Helen Turnbull, PhD CSP

“Helen, I don’t have words to say how incredibly lucky and fortunate we have all been to have you speak at AIEC. Your talk touched people in so many ways and your words, insights and story-telling was a highlight of our program. I would not exaggerate in saying that it was probably the best opening keynote at AIEC. The feedback has been phenomenal and I have no doubt app and survey feedback will reiterate this. The talk itself was both inspirational and practical, and I truly believe had an impact on how delegates interacted and conversed on topics throughout the rest of the conference and will have an impact beyond the 4 days of the conference. I heard some very positive feedback also about the Q&A session.”

“Dr. Helen Turnbull facilitated several “Inclusion and Unconscious Bias” Workshop for our 40 top Senior Leaders February 2018. The programs got fantastic reviews. Below are a few participant comments:

“Opened my mind to my internal bias”
“Challenged my own views and diversity and inclusion”
“Helped me see how I exclude people unconsciously”
“Great workshop! We should do this with all employees”
“This program far exceeded my expectations”
Dr. Turnbull is an engaging and powerful speaker. Her deep knowledge of diversity and inclusion was impressive.

I highly recommend Dr. Turnbull.”

“Helen was a known expert in the field of diversity and organisational development in the US, but it is to her great credit that she managed to translate and sell the concepts to a wholly sceptical and initially unreceptive multi-national audience in the London office.

The Leading Diversity 1-day training programme that she delivered over a two year period to in excess of 1500 officers and staff of the bank was the most ambitious and successful training intervention ever introduced in Europe.

Helen’s skills as a facilitator are second to none. She is intuitive, fluid, articulate and natural, spotting and heading off potential “hot spots” and providing an environment where people feel safe to express their views and know they will be heard. Her antenna are always up, yet she appears at complete ease with her audience and never radiates anything but calm and control.

But Helen has much more to offer than just stand up training and facilitation. Her OD skills are fabulous and her holistic approach to culture change is practical and realistic yet inspirational. Whatever she does, she takes people with her and makes the journey seem immensely worthwhile.

As a business partner, Helen is an exceedingly reliable and diligent colleague, working seamlessly to ensure that goals are delivered and targets are met. You feel reassured when working with Helen that everything is possible and will be done to the highest standard. I recommend her to you most highly.”

“Dr. Helen Turnbull has an intuitive talent for working with groups, large or small. At Texas Instruments she has consulted on Diversity initiatives, teaming and empowerment initiatives and strategic change efforts. In each case she brought the same exceptional skill and talent to all of these diverse projects. Her ability to customize the design and to think on her feet ensure that Helen sets an exemplary example of consulting at its best.”

“We partnered with Human Facets® at the start of our diversity journey. We were initially overwhelmed with the scope of what we wanted to achieve and working with a seasoned diversity professional helped us to develop a robust infrastructure and an impactful strategy. The time invested at this stage of the programme was a significant influence on the success we went on to achieve.”

“I cannot thank you enough for the virtual keynote you presented on April 20, 2020 to our group. I have been flooded with positive feedback and requests to be connected to you and your content. With almost 400 people on the webinar you created a connection with the audience through your live polls and examples that I don’t think anyone anticipated. I know this was your first Virtual Keynote and I just wanted to assure you it was navigated like you do it every day! Thanks for making my audience feel so important and validated. We really appreciate you!”