50 Developing Potential Testimonials

“Excellent programme – lots of interaction, tools and techniques – very good. It made me self-reflect in a good way and has given me more self-confidence and strategies. Helped me to clearly see my performance gaps and what I can do to address them. These three sessions have been really insightful and have inspired me – thanks.”

“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, engaging and fun, the coaching skills programme has provided us with the tools and training necessary to be a coaching organisation. The training activities are tailor-made to suit the specific business needs and were challenging and thought provoking. I would recommend others to take this training as it offers an in-depth look into coaching in difficult situations, coaching styles, boundaries and ethics. Very useful, everything I expected and more.”

“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!”

“The TDI event was a great team building experience, we all learnt a lot about one another as well as ourselves. Those who started the event feeling skeptical left feeling that they had learnt something new. Dan’s style of learning provision was less teacher and more facilitating; no one felt obliged to comment and no one was judged by what they said or did. It was a very positive experience and we all left feeling upbeat about ourselves. Communicating with Dan has been very easy and straight forward from the beginning to the end. Dan was often always available when I needed information and was always able to provide me with all answers to my questions. I was grateful for Dan’s flexibility and understanding when arranging the date for the first event and also to our other needs. For me, my expectations were exceeded. Most people found the event very refreshing and came out feeling rejuvinated and empowered. I am also excited by the prospect of arranging a follow-up event to keep the momentum going and to providing the training to all members of staff. This will certainly impact on our efficiency as a business. It was very useful to see this applied over our whole workgroup and see the dynamics that govern our companies behaviour. NReally interesting course, highly recommend it for helping others to understand my own and my teams personality types. Great insight. A Good, relaxed session that was a great deal of fun”.

“Insightful, eye-opening, educational, well delivered. Thorough, intense, eye-opening and thought-provoking. Most inspirational and eye opening thing I have ever done. I would highly recommend if you want to learn about yourself and others. Do it! I have completed the days feeling energised and motivated and focused. I have taken on a lot of information to reflect on but I am very much looking forward to applying this to both personal and group projects. The time spent bonding with our group has been invaluable.”

“I feel like I have learnt a lot about myself and others. This experience will benefit me both inside and away from work. It was an amazing workshop and really helpful with understanding other’s behaviour and generally more understand people and get to know them. Fun and informative. Good insight into other team members motivations which previously wasn’t aware of. Relaxed learning environment. Very good, paced well and delivered in a thoughtful yet punchy manner – well suited to our group.”

“It’s strange to think how time flies, but I have taken so much from the training you ran…It’s been great, as I have taken a far more positive and motivational approach than I have ever done, and the impact and results have been fantastic; the teams in-store have responded far more than I could have ever imagined. It sounds strange, after doing this role for so long in different companies, that the more ownership and positive feedback you give, the greater people respond.”

“Interesting! The final activity really showed how team working and proper goal setting can affect the team result of a project. The first activity showed how we, as a team, could potentially ‘get it wrong’. Understanding the skill sets of people will give me a greater breadth of resource when getting ideas and making informed decisions. Also feel more open to have honest discussions at work. We are starting to understand what engages team members and what does not. Change can be positive. I feel the team now knows how to improve and why improvement is required for us to begin the journey in becoming a high performance team. Excellently led, enjoyable, very professional and in a relaxed environment where you were made to feel at ease.”

"I understand my team better and now have a real idea of weaknesses and how we can overcome them. I will take many parts of the event back to work. Being new to the company gave me a real insight into my team. Interesting day where I learned more about my team members and their preferences – a great experience that is really eye opening!!”

“Very useful and interesting. Really relevant for everyone. Consolidated other tools (Belbin, Myers Briggs etc) .Have come across personality profiling before but this was a clear and graphic system. Now I feel I can recognise other members of the team traits and personalities it makes it easier to be proactive. It has helped me understand my own strengths and the needs of others when things are not going well.”

“Very good with good team building too. Great experience with good learning. Very useful. Interesting personally and professionally. Would like to go a bit deeper implications on career and need for change.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I would recommend others to experience this training, as it has been a very knowledgeable and educational and changing experience for me and I have enjoyed every minute. This has given me ideas, tools and platforms to put into practice to build a better workforce. Good learning environment, very interactive and taught at a good pace. Good skills not just for job but also for life. Excellent two days, best training course I have ever had. Dan has been a superb top bloke!”