Newcastle Startup Week

The first day of Newcastle Startup Week was a brilliant event with a wide range of speakers sharing their insights and advice about starting and building a digital business. Wonderful collage of experiences with some strong themes being reinforced by different presenters. I am looking forward to sharing insights about how leadership stimulates or shackles business growth at Thursday’s event. I will share the key points here at the end of this week’s event.

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Testimonials

BEL Valves Ltd.

John provided our senior management team with the environment to reflect deeply on our performance as a team and as individuals.

Through this reflection and John’s guidance, we are better able understand the dynamics in our team and deliver improved results.

 

Neil Kirkbride
CEO

Dyer Engineering Ltd.

With an unwavering ability to get under your skin, to provoke the necessary thoughts and discussions, John has given us invaluable lessons and tools in leadership, both individually and to our whole team. I would whole-heartedly recommend his service.

Graeme Parkins
Managing Director

Surfachem Group Ltd.

John provides valuable insight into how you can get the best from yourself and your leadership team – this is the third organisation where I have worked with him.

 

Richard Smith
Managing Director

Banner Chemicals Ltd.

John’s experience and expertise enabled us to identify gaps and support the development of essential leadership capabilities of our management team. This resulted in enhancing delegation skills and alignment of objectives to reach better team work and overall performance. I will have no hesitation in recommending John to other organisations.

Mottie Kessler
Chairman and CEO

FTSE 250 service company

John explores and addresses the real and underlying issues that are often unseen or unacknowledged, and therefore prevent individuals or organisations from fulfilling their potential. I, and others, have found him to be astute, compelling, collaborative, respectful, imaginative, resourceful, supportive, open, honest and generous with his time and commitment.

Jaclyn Castledine
(formerly) Senior VP, HR

Willow Burn Hospice

John’s honesty and integrity is striking. He genuinely cares about building relationships that are meaningful and engaging, and through his extensive leadership skills he will help you to bring the very best out of your people. John works from a place of objectivity and selflessness, and I feel very lucky that our paths crossed when they did.

Helen Mills
CEO

All of John’s work on Leadership Coaching and Culture Change has produced highly noticeable positive results including profound changes in individual’s attitudes, behaviour and performance, and in the performance of teams. John has a unique ability to listen and understand people to a very high level that I have found to be inspiring.

David Storey
(formerly) SMD Operations Manager