A Case History Featuring One of Our Clients
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From our clients:
“Excellent, the feedback was instant, valid, supportive and helpful, I have gained confidence” Ken May, Sun Life of Canada “Excellent course. Very positive, enthusiastic and encouraging. Many thanks!” Ashley Pither, Sun Life of Canada "We are stunned. Nothing prepared us for such excellence and value for money. All our delegates had a great day which both helped them and changed them. Thank you lifecollege" Caredon District Council “The course was excellent, without a doubt the best course leader I have ever worked with." Ellie Redrup, Computer Associates plc. "The course was excellent; the encouragement gave me confidence and made me know I could achieve this.” S.Clapperton, Cisco Systems Ltd “Excellent, the best course I have ever been on, anyone who does presentations should attend, it has boosted my confidence no end.” Colin Foreman, Computer Associates plc. “Thank you for a great course. It was delivered seemingly without effort, professionally and concisely. I came away a different person.” Wayne Jones, Computer associates plc. Testimonials and feedback for Lifecollege – general
Career Development for Senior Staff: “I recommend everyone should attend this course and its associated coaching. Lifecollege gave me encouragement, clarity, skills, self-esteem and great confidence. Michael Hickson, National Trust Beyond Team Leadership: “There were significant challenges and a lot of fun. The diversity allowed all in our team to shine - some when they did not expect to and when we did not expect them to. You have a brilliant product here. Thank you!” Bob Brown, Director, British Publishing Company Ltd. Motivation and Leadership: "I’m absolutely amazed. I cannot believe such a series of events could happen. Nothing prepared us for such excellence and value for money. The perfection of the process and outcomes has transformed the group I work with - even the most challenging member of staff smiled!” Ivor Jones, Caradon District Council Organizational Development – Creating a customer orientation: “This Lifecollege programme was developed to meet our need for a more flexible, customer orientated workforce. Our people, with embedded traditions of technical expertise and poor customer empathy were dealt a swift, efficient and excellent value lesson by Lifecollege, especially given the degree of change required. We eventually rolled out the programme to the whole workforce – MD and receptionists included. Jackie Platt, HRD Director, The Environment Agency Women into Management: Recognising the relative difficulties experienced by women in accessing management positions, Lifecollege originated a programme comprising modular learning, coaching and mentoring of leadership and management skills. Drawing on both National Occupational Standards for Leadership and Management and experiential learning strategies Lifecollege provided the support, confidence and expertise utilising existing experience and applying the relevant skills and understandings needed to thrive. Four hundred women undertook the programme before it was rolled out, with the help of Cambridge University, and funded by us, to a wider audience across the UK. Alison Boyer, SW LSC. Powerful Presentations Programme “Excellent, the best course I have ever been on, anyone who does presentations should attend, it has boosted my confidence no end.” Colin Foreman, Computer Associates plc. Stress management coaching “I have gained my objectives I am more open and have more self belief, I highly recommend this coaching.” Anne Sercombe, Senior Manager National Trust "The course was excellent; the encouragement gave me confidence and made me know I could achieve this.” S.Clapperton, Cisco Systems Ltd Executive coaching and mentoring with Ian Lewis “Ian, the time I spend with you, the phone calls, the support, are all worth 100 times the actual cash I give you (but that’s cash flow for you in a very rapidly expanding business – expansion which is your fault) I will make it up Instead of calling you every time I need some help, I just want to text you for a change and say thank you for all your time you give me. I value you probably more than you will ever realise so thank you.” Dominic Goodale, MD, Dancor Acoustics ltd., “I saw in Pippa what it takes to become an excellent presenter able to cope with difficult situations” Ian Thompson, Nokia “Thank you so much for your very useful feedback and summary attachments. The partners all agreed Lifecollege were far and away the best facilitators we have had. Hoping to see you again next year.” Dr Steve Scott-Perry Executive coaching and mentoring with Ian Lewis with particular reference to working at board and director level.
“Ian, the time I spend with you, the phone calls, the support, are all worth 100 times the actual cash I give you (but that’s cash flow for you in a very rapidly expanding business – expansion which is your fault) I will make it up Instead of calling you every time I need some help, I just want to text you for a change and say thank you for all your time you give me. I value you probably more than you will ever realise so thank you.” Dominic Goodale, MD, Dancor Acoustics ltd., Strategic planning and development with directors: “The facilitation, mentoring and coaching of board members and senior managers undertaken by Ian of Lifecollege.org, moved our senior people through vision creation to vision realization and implementation strategies. Lifecollege are well worth the investment – every idea is focused on key outputs and either saves money or makes money. Mark Maidment, Steve Head, Serco FM PLC Sustainable Development in an Emerging Economy: Working overseas is a particular ability and strategic and tactical insights, of relevance, are rare. The learning programmes created by Ian Lewis of Lifecollege and delivered in Romania, Malawi and Bulgaria, closely followed the changing and emerging needs of the senior teams, ensuring very practical relevance at every stage. We now feel much more confident our investments in these countries are in good hands. Peter Kyle, Legal Director, World Bank. Vision, Tactics and Strategies: “We had only a small Senior Team development budget and we asked a lot of lifecollege. We had a fabulous experience, learned so much and are now exactly where we want to be - moving into our new future. Thank you!”. Mike Blakey, Director, St Petrock’s Centre, Exeter. Strategic Leadership – Leading Managers: I thought I knew leadership until we experienced Lifecollege. I was hoping for some clarity and perhaps a change in awareness with some tools and skills, but now my life and how I work will have to be very different.” Personnel Director, Toshiba UK .Values, Strategy and Leadership: This review set our direction and operational systems in place. It was a great belt and braces approach which we were very uncertain of – it dug very deep into our motivation and methods. Now, a year on it has been rolled out to six continents and 88 countries with continuing success. Professor Sampatkumar, UNESCO 2004 Executive Coaching and the Leadership Crucible: Ian, the time I spend with you, the phone calls, the support, are all worth 100 times the actual cash I give you (but that’s cash flow for you in a very rapidly expanding business – expansion which is all your fault of course!) I will make it up.Thank you for all your time you give me. I value you probably more than you will ever realise, so thank you.” Dominic Goodale, MD, Dancor Acoustics Ltd |
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Career Development for Senior Staff: “I recommend everyone should attend this course and its associated coaching. Lifecollege gave encouragement, clarity, skills, self-esteem and great confidence. Michael Hickson, National Trust Beyond Team Leadership: “There were significant challenges and a lot of fun. The diversity allowed all in our team to shine - some when they did not expect to and when we did not expect them to. You have a well branded product here in: Thank you!” Bob Brown, Director, British Publishing Company Ltd. Vision, Tactics and Strategies: “We had only a small Senior Team development budget and we asked a lot of lifecollege. We had a fabulous experience, learned so much and are now exactly where we want to be - moving into our new future. Thank you!”. Mike Blakey, Director, St Petrock’s Centre, Exeter. Strategic Leadership – Leading Managers: I knew leadership until we experienced Lifecollege. I was hoping for some clarity and perhaps a change in awareness with some tools and skills, but now my life and how I work will have to be very different.” Personnel Director, Toshiba UK Executive Coaching and the Leadership Crucible: Ian, the time I spend with you, the phone calls, the support, are all worth 100 times the actual cash I give you (but that’s cash flow for you in a very rapidly expanding business – expansion which is all your fault of course!) Thank you for all the time you give me. I value you probably more than you will ever realise, so thank you.” Dominic Goodale, CEO, Dancor Acoustics Ltd. Motivation and Leadership: "I’m absolutely stunned. I cannot believe such a series of events could happen. The perfection of the process and outcomes has transformed the group I work with - even the most challenging member of staff smiled!” Ivor Jones, Caradon District Council Sustainable Development in an Emerging Economy: Working overseas is a particular ability and strategic and tactical insights, of relevance, are rare. The learning programmes created by Ian Lewis of Lifecollege and delivered in Romania, Malawi and Bulgaria, closely followed the changing and emerging needs of the senior teams, ensuring very practical relevance at every stage. We now feel much more confident our investments in these countries are in good hands. Peter Kyle, Director, World Bank. Values, Strategy and Leadership: This review set our direction and operational systems in place. It was a great belt and braces approach which we were very uncertain of – it dug very deep into out motivation and methods. Now, a year on it has been rolled out to six continents and 88 countries with continuing success. Professor Sampatkumar, UNESCO 2004 Strategic planning and development with directors: The facilitation, mentoring and coaching of board members and senior managers undertaken by Ian of Lifecollege.org, moved our senior people through vision creation to vision realization and implementation strategies. Lifecollege are well worth the investment – every idea is focused on key outputs and either saves money or makes money. Mark Maidment, Steve Head, Serco FM PLC working with the board coaching prior to implementation of coaching and training throughout the company, Graphik Dimensions Organizational Development – Creating a customer orientation: “This Lifecollege programme was developed to meet our need for a more flexible, customer orientated workforce. Our people, with embedded traditions of technical expertise and poor customer empathy were dealt a swift, efficient and excellent value lesson by Lifecollege, especially given the degree of change required. We eventually rolled out the programme to the whole workforce – MD and receptionists included. Jackie Platt, HRD Director, The Environment Agency Women into Management: Recognising the relative difficulties experienced by women in accessing management positions, Lifecollege.org initiated a programme comprising modular learning, coaching and mentoring of leadership and management skills. Drawing on both National Occupational Standard and experiencial learning strategies we provided support, confidence and expertise in applying existing and learning the relevant skills and understandings needed to thrive. Four hundred women undertook the programme before it was rolled out, with the help of Cambridge University, and funded by us, to a wider audience across the UK. Alison Boyer, SW LSC. Exeter Investment Group, Environment Agency – organizational development-customer orientation, Sprito International Ltd., Evaluation of customer strategy – moving the company from UK based to International based need testimonials for you working with directors either as coach, mentor etc. Or working with the board in a way similar to what they are asking for. see separate hard copy page. here are some ideas also picketts and pursers (they did a great reference but where is it?) and any others you can remember Feedback evidence from companies and organisations working with Lifecollege Lifecollege engaged to run coaching programmes throughout the National Trust at a time of great change for the organisation Women into management SGH APPG Groundwork Trust Hi Ian, Hope you are well! A little while ago you helped me with a career coaching session where we discussed what I wanted for the future which, for me, ideally included a change of role and closer to home.
Just to let you know that I have been successful with both of these where I feel your session get me that extra nudge to really go and do something about it. God is good! So thanks for all your encouragement on this where I feel so much more energised now. Hope things are going well for you too. Take care. Martin Lewis 07793670109 Key Markets, LloydsTSB Commercial, c/o 2nd Floor Northgate House, Cardiff CF10 4LD TNT 32. |
