About Us
Experience
David's career in employment spanned 25 years working in a Global Manufacturing Industry, both in the UK and extensively in Europe. Throughout his career he was recognised for his people development skills and entrusted to develop people as high achievers. He is a leader whose coaching style is principally centred on performance and who generates and values innovation and diversity. David achieves hard business results through the development of people both individually and teams in a responsible and empathic manner to achieve mutual best results.
Branching Out
Whilst employed he took the opportunity to further his education to Post Graduate level in Strategic Operational Management and strongly believes in continuous self-development and seeking new experiences.
In 2007 David set up his own business drawing on his skills and experiences to offer services which develop business to the next level. Ranging from the shop floor and facilitating training/development of people and process to Executive Coaching and Leadership Development/Creation. All focused on Performance Improvement and making a difference now and in the future - no short-term fixes here. Focusing upon the skill and natural passion he has further invested in developing his people skills and formally studied with the Coaching Academy. He professionally qualified in 2009 with Distinctions as a Personal, Executive and Corporate Coach. He is also a trained administrator of MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) and, as part of this, gives feedback and follow-up on a one-to-one basis.
Competitive Advantage
His competitive advantage has been described as:
Mr Andrew Summerbell - District Commander Cleveland Police
"David's practical background experience in business - both as a man-manager and a change agent in diverse cultures - give him excellent insight and enable him to make sessions as relevant as possible.
David's personal qualities - being an excellent listener, empathic, approachable and a tough questioner (when required) - make him very easy to strike up a relationship with. He is very honest and direct and inspires trust."
Angela Anderson – Managing Director – Zenith People Ltd
"David was able to work with an employee to identify and establish specific goals, and encourage the employee to visualise what achieving the goal would be like, then through a process of coaching he would help the individual to identify potential obstacles and barriers such that they could be worked around or over come to achieve the desired goal."
Jo Lupton – HR & Administration Manager - CreateCity Ltd
"David has a grounded and personable approach built up from working with teams and managers within different organisations. His skills enable him to identify winning strategies by drawing upon 20+year’s hard experience and success - not something readily available these days. One of his key strengths is understanding people and engaging them to realise their own potential."
Mark Knox – Contract Director – Serco
"Excellent experience in high performing teams and knowledge in developing organization /teams to high performance. This includes structuring work, identifying accountability and motivating team members so that decisions are make at the lowest possible level in the organization which in turn will lead to huge competitive advantage."
Gary Fallon – Head of Innovation Strategy and Planning – British American Tobacco Ltd
What it's like to work with David?
The best way to find out is to canvass opinions of those who have worked closely with him over the years.
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Working with David was interesting and it was refreshing to work with someone who is passionate about what they do. He has a clear energy that focuses on understanding your business and its people.
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Engaging and inspiring. He looks at potential issues, operational or personal, with an objective and fair style. Brings people on board to see the solution themselves - be empowered to lead/make the change.
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It is very easy to work with David - he is professional and really knows his stuff - but at the same time he is friendly, approachable and has an excellent sense of humour. Sessions with David are both productive and enjoyable. He is extremely flexible in terms timing of meetings and he always offers added-value where he can.
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A very positive experience. Dave balances professionalism with realism.
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Great fun. He possesses a huge amount of energy and a strong belief that there is always a better way to get things done.
"The police have delivered Professional Development Days for a number of years but this year we wanted something different from the norm; something more inspiring and innovative. David's contribution in designing an interactive presentation which delivered a key message each day was thought provoking and has provided a base line which we are using to help develop our organisation.
His passion and enthusiasm showed in the manner he undertook the event and the feedback we received from a large audience has been positive. BY far this year's event has provided us with more feedback than ever, feedback upon which we can develop the environment for staff and service to the public."