Results worth talking about

Here you will find just a few of the many kind comments we have received from clients recently. All attest to the practicality of our content and our fanatical support that enables people to literally ‘Change the habits of a working lifetime’.

This is from a client where we trained the whole team via tutor-led webshops:

Thank you so much for the training Richard – it was fabulous, really impressive and incredibly useful. The feedback among the group here is that it has been the best training we have ever put on, and the most practical in terms of having tools now to really change and improve how people work. You have spurred some great debate about many of the issues and questions you raised, all very positive indeed.

I am full of admiration for how you made the trainings so easy, so pleasant, and so personal. It was as though you were in the room with us! So, again, a very big thank you.
Tony Burke CEO www.allglobal.com

‘I have found Richard’s Working Smart training ridiculously useful thus far. I’ve been using it as instructed for 3 months now. Really useful stuff.’
James Mclarnon Domestic and General Insurance.

‘Stop thrashing about in the dark and get Richard Maybury to turn the lights on’ Stuart Dey Business Development Director Shipleys LLP

We are always looking to develop our business practices and our IT Support company, Ramsac, recommended that we speak to Richard Maybury about time management and using Microsoft Outlook to drive productivity. We were keen to become more efficient but sceptical about how Outlook could support this. However, we got Richard in and he ran an informative and entertaining two hour session, packed with practical content, for our whole team. He demonstrated the power that can be unleashed through Microsoft Outlook and we have now adopted a lot of his suggestions into our ways of working. Thank you Ramsac for the recommendation and thank you Richard Maybury for helping us to work smarter.
Jon Whiteman, Assistant Director CIL

‘Your training and the follow up has been by far the most useful I have had in any company; I especially liked the follow up session, as it keeps focus on continuous change and the chance to adjust if necessary. I’d recommend your training to anyone, it’s a life saver!’ Giovanni Minchella vmware

‘After attending a ‘Smarter Priority Management with Microsoft Outlook’ course with Richard, I returned home to my wife and said that I had “attended a course that would change my life!” Of course she very quickly came back with a response along the lines of “Will it change your life outside of work too?” and then she said “I thought it was a course about how to use MS Outlook, how can that change your life?”

In truth, it was so much more!

I approached the day with a healthy dose of skepticism, thinking that I already successfully organize and prioritize my work using my ‘ABC rule’; in looking at my ‘to-do’ list every day, I labeled tasks with ‘A’ – to do today, ‘B’-to do tomorrow and ‘C’ – to delegate. What I soon discovered on the course was that I was missing an option to say ‘no’ and the ability to schedule things beyond tomorrow!

As the day progressed, it became apparent that I was not prioritizing my tasks effectively; I treated every client request as a crisis requiring an immediate response and never actually deleted anything relating to a project off my ‘to-do’ list until the project was complete and delivered…there were even ‘tasks’ that were permanent and that I re-visited daily…all the while kidding myself that ‘I work better under pressure’ and wondering why I spent all my time at home worrying about work.

A few simple rules have significantly and immediately changed the way I approach my work …….and I have no doubt that my wife will feel a difference outside of work – I even managed to learn a little bit about outlook functionality as well!’
Neil A. Jones PhD, Director – Branded Solutions
Medical Marketing Research International

‘ Richard has the uncommon ability to get people to do what they know they should – but never did! And stick to it! – like they never did. Work with him.’
Tony Murphy, MD Finevalley Communications ltd

“Before the Tactical Priority Management course with Richard, I thought it wouldn’t help me as much as it helped some of my colleagues. I was wrong. Following the course, I have started to make the small, easy changes to the way I work. I’m getting home earlier in the evenings and I can ‘switch off’ at night and at the weekends, which is great. I feel that I’m on top of my workload and, for the first time since I started my career, there is just about enough time in the day.” Top qualities: Great Results , Personable , Expert. Stuart McCaul  Corporate Account Manager EMC

‘Richard welds insightfulness and inspiration with uncompromising practicality, if you want ‘How To’ instead of ‘Should Do’ you must book him.’
Neil Jenkinson Financial Measures ltd

‘Richard’s Priority Management training is a key component of our Management Development Programme. It has been very well received with consistently positive feedback. People have actually been able to identify the improvements they have felt empowered to make following the workshop and coaching and, thanks to Richard for making sure that the needs of each group was met, not just in terms of outcome but in delivery style as well.’
EMC Computer Systems EMEA Training and Development Manager

‘Our organisation challenged Richard to deliver a series of tailored MS Outlook productivity workshops that would enhance our working practices. Richard’s approach was efficient and effective throughout the engagement and his passion for the subject matter was evident. Without doubt one of the most valuable training investments we have undertaken.”
Malcolm Ogg Director, Portfolio Development (CMR) Thomson Reuters

‘Richard and Priority have helped me retain better focus and control over my deliverables with less effort, stress and pain – even with up to 100 emails a day! Work with him if you want to change the way you work for the better.’
Phil Benton Director Civica PLC.

‘I just wanted to take a moment to comment on the training course last week I was very sceptical – what can you possibly teach me – I have been using Outlook for years….. I was wrong, I got a lot out of the course, I currently have an empty mail box and a well organised schedule of tasks and diary. I currently feel more on top of what I have got going on and better able to schedule my time and resources. I would strongly recommend that we roll out this course to other people in DELL.’
Nick Jefferson, DELL Enterprise Solutions Consultant.

‘Working in IT sales, I have attended countless training courses, but can honestly say that Richard is the best coach I have ever come across. The content of his Priority Management course is exceptional and has dramatically changed the way I work. I found Richard to be very personable and a truly inspirational trainer. I have recommended Richard’s Priority Management course to several of my colleagues, and would certainly recommend that everyone attend one of his courses
Stephen Hardy Account Manager at VMWare

‘Richard is a highly organised and professional individual with a real passion for his work. His energy and animation enrich his delivery of courses and his advice and evidence are both practical and bring immediate results.”
James Quickfall Head of Client Services at Retail Decisions Inc.

‘Richard has worked with EMC as a provider of training in the area of personal productivity and time management. I have recommended his training to my peers and friends, inside and outside of EMC and wouldn’t hesitate to do so again. Prior to my attendance on these courses I was struggling to manage my inbox and my tasks and I was regularly dropping balls. The Priority Management training that Richard delivered, invested me with the skills to make a fundamental improvement in personal productivity and to start successfully juggling the balls again. The subsequent Strategic Priority Management course has allowed me to use that personal productivity and organisation to take a structured approach to meeting my goals. The results have surpassed my expectations. Richard provides excellent post training support, which I have also found an invaluable aid to implementing the techniques. What was evident during the courses is that Richard really understands his subject area and knows how to apply that knowledge. In addition he has a relaxed style that works well with the subject matter.”
Ian Harvey EMC Computer Systems

I attended one of Richard’s courses on time management using Outlook and our current trend to urgency addiction. The results from attending the course were for me immediate, I am more organised, more focused and more in control and I am very grateful to him for the wisdom he imparted. If you’re considering engaging with Richard take my word for it and don’t hesitate to go for it!
Robert May MD Ramsac Ltd

On behalf of the team I’d like to thank you for what was an excellent session on Tuesday.  Thanks also for the follow-up tips and advice.  I have been using the process in anger since Tuesday night and it is truly liberating to manage work-flows in this way.  I will be adjusting my Management Framework to include the processes learnt in the session and I will keep you posted on how that works out.

I am confident that my team and I will be more productive as individuals and in our work-groups following this program.  I am particularly keen to get stuck in to tasks that are managed through ‘categories’.  One of the big battles we have here  is the breadth and scope of what we do.  It is often difficult to cancel out the noise from the music and ‘focus’ is everything.  Relating work-loads, time, tasks and energy to ‘priorities’ ought to be the weapon of choice in that battle. Your references to tasks that ‘follow the money’ resonates very well within EMC!!

I would recommend this course to everyone, particularly given the velocity at which our field operates and the need for laser focus activity management.
Gavin Jackson EMC

This program has proved absolutely invaluable to me. Richard’s practical approach makes it easy to implement small changes that make a huge difference. I was struggling to balance an ever-increasing workload with the daily demands being made on me in my evolving role. By embracing not only the process but also the philosophy of Richard’s Priority Management, I have completely overhauled the way I work. Instead of sticking yet another post-it in my workspace, making a mental note or erratically running a highlighter over something, I now organize everything through outlook – clean, simple and efficient.

I have never been so consistently productive or confident that I am staying on top of things by dedicating my resources to the right tasks. This training has come early in my career and I count myself lucky to be presented with such a useful tool. I’m sure it will serve me well into the future. If you have a chance to participate in this program – do it! It’s simply impossible to exaggerate how beneficial and valuable it is.
Louise Cannon VMWare