About Ashtead Performance Group

The potential that can be realised through nurturing and developing your employees is greater than any other return on investment.

I realised how true this was during my career in sales and marketing working for large, high profile companies. Getting people and teams to perform to their optimum levels has always been my interest and my strength.

And that's exactly what we do for our clients at Ashtead Performance Group. Our work focuses on people, their needs and their aspirations to help our clients improve their business performance.

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Richard Baker

Interview with Richard Baker, former CEO of Boots, on taking on "the worst job in British retailing"

Lord Imbert

Lord Imbert, Former Metroplolitan Police Commissioner, on bringing the Met into the 21st century

Karen Jones

Karen Jones, founder of Cafe Rouge, talks about making change happen

Harold Gittelmon

Harold Gittelmon Managing director of Harding Bros talks about managing poor performance

Jon Challenor

Jon Chaloner, Head teacher of Glyn's School Epsom, on turning round a failing institution

We get their senior and best people working as cohesive teams. We help them find the most effective way to develop and nurture their talented employees so they take on more responsibility and leadership roles.

But before we do anything, we dig deep to find the real factors that are affecting business performance. Then we suggest practical actions to address specific performance needs. We believe it's the only way to bring about effective, measurable, and sustainable improvements.

Our work involves three main areas:

  • company cultures
  • leadership development and coaching
  • developing high performance teams

Plainly speaking

We don’t do jargon. We believe in plain speaking and thorough analysis followed by considered and appropriate action.