Dave Thomas, MIC

Dave Thomas, MIC

Senior Leadership Coach

Dave is a professional leadership and management development practitioner. He has many years’ experience, both in the UK and overseas, in the following areas: designing, presenting and delivering, team building, leadership and management development programmes. He has worked with a wide range of clients  including Vodafone, Orange and Panasonic. In January 2024 Dave became the oldest person to cross Antarctica on skis!

A holder of the Mountain Instructor Certificate and British Canoe Union Level 4 Inland Kayak Coach, he has travelled extensively in Scandinavia, Iceland, the European Alps, Corsica, Kenya, Tanzania, North and South America, Canada and Cyprus. He has a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring. Dave has a real world practical knowledge, obtained over many years, of developing people and teams, delivering effective leadership, improving communication and team dynamics.

Testimonials

“Following a successful team build for our 50 strong department I can recommend Call of the Wild for their professional approach and excellent organisational skills. Here at Orange, we recognise the value of team building exercises for our employees and Call of the Wild did not disappoint.”Bob Gibney, Orange Mobile Phones

“We’re a fast- growing business which places a high value on our staff and we want to reward and develop them as much as possible. Call of the Wild provide us with superb packages that are tailored to meet our exact objectives.”John Bridgen, Orbis Technologies

I have found working with Lou absolutely fantastic – She quickly figured out my learning style and strengths and helped me to really make progress after not feeling I had made so much with my previous tutor. She has been supportive, and  is very knowledgeable, and I could tell that she had been a manager and that she had worked in business so that when she was coaching me and we were in discussion the advice was useful and real. Call of the Wild has been a great course provider and has met the needs of me and the other learners in the business. I have spoken to all other learners at the business who have not had anything negative to say. I feel that completing this ILM level 5 in business management and leadership has helped me so much in my role – when I have to provide reports, when I plan and when I build relationships. It has also reminded me to keep evidence of everything that goes on and I now notice things in business and in my department that I hadn’t before. During my time doing this course I have implemented new policies and approaches in my department which I wouldn’t have had the confidence to do before.  

F. Church, 6th October 2025
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