About me

My name is Ian Johnstone, I have been working in the Hospitality & Customer Services industries for over 2 decades in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. Over this time I have worked as a Workplace Trainer, and Sales & Service Training Consultant for 4 & 5-star hotels, restaurants, bars and cafes.


I have also worked in learning & development in a variety of other industries such as leisure and fitness management, Heavy Vehicle Transport,  the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and in IT management.

Overall I have a pretty diverse experience, working in L&D for a variety of industries.   On this journey, I have experienced the good, the bad and the ugly of workplace training.   

 Based on these experiences I have developed a range of training tools and resources that I use when I work with my clients, and I want to be able to share them with you.

When I am not working on my training site Train the Workplace I am running my small training consultancy called Profitable Employee.


Train the Workplace


Profitable Employee