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“Ashtead Performance Group were very tuned in to what we wanted to achieve and has been very good to work with. They introduced to us some innovative thinking that helped to drive the change programme to such effect throughout the workforce. We attribute a lot of our current success to the change in attitudes and sense of ownership that followed our people change programme.

"The change in mood here is very noticeable. The atmosphere is positive and there is change in the work ethic, both from individuals and teams. There is now a much more supportive team culture. These are very real steps forward for us.

"The change programme was the catalyst that allowed both managers and the workforce to radically change attitudes in a number of key areas, establish a self-motivating approach, and substantial financial turnaround.”

David Baxter – Formerly MD Tarmac Northern

“I found the two day session to be really valuable and felt that our facilitator from Ashtead Performance Group was able to extract the real strategic nuggets from a senior cross functional team. Particularly I felt that the rules of engagement were very helpful at the commencement and by getting people to work in an open and honest way we were able to engender trust across the forum.

I enjoyed the summary of Day 1 on the morning of Day 2 and felt the direct way that the facilitator approached the issues in a very straight talking rather than "jargonistic" way helped stimulate the practical inputs and the leadership style we would like to have within the organisation. In all an excellent session and thank you for keeping the pace and the focus on the agenda to ensure that we reached actionable conclusions”

Chris Mason, Managing Director First Drinks Brands Ltd

"Ashtead’s facilitation at our strategy meeting was first class. The facilitator had the ability to inject energy into proceedings when necessary. Also what was most impressive was the intuition shown with regard to when to intervene to push things along and when to keep quiet when the proceedings were progressing at the right pace in the right direction."

Senior Manager in the Drinks industry

“It would seem that many consultants want to offer an 'off-the-shelf' solution to business challenges. Our people are very demanding and they can smell jargon and clichés a mile away. Ashtead Performance Group have proved refreshingly different and provided us with a very bespoke service.

"They have all the rigour I would expect but what differentiates them is the way they have worked on our agenda and have strived to make a real difference to what we deliver.

"A workshop with these guys isn’t just a good day out of the office. It actually results in stronger planning and a real focus on what will change our results for the better.

"I employed them to run our management team visioning workshop. We were so pleased that we have retained them to help us roll out the vision to our entire business unit.”

Robert Hite – Business Unit Head, Bayer Healthcare – Specialised Therapeutics Business Unit

“The division is now a much more efficient and happier outfit. There is good interaction between people and it is much more supportive and amicable than it used to be”.

Charles de Wet, MD - Medical Division, Boehringer Ingleheim

“Simon Alldridge has a great ability to make people feel they have 100% of his attention. He makes them feel everything they are saying is being listened to and he helps them distil their thoughts. It’s a rare quality.”

Simon Bailey Head of Marketing for Aegon UK employee benefits business unit.

“What differentiates APG is their reliance on hard substantive data. Their approach is very business driven and it gave me confidence. They are people I would work with again.”

Lynn Cunningham, HR Director, The Telegraph Newspaper Group

“How do you help a high performing team stay exceptional? Well Ashtead Performance Group managed this with my brand team.

“We knew we had great potential in our team. With Simon’s help we unlocked it and created a compelling purpose as well as a winning set of team values by which to work. “We now have a set of core values and principles that scream quality and a truly integrated and interdependent brand team that really knows what it is doing.”

Natalie Newing – Mirapexin Team Manager