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Elaine Gosden
"I’ve sailed the most dangerous stretch of water in the world on a 60-foot yacht – and it was as calm as a millpond!"
Elaine brings drive, determination and belief to Blue Gnu. Her team feel they can be their best selves because she believes in them and in the difference their work can make to clients, colleagues and friends. She connects the right people to the right solutions and only takes on projects where she believes she can make a difference. Elaine is a highly skilled facilitator who loves engaging directly with clients, asking the difficult questions while creating psychologically safe spaces for authentic conversations. Enabling growth is her superpower.
Dream Client
Elaine would love to work with the Mercedes AMG Formula 1 Team, combining her lifelong passion for F1 with her skills in performance enhancement and coaching.
Qualifications
Insights Discovery, MBTI Step 1 & 2, Facet 5, Liberating Leadership and Motivational Maps accredited. Full Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management.
Most Interesting Project
Elaine particularly enjoys working with a marketing agency that trusts Blue Gnu as their outsourced L&D department. Delivering a wide variety of solutions over many years aimed at talent retention and business growth has been especially rewarding.
Passion & Mission
Elaine is guided by her values and personal experiences, including the loss of her first fiancé in her early twenties, which inspires her to make the most of life and create meaningful impact for others. She is passionate about enabling people to reach their potential and supporting teams to thrive.
What does their Insights Discovery® profile say about them?”
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Elaine resists being labelled by others and is engaged in a never-ending search for self-knowledge and self-identity.
Seen by others as spontaneous and charming, Elaine is persuasive, loves surprises and enjoys finding unique ways of bringing delight and unexpected pleasure to others.
Life is an exciting drama waiting to unfold for Elaine.
Spirit
My Spirt motivator enables me to be entrepreneurial, lead my own organisation and create my own freedom from bureaucracy
Searcher
For me, Searcher means making a positive difference to everyone I meet both at work and at home
Friend
For me, Friend is having meaningful relationships and belonging to something bigger
