Carole is now retired from her own business after spending much of her working life as fully qualified and experienced Management Consultant, Trainer, Coach and Mentor specialising in human resource development and organisational change at middle and senior management level in the private, public and third sector. During this time Carole also worked for ten years as an Assessor for the National Standard, Investors in People and travelled across England, Scotland and Wales assessing, small, medium-size and large organisations across all sectors. Carole has over 22 years experience in the hospice sector as a trustee and 13 of those years as Chair of Boards of Trustees in Cheshire and Barnsley. In addition, Carole has held Board positions in the housing and education sectors.