Jack Black, Founder - Mindstore

Jack Black is the Founder and Course Director of MindStore International.  In the 1980s, he was a social worker in the underprivileged East End of Glasgow. After seeing two colleagues destroy their health through the stress of work whilst only in their 40s, and then experiencing a similar collapse himself, he decided to discover how stress could be managed and personal development harnessed to allow people to fulfil their potential. MindStore was the culmination of his findings and now, Jack is recognised as one of the UK's leading authorities on personal development and is an internationally renowned keynote speaker.

MindStore is one of the worlds leading personal development programmes. The system has evolved over 20 years of research and development and underpins a range of unique tools designed to empower anyone to achieve much more in their personal and business lives. MindStore uniquely provides participants with mental tools to harness whole brain thinking, boosting self-belief, creativity, and confidence to succeed and enjoy life to the full. 

PERSONAL DATA & INFORMATION:
 
O Jack was born in Glasgow and raised and educated in the UK.

O Jack has taught "MindStore" to business leaders and many top entrepreneurs. Over half of the FTSE 100 leading companies are clients.  World champions and teams from sport, entertainers and endless leaders and work forces from blue chip companies around the world have all benefited from his teachings.

O Jack has appeared on numerous television and radio programmes. He is regularly featured in magazines and national newspapers.  Jack continues to work with international leaders in the field of performance coaching, creating leading edge approaches to organisational and personal development.  Jack continues to be busy presenting on the international conference circuit.

O  Jack is married, lives and works in the UK and travels extensively to share the MindStore System around the world.

O  Jack is also a book author. His bestselling books are ‘MINDSTORE the Ultimate Mental Fitness Programme’ and ‘MINDSTORE for Personal Development’ 

JACK BLACK QUOTES:

""The greatest gift in life is the ability to think great thoughts and have the strength to take action so that those thoughts become reality in this wonderful and abundant world."

Grace Letley, Media Group Manager - PHD

Grace is currently Media Group Manager working on Kraft and Cadbury for PHD. Prior to this Grace joined Starcom Mediavest on their graduate training scheme in 2007, joining as an Account Manager. Grace worked across a number of accounts at SMG including Kraft Foods, AB InBev, Levi’s, Premier Foods, Avon and Pizza Hut.  During this time she worked extensively with the most senior leaders in the business to lead, coordinate and present on pivotal client projects and (win) pitches. 

In 2009, Grace was selected to be one of the youngest ever groups to attend The Academy, a bespoke 5 day personal development course designed to develop essential life skills to enhance communication and relationships inside and outside of work. She also acts as a mentor for the Haverstock School Partner in Business Scheme and is a volunteer at their regular careers talks and workshops.

Dr. Ruth Smith, Executive Coach

A highly experienced Executive Coach and facilitator, Ruth has extensive experience of coaching and mentoring high performing executives/Board level directors since 1990.

Her business background is in Sales and Marketing and started with Ford Motor Company and since then she has worked with a number of organizations helping them develop their Marketing strategy as well as coaching Sales and Marketing Directors.

Her qualifications include a Psychology degree, an MBA from a leading UK business school and a PhD in Relationship Marketing. She has also trained as a coach (Coaching and Executive Coaching) with one of the world’s leading coaching organizations and is an accredited coach.