Clients and feedback

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, including:

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

See what they’ve said about us and our consultants, trainers and workshops:

  • 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.’

Designing and delivering outstanding training sessions is a large part of what we do. To talk through what we could do for you, please just give us a call on 01582 463465.