I would have no hesitation in recommending David as a leadership and business coach. I started working with David to help improve my leadership and management of my team. Since then he has helped me enormously steer through some very difficult and testing challenges which have cleared the way for the continued growth of my business. David’s combination of really listening, understanding and experience is a very powerful offering.

When I first spoke to David I was treading water career-wise, unsure of which path to take next. Within 6 months I had a new motivation, a new energy, and I had been promoted to management. David’s coaching focused on discovering my strengths and then listening intently to my complicated mess of mixed thoughts before sculpting out a credible plan of action. David has an ability to cut through complexity like a surgeon with a scalpel, together we turned my mess of ideas into a coherent career plan which lead to my being promoted.

David helped me over a period of 6 months to consider how to approach various challenges in my career. Using his experience he helped me to clearly articulate these challenges, justifications for my actions and work through solutions that would work for me. Together we set clear personal goals and identified small deliberate changes that have helped me over the following year. His non-judgemental, natural, and warm style not only ensured I was comfortable as required for the honesty required in our discussions but actually made our sessions an enjoyable experience.

I first met David when moving into a new role leading an international team. David has experience leading internationally and has helped me sort through my priorities and thinking to develop a clear action plan to improve performance and foster a greater sense of team over multiple regions.  From a personal perspective David has helped my identify and improve stakeholder management within my organisation and pushed me to think much more deeply around my own career path.

David has a unique and natural way of honing in on key important themes and then tying it down to practical actions after thoughtful discussions. Again, he doesn’t try to solve your problems. More so, David arms you with the tools and mindset to efficiently problem-solve whilst recognising your own limitations. David understood me and my strong desire to help everyone, sometimes at the detriment of helping myself. He is highly empathetic but not afraid to ask very difficult and challenging questions. His life cycle approach gave me the perspective to focus on the roots of the issues. We still have more work to do, but I possess a humble confidence that our coaching sessions enable me effectively deal with whatever comes my way.

David has over the past 6 months or so been providing me with business coaching. This has been with particular focus on preparing and presenting at board meetings. He has been a huge help in these and other areas. I would have no hesitation in recommending David.