Working with Tom has lifted my confidence in myself and my abilities enormously. One of the key things that we worked on was my strengths. I had so much trouble articulating what I thought my strengths but with Tom’s gentle questioning and guidance, we identified strengths that I wasn’t even aware of. I now understand what aspects of my job light me up and what are missing. I know that if I continue to work with Tom that I will continue to grow in confidence, especially as a leader and will continue to work on my strengths and weaknesses.

As my coach Tom, you gave me food for thought. From being stressed, and almost ready to give up, you implemented strategies to which I still use. Prior to you, I would avoid the minority staff that had issues (that seemed endless) and took a step back. I then became diplomatic in my delivery. I kept my interaction work related as you had rightly encouraged. I developed the mindset of “I cannot control the things I cannot change, but I can control the things I can change”. Therefore I took back my power – but in a positive way and this strengthened me as a leader. I have more confidence, diplomacy and resolution skills have improved.

Through a chance meeting with a friend I was introduced to Tom. It became very clear after one meeting that Tom could add value to my leadership through deeper levels of conversation and curiosity with our team. My leadership style was outdated I was a teller and instructor not a listener and certainly not inquisitive, I engaged with the team on a surface level rather than trying to understand why through deeper levels of curiosity. Initially I found our sessions quite challenging, by the end the personal growth was evident. Through my time with Tom we implemented a number of team driven changes in the business designed around efficiency and effectiveness, rather than suggesting this is “now what we are doing” the team took control and implemented the changes. The efficiency gains have been significant.

I contacted and engaged Tom because I needed help with people management across all sectors of the business. We have a team of 26 staff and as GM I have looked at different ways to make positive change within the group to therefore improve the culture at Salute. Before I started working with Tom I had challenges within certain areas of the Business that needed to be fixed Since working with Tom I gained a much clearer understanding of how to grab a group and bring them together. I set a plan and called the team in to a meeting to set some basic standards that we all agree to as an ongoing theme. As a team we now hold each other to this set standard which has brought a much more consistent level of output. I found that listening to what they needed was a great tip as well, so we could then mould the plan and outcome around this to assist. As a result of Tom's program/working with Tom, we now have some standards set and agreed to. This has been fully implemented and is working extremely well. If you and/or your team needs help and support, I'd happily recommend you contact Tom.

Tom coached me and I found the experience incredibly rewarding. As an indication of the success of our work together, my growth professionally has been obvious for me to see and personally I have also taken on many challenges this year that have helped me develop as an individual. Specific examples include that I am more willing to tale on difficult conversations, I am a better listener at work and I have built strong relationships with my team and my manager. At the beginning of the program Tom and I agreed to a work plan that included specific goals that I wanted to achieve and the values and behaviours that we would both bring to our face-to-face sessions. From the first session to the last I felt supported and heard but I was also challenged when required to be truthful and truly present. I believe that by the end of the time we had together I achieved the goals set before me and now have a foundation to draw from to help with continual improvement – both professionally and personally. I highly recommend Tom to anyone seeking coaching. His professionalism, guidance and support was of great value to me and when I, or someone I know, need coaching, Tom will be the first person I think of.

The coaching sessions always challenged me and put me outside of my “comfort” zone! The journey took me through my past experiences and made me realise why I react now in the present. Until I ventured through this process I couldn’t pin point why I felt uncomfortable about certain things! It has put me on the right path to be the type of leader I want to be and made me recognise that each individual is on their own journey and that I should not compare myself to anyone else. I am so much more at ease with how I show up for my team and that my team’s success is super important! One of the biggest breakthroughs I made was learning that I really wanted to be respected rather than liked! I now know the difference and what respect brings! I am still working on this but am so much better at it and will continue to work hard on this! I benefited from the clever questions and just enjoyed seeing my progress over the year, to see that I was actually able to apply what we had worked on during the sessions! Tom made me feel at ease but certainly challenged my thinking on many occasions. I have never felt so accomplished, learning skills that not only made me the kind of leader I wanted to and continue to be, but skills that were transferable in my personal life! I still have so much more to learn but am confident about the path that I am on! I highly recommend chatting to Tom if you would like to begin your journey and transformation. Thank you Tom, I am so grateful!

Since my coaching with Tom, I am a better leader. I have more understanding of different communication styles and how , I am continuing to learn how to read people and pick up on cues from their communication which helps me adapt to achieve positive outcomes but also leave the person feeling positive from the interaction.

I engaged Tom to help me work on strategies and behaviours to meet these challenges while growing as a manager and person. Tom has a fantastic way of breaking issues down to their root causes and then probing and prompting to help me define clear actions and approaches to take away and use. In addition, through working with Tom I have developed a much better picture of my own ways of working and personal goals.

Last month I was lucky enough to be part of Tom's coaching group. The program and the people were fantastic! I certainly had many 'aha' moments as a result of the program Tom's approach was engaging and he made time to connect with everyone, not only in the sessions but also on the platform with personal messages of encouragement.

Hey Tom. I want to thank you for letting me be a part of your training program. It is the perfect time for me to be the best me and to expand my potential. It has really resonated with me and I am actively making changes and changing my story. I truly thank you. I've had a lot of CBT counselling which is supposed to change your thought processes and behavioural responses but your concept is practical and results in change.

The group coaching sessions are gold. They bring to life the work in greater depth, context and insights through the group discussions. You work well with the group, keeping us on track and bringing out the learnings foreach person.