Testimonials
“I was sceptical at first about how a few emails would make a difference, but your Time Rediscovered E-course has really helped me to identify, focus on and achieve my priorities.”
Rufus Wickham
Head Chef – Sam’s Brasserie
From Acorn Maintenance Engineering re Advanced Communication Skills workshop May 2006
“David is a good trainer, very impressed!”
“Content was good - an eye opener!”
“Best Course I have been on!”
“Tangible points were learnt that can be applied. It makes you think differently at client meetings and when dealing with technicians.”
“David makes the day a laugh and a joke and allows you to get your point across. He gets you involved and makes you participate.”
Comments from Managers and Directors of Acorn Maintenance Engineering
“I personally thought the day was a great success both in lessons learnt and as a good team building day. All of the managers are keen to have a follow up workshop!”
Graham Errington
Managing Director
Acorn Maintenance Engineering
“Thought your presentation on Influencing Others was superb. Inspirational as the name of your company would suggest.”
Bryan Jones
Consultant
“Thank you so very much for your LAB profiles workshop last Monday. As always, it was very good, genuinely useful and well received by the newcomers and older hands alike.”
Julian Campbell
Founder, Colchester NLP Group
“David knows how to get into my mind. I'm not a great one for management books but David points me towards a piece in a book and I can relate to it immediately.”
Sam Harrison – Restaurateur, Owner Sam’s Brasserie
“We have seen some real improvement in the relations with staff. This has had an impact on the atmosphere in the office and there has been an increase in productivity as a result of a more professional approach.”
Richard Partington Director
Richards Partington Architects
“Objectives are always carefully discussed and agreed before starting each project. Strategically David has helped the team put together and understand the balanced business scorecard for the business, which has been a great business tool and remains a great business driver.”
Graham Errington
Managing Director
Acorn Maintenance Engineering
“I really appreciate David’s enthusiasm for his work and his willingness to spend additional time with coaches and colleagues when they need extra support or explanation.”
Nicholas, Management Consultant
“I particularly like David’s non-confrontational approach when dealing with more difficult members of the group and the way he exercises a great flexibility in finding ways to subdue and satisfy interruptions.”
Nicholas, Management Consultant
“I’ve known David for almost a year now and each time I work with him, I come away with a richer understanding of myself and others around me.”
Nicholas, Management Consultant
“The LAB Profiles are absolutely fascinating! Thank you David!”
Pippa Anderson
Director
Fourth Hurdle Consulting Ltd
“Of all the people who have been involved with advising us David is by far way above the rest in the practical advice and support that he has given us”.
Nick Farcas
Director
System Concepts
“I found your talk on Managing Time fascinating and extremely useful.”
Maria Bussell
Interior Designer
Haskoll Architects
04/08/04
“I’m writing to thank you for your time and for your insightful, enthusiastic and thought provoking presentation it was appreciated by all.”
Danny Parris
Head of Business Development
HARRIS LIPMAN
“Absolutely delighted to receive my LAB Profile and thought it made very interesting reading. To be honest, I like it so much and dead impressed with how you've put it together, that I have informed our Senior Partner Barry that I'm going to put him through it as part of his own CPD.”
Danny Parris
Head of Business Development
HARRIS LIPMAN
Dear David
I just wanted to write and thank you for your invaluable help relating to a disciplinary matter falling under my jurisdiction. Your calm and knowledgeable guidance has been informative and reassuring to me that we are treating our employees fairly and that we are complying with the relevant laws.
The whole process has been quite stressful for all concerned, but would have been considerably more so without you being available for the short telephone consultations and I really am very grateful indeed for your time.
Sandy Reeve
Life & Pensions Manager
City Asset Management Plc
This a short but sincere note of thanks to you for running such an excellent well structured course. It taught me new things, updated my existing skills and gave me good ideas…what more could I ask? I also appreciated the high quality of the course tutors and the good atmosphere created on the course. Thanks for your part in that.
If the course runs again, please let me know and I’ll be sending other people from our company on the course.
Pippa Anderson
Director
Fourth Hurdle Consulting Ltd
My lasting memory of working with you is that you gave me the tools for me to make my own decisions. You didn't try to persuade me to follow a certain path but used techniques which enabled me to think more clearly about where I was headed.
I was able to value something I was already doing more highly so that I could enjoy it more (being a mother) and I was able to recognize the pattern I kept repeating when I would change career so dramatically.
I value the fact that when you worked with me and I'm sure everyone else, that you made me feel that what I was doing was important, and that my problems with trying to find something rewarding and challenging weren't a case of just wanting too much from work. It is possible to gain satisfaction within a job if you find the right work and recognise the signs that boredom are setting in so you can challenge yourself again or gain more information.
Abby Newman
“As a coach you are: Inspiring, direct, refreshing, full of energy with a clarity of approach to the given project.”
Michael Sharp
General Manager
Central Hall Westminster
“Through your input I was able to reflect/understand more clearly my working relationships. What and who influenced me and who I might effect on, be that positive or negative. In short you made me much more aware of my working environment.”
Patrick Appleby
"As you are aware you have been dealing with "Mr Cynical" of Acorn Maintenance, I still remain cautiously sceptical but I am sure you will continue to beat this out of me. Introducing HR principles to engineers can't be the easiest of tasks.
Since our introduction many years ago you have advised, guided and coached me through an M.B.O. and subsequent reorganisation of the company which has led to successful growth and improved profitability. Most importantly you have brought about a major culture shift within the company. As direct result of your guidance and influence we now have a highly motivated work force pulling the company forward at an incredible rate of growth and with a passion for improvement.
From my perspective the key points and milestones have been the series of one day management work shops to deal with basic management skills & specific HR issues. This has allowed us to set up a practical workable system including the induction procedure and job chat scheme which I believe are second to none.
More strategically you have helped the team put together and understand the balanced business scorecard for the business which has been a great business tool and remains a great business driver.
Your one to one coaching sessions with management and sales force have been extraordinarily successful.
I feel that you have been a major influence on the development of Acorn maintenance. I have always found your support and advice to be both practical and pragmatic. Your approach to be calm and reasoned, it has been a pleasure and a benefit to the company to work with you.
I take this opportunity to thank you once again for all your help and guidance and to wish you well in your new venture of which we will be an on going part.”
Graham Errington
Managing Director
Acorn Maintenance Engineering Ltd
“Many thanks for the one-on-one life coaching over the years. It has delivered both immediate and long-term benefits to my personal and career development.
In particular, it provided a powerful and insightful mirror to help me identify my strengths and weaknesses. You also facilitated the process for me to use these insights to develop myself in ways I could not have done alone.
Your ability to listen and adjust your approach to my individual needs was a significant factor in achieving the results I wanted.
I look forward to further professional and personal links.”
Dr. Robert J. Nicholls
Professor of Coastal Engineering
University of Southampton
“I want to thank you so much for your help coaching on the Words That Change Minds program. It was a pleasure working with you and we got excellent feedback from the participants about the quality of the coaching. I was very impressed with how you handled yourself and would like you to be a member of the team.”
Shelle Rose Charvet
Success Strategies / Stratégies de réussite
(Author of Words That Change Minds)
“Thanks for being one of the team on the Language and Behavioural Profile Consultant and Trainer Programme 2005. Thanks also for all your enthusiasm and insights, for caring so much about our participants and for being so willing to grow.”
Shelle Rose Charvet
Success Strategies / Stratégies de réussite
(Author of Words That Change Minds)
“I really value the way in which you work, you always listen to exactly what we need and through discussion we come up with the best solution.”
Sharon Hamane
HR Manager
Acorn Maintenance
“I have really appreciated your combination of energy, commitment, and passion and I really value your manic adherence to principles of customer service, and maintaining contact.”
Geoff Brinsden
HR Director
Radio Taxis
“Your delivery is always so informative and you truly know your topic. Your ability to teach to a wide number of people with very contrasting opinions and learning styles is admirable and I for one find your sessions both enlightening and entertaining. You do not preach, which so many trainers do, but you deliver what that particular group requires whilst always reflecting back to previous sessions and real-life situations.
I am a better manager for your input into my professional career.”
Gemma Carr
Manager
Fitness Professionals
“A brilliant Adviser – very knowledgeable, approachable and enthusiastic”
Lucy Hanlon
HR Manager Equisys plc.
“David has delivered above and beyond what has been expected and asked for. The project has met all of it’s requirements and has covered areas that we did not expect.
He is warm, approachable and professional. He has worked diligently with our members of staff to improve things.”
James Newman
MD
Step Teachers
“It's always good to have someone help you see things from a different perspective - to look under stones and see what's there. David has always been able to do this and to even point out different stones to look under that I would have never thought about.”
Mike Crane
MD, Whitby Bird
“You were a wonderful teacher in the art of training for me. I remember how you used music to create a totally different atmosphere for the group, and how you managed to let everyone feel they had something worthwhile to contribute to the group. So thanks for showing me the way when I thought I was in total darkness.”
Jilla Jamfar
Social Enterprise London
I am writing to let you know how helpful you were in coaching me. Your insight helped me uncover an overriding pattern that had “dogged” me for years when doing presentations. I believe your knowledge of people coupled with your empathy and insight really helped me pull through this difficult situation and learn more about myself and stay focused on the end result—my presentation skills, so I could successfully accomplish the task at hand.
As you know my education and training is in clinical psychology, in addition to the mental health background, I was an executive in the entertainment industry and currently have my own consulting practice.
I certainly recommend you to anyone considering coaching as a way to improve performance, crisis intervention and resolution of personal issues. Please feel free to offer my contact information to anyone wishing additional information.
Alan Liebert
Chair of the Missouri Film Commission
Advisory Board Member - Webster University’s School of Arts and Sciences
“I really found the techniques of the seminar so useful . . . I was complimented by the client after the meeting as to how effective the meeting was and how impressed he was with the way it was run. The rush of compliments of course made me feel great but more to the point, I got this part of the project running smoothly!”
Judith Kelly
Associate Director
for Haskoll
