Testimonials
Employee Engagement
“Bob provided a forum for genuine two way communication with 800 people across the Peugeot Network to make sure that everyone understood what it meant to put our values into practice; far better than the more traditional one way method of launching new initiatives”
Julie Rosser Peugeot Dealer Workshop Programme Manager
“Cascading the Brand Promise has totally transformed our level of communication. Engaging some 15,000 people with the OPC Process was a very valuable exercise as it helped our whole organisation connect immediately with the initiative and together work out what it really stands for”
Mikael Zetterlund. Global Brand Manager, Husqvarna
“The success of this initiative was due to the participation and involvement of people created by Bob and OPC. Enabling 20,000 people to interact in this way causes something quite different to happen; calibrating their understanding and energizing them to act on that understanding”
Charlotte Bergvall Nilsson, Marketing Director, SEB
“A knowledge revolution has begun at SEB Merchant Banking. Bob and OPC helped us create a complete understanding of our core values in every corner of the business. Their approach and process made it impossible for any of our 3500 people to sit on the sidelines”
Anna Collin, Marketing Manager at SEB Merchant Bank
“We would never have reached and affected so many people; the OPC method Bob uses gave us the tool to create participation, understanding and commitment across the workforce. And a 30% improvement in results quickly”
Christer Andersson Principal Safety Representative, Volvo Power Train
“Bob is known for enabling staff at all levels understand and get behind new initiatives. He helped us create a fun, inspiring and thought provoking approach to communication; people quickly engaged with the message and the feedback from 3500 people was easily captured”
Robin White, Management Development, Somerfield plc
“Many, many thanks for your outstanding delivery of the BlackStar Magic Box event - the quality of the product, literature, process and your facilitation and communication through out was both practical and inspiring. Awesome”
Glenn Watkins, Chief Executive, Ecademy
“Bob held an audience of 70 of the toughest business critiques you could find for over 2 hours! Bob takes you through the windows from the outside going in, encouraging you to see life on the inside of your organisation”
Guy Massey, Managing Director, The Internet Video Company
“It is hard to get a group of passionate high achievers to work through the vision, values and culture of their organisation – Bob’s approach is an innovative tool that can guide any team through this process, which he facilitated superbly”
Elaine Gold, Senior Client Director, CHPD
“Bob is an exceptional chap who knows how to harness the individual capabilities of each team member and get them performing like a well oiled engine. Professional, personable and performance focused. Does Bob deliver on his promises? You better believe it”
Fraser Hay, CEO, The Results Academy
Speaker Quotes
“The feedback from Bob Hayward’s key note slot has been particularly good, humorous, relevant and provocative.”
Sales Director, Hammonds
“I was very impressed with how Bob weaved strong business development messages into his talk. The group was fully engaged through the hour; as a result they were all challenged and energized to improve their own performance”
Nick Newman, Sales Director, Market Location
“Henriette asked me to say how delighted we both are with the outcome of our seminar, and thank you and Jon for your expertise in guiding us to our objectives yesterday!”
Fay Wells, PA to Henriette Schneider, Group Chief Accountant, BMW Financial Services (GB) Limited
“Several managers telephoned after the event to say that they felt this was some of the highest quality training they had ever received”
Claire Watson, Training and Development Manager, Sun Life
“Bob has spoken on a series of skill development areas for our team and some of our key partners. They were popular with the participants and the vast majority of people have reported the ideas are helping them make tangible progress in their development”
Richard Butler, Senior Manager, Advantage West Midlands
“Bringing all Resort Managers together is an expensive yet vital yearly event; setting the tone for the coming season and communicating key business messages. Your team added energy, creativity and fun. Your input into new sales and a customer focused approaches were spot on”
Brian Young, Sales Director, Cosmos
“Thank you so much for what you did for us on Friday - it was very well received and I was very pleased. Please feel free to use us as a reference; I would have no problem in recommending you”
Wendel Quinn PLATO Project Co-ordinator Business Link
“A fantastic speaker who blew our audience away; best I have heard in a long time. I learnt more in two hours than I would have discovered in three years by accident; and his use of humour means I will remember much of it”
Richard Osei-Anim, The Tent Makers Business Club
“Bob spoke to the Association of MBA’s in Bristol recently and gave us much more than we could have hoped or planned. Bob is an honest, straight forward guy who knows his stuff inside out; I would not hesitate in recommending him to others”
Derek Cheshire, South West AMBA
“When Bob presented to Croydon Ecademy he gave us all a huge treat; straightforward, practical and entertaining. He made real connections with everyone in the audience. His humanity and concern for people shone through in all he said”
Huw Williams, Croydon Ecademy Club
“Please accept my sincere thanks for presenting the International Workshop in Nice, entirely different from the normal ambit of discussions and was greatly appreciated and well received by all. I was particularly struck by your utter commitment to an organised and balanced lifestyle”
Tim Lane, CEO, FCIB
“Thank you for such a great presentation, it certainly helped make the day a big success. You really made people think - including me! Your delivery was very polished and professional and your stories made it so interesting and memorable”
Eric Woodhams, FNAEA, National Manager
“On behalf of everyone I wish to thank you for participating in our Road Show. Feedback indicates the event has been a great success and this would not have been the case without the quality of the content and your presentation skills yesterday”
Nick King, FACP, MICM, Chairman ACP
Trainer Quotes
“Bob, in the four years you have worked with me and my team as coach and facilitator, you have continually added value at both personal and strategic levels. There are significant initiatives in place within our business that started their life as an idea on one of your workshops”
Mal Jones, Group Director, Purchasing and Print Zurich
“The Partnership Development Project has been very beneficial for us and our partner British Waterways. From the involvement of the whole project team with assessment tools to the facilitation of the directors’ workshop we have gained so many insights into how to work more effectively together. You have helped us uncover so much potential for both sides; from my point of view even if only half the ideas come to fruition I’ll beat my total annual sales target from this account alone”
Tim Dyson Senior Account Manager LogicaCMG
“Thanks for running our workshop in Beaulieu. I am delighted with the progress we made on a number of fronts. The outputs came about through the balance in the programme and your style of delivery which encourages a positive attitude and provides a platform for success”
Mal Jones, Group Director, Purchasing and Print Zurich
“Enlightening workshop, you have given me an insight into where my lost time goes and the activities on delegation and planning will enable me to be a better coach and manger”
Mark Forester, York International Senior Manager
“One of the great joys in life is meeting someone whose skill in a particular area is instantly recognisable. The handling of the review was extremely well received by the delegates. They appreciated the positive approach and interest you showed throughout. On a personal basis, I too benefited as the volume of notes made indicates”
Ralph Grenville, Training & Development, W.H.Smiths News
“Thanks for a great day. We got a clearer sense of what we need to do to move Steel River forward”
David Brown, CEO Steel River
“Thanks for two powerful days. This was a great way to boost the development of our managers”
Seamus Watson, Managing Director Steel River & Dealer Principal of Just Harleys
“Bob ran a series of skill development programmes for our team and some of our key partners in the areas of Time Management, Key Account Management and Influencing Skills, They were popular with the participants and the vast majority of people have made tangible progress in their development”
Richard Butler, Senior Manager, Advantage West Midlands
“Absolutely Brilliant! The workshop has given me a great set of practical ideas”
Simon Rose, Rydale BMW
“Bob your Time Power Workshop has shown me new ways to handle time, better ways to plan and offered me a framework for greater effectiveness in my relationships with others. I enjoyed the positive informal approach; the day was highly active and thought provoking”
Anne-Marie van der Neut, Christies Amsterdam
“The Time Power Workshop was perfect for our current situation, it was well planned, continuously thought provoking and very relevant to the challenges we face. The day was a good mix of fun, honest input from the team and practical examples from Bob as facilitator. It helped us build the team, free up more time and shown us how to tackle some key issues”
Paul Stanley, Corpra
“Bob, thank you for the additional information you emailed me as promised, I must say the ideas you helped me generate in our workshop have had a big impact on me and will improve both my work and personal life”
Isabella Jurado-Blanco, Madrid Office, Cushman Wakefield Healy and Baker
“Thanks to your coaching and training the improvements in my personal organisation, focus, planning and people management skills have led to a significantly increase in my business profitability”
Nicholas Cutts, Managing Director, Cutts of Campden
“The one-day Time Power course has significantly improved our management meetings and the flow of priority work across the business, thanks Bob”
Rob Warner, Finance Director, Rose Bearings Ltd
“In order to win SAAB National Dealer of the Year 2002 we had to improve customer satisfaction, employee motivation, time management and communication; Time Power played a significant part in our progress”
Tony Walker, Managing Director, Causeway SAAB
“I enjoyed the first course with Bob so much, I took it again with a group of my colleagues”
Fiona Firth, Schlumberger
“The workshop was well structured and relevant; it contained a variety of good team exercises that generated plenty of action points. Bob, the instructor used his knowledge and enthusiasm to drive the key points home with lots of practical examples”
Nick Blaney, Outokumpu Stainless Steel - IS team
“My experience of Time Power both as a delegate myself of the public version of the programme and as a manager of a team of people who were involved with an in-house workshop has been highly positive and productive”
Marcelous Roberts, MOD USA Estates Division
“We have now run a number of In-house Time Power programmes with Bob as trainer; the results are immediate and long lasting”
Miriam Kiely-Eyre, Fleet Street Publishing
“The workshop covered everything I needed; it helped me clarify my role gleaning what is important and how to prioritise my work with others. The event was well organised and the trainer, Bob Hayward, was well prepared and motivated”
Ian Roper, General Manager, DTC Worldwide
“Bob we have had such excellent feedback from the TimePower Workshops Bob has been running for our members, I’d like to ask what other programmes you could run with us..?”
Gavin Sheppard, Group Head of Commercial Development, Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group
“Bob, I just wanted to give you some feedback and say one BIG THANK YOU - I feel that whilst my time management was good, it has improved greatly! This week I have planned all my tasks and where I was wasting time previously, I now have a structured and productive day”
Debbie Jones, Customer Service Manager, Everest Double Glazing
