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Tailored Training - testimonials

"On both days there were exercises that really gave me time to think about/analyse how I approach situations in which I feel blocked. The first was on assumptions we make about others, identity, behaviour, action etc. it was difficult to do, but gave me lots to think about after. Particularly how I make others (that I don't like) almost faceless, motiveless. So having some tools to consider and assess what their needs might be was a real eye opener. I know now I need to keep the 'needs' card to hand."
- Karen Ann, Creative Agent, Creative Partnerships Tees Valley
Change, Coaching, Conflict Resolution Training

"The course has enabled me to persuade some members of the community to refocus their resources to tackle very serious problems and allowed partnerships to develop that are effective in a culture of fear. In my role as an advisor and coach for arts matrix, the tools have enabled me to understand what people are asking me for in terms of support because my listening for their actual needs is sharper and I am giving them more space to explore it."
- Joanne Vickery, Creative Enterprise Specialist, Arts Matrix Devon
Advancing Your Coaching Skills Training

"I gained so much from the course. Specifically, a greater all round awareness and de-mystification...I found the three days stimulating, challenging and thought provoking and there's so much that I will use in my practice and life."
- John Hector, Creative Enterprise Specialist, ArtsMatrix Bristol
Advancing Your Coaching Skills Training

"I have found this THE most useful course I have ever been on. It came at a very crucial moment for me, and has seriously helped me reflect much more clearly on ME - who I am and where I am heading...NOW I feel like I'm sharing my positive energy, enabling people to be more aware of themselves in some way and viewing everything in terms of the positive...Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
- Sarah Allen, Little Dog Arts
Change, Coaching, Conflict Resolution Training

"I found the course really useful on lots of levels - I think it helped me both as a coach and as a trainer as well. We covered a lot but I really liked the format of the training - I was trying to work out what it was particularly - and I think it was that I felt that I was part of an inclusive group - it wasn't us and the trainer which it can sometimes feel like, especially when I'm at the front! Things seemed to flow well, I didn't feel that I had things forced on me and there was time for discussion after each of the exercises. It reinforced the fact that I have been mainly self-taught and so having both your input and that of the group was invaluable - plus it gave me a whole new tool kit of ideas!"
- Lucy Kyle, Senior Adviser/Project Manager, Arts Matrix
Advancing Your Coaching Skills Training