whatourclientssay

Corporate education programmes (World Leader in Executive Education)

"Colin delivers sessions which are very thoroughly prepared, based on careful analysis and creatively designed to have impact for the participants and the organisation"

- A Client Director, UK

"Colin is a highly experienced marketing professional with whom I have worked over the past two years on a number of client engagements. He has an innovative and engaging presentational style and always receives exemplary feedback from both individual participants and client organisations. Colin takes care to understand not only the immediate client and programme requirements but in addition the wider organisational context. I am very pleased to recommend Colin’s work to others"

- A Client Director, UK

Mentoring & inspiring people (Corporate Banking)

"Colin brought to the table a wealth of practical experience mixed with a great deal of academic knowledge and a huge supply of passion for the subject which was incredibly infectious and inspiring. I feel a far richer person for the experience of working with Colin and hope that we cross paths again in the future"

- A Relationship Manager, Glasgow

Coaching for greatness (Investment Banking)

"I just wanted to say a personal thank you for all the hard work you have done with our team over the past 3 months. It has been the most passionate I have felt about a work issue since my career with this company began nearly 6 years ago and your guidance and advice was critical to this as you helped me to turn my frustration into passion. It truly has been a journey and one that wouldn't have been possible without your encouragement, knowledge, patience and inspiration"

- An Investment Banker, London

Aligning the culture & strategy (Hi-Tech Electronics)

"Building a technology company with aggressive business goals and a management team of engineers doesn't lend itself to the 'softer' elements of business. The management team brought with them values and behaviours from their previous employers. We didn't want a cultural mishmash of history and baggage. This programme forced us to specify what it was we were striving to achieve, and to start a process to put it in place. Just being made to specify where we were trying to get to and the values and behaviours required was an excellent team building tool. Cascading this down ensured there was clarity across the company. Small kick-off projects have commenced to implement practical change"

- A CEO, Cambridge

Inspiring customer leadership (Global Oil Distribution)

"We did some work with Colin around developing our service delivered to customers. Colin was quick to understand where our needs were exactly and together we developed a programme centred around behaviour, linking our Strategy, Values and Service Principles. Besides learning from other industries how they have dealt with similar issues, it was very inspiring to do an exercise with the group around the difference an individual can make in delivering service. The result has been a series of identified behaviours that subscribe our Service Principles, helping us to put these into practise and improving on our customer service. It has been very inspiring working with Colin and the feedback from the group has been very encouraging"

- A Key Account Director, Holland

Challenging the Executive Committee (Global Financial Services)

"Thank you so much. We felt so proud and happy after yesterday! We were all so nervous about our presentation and how the Executive Committee would react, I don't think any of us expected the comments to be so good. The support provided by Colin for our project was fantastic, he steered us in the right direction and provided a great sounding board to discuss our ideas. His help was invaluable and we were all delighted that he could attend our presentation to provide additional support to us. Thanks so much Colin!'

- A Senior PR Manager, Leeds

Personal Performance & Leadership (Global Utility)

Very inspirational. Helps me to ask myself the right questions

Different and very Interesting

Gives a very original and live version of performance

It makes me want to go further on the subject

One word - excellent!

Delegates from around the world

Marketing Innovation Programme for Top Talent (Global Telecoms)

"Many thanks and congratulations for your big excellent day yesterday. The feedback's are great"

- A Senior HR Manager, Paris

Global talent programme, India (Global Glass Products)

"I must appreciate the efforts put by you to make this intervention a success. Many thanks for your support, understanding and guidance before and during the training. We all have learnt so much and we really appreciate your passion and desire to help us all be better. I have been associated with many interventions in the past but this one will remain the most special"

A Senior HR Manager, India

Various Conference Presentations (Worldwide)

"A clear & concise day - gained a lot of useful knowledge which I can put into practice easily and with confidence"

"Practical, broad and enjoyable"

"Utterly brilliant!"

"Very interesting & engaging session - Colin built anchors to remember the important aspects of leadership"

"Engaging speaker, clear message"

"Excellent presentation, very understandable"

"Very useful - I am on a journey to proactively develop my career, and this adds value"

"Colin has an excellent grasp of what we face as charities and presented the material in a relevant way"

"Provided some out of the box thinking on a more holistic approach to corporate governance"

"Impressive and knowledgeable presentation"

"Thought provoking and lots to go away with and action - thanks"

'A very interesting overview with some useful models and ways of approaching complex issues - thank you"

-A selection of delegates

Cranfield DBA programme - the UK's most prestigious business qualification

"Colin's lecture was excellent - a very welcome addition"

"Colin's presentation was excellent"

"Colin Gruar's perspective was one of the highlights of the week"