Clients and feedback

The boardroom effectiveness company

GREAT clients
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What our clients say about us

It has been our pleasure and privilege to work with a remarkably wide range of UK and international organisations in recent years, from all sectors.

Clients

Altechnic • Ashton Care Group • Barley Homes Group Ltd • BAe Systems • Bearing Point • Bell and Clements • Bradshaw Taylor • Bridge Hall • Brooks Macdonald • Ceres Power Ltd • Chime (Exeter Deaf Academy) • Connect Vending • County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service • Daventry DC • Davies Vets Specialists • DBS • DDB • Durham CC • Eastern FMS • Electralink • Ford Retail • Fresenius • GE Energy Management • GHC Capital Markets Ltd • Gowing & Hunt • Great British Prawns • Heber Ltd • Horiba • Integrated Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd • Ipserv • Ipswich BC • Jemca • Lichfields • Marie Stopes • McLennan Servo Supplies Limited • Millbrook Healthcare • Natixis • NHS Bedfordshire Community Dental Services • Nottingham City General Practice Alliance (NCGPA) • Ocean Sky • Oktra • Opus People Solutions Ltd • PCMG • Quarr Group • Rawlings Opticians • Reaction Engines • Reviss • RTC Group • Scott Bader • Sigma Sports • Simons Group • Staurus • Suffolk County Council • The British Mountaineering Council • Transmission Investment • UK Payments Administration Ltd • Unity Partnership • Vistra (Jersey) Limited • Weatherbys • West Suffolk Council • WJ Linkline Group

Feedback

‘Brilliant.’
‘Challenging in a positive way.’
‘Good opportunity to discuss the role of director and what my role should be in moving the company forward.’
‘Appreciate the trainer had to condense the course into 4 hours; I think he did a great job.’
‘Delivery to a small group enabled us to explore issues related to our company.’
‘Relevant and easily understood.’
‘Great for newly appointed directors.’
‘A good training course to understand the director’s responsibilities and how to run the board.’
‘Very useful information covering all areas of being a company director.’
‘Valuable food for thought, and a solid guide as a new director.’
‘Good content, lots of meat and examples.’
‘Good explanations of governance and good advice about how to operate as a board.’
‘Well-presented, facilitated discussions well, and very knowledgeable.’
‘Very knowledgeable and experienced, excellent standard of information and ability to answer questions.’
‘Very useful overview of company boards’/directors’ responsibilities. Great for new directors.’
‘A good overview of corporate governance and board composition.’
‘Excellent overview of board and company structure and related legal responsibilities of a director.’
‘Informative, interesting and stimulating.’
‘Good overview allowing enough time for discussion and enough detail.’
‘Gave us a chance to talk about how we are doing things and identify some actions we can take.’
‘Provided a comprehensive overview of effective governance in a manner that encourages discussion.’
‘Excellent – really engaged with attendees and tailored the course to our organisation.’
‘Knowledgeable and facilitated good discussion.’
‘Engaged, listened and took on board comments and the eccentricities of the organisation and its structure.’
‘Right amount of relevant knowledge delivered at the right pace and level.
‘Comprehensive, interesting, informational / educational and thought-provoking day’s discussion providing many suggestions for how we can be a more effective board.’
‘Covered a lot of areas I hadn’t even thought of.’
‘A must-have for all companies / directors.’
‘Very personable and good at getting board to share key shortfalls in knowledge and concerns.’
‘Very knowledgeable and happy to offer examples and facilitate difficult discussions.’
‘Engaging, interesting and able to elicit views from attendees, even on sensitive issues.’
‘I hadn’t expected the strategic insight, which I thought was excellent.’
‘Informative, thought provoking and concise.’
‘A great introduction to Board etiquette, strategy and considerations.
‘Recommend’
‘Solid financial information and insight.
‘Difficult topic made accessible.’
‘I will feel more confident going to board meetings from now on!’
‘Finance explained!’
‘Good relevant information, well presented, value-adding.’
‘Really helpful to understand – particularly the financials.’
‘Very good.’
‘Very knowledgeable and friendly! Made the day enjoyable and kept it interesting.’
‘Captured the attention of attendees during the presentation.’
‘Clear, professional and knowledgeable.’
‘Easy to communicate and relate to.’
‘Experienced trainer, with good level of knowledge.’
‘Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic trainer.’
‘Very knowledgeable, especially of our company.’
‘Trainer is very good; explains things simply so you can understand and have time to ask any questions.’
‘Likeable and focused’
‘Friendly, knowledgeable and integrated well with our team.’
‘Would recommend.’
‘Very informative and thought-provoking.
‘Pitched just right and tailored to our specific circumstances.’
‘More useful and thought-provoking session than anticipated.’
‘Excellent trainer – highly qualified.’
‘Very informative, covered everything I needed to know.’
‘A good balance of legal and financial background without being over-scary.’
‘Tailored high level theories to relevant businesses. Obvious business experience and knowledge shone through.’
‘Course was pitched at the right level for the group attending.’
‘Really useful refresher. Challenge of putting thinking into practice!’
‘Sam excelled at presenting and discussing the effective directors workshop – allowing full involvement of the participants.’
‘An excellent opportunity to explore Directors’ responsibilities and facilitate a discussion of our business values / direction.’
‘An excellent overview of the role and responsibility of the director and the context of the board.’
‘Explains role of a director and how a healthy board functions.’
‘Lots of content, delivered clearly and logically.’
‘Very clear and concise presentation on what we needed to know.’
‘Very good, professional and effective.’
‘Excellent.’
‘Informal – encourages discussion.’
‘Well informed. Flexible. Able to respond to the concerns and questions raised by the group.’
‘Very knowledgeable and flexible with our endless questions / discussions.’
‘Very responsive, clear and professional. Excellent trainer. (I don’t usually give top marks on these things!).’
‘Very engaging! Did well to let us all talk and direct the day.’
‘Very informative, covered everything I needed to know.’
‘Excellent.’
‘Good knowledge of associated subjects.’
‘Very knowledgeable and presents with good humour.’
‘Good delivery and pace – good knowledge of subject.’
‘A great overview to directors governance.’
‘Professional, interesting and experienced.’
‘Encourages one to think in detail about the overall purpose and effectiveness of the board and how this can be best achieved.’
‘Good detailed overview of board and director accountabilities and ideal areas of focus.’
‘Comprehensive discussion of the role and responsibilities of a director that allowed respondents’ to reflect and challenge assumptions.’
‘Excellent trainer – highly qualified.’
‘Excellent and thought-provoking.’
‘Real-life examples helped to put complex content into context.’
‘Very knowledgeable trainer and ran at good pace.’
‘Lovely open style of presenting and pulling out the salient discussion points..
‘Knowledgeable from experience with insight and humour, the best combo!’
‘Good pace. Good conversations.’
‘Makes you think about how you structure your meetings.’
‘A thought-provoking day which started a bunch of interesting conversations whilst learning.’
‘Informative in lots of areas I’d not considered.’
‘Valuable information, distilled in a clear way, offering a good opportunity to reflect and improve.’
‘Informative. Some good biz models presented.’
‘An excellent grounding in the things that a newly appointed company director needs to know.’
‘The method of delivery and experience of David gave real credibility to his teaching/theory. Highlighted some significant areas for development of CIC but also for myself.’
‘In-depth expert knowledge of trainer appreciated role of board and role of NED within that.’
‘Lots of clarity on role and responsibility.’
‘Excellent blend of formal ‘roles and responsibilities of directors’ with good business knowledge and advice in general.’
‘It was a conversation, informal and gave me lots of practical improvements/thoughts for later.’
‘David was very engaging and tweaked the course content to suit our needs as an audience.’
‘Got me thinking about board role more broadly.’
‘Very good. Turned dry topic into engaging management/strategic issues. Made topic very practical and relevant through good discussion and philosophical debate.’
‘Wider than just the statutory obligation of a Company Director. Stakeholder mapping tool will be useful.’
‘Important to have information clearly explained in an increasingly complex area. Presented in a pragmatic’
‘Very joyful.’
‘Removed board from day-to-day business pressures and encouraged horizontal thinking calmly about corporate governance issues.’
‘A useful opportunity to focus on new challenges and requirements.’
‘Although we may think, most points are “obvious”, there was a real need (for me) to challenge my role as a board member. ‘
‘Excellent insight into the responsibilities of a company director and the legalities which go with this position.’
‘Good to train within our workplace. Being a small group could make the course relevant to our business.’
‘Enlightening.’
‘Very informative and enjoyable.’
‘I was very interested in director’s duties and liability in UK. It was useful to know the difference between UK and Europe continental countries.’
‘Would recommend.’
‘A great introduction to Board etiquette, strategy and considerations.’
‘Excellent overview of board and company structure and related legal responsibilities of a Director.’
‘Informative, interesting and stimulating.’

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