50 Developing Potential Testimonials

"Thought-provoking and informative. Timely opportunity to get to know the team members better and in a structured and focused setting. Very informative and engaging. It has definitely helped to address many areas for improvement within cross departmental and as individuals. Today has been useful in understanding more about how each individual works and for getting some clear goals on how we will take our team forwards.”

“Fantastic! Learnt so much valuable information. Extremely enjoyable; team working was a very effective way to learn the content of this workshop. Helped me to gain a new understanding about others – personalities, relationships and how to respond. A very useful and rewarding session. Very interesting – a whole new way of looking at ways of communication.”

“Very positive – thought provoking, but not just an academic exercise; resonated very strongly with immediate challenges faced. Thought provoking, enjoyable, informative and gave me the opportunity to think about my approach and how I can consider my level of impact. Brilliant – great way to absorb lots of new tools and techniques and explore.”

“I have found out how my behaviours lead me to respond in a particular way. I have also learned how others perceive my behaviours and have a toolkit which helps me to work better to support my team. Enjoyable, interesting and an opportunity to think outside of the box with a different perspective. Informative and challenging – it has been useful that there has been an open exchange of views which should help me to lead the team to improvement.”

“A very worthwhile few days, learnt a lot about myself and my peers but in particular my boss! Very beneficial and worthwhile. A must for all managers. MBTI was very informative and useful and can be used in my everyday life in both work and personal situations. By understanding my own strengths and weaknesses, I can now improve my communication style. Great course and I think every organisation should do it for teams. Jock was a very down to earth facilitator – great! Great interactive first day. Loved the walk on the second day! Jock was a very down to earth facilitator – great! Great interactive first day. Loved the walk on the second day!”

"Excellent day of training, really well facilitated. Good style and helpful tool set for future work in teams. Good framework for analysing my responses to different situations and for understanding the responses of others. Concrete actions points to follow up on. Excellent (quality of Dan’s facilitation).”

“Fun and surprising seeing individuals change more than expected. Very beneficial in seeing my strengths and weaknesses and how I see other people in different formats (out of their comfort zone). I found the team building exercises valuable as they gave me more confidence to lead within my team.” “Fun, interesting and very worth while.”

“Enjoyable and interesting, a tool I can think about/use in and outside of work.” “Very interactive and easy to understand.” “Really positive, genuinely useful.” “Interesting, interactive and eye-opening!”

“Surpassed my thoughts of what this could entail. Excellent theory and combination of team participation. Really nice facilitation style! Very useful in home and work relationships. I have been able to notice traits and triggers that have clearly shown how I can improve my relationships with those around me. It helps me to know how other people react and what to be treated when they are in conflict. Very valuable insight into behavioural changes during conflict and what my motivations for self and others are.”

“Thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Great to take time away from the office. Good to get the team together. Very interesting. It was very worthwhile to spend time as a team to learn more about ourselves and each other. Very enjoyable, learned a lot from the experience. I learned a lot about myself and also my colleagues.”

“I thought that the day was facilitated well and everyone participated. Good overview of key issues with plenty of time to discuss and time for personal reflection both before and after. I found the day interesting and informative. As a management team we don’t spend much time together so in addition to learning and being reminded of the Myers Briggs personality types and my own preferences, I found it useful spending time with my colleagues and getting to know them a bit better. I also believe the output will be useful so that when working together we’re more aware of how we can make our different approaches make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. Useful and productive team building. Met and exceeded expectations in terms of content and buy-in from the team.”

“Excellent facilitator, enjoyed content and opportunity to interact with the group. Really positive day – enjoyed working with colleagues and finding out more about people’s personality types. Very, very interesting and engaging. Very relaxed and enjoyable day. I was surprised at how much I learned and how easy it was to understand.”

“Really useful regarding understanding how to make other team members roles be more rewarding within the confines of the work to be done. Also a reflective tool on past conflict and spotting future emerging conflict too. Understanding what motivates people to behave in a particular way is the key to improving performance. I have learnt a whole new approach to thinking about relationships and conflict, focusing on better understanding motivations.”

“It was a very different experience to what I expected! It was a good way to approach ice-breaking situations away from the normal team building events. Enlightening with enjoyable group activities that help me to get to know the other people in my group better both personally and professionally. It has made me be more aware of the different approaches to a given task and how we can integrate different personalities to form the strongest possible team. It would have taken me much longer than it has to develop this many relationships, and to the degree which I have developed them to. Very challenging and enjoyable. Brought me forwards in leadership and speaking out.”

“It was enjoyable and interactive, much better than classroom based sessions. It was useful to reflect on the different ways in which people responded and reacted to the tasks. Very positive. Dan has a very warm and gentle style and exudes calm.”