50 Developing Potential Testimonials

“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.”

“A really useful tool that will help me in my own L&D programmes .Extremely useful and provides an insight on how other people react in a conflict situation. I enjoyed the day and have learnt about the best way to identify when I am in conflict with myself and others and what I need to do when this happens.”

“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.”

“Leadership courses are often one size fits all. I have specific actions for myself and my career off the back of this. Different insight to the normal leadership courses done before. Good energy in facilitation. I remained fully engaged and found the content thought provoking. Really enjoy this! Not just another development course or death by PowerPoint – it is practical!”

“Great experiential experience. Learning skills that will support our cultural journey. I clearly now understand the principles of coaching, the difference between giving advice, mentoring, and coaching and have learned new tools to use not just in the work environment but for personal growth and understanding as well. This was well worth the time and I would advise others to invest – it will make your job a lot easier!”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“An excellent and engaging experience. I especially enjoyed the interactive style using the visuals, models, and verbal discussion methods. Excellent – very helpful in planning for the future. I have learnt insights into my own style and preferences and how to understand others preferences in a non-judgemental way. I love this concept and the way it can help in understanding change/conflict.”

“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.”

“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!”

“Thoroughly enjoyable, time flew by. Not death by PowerPoint which was a bonus and liked the fact that it was more based around discussion and bullet point facts. It’s useful to recognise and understand your own personality traits – which would never normally happen without a session like this. It’s also very laid back and personable so easy to get involved and feel like the session is beneficial to all. Learnt something about myself – opposite to what I initially thought. Made me appreciate how to adapt my personality to enhance my working life."

“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.”

“3rd time going through this process – best ever! Useful and interesting – a starting point/framework for taking forward relationships at work. A great way to understand a bit more about yourself and your colleagues, and how you can work together more effectively.”

“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.”