Eric has developed a very close working relationship with us and is able to help us move very quickly from the business issues affecting us into the strategies to move forward.
It is his ability to help us with blue sky thinking and then translate these ideas into workable plans that we most value.
Alan Thomson, Managing Partner, Thomson Cooper
There has been a build up of trust and rapport which has come from the various projects and initiatives which Eric has helped us with over the years. This includes the likes of our annual strategy review, client relationship management and of course the T&A Leadership and Management Programme.
The cohesion that has come from this is particularly helpful. He is viewed as a sounding board, a facilitator and an advisor who is respected throughout the partnership. Due to all of these aspects we have had no need to go looking for any other consultants to help us.
The recent work to create and support our own T&A Leadership and Management Programme has been a big step forward for us. Associates are now working very closely with partners and together we have a growing collective leadership approach. This has been shaped to our own particular needs by Eric’s non prescriptive approach and rounded views of what will work for us.
Martin Reid, Senior Partner, Thomas and Adamson
I’ve found that the one to ones always leave me motivated, very focused and very clear about what I need and want to do. The language that Eric uses is not management speak, it is language that is understandable and that I can use!
Looking back over the past two to three years since I started using this, I can see how much I and we have changed but it’s been subtle, over time. It’s all to the good.
Alastair Wallace, Partner, Thomas and Adamson
Eric’s involvement has helped us grow a stronger development team which can now focus on the key areas that will have the biggest impact and which add the highest level of value to the business.
That sounds simple but it has involved looking at how we get the best from our people, where our key competitive strengths lie , how we can put together a strategy for growth and most importantly ensuring that we are action orientated.
Eric’s involvement in all of this has been as a mentor, coach, source of information, confidant and friend.
All of which a lonely Managing Director needs at times.
Allan Ross, Managing Director, First Independent Finance
I have known and worked with Eric for many years. He intimately understands the challenges and realities of achieving growth and change in small to medium sized businesses.
We particularly value his perspectives on the need for organisational change if you are to achieve successful strategy implementation – and, of course, on how to make that change happen. The nub of the issues is, of course, leadership and the strategies and tactics that management teams need to adopt in order to achieve successful change. Eric excels in working with boards and senior management teams to plan and implement strategic change – making a positive impact both on how the team operates and the leadership behaviour of individual team members.
Bill Loch, Strategic Development Director, Asco Ltd
The work we did on sharing our leadership agendas was a massive step forward. We would never have done this ourselves. You enabled us to look at ourselves and each other. We were then much more able to communicate openly and comfortably about the way ahead for all of us. You didn’t theorise about it but brought it back to individual experiences and applications.
Everyone values the personal and private nature of the one to ones – they have helped enormously.
Lindsay Campbell, Managing Director, Grant Management
Unlike other consultants, you can actually see Eric’s effect! It’s real and it improves not only the service but the business performance as well. He also has the ability to engage with people at all levels in the company and that was a major impact in helping to make the connection between their behaviour and outstanding service.
Chris Nugent, Managing Director, Polaris
Working together we will get the majority of people living by these values and you will have one of the most distinctive companies in the country.
When we were a smaller business we were living out the values. Eric helped us realise the absolute need for us to define these and communicate them as a priority. They have become central to everything we do now. A huge contribution from Eric has been his ability to guide us into actions that bring truly valuable changes.
Colette Grant, Co-founder and Director, Grant Management
Conversations with Eric simplify the complicated and help me focus on the heart of the matter. There is depth to his approach, yet he has an easy, friendly manner. He came to me highly recommended and I now appreciate why.
Jim Butchart, Managing Director, RPM Ltd
