Feedback and Testimonials

noetic is no stranger to getting great feedback - here are some of the many examples...

Improved confidence

"When starting the exercise, the concerns I had were mainly in the area of my confidence in dealing with specific situations. The work we carried out, particularly around the 360 degree appraisal has helped immensely. To such an extent that I feel this area is completely resolved." IT Director

"It is paradoxical that in the face of some very pressing business imperatives, it was necessary to step back. The sessions gave me the confidence to do that." M.D.

Influencing Skills

"The area I requested we work on was that of political and influencing skills. I believe that the work we carried out has given me a better understanding of my natural approach to influencing, and given me some additional tools and techniques. These will allow me to recognise the styles and techniques being used by others, and give me strategies to appropriately modify my own behaviour. For me this is early days. I need to work on this area, but I feel we have made a useful start."

"I will try to be more tactful and diplomatic before steaming in with an answer. I will listen to stakeholders more and not just nod in agreement. I need to show more emotion with them in my actions when I interact, which came across in my IPQ report. I will tackle my influencing project to gain a positive result from it."

Political Intelligence

"Your engagement came at a useful time for me. Our business and my role is likely to change over the next few months, and I feel our work will help to stand me in good stead for this. No doubt there will be challenges ahead, and I welcome your offer to seek advice when putting the techniques into practice." Director involved in a merger.

"I have always ignored the political games that have been played thinking that they didn't matter. Now, I realise that I was in the middle of many and may have ruffled a few feathers unintentionally." Operations Director UK plc

"A massive eye opener!" Sales Director UK plc

Stakeholder Management

"All aspects of this course were extremely relevant, but if I were to place them in order I would say the module looking at the stakeholder management model would be first. Going forward, the tools I acquired in this module will be implemented in all new tasks I undertake."

"I have already used the stakeholder management model to assist in creating our strategy for managing the closure of our Nottingham location. We are due to make the announcement today, followed by consultation meetings with key stakeholders including staff and customers. Initially, there will be many opponents, enigmas and bedfellows and I have identified which ones need moving to allies and how I will approach this."

Team Facilitation

"Thank you also David for your involvement in the managers Workshop we held in January. The feedback from the managers has been outstanding, being able to have a development professional support the day and stretch their thinking whilst driving the business forwards really did make for an excellent day which some of the managers are still raving about." Business Development Director

Leadership Development

"The coaching programme, in which I engaged with David Wilson, has been very successful. In three short months, it may be too much to say it has changed everything for me, but it certainly seems that way. I have realised it's not about finding better, more efficient ways of doing things, but it's about doing things differently! I am now much more relaxed and feeling confident about the future. The investment has more than paid for itself and will add huge value to the business in the near future. We continue to monitor the return on investment between us."

The noetic experience

"In conclusion I would heartily recommend him. There are no off-the-peg solutions and no interminable chatter. He listens a lot, always finds relevant and appropriate examples and controls the sessions well; he's thoughtful, quiet, patient, committed, provocative, stimulating, decisive…and yet throughout all of this, very unassuming and non-judgemental." Managing Director of a Media Business

"I found David very intelligent, knowledgeable and possessed of great discernment, working in a structured methodology towards agreed and well-defined outcomes."

"David is able to identify the real issues behind a problem, and to gently and confidently lead to an understanding and ownership of solutions and actions."

"Importantly, he inculcated the sense of confidence and assurance so needed during what is inevitably a fragile and potentially painful process."

"David was consistently generous with his time and knowledge, and always easy to 'get on with'. E-mails, phone calls and incidental discussions between coaching sessions were all included in the 'bundle'. There was never any pressure to take more sessions than were necessary".