Client comments
"We all have our own way of doing things that comes naturally, sometimes we need to go beyond this. Dave helped me to see how an outstanding colleague of mine achieved results with their team, which was the catalyst to move my own team on to greater performance. I have reorganised my as a result and some real stars have emerged."
"The modelling programme allowed me to understand and then try to reproduce the ability of a colleague to positively influence a team's behaviour in a way I had always admired. This was translated for me into some simple language and cues that I could easily practise, i.e. reduced to practice rather than theory. The impact has been positive, with some coaching support I've found it easier than previously to achieve similar levels of performance from a team. As ever the final result is down to me but it's good to have a map."
"Working with Dave has helped me become more resourceful and flexible in my responses to challenging situations in my job. I'm now less dependent on approval and praise and better at understanding my own full range of strengths and internal resources. I've learned that others run habitual patterns of their own and what might seem threatening or rude behaviour is really just what they always do. It doesn't mean anything!
The practical outcomes from working with Dave have enabled me to prepare myself for important meetings or tasks so that I can be in my best state from the beginning and then deal confidently with whatever others do or say. This has allowed me to be more confident in my approach and judgement and in all my dealings with my team and senior management.
This process has helped me make real and lasting positive changes in the workplace."
"My coaching sessions with Dave gave me a better understanding of both myself and others and equipped me with a range of really useful tools and techniques. Now my interactions with others are more successful as I better understand other people's perspective and I am more flexible in my own approach. I am more confident and in control as I have more options in any given situation and this also means I am much less stressed! Dave is a very friendly and professional coach who works with you to deliver the techniques that are right for you. NLP has given me a new way of looking at my life and I would definitely recommend Dave's coaching to others."
"The objective of the programme was to enable me to assimilate and replicate some of the most effective behaviours exhibited by one of my colleagues in the management team.
I found the content to be based on sound, easily understandable principles. I was taught a number of simple-to-learn tools to apply when I need to operate differently to be more effective. Together these make up a powerful toolkit that has the potential to transform my performance at work and in any other situation, for that matter. The application of the tools is up to me, but I know that Dave would be happy to provide 'after sales service' if I had specific issues on which I needed more guidance.
Dave is an excellent coach. He is very patient and measured in his approach. His questioning style is very empathetic and supportive. He is very analytical and perceptive, enabling him to determine individual needs. This leads to sound judgements about the approaches that would be most effective to employ.
I found learning the tools quite straightforward. The deeper challenge for me was to decide whether or not I actually wanted to invest my time and energy in applying them to my current role. Dave helped me to come to the conclusion that I did not. He was very flexible during our sessions and covered whatever ground we needed to be of value to me. Aside from the more formal teaching of the programme content, he was able to offer advice based on broad experience of the real world of industry, and my own organisation in particular.
I would recommend this programme to anyone who has a desire or need to 'break out' - to transform their performance in a current role or to equip them to take on new challenges with great confidence and enhanced chances of success."
"I had regular NLP coaching sessions with Dave over a six month period, from both a professional and a personal point of view. At the time I was studying for my NLP Master Practitioner qualification and also working as a therapist at our local Natural Health Centre. Dave's thoughtful insight and support with clients often led to the development of very innovative techniques, with some amazingly successful results! He was very much driven by the individual rather than by case histories, and gave a lot of time to a client or a particular issue in between sessions. In this respect he was an excellent mentor.
I was also considering making changes in other areas of my life, and we worked through a number of the barriers that I felt were holding me back. As a result of his interventions I was freed from some very limiting beliefs I had about myself, and I have now relocated to a different area, started a new relationship and am working full-time on a Masters Degree in Creative Writing - which had up until that point been an elusive and unfulfilled goal!"
"Thank you for your time, for showing me how to think with a whole new perspective, and for teaching me how to use a very powerful tool - the visualisation technique. Our discussion made me see myself more objectively and also to realise the enormous power that my belief system has on everything I do.
... thank you once again for your words of wisdom."
