Addleshaw Goddard and I have worked with Training For Living and you personally for some 8 years now. It is a relationship which is, therefore, of long standing, but it is also significantly more than that - it is one built on great trust and confidence and distinguished by openness, great accessibility and reliability and strong and appropriate challenge - from both sides - in order to ensure the best results are achieved for our business and the individual.

You and Training For Living have been committed to ensure that you understand our business well: its organisation, its people and the many and complex interactions and relationships which are at the heart of it. Importantly, also, you have ensured that Training For Living understands very well our strategic vision for the firm and the development and change which will be needed in our business and with our people to bring that about. That means that you and we are able to be very clear about the priorities for Training For Living's work with us - whether in coaching individuals or providing organisational development advice and support - so Training For Living's work is as clear and aligned as possible to our vision for the firm and its strategic goals.

You also understand that swift progress in certain areas is essential and you have been determined to constructively challenge to ensure not only that the right progress is made, but that it is achieved quickly.

Your understanding of our business and the individuals within it is such that it also allows us jointly to plan for the future - intuitively to explore "what's next?" so that we can be ready before time and so that others with whom Training For Living works identify the development required to meet future challenges.

Finally, I should say that, in addition to your work with us being strategically aligned and future-looking, it has always been extremely reliable, professional, open and frank as well as enjoyable.

Paul Devitt, Managing Partner
ADDLESHAW GODDARD

I am a Partner at Deloitte, and although my involvement was driven through promotion, I have found the coaching invaluable in my home and personal life as well as in work. I understand why it is ‘Training For Living’.

I identified for myself my areas for development, some of which were reasonably clear to start with and others which became clear as a result of the coaching.

From the initial meeting through to the end of the sessions I have found the coach non-judgmental in an uncompromising way – testament to their ability to help me to reach a conclusion for myself. There is clearly no “one size fits all” approach taken, rather he worked with me stage by stage to identify what needed to change within myself to lead to a sustained behavioural improvement.

I have found this to be of enormous personal and professional benefit and I would recommend Training For Living to anyone looking to improve on any aspects of their leadership, management or behavioural skills.

Michael Baird, Partner
DELOITTE

I have been impressed with the way that Paul has built his business, having had a significant exposure to the Andersen Organisation. The relationships he built and developed there have been used to good effect in building a successful and vibrant business in the UK with a variety of clients in diverse Professional Service Firms.

I found the Training For Living coaching programme to be challenging, rewarding, fulfilling and enlightening. I have no doubt that this work has enabled me to be better equipped to face most issues that I will come across both at work and in my life in general. My understanding of both other people and myself, and why we do what we do is greatly improved, resulting in a much improved performance in every aspect of my working and personal life.

The way that this drew on work done in the earlier sessions to complement and underpin the later work speaks volumes for the laying of basic foundations that are both permanent and then developed at each stage over a long period of time.

I regularly review the coaching notes produced at the end of each session partly as a refresher but in the main for inspiration. The ability to provide apposite "quotations" at exactly the right time has meant that the development is a permanent one – there is no going back.

Tim Hamilton, Partner
ADDLESHAW GODDARD

The coaching demonstrated genuine concern and enthusiasm, and creates an open and trusting environment and was particularly insightful in the interpretation of development issues. All of the coaching was uniquely tailored to my specific requirements through a highly professional, committed and intuitive approach.

I have made specific performance progress in my work relationships, proactivity, initiative taking and sales awareness. I have been enthused and surprised with the results achieved and I would recommend Training For Living's services without hesitation.

Tim West, Partner
ERNST & YOUNG

Thank you for your contribution to the success of our Partner meeting. I found the session extremely useful and thought that it was well timed, well led and had a very positive impact at the end of two difficult days.

Your ability to think on your feet and work effectively with an unfamiliar group dynamic was, frankly, astonishing. I enjoyed the session and found it very thought provoking.

Ian Mackie, Partner
BOURNE BUSINESS CONSULTING