What Our Clients Say
Career Launch
I am pleased to report that I am now one year from finishing my degree in Dietetics with the view to graduate and become a sports Dietitian! I can finally say that I feel as though I have found the perfect career option for me, and I am so excited to start. Taking time out to really focus on what I wanted to do was the best thing I could have done. I spoke to Jan at a time when I felt really concerned about the future and I just really needed someone to give me the time and space to talk things through with. I would absolutely recommend her as a fab coach and a great listener!
MAIA L
Career Change
Jan, was super helpful and supportive during my job search. She kept me motivated, never hesitated to push me towards my goals. She helped me to update my CV and cover letter, she went out of her way and did some mock interviews with me. She encouraged me to go above and beyond in my darkest times. During the pandemic, I applied for more than 150 jobs, got 12 interviews, and finally got a job that I really wanted. Whenever I lost my courage she was there to remind me what I have achieved so far and to keep my head up. I can’t recommend her enough, she is the best.
OSCAR H
Career Wind-Down
I found it very difficult to adjust to retirement, which was more sudden and abrupt than I had planned. Jan’s approach was holistic, starting by looking at my previous work experience in its psychological as well as its professional aspects. This was crucial in helping me to move on, and I am now developing new projects, building on my previous experience and expertise which I have now been pursuing on a part-time basis. I found Jan’s approach to be very professional yet very insightful, which was crucial in helping me get in touch with the underlying issues that were blocking me from moving on. I was given excellent written materials, including planning sheets, evaluations, and advice sheets, as well as an email summary after each meeting with action points. This experience was very positive for me and made a major contribution to my successful transition from full-time work.
STEVE S
Career wIND-DOWN
I recently retired from practising as a solicitor, and I felt quite bereft, having been in the profession for almost 38 years. At the time, Jan Gould of Inspiring Growth provided me with transition planning which I found very useful in coming to terms with retirement. Jan gave me various interesting exercises and suggested a number of mechanisms to be employed in my “new normal” life and these continue to help me going forward.
SUSAN H, LEGAL
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Jan is an incredible source of support and wisdom for anyone undergoing substantial change in their life and career. Since working closely with Jan and through regular coaching I have been able to identify the skills and competencies required to progress my career. With this knowledge, I’ve successfully transitioned from middle management to global leadership roles. Jan has a keen eye for identifying the root cause in each situation and I find our meetings incredibly helpful for my own career development. I can highly recommend working with Jan – she is gentle in so many ways but also firm and keeps you honest!
ABI G
Organisations
CAREER CHANGE
I have worked with Jan for about 20 years. To be frank my business would not survive without the support of Jan, she is an outstanding consultant. She not only brings her expertise in psychometric assessment, career management and change management but also her extensive knowledge working in the corporate environment. She delivers workshops and works with clients on a one to one basis and also develops our workshops material. She is caring, empathetic, creative has high integrity and is very well organised. She has project managed the roll out of a new product area for us running Change Management Workshops not only developing the material but also training our consultants to run the workshops around the UK. We receive testimonials from our clients which support my views, the following was from an HR Director of a large college in London:
“I have to say the 360 process went extremely smoothly and Jan was (is!) just brilliant to work with”
MARGARET M, OUTPLACEMENT CONSULTANCY
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Inspiring Growth developed a Leadership Programme for the Commercial Team based around their knowledge and understanding of the leadership issues and the need for personal development within this population. This training was successfully delivered for five years and we consistently received excellent feedback about the programme from delegates and their managers. The facilitators related positively to the delegates, creating and maintaining an atmosphere conducive to learning and networking. They used their professional skills, knowledge and interpersonal qualities to deliver a programme which combined practical exercises to develop new skills with relevant and motivational management theory.
The work they undertook made a significant contribution to the success of my team and I have no hesitation in recommending them to your organisation.
DAVID T, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Jan’s business is well named: Inspiring growth in both organisations and individual is exactly what she does and in my experience she does it professionally and with passion and energy. I have used Jan for both corporate training and other people/organisational development exercises as well as personal coaching of senior management team members.
In each case Jan gives a great deal of thought to personalising the exercise in question to the individual or organisation. An example of this was in a recent programme with staff members from a Care Home in our Group where Jan took a corporate tool that would have been wholly inappropriate in its normal form for the kind of people who were to participate and skilfully converted this programme into a very meaningful and successful session directly relevant to the audience she had. It was very well received indeed.
LISA P, CEO CARE HOME
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Massive thanks for all your efforts this week, it was a fantastic experience and we delivered a successful workshop. A real pleasure working with you and I hope to work with you again.
TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
When working on personal coaching programmes, Jan has achieved step changes with managers in performance management situations, taking individuals I had expected to be managing out of the business very shortly and bringing them fully back on track. I have seen an increase in both motivation, self belief and general confidence in senior managers as a result of their working with Jan and more than one has described her interventions as “one of the most useful experiences of my life.