“Phil is incredibly creative and passionate about ensuring workshops and meetings have the best impact possible and deliver their aims. He will be tireless in putting forward suggestions in planning and then in delivery to ensure everyone attending a workshop has had their voice heard and input captured.
He is a master at keeping time, even when the conversations are stimulating and ensuring that sessions finish on time, but with their objectives completed. Having an external third party ensures that everyone internally is able to have their say and focus on the content, rather than the delivery of the session.”
— Facilitation
“I worked with Phil on a number of projects, both co-facilitating and observing as he delivered coaching or facilitation for our clients. Phil is an exceptional facilitator, able to guide learners with different preferences and at different levels on a journey that works for them at an individual level. He is also an excellent coach, both in 1-2-1 and group situations. I would not hesitate to recommend Phil in either capacity, as someone who will add enormous value to any learning intervention.”
— Coaching & Facilitation
“Phil gave me invaluable advice with a large meeting I was facilitating that had to move online. He guided me through how to get the most out of Zoom, how to run virtual breakouts, online whiteboards and important techniques for keeping the room engaged. He did this in a friendly and supportive fashion and I would thoroughly recommend Phil as an expert in online meetings. I even used the whiteboard later at an online family birthday party to create a collective birthday card!”
— Virtual facilitation
“All it took was two conversations and I turned my business around. Phil spoke with me in probing, provocative and supportive ways about how proactive and effective I would be in growing my own business. A few months later and this year is looking like doubling last year’s turnover. And he had a great smile!”
- Coaching
“Phil listens to all the needs of the session(s) and takes time to consider how best to approach a situation. This thoughtful approach really does show when you come to delivery - whether it’s a workshop, a webinar or a presentation.
Each time we’ve engaged with a group of stakeholders, it’s felt personal, and highly nuanced to the needs, all with perfect professionalism! It’s made a huge difference in how we approach external engagement with the food industry engagement at WWF.
Honestly - without Phil’s work with us as a facilitator, I don’t think our engagement on some of the issues would have been as great as they have been to date. Our team wouldn’t be as confident in public speaking or presenting their arguments so impactfully.”
— Facilitation
“I always find Phil to be highly effective, efficient and great fun to work with. Often working in challenging situations, Phil never ceases to be polite, friendly and professional. He is an asset to the team, and I look forward to working with him at events.”
— Training & Facilitation
“I worked with Phil while setting up my business. Phil was instrumental in figuring out our place within the market, and in helping me come up with a strategy for delivering thoughtful brand partnerships that grew out of our ethos.
Thanks to our sessions, we were able to present ourselves as an established and confident brand from the off. As a result, my business is now self-sustaining and thriving in its third year.
Along the way, we’ve built long-lasting relationships with a small number of key partners who appreciate our approach, and among our readers we are well-known for our considered and honest approach to advertising.
I would highly recommend working with Phil, as he can not only help you tease out your own strategy, but he’ll make it feel fun and rewarding at the same time.”
- Coaching
“I hired Phil to be my career coach and help me decide which direction to go professionally. After one session, he had already helped me flush out my skills and passions in order to focus. AFter two sessions, I started my own company and got my first client in a matter of days. I would have never had the confidence and understanding to take such a leap. I not only will use Phil more in the future but I will recommend him to anyone!”
- Coaching
“I asked Phil to help me when I saw that my business development team had fantastic account development skills and the need for new cold approaches was higher than ever.
The emergency that we were responding to and raising funds for did not invoke the usual reaction from our existing accounts. We needed to massively scale up our cold advances and fast. This required a leap in confidence and skill development to create new partnerships in a short space of time.
Phil ran a one-day session for our team which resulted in a clear action plan. The team planned a series of telephone events and hit the phones hard. Over 800 calls were made and the team secured a number of new donations. Some of these donations have led to ongoing partnerships with companies that still support our work years later. The proactive reaction of the team to Phil’s training was impressive and the benefits of Phil’s work was long lasting.”
— Training
“I attended a meeting facilitated by Phil at Oxfam and it was a fantastically well-run session. This was a couple of years ago now but I still remember how impressed I was at Phil's facilitation skills and ability to move the meeting along in the right direction at the necessary speed, while managing to capture everything we discussed with apparent ease. I look forward to working with him again in the future..”
— Facilitation
“Phil was great to work with - he was very clear as to what he wanted to achieve with his team building workshop. He was great fun and very easy to communicate with - nuggets is looking forward to working with him and his team more in the future.”
— Facilitation
“I’ve just come out of a workshop with Phil. It was great. He took the trouble to establish the level of experience in the room and what we wanted to achieve. The workshop was well-paced, with good examples, varied delivery, and happy clients at the end. Thank you Phil!”
— Facilitation