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Customer Reviews

Here are a selection of reviews for our training courses.

  • The course was really interesting. I came into programme expecting to be bored, but genuinely enjoyed it. Content was helpful, examples and tasks were enjoyable. Feel like I can really use this going forward. The trainer was excellent - very engaging, made it really enjoyable. Nice guy, very down to earth, very knowledgeable.

  • The course was excellent and I have been able to gain a lot of tools for me to apply to my role and everyday work. Especially enjoyed the planning section and how to deal with conflicts. I look forward to putting them into practice. The trainer's presentation was excellent and kept my attention the whole time. I liked that it was varied and not mundane at all.

  • Excellent combination of psychology, philosophy and exponential theory and examples. Great tasks to reinforce and stimulate debate. The trainer's presentation was outstanding. Kept the pace high to retain attention and engaged with everyone. A great positive example.

  • Really beneficial quick and simple methods to keep conflict-based conversations on tack. Helpful when trying to keep things factual and not getting emotional. Easy to remember.

  • This was a fantastic course with interactive content that stretches you and forces you to think critically. Also provides ideas which are easily implemented in the real world. The trainer was excellent.

  • I found that this training course was ideal for me. I could apply a lot of the examples to my work and look forward to trying them out. The trainer presented well, with good explanations and made it easy to understand.