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GMAC RFC Ltd
(A General Motors company)
Learning and Development Manager
"Sharpstone Skinner's creative approach to development has been invaluable here at GMAC RFC Ltd. Their ability to adapt their approach to very varied audiences has enabled them to support our in-house Learning and Development function to deliver our general development suite through a difficult period, following the formation of this new company by integrating three separate businesses with very diverging cultures. We look forward to continuing this relationship as our business
grows."
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BP plc
Personal Assistant to
Vice President
"I just wanted to write a few lines to thank you so much for chairing (and presenting at!) BP's Support Staff Conference on Thursday, 1st November and to share with you the positive feedback that we received.
Everyone was so impressed with the way you held the day together. Your ability to capture and motivate the audience demonstrated your exemplary skills, and your personality certainly helped to create a relaxed atmosphere throughout the entire day. We very much hope that you will be available to join us on our 2002 programme! I look forward to working with you in the near future. Thank you again." |
Marie
Curie Cancer Care
Head of Corporate Fundraising
"Sharpstone
Skinner have a wealth of experience in training and were
responsible for running all training activities at Help the
Aged for many years. Help the Aged used to have the reputation
of providing one of the best training programmes in the
voluntary sector and this is almost entirely due to Helena and
Caryn. It was widely acknowledged that staff felt, almost from
their induction day, that the charity was totally behind
career development and this was evident from the long
retention of a great proportion of staff. The department had a
comprehensive management training programme and also acted as
a source for identifying and assessing external courses
suitable for more senior and experienced managers. I most
highly recommend them to you."
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National IT
Deloitte & Touche
"Having attended a couple of Sharpstone Skinner's training courses, I was particularly impressed by their depth of knowledge on the respective subjectis and their flexibility in ensuring different delegates' objectives were met."
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Marie Curie Cancer Care
Head of Corporate Fundraising
"Your obvious experience and understanding of the Voluntary Sector and Corporate Fundraising in particular enabled me to provide a comprehensive training programme to a department with diverse skills and needs. Everyone has commented on the professionalism and high degree of enjoyment provided in each module. Looking forward to working with you again."
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Deloitte & Touche
Senior Training Manager
"Sharpstone Skinner are one of the most enthusiastic and personable training companies I have come across. Their ability to put across a lot of information in a short time is essential in today's market where we do not have the luxury of running four day courses."
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Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Director of Fundraising and Marketing
"My colleagues and I have benefited from Helena and Caryn's training for ten years now and at three different
organisations. They always get top marks, with staff both enjoying their training and learning a great deal from it. I can't recommend them highly enough. Try them once - I guarantee you a lifetime's satisfaction!"
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Thomson Holidays
Systems Development Manager
"Negotiating Skills was an extremely enjoyable course with plenty of opportunity to put theory into practice. Even non-negotiators found they could negotiate well!"
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Henry Stewart Publications
Editor
"Sharpstone Skinner provided us with an exhilarating and motivating speaker for a recent conference. She managed to be entertaining, thought provoking and highly pragmatic - all in the space of half an hour. It was no surprise that she was voted top speaker by the audience evaluation that
followed."
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GMAC RFC Ltd
(A General Motors company)
New Business Trainer
"Just to let you know that the course was superb. It was of great benefit and as one of the outcomes I have set myself the task of making a "do not disturb" flag!!!! Caryn's style of delivery was enthusiastic although not overpowering, she kept me focused and motivated. Planning ahead, are you aware if these "Learning and Development" courses are going to continue next year????"
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Channel 4
"Many thanks for the Performance Management Course that I attended on Monday and Tuesday. I found it extremely valuable and stimulating as well as being enjoyable. The course tutor Caryn Skinner was excellent. I also felt that this course would be of enormous benefit to the individual education officers."
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Glaxo SmithKline
 "Thank you Helena, for a really worthwhile session to our Administrators yesterday. You have scored a tremendous 4.6 out of 5 on our feedback form and I hope you found them a responsive audience! Judging by the requests I have had for your overheads, I think they were blown away by the concepts which were very new to some of them. I know that we shall want to invite you again as yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg in
GSK. I have also received requests for your profile and contact details, are you happy for me to forward them?"
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Mind Motivation
Managing Director
"You are so memorable because you leave people feeling
better than before they met you. Keep laughing."
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Multiple Sclerosis Society
"I know that it was just another couple of days' work
for you but it was both extremely useful and enjoyable for me
personally and for all my colleagues, as I know from speaking
to them during and afterwards. I don't know whether or not it
is remarkable - to me it seems so, but then I never was a very
good teacher - but I was struck by the way you made things
which you must have been through time and again seem fresh,
almost as if you had prepared it all for us. I suspect that
this is a real achievement - and that's in addition to making
it fun and relevant."
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Channel 4
"I'd just like to pass on my thanks for organising this course. I was rather sceptical before arriving, but I can say without doubt that it was one of the best I've ever been on. Caryn was excellent, the course was well structured and the roll plays were fun as well as of great value."
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Packer Forbes Communications
Office Manager
"Thanks again for Tuesday - it's really opened our eyes and clarified many things for myself and
Gemma, so has already proved really useful on a practical level. We also had great fun!"
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GMAC RFC Ltd
(A General Motors company)
New Business Trainer
"The Negotiating for Success course was so rewarding for me. I particularly enjoyed the case studies / role plays......it was great to be in a practice environment where you could just go for it!! The structure of the course flowed in a logical format and it was broken down into digestible chunks. I found Helena's style of training very enthusiastic and encouraging, although keeping it real life stuff!!"
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LION
Client Services Director
"Hi there - just wanted to let you know that Lucy and I put some of your tips into practice yesterday and it was really useful - Lucy is now a flip chart queen and I went solo without my notes. The course was really useful! Many thanks."
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Deloitte and Touche
"Thanks very much - have been putting the skills into practice and have definitely noticed a difference."
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Imperial Cancer Research Fund
"Thank you for coming to our department meeting today. Everyone enjoyed the Insights session. The hour is a really good taster and has made everyone keen to do the workshop. The main comments were that people really liked the model, because it recognises qualities in all different types of people instead of saying red is good and blue is bad. Whilst being a very light hearted and enjoyable hour, there are several very useful concepts that people come away with that I think can have an immediate positive effect on the way we work together. Thanks again, you really are fantastic at your job."
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Action Research
Regional Fundraising Manager
"Thanks for the last two days. They were really useful and the three of us really felt that we had come away with some thing that we WILL use in the future. We'll let you know how the training/workshop/course etc goes."
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