Testimonials
Don has successfully delivered a number of training schedules for my business area over the last 5 years. After each session, I received numerous messages from my staff complementing Don for his clear and friendly approach to each training session. His ability to capture his audience from day one and encourage involvement from everyone in each group is second to none! He understands what makes people tick and has the knack of identifying those who don’t feel comfortable in a training environment, helping them to relax and more importantly contribute to the process.
Don Turner is an inspiration to anyone who wants to translate features into powerful customer benefits. He is able to, quickly and forcefully, help companies see the wood for the trees. If you are looking for a consultant who can dramatically impact the bottom line then Don is your man.
I worked with Don for a number of years involving implementing the strategic plans for the business. Don has an excellent insight into strategy, always looking for creative ways to approach business needs and with the bigger picture always in mind. He combines this with excellent people skills and knows how to get the best out of his team and the stakeholders. Working with Don was refreshing and I certainly learnt a lot. I would not hesitate in recommending him.
Don has provided SDI training, strategy and coaching courses which I have had the pleasure to be a delegate on. Don has an excellent presentation style and always puts the delegates at ease whilst at the same time ensuring they are given the tools to work things out for themselves. He is a a great coach, a good listener and extremely personable.
Don has been instrumental in changing the strategic direction of our business. He has helped develop market leading services that have reinvigorated brands, differentiated in a crowded market place and developed new revenue streams with an emphasis on customer value. Don would be an asset to any organisation.
I am the CEO of Hardwicke, a barristers’ chambers in London. I have 80 barristers and 25 staff. It is a fast-paced and challenging environment in professional legal services.
I have been working with Don for about a year in delivering training and development for my staff. In January 2013 we undertook a ‘staff away day’ together. My aim was to bring the team together and to embed the business plan and objectives into normal working life. Don built the sessions around intellectual principles of ‘communication’ and ‘working as a team’, but also made it lots of fun. The feedback from staff was overwhelmingly positive.
Don and I then worked on a bespoke programme of development for my senior managers, and then cascaded that down to the other two groups of staff on my team.
After each session, I have sought feedback from the team. My team’s praise of Don is consistently high. As an example, one of my team said:
“We all really liked Don, and the way he draws on personal experiences to supplement his training (so much so that he received random applause from all of us on a few occasions!). He led us in a way which forced us to think for ourselves and how we all value each other in the team. Don also seems genuinely interested in how a chambers works, so we also felt like we were training him at the same time! Yes, I would like to have more training with Don”
We are now working with Don to develop a bespoke excellence programme for 2014. He seems to care about our business, and he readily adapts his approach to accommodate our needs and the nuances of our business and environment. He also understands that businesses (and CEOs) often have many other pressures and priorities thrown at them, and he is brilliant at quietly understanding and supporting me in the role that I perform, and suggesting solutions and ideas, rather than being rigid and inflexible. As a person responsible for a multi million pound professional services organisation, I can’t praise him enough for the support he has given me in developing my team.