Barrie is a psychologist specialising in career development and lifelong learning, and a serial entrepreneur. Beginning his paid work as a psychometrician working with the National Foundation for Educational Research, he soon moved to Leeds University as a researcher into vocational guidance. This was the beginning of a distinguished academic and commercial career in which he has authored 40 books and set up five successful organisations in the UK and one in the USA. Career highlights *Director, Vocational Guidance Research Unit, Leeds University *Founder and director, Counselling and Career Development Unit, Leeds University *Co-founder and Chairman, Lifeskills International *Co-Chairman of Hay-Lifeskills Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hay Group *Chairman, Axia Interactive Media *Non Executive Director Guidance Enterprises Group *Founder and non-executive director, 3 Albion Place, Leeds' leading private members club and conference and events venue Trustee of Disability Sport Yorkshire *Chair Quality in Careers Standard Consortium *Non Executive Director Aspire-Igen *Fellow of the British Psychological Society *Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts *His 39 books cover personal and career development, quality service, transition and change management, generic training skills, marriage and Lifeskills teaching. In 2008 with Mike Scally he wrote the follow up book to Build Your Own Rainbow- The Rainbow Years: The Pluses of Being 50+, Middlesex University Press. He wrote "And What Do You Do? 10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career', with Katie Ledger, A&C Black, October 2009, and published by Bloomsbury USA in May 2010. He has just launched www.five-a-dale.com to combat child obeslity. Barrie now enjoys a portfolio career as a consultant, author, blogger, mentor, presenter and entrepreneur. His passions remain lifelong learning, portfolio living and using new technology to further learning and development. These days there is a new focus - that of being 50+. Current projects include: writing web-enabled learning programmes for organisations such as learndirect, campaigning and blogging about the joys of being 50+, portfolio careers and living happier. He really enjoys patronising his local Wine Club. He has 2 children and 2 grandchildren and is highly motivated to impact the world in which they are growing up. He loves running and raises funds for the Sroke Association as his wife had a major stroke in 2010. He has devoted his life to helping people become architects of their own futures.
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