Tony Nutley

Tony Nutley​

Tony is the CEO and Founder of the UK College of Personal Development which he launched in 1998 and was incorporated as a limited company in 2008.

Over the last 25 years, UKCPD has grown into an internationally recognised award-winning educational institute delivering best-in-class training, coaching and organisational development services.

Tony is a passionate Success Coach; his coaching work is based on his many years of experience working with companies both large and small.

Tony is a highly dynamic and inspirational trainer and Success Coach, as well as being a key member of the UKCPD Team he works for organisations nationally and internationally as a Trainer and Performance Coach.

In 2017, he was awarded the ACQ Global Award “UK Gamechanger of the Year” for his work on organisational change and performance coaching.

Tony has constantly pushed the field of NLP forward and worked with people to increase the standing of NLP in the minds of the general public, the corporate world and academia. He has played a key part in various projects that have moved NLP into the mainstream and he continues to work on new and imaginative projects around this outcome.

The UK College of Personal Development were the very first organisation in the UK to develop the traditional NLP Practitioner training into a more practical and coaching-focused programme, developing innovative models and mapping the comprehensive NLP toolbox against popular coaching frameworks. In addition to the Association For NLP (ANLP) accreditation, they were also the very first organisation to have their NLP Practitioner training accredited by the Association For Coaching (AC) and the ILM.

Recently, the UK College of Personal Development’s reputation for its high standards of training and student support has been recognised, receiving awards such as:

  • Best NLP Training & Coaching Organisation – UK
  • Award for Excellence in Leadership & Management Training – UK
  • Global 100 Excellence Award

Tony has published 12 books on the benefits of personal development, NLP and Coaching. He is an Accredited NLP Master Trainer and is an accredited user of the EBW and iWAM Psychometric tools.

His professional memberships include:

Tony is an advisor to the Association For Coaching (AC) on standards of training programmes, recognition and accreditation. (Training Course Recognition Forum). He is also on the advisory and training programme accreditation board for the Association For NLP (ANLP).

Outside of his work, Tony is an enthusiastic cook, he has a keen taste for Italian food and Spanish wine.  

His motto is: “It always seems impossible until it is done”