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About Beliminal
Transforming challenges into triumphs - together.
We are experts in Agile coaching and training, enterprise agility, organisational change and transformation.
We work with people and organisations that are aspiring to be their best. We collaborate with them as a trusted organisational design and learning partner, helping them to embrace change and unleash their potential.
That’s what makes us different from our competitors. The deck chair reshufflers who make superficial change that’s short-lived low impact.
We use mentoring, coaching and training to help identify the approaches and implementation patterns that will amplify business agility and sustainability, helping leaders and individuals to navigate change.
We challenge ourselves to be truly transformational in our approach to continuous learning, and encourage our clients to do the same. Together, we discover and scale new ways of working that prioritise autonomy, agility and impact.
We deliver transformational change for individuals and teams across the globe.
Our approach to transformation is something we call continuous participatory change. Change in which everyone has a stake and takes ownership. We work with clients who want to create and promote a culture of transparency and accountability – people who genuinely believe that employee satisfaction is achieved by aligning a company’s goals to achieve clearer communication and direction.
We support continued growth with sustainability and inclusion. Our purpose is to inspire individuals to be the best they can be, to amplify the performance of their organisations and to have a positive, sustainable impact on society. Our delivery is deeply rooted in our values and the code of ethics that we commit to.
Beliminal Values
Trust In
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Equality
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Joy In
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Stats to be proud of
Your learning journey in Agile contains many paths one of which is supported self-learning
Since 2021, we have delivered nearly 500 courses in 43 countries, in virtually every industry.
We have over 4000 alumni across the globe.
We are proud of our 98.9% pass rate* for our leading ScrumMaster courses.
We have a team of over 10 Certified Agile trainers.
Our Founding Partners have over 113 years of experience in team and software development environments.
Over 72 years of Agile experience.
Why choose BELIMINAL?
Today’s organisations exist in a world of complexity for which they were never designed.
We get it. Every day, we are all confronted with greater challenges. A demand for more adaptability, impact and humanity in the face of escalating complexity and change.
We believe that change needs to change. Over the past two decades, we have worked with thousands of people and organisations to unleash their potential. To become ‘liminal’ in their approach to change.
One of our recent clients recognised that slow delivery was causing reputational damage. With software releases unable to be released any sooner than in 12 week cycles, their #1 priority was to deliver value to the business at pace. By working with Beliminal, they were able to reduce the time to market by 50% and release every 6 weeks and, in some instances, for critical business issues, deliver every 2 weeks – an 83% reduction in time to market.
A history of success
We are thought leaders in our field. Our trainers and coaches are renowned international conference presenters, published in several books and articles. We’ve played a pivotal role in advising the Scrum Alliance and contributed to the inception and advancement of the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel. We have also led organising committees for Agile Conferences and Agile Coaching Retreats, demonstrating Beliminal’s commitment to community development and learning initiatives.
Meet the Partners
Eben Halford
As an Agile and organisational coach and certified trainer, Eben helps business leaders, managers and teams deliver sustainable solutions faster.
Eben’s background in software delivery, agile methods, coaching and organisational change places him at the intersection of these and enables him to harness change as a driver for business growth and competitive advantage. With a focus on applying systems thinking to solve complex business problems, Eben has worked with companies from start-ups to FTSE100 global corporations to create and facilitate change programmes for executives, leadership teams, senior managers and delivery teams. With his deep understanding of the unique culture of each organisation, Eben brings the benefits of Agile to multi-million-pound programmes and start-ups alike.
Susie Kablean
Susie is an expert at keeping plates spinning. While others in the team generate the creative training we’re known for, she does the hard practical work of pulling a million strands together, so we can keep on delivering.
Originally a PhD level chemist, Susie gave up protons for people and spent a decade and a half steering digital projects to successful completion – many of which were UK-wide, high profile and highly successful. She has worked as a senior project manager, programme manager and business consultant in ecommerce, social media and software projects across the retail, entertainment, media and travel sectors.
Her leadership and facilitation skills were developed while working with agile teams and today her personality and approach plays a key part in sustaining Beliminal’s inclusive, dynamic atmosphere.
They say if you need a job doing, ask a busy person. So, we ask Susie.
Zia Malik
For Zia Malik, organisational change doesn’t just mean adopting new processes and working in new ways. It isn’t even simply about thinking in new ways. True transformation requires challenging beliefs, and that means changing people from the inside.
Zia is one of a small number of UK Certified Enterprise Coaches with the Scrum Alliance, and an experienced Agile trainer, Certified Scrum Trainer CST and professionally trained coach in business and personal coaching, accredited by the International Coach Federation.
Zia has worked as an enterprise coach with individuals, teams and organisations in a range of industries, including fintech, aerospace, pharma and retail.
He works with frameworks such as Scrum, but recognises that these don’t exist in a vacuum. People work within them and adapt to them, and Zia spends much of his time focusing on the psychological motivations and barriers involved in personal and organisational change. Ultimately, it’s about moving from structures and mindsets inherited from the Industrial Revolution towards a smarter way of organising ourselves.
Zia’s training and coaching is both inspiring and thought-provoking, aimed at giving people a set of tools, techniques and concepts they can use to achieve and sustain genuine transformation.
Tom Reynolds
Tom is a highly experienced certified trainer and coach whose insights into the Agile mindset make his training and coaching both effective and genuinely transformative.
Tom has spent more than 30 years working in IT, with a track record of success at major blue chip clients, and has focused on Agile since 2007. Today, as a certified Scrum and Kanban trainer, Agile coach, Organisational Relationship Systems Coach and Personal/Life Coach, he draws on these and other practices to help individuals and teams embrace smart new ways of working that deliver remarkable results.
Tom believes passionately that Agile is not just a framework or set of processes – it’s a new way of thinking. To be truly agile means wholeheartedly embracing change, examining everything you do, being willing to try and fail on the way to your goals and putting complete trust in your team. Taught and coached in this way, Agile can transform the way individuals and teams think and work together.
Tom’s training and coaching are delivered with a freshness and energy that make the process of embracing change as enjoyable as it is challenging. In an inclusive environment that fosters courage, transparency and trust, he inspires individuals and teams to become the best versions of themselves and reveals that change can be exciting, rewarding and, above all, highly productive.
Mark Summers
Mark Summers believes that happiness always comes first. As a leading figure in the growth of Agile coaching, experience has taught him that a team that’s having fun will perform far better.
When he was a developer, Mark loved solving tech problems and creating world class software solutions. As a Certified Scrum Trainer and Certified Enterprise Coach, he finds it even more satisfying to help people solve their own problems and create exceptional teams. He was one of the UK’s first Agile coaches and today is a leading figure in the ongoing story of Agile training and coaching, a speaker at conferences, a leader of retreats, and a coach who never stops reflecting and evolving. Mark believes that being an agent of change means being on a continuous learning journey yourself.
For Mark, enjoyment isn’t an optional extra – that’s where businesses go wrong. He believes that the organisation of the future will be driven by self-organising, self-motivated teams and facilitated by manager-coaches, rather than led by traditional dictator-managers. Mark sees his work – coaching teams, leadership and organisations in their move to agility – as part of a bigger shift in society.
Uncompromisingly honest with himself, energising and thought-provoking as a coach, Mark is 100% committed to helping people succeed by becoming happier, more open and more autonomous as individuals and as teams.
