of London, Kent and Surrey, we work across the U. K. and the Republic of Ireland.

Kieran Duignan

Kieran worked in sales, training, research/development roles in pharmaceutical, education and construction industries before setting up Positively Enabling. He a chartered and registered occupational psychologist, a chartered safety and health practitioner, a European ergonomist, qualified counsellor and accredited coaching psychologist.

Maureen Duignan

After training as a classical pianist at the Royal Academy of Music, Maureen trained as a teacher at the University of London Instate of Education and taught in secondary schools in England and Singapore. Then, after taking a diploma in career guidance, she served young people in schools and in outreach projects for over two decades as well as contributed to the management of a charity for young adults with literacy problems. Maureen has extensive experience of multi-agency project management in multi-cultural settings.

Frank Hallett

Frank has served for over thirty years as a professional safety consultant. His safety management career started in a large Fire Service where he worked as a Safety Trainer for over ten years. Since he set up his own consultancy practice, he has worked with diverse clients in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Frank is a Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and is registered as a Lead Auditor with the British Standards Institution.

Mike Lowis

Mike spent the first half of his career in general and H R management in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK and South Africa, with part-time responsibility for safety management. During the second half of his career, Mike has worked as a university teacher, specialising in Social Psychology and in Methods of Quantitative Research.