What our clients say

People say the nicest things:

Congratulations on your Sunday Morning blogs. They are great.

I also wanted to say that it has been a pleasure working with you and hope that your business goes from strength to strength. I envy you your enthusiasm for your work (that’s how I explain that you work on Sunday mornings!). We have been very happy with the courses that you deliver at Tunbridge Well Borough Council. I hope that you will deliver many more courses here.

Alison has worked with us on more than one occassion and comes highly recommended. She has a very thorough yet relaxed way about her and will take time to understand your business needs. Alison works with you as a 'partner' that you can trust her to do the best for you.

Alison was a great help to me in understanding how to develop a business strategy, as well as helping me to hone my managerial skills. Because she is a successful business woman as well as a trainer, she understands how well-run businesses operate and her training programmes reflect this.

Thanks so much for a wonderful two days, your achievement in meeting the needs of a disparate group - in terms of skills and understanding - was excellent. All the feedback that I have had has been positive We are also delighted with the support material - it is extremely comprehensive and I am really looking forward to reading my copy.

The Senior Management Development Programme I thought it was a fantastic, wonderfully challenging, interesting and a very professionally delivered couple of days. Thank you very much for what I consider to be a great opportunity.

Just wanted to send you a note to say thanks for your efforts over the last couple of days. It was really interesting and your facilitation and knowledge was first class.

Having been a Director in my last role and now seeing the world from a slightly different perspective again, I find leadership theory and techniques very useful tools.

I look forward to working with you again on the Action Learning sessions.

I would like to thank you on behalf of our trainers for facilitating an informative and enjoyable session on performance management. Your session proved extremely popular and to generate such interaction on the dreaded Friday afternoon slot was impressive.

“Training to Achieve really understood my needs as course developer as well as the needs of our company. Using their in-depth knowledge and experience, Training to Achieve offered personalised solutions to match our requirements. The delegates were soon inspired and won over by Alison’s confident delivery of training and I would definitely use Training to Achieve again”

Amanda Faizi MCIPD
Human Resources Specialist
Breyer Group Plc

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"Thank you, Training To Achieve, you were exemplary."
"Thank you Training to Achieve, you were exemplary. I first met Alison at a Recruitment Training Course being run by the Local Authority and realised that she had all the skills and knowledge to help us develop and roll out our Customer Care Skills Training. Not always an easy task in local authorities, but Alison has all the experience required to deal with even the most difficult of officers and provide them with the information to help them deliver excellent customer service!

"From the start Alison met with us to discuss our needs and ensure the training was tailored to the needs of the Housing Service, using her previous knowledge and experience of working with Redbridge for many years. The course paperwork was of a high standard and completely relevant and we have been able to place key information onto our staff noticeboards, as a constant reminder of the most important elements of the training. The course was delivered in an outstandingly professional manner and the style of delivery was very varied, keeping every officer involved. Our staff feedback was the best yet and people continually ask when Alison will be back to deliver further training. I am working on it!"

"Why had she not been booked earlier … she was an inspiration for Trainer practitioners new and existing in Vocational training in our Deanery"
"When I first came across Alison during consultancy sessions for the Dental Complaints Service panellists’ training, I was impressed by the wealth of knowledge and experience she had to offer. Not only did the training sessions enable different learning and communication styles to be learnt, but it made me think what she and ‘Training To Achieve’ could offer the Dental profession at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

"When asked, she was able to tailor her sessions to my dental peers, and she did so with outstanding results. Alison has successfully delivered topics of a wide range to my Vocational Dental practitioner group. The group reflected on the knowledge, teaching style and delivery. The excellent feedback was a clear reflection of this. The only criticism I received was ‘Why she had not been booked earlier?’ In addition, she has been an inspiration for Trainer practitioners new and existing in Vocational training in our Deanery.

"Alison involves her audience and makes the session interactive. As a result, people have learnt more effectively from this style and are able to then implement in practice what they have learnt.

"I am very grateful to Alison for her valuable contribution she has made to the Dentistry profession in particular to Vocational Training locally and I look forward to working with her for many years to come."

"West Kent Housing Association was introduced to Alison through the appointment of a new Head of HR and we are delighted to have access to such an engaging trainer. Alison has worked with different teams and groups within the Association to provide a range of bite size training courses for our 2008 'Learning at Work Day'. The workshops that Alison delivered included Effective Business Communications, Interviewee Skills, Chairing meeting and Contributing Confidently to Meetings. From needs analysis to course delivery, Alison's professionalism, knowledge, experience and flexibility resulted in us receiving excellent feedback from participants, which was extremely positive, with all staff reporting that they gained something practical to take away from the workshops or training sessions that they participated in.

"Training To Achieve has also carried out some bespoke work with our second tier operational managers in helping them to focus on how they wanted to move into being more strategic as a group and take on, the day to day operational responsibility for delivery of excellent services to our customers.

"I would not hesitate to recommend Alison as a highly professional trainer, who works well with people at all levels of the organisation."

"The Talbot Group Companies have always been impressed and delighted with the professional manner with which Training To Achieve has approached any of the training or consultative tasks which have been undertaken on our behalf. They have demonstrated continually their ability to understand our requirements and to deliver a programme that satisfies those requirements, whether it is mentoring on a one to one basis or staff feedback questionnaire and analysis."

"Training to Achieve worked with us to design a bespoke course targeted at two distinct internal audiences to help us prepare for a significant change in our business practice. The development needs for our colleagues were a mixture of new techniques and improved soft skills. The training was delivered in tandem with our business leaders to ensure we achieved the necessary context to the initiative and allowed for adaptability throughout the program.

"The design, planning and training delivery was excellent and all delivered to schedule. This was an extensive program which was very well received by all delegates, received exceptional colleague feedback & overall a great success. "

"Thank you very much for the training you provided to our board members and officers yesterday on conducting appeal panel hearings. Your style of presentation was engaging and it was clear you brought a wide range of knowledge and experience to the session. The material was thought-provoking and will help us improve the service we provide to our customers. I especially appreciated your flexibility in delivering the training, which allowed us to focus on areas that were of particular concern to our organisation. I have no hesitation in recommending Training To Achieve to colleagues and other Social Housing Providers."

"Alison is head and shoulders above other presenters we have had. Highly knowledgeable and confident in "off piste" questions and practical application of models."

"We were faced with the task of training over 200 people in conflict resolution across the UK. Training to Achieve were great. I really felt as though they listened to us, challenged our assumptions and designed a tailored training package particular to our needs.

"When I first met with Training To Achieve I was struck by the high level of professionalism, scope of knowledge and understanding and attention to detail. We quickly developed a partnership working style but with a clear sense that I was the client – this is a balance that other training providers I have worked with have never managed to get right. I was impressed with the high level of customer service Training To Achieve offered, not just to us but also to our customers. They really became one of the team. In over a dozen training sessions across the UK, with a variety of audience types, Training To Achieve helped us to deliver a consistently high quality product which hit the mark every time.

"Personally I enjoyed working with Training To Achieve; it was great fun. Alison Jenkins helped me develop my own style of delivery and offered support and coaching to members of my team. We are grateful to Alison and her team and would not hesitate to work with them again."

"Training To Achieve have been working with us since 1995 and have an excellent track record. They provide numerous management development and training events for us annually. They bring extensive corporate experience, highly relevant examples and a dynamic approach to training delivery. Delegates constantly rate the courses very highly. Perceptive and intuitive, they not only creates solutions that achieve our objectives, but adapt each event to the needs of the delegates.

"Training to Achieve provide outstanding customer care and we trust them to deliver to our specifications. Not surprisingly, we invite them back to work with us year on year."

"I wanted to write a brief, but heartfelt, note thanking you for your coaching support during the past months. I always felt very much at ease during our discussions, where you were able to provide an excellent insight to my particular work situation, and you always provided constructive and practical advice, with relevant ideas and approaches that enabled me to work out an action plan for moving forward - all very much appreciated."

"I am proud to have been associated with Training To Achieve and have commissioned Education & Training Services from them during the last 5-6 years, since working in the NHS, both Acute and Primary Care sectors.

"We have worked collaboratively to design and implement an appraisal process which has included a consultation process with employees to engage the workforce on their views. Training To Achieve have also delivered various other in-house management development programmes including Facilitation Skills, as well as roll-out of the above appraisal training for all staff. I have always found them to be highly professional in terms of their service and take great care in ensuring they deliver their training to very high standards."

"Training To Achieve was excellent. I gave them a rough outline of what I wanted and they came back with a training programme that addressed all of my needs and more.

"I have used Training To Achieve on a number of occasions covering a variety of subjects and each time they have impressed me with their knowledge of the subject and quality of course. Nothing seemed too difficult. Prior to setting up training days, I would spend time discussing with them my aims and objectives for the day knowing full well that the presenters would provide exactly what was required.

"I have found the standard of courses extremely high, which is one of the reasons why I continually use them. I have found them courteous and efficient and nothing seemed too much of a problem. Their presentational skills were first class."

"We have worked with Training To Achieve for a number of years and continue to do because of the high quality delivery of the training and the excellent feedback we receive from our employees. In the past we have had a number of training needs where an “off the shelf” solution was not appropriate. Using a consultative approach Alison was able to understand our requirements and design and deliver a solution which was tailored to the individuals’ needs."

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