Who we are // Testimonials Gary Saunders
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Paul Rudd Head of the Justice Academy Ministry of Justice
We wanted a programme that treated people as adults with individual needs and caused them to think for themselves as opposed to just giving them a set of tools.
The outcome exceeded our expectations. Just look at a selection of comments provided by the delegates below.
“Group dynamic was fantastic. Video and the challenge to bring own issues made it completely different to anything else I'd done. Would recommend it; really worthwhile and practical.”
“Really useful. Never been on anything like this before and think it's probably the best event of its kind that I've ever attended. There are a couple of managers in my office who want to go on it now too. It was well planned, presentation was excellent and the contribution made by everyone was very good”
“Just a short e-mail to thank you for the incredible training this week. I fear that the feedback session at the end yesterday did not reflect adequately the quality and usefulness of the course. I think I was most impressed by the way that you both had clearly spent quite some time engaging with the scenarios that your delegates presented, creating what became effectively a bespoke course for each of us.”
And this was a challenging course - little opportunity for sitting back; lots of activity, continuous feedback and learning from each other. Various techniques including storytelling, video-work and coaching were blended together into a powerful mix. The style of the facilitators worked well too - engaging, caring and intelligent. So what would I change? Not a lot!
Mike Smith, Group Training Manager, Chaucer Insurance:
"We work with Gary mainly as an external trainer/coach to our training department. He brings a wealth of training and consulting experience to this role and has quickly built up a strong rapport and credibility with the team. He combines a deep understanding of the issues with warmth and a sense of humour to help the team challenge and develop themselves: they feel engaged and encouraged rather than simply taught. On a personal level, Gary is very easy to work with, being both expert and flexible in his approach. I would strongly recommend him and fe3 as a partner."
June O'Sullivan, CEO, Westminster Children's Society:
"Westminster Children's Society is going through a huge amount of change. We wanted to equip our employees to deal with the personal impact of the change without raising anxiety levels. fe3 ran a day-long event for us which combined personal reflection, fun, creativity and team work.
The feedback has been excellent, with many employees saying that they enjoyed the day, but more importantly, they feel that we went back to our core values and are strengthened because of it.
The process was fun to do, expertly and enthusiastically delivered, and the preparation pack for our team leaders was excellent – clear and pragmatic. I recommend fe3 highly." — Click here to see the case study.
David Martin, European Marketing Director, Bayer Healthcare:
"Gary is a very experienced, intellectually well-equipped Consultant who gets to grips quickly with new information and situations. He is particularly skilled at devising processes for projects to achieve our objectives and is expert at engaging participants and encouraging them to share information.
Gary is good to work with; we work together to plan our sessions and his help in facilitating and supporting those leading the meetings has been invaluable. He is insightful and often will help us plan how to deal with team members on an individual basis to get the best out of them and make best use of our time at the meetings. I recommend him highly."
John Beighton, General Manager, APS/Berk:
"Gary has worked with APS/Berk for more than seven years now, and during that time has been a significant asset to the management team, particularly in his facilitation of meetings on subjects as diverse as strategy, branding, restructuring and customer focus.
He has spent a great deal of time understanding our issues in depth, which has added to the quality of the decision making as he will always challenge us, not allowing us to get away with the easy, and therefore not always the best options.
Having said this, his style is a gentle, coaching style which makes the most difficult sessions more relaxed and more comfortable – putting people at ease is one of his great strengths.
Another of his strengths is his ability to let us make the decisions ourselves, rather than impose some pre-ordained direction, and regardless of his own considerable knowledge he never attempts to give you the answers, but steers us expertly through the process.
He enables us to come up with ideas and then turn these into actions, always doing so with pragmatism and good humour. I recommend him highly."
