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I could have been seen as a doubting Thomas when it comes to business coaches as I’d got through the past 30 years successfully managing businesses and people in both stormy and buoyant times. I was pretty sure we wouldn’t ever need a coach.
Enter Tina Dulieu from Coaching Dynamics to smash the above preconceptions.
Toucan Internet LLP has been providing commercially successful websites and Internet services since 1997 and is in a continualy and rapidly changing business environment, both in services provided and emerging business opportunities.
Toucan Internet LLP benefitted from a series of six sessions with Tina where the two main partners reviewed and assessed every key aspect of the business, what they wanted from it now and, more importantly, in the future.
Did Tina actually teach these old dogs any new tricks? Yes the key lesson to step well back from the day to day running of the business and look at the big picture.
Was there benefit in the time spent with Tina? Yes, immense benefit. Tina acted as a catalyst in helping us bring clarity to the many opportunities that Toucan Internet has open to it. With that clarity it was so easy to review and assess each in line with our business plans and our overall life plans.
So to all the doubting Thomas’s out there, Tina comes at this as:
- an eminently successful business woman in her own right,
- is not formulaic but rather highly bespoke in her offerings,
- can offer sensible support to people who already have significant business experience
and
- can even find considerable funding to make it less of a financial risk.
Toucan Internet LLP is better for the experience and I commend Tina to any organisation at any stage of its growth.
Yours sincerely
 Simon Thomas
Toucan Internet LLP
www.toucanweb.co.uk
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 I started working with Tina in February 2011.
Having started in our new business in September 2010, 1 had been overwhelmed with the amount of work I had to achieve both behind the scenes and customer facing.
I needed to pull all the strands of our new business together and start to run a
more efficient and profitable business with clarity and focus.
Under Tina's mentorship I managed to indentify the key goals I had and what I needed to
learn and do to achieve those goals.
The areas we covered were diverse; refining the business systems, developing a client base, clarifying our finances, improving our customer care, developing the business image, increasing turnover, developing our marketing strategy, analysing costs. As well as lots of other tangents and tasks.
With each of the areas, we made clear, defined plans to work towards achieving the goals; identifying strengths and weaknesses and tangible activities to lead toward the success we envisage.
Tina has a calm, efficient approach but also has a very warm, natural personality which is impossible to dislike. She is honourable and has a high moral code, for which she wins my complete respect. Her energy ensures that her large list of professional contacts will always be available to her clients and further mutually beneficial connections can be made.
I am delighted with the progress I and the business have made as a result of the programme I have undertaken with Tina. We carefully monitored the progress as we went along and starting with an achievement rate of 39%, on completion of 6 sessions I had an achievement rate of 70%. I found the sessions invaluable and that they gave me a structure and organisation to my business activities, allowed me to have a clear vision and mission for the business and tangible goals to work towards.
I enrolled for further coaching and have now found that the tangible goals are being realised, our turnover has increased, and our mission statement is being realised.
I look forward to continuing to working with Tina to complete a years coaching, largely funded by grant sources which Tina has introduced me to, for the benefit of the business and our business partners.
 Alexis Beeching
The Red Cow Public House, Chrishall
www.theredcow.com
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We are a very busy and expanding firm of Architectural and Interior Designers and we suffer from an over abundance of ideas and creative directions that we need to capture and evaluate in order for the company to expand in a controlled form.
We have been working with Tina Dulieu for just over six months now and we have been truly amazed at how quickly she has been able to fully understand the intricacies of our particular business and how she has brought a wealth of valuable information and experience to bear on us to ensure our business growth is sustainable.
She is a fantastic listener and has a huge range of comprehensive tools and techniques to allow her to impart a full understanding of a potential problem, and through understanding she then helps us formulate our own goals and targets. She has allowed us to flourish in our creative field by giving us structure and procedures to back up this creativity.
Her track record and experience are exemplary and she has a huge capacity to listen, to never judge and always provides a new insight or perspective on any new venture or idea.
A fantastic asset to any new or expanding company and a truly wonderful lady, I will certainly be using her again and again to ensure the development of my company is secured.
I would have no hesitation at all in recommending Tina Dulieu and Coaching Dynamics for any business.
Yours sincerely
Robin Stretton
RST ENVIRONMENTAL
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I have wanted to put together a written testimonial for Tina Dulieu (Coaching Dynamics) for some time, and have finally got round to it (hurrah).
Tina started coaching me back in April 2010, my company had been established for 5 years, and good things were happening. I had a vision for the future, but I wanted to do everything all at once. Tina sat me down and somehow segmented my overall intentions, and helped me identify what the first steps should be, she wouldn’t let me try to do them all at once – she knew if I did I would fail! Slowly, but surely, she has coaxed me over the last 8 months towards rational steps forward, that when broken down into smaller actions all seemed very doable, and it is only now on reflection, that when I look back I can now see just how far forward Aralia has moved.
Along the way we have had diversions, which at the time I saw as taking me off course, away from where my heart lay, but of course Tina was right, these ‘diversions’ have in-fact led to significant improvement to our company profitability, and our turnover year on year will have more than doubled. Tina encouraged me do things like introduce systems and I now know that we are well prepared for future growth.
During the course of last year I took the decision to employ 2 new staff members – my first 2! Very scary stuff, and at times I tried to convince myself it was the wrong thing to do – but, Tina was there assuring me it was the right thing – and oddly enough she has been proved right. I panicked mid-year and wondered ‘what if the sales don’t come’ ‘how would I then cover my hugely increased overheads’ – whilst all the time Tina kept on telling me ‘don’t worry things have a way of working out’.
We ended last year on a major high, with business coming in from all over the place, I don’t think that we were doing anything different, but somehow it all just came together and we have had a fantastic 2010. Luck? Possibly. Right place right time? Possibly. Culmination of the last 5 years effort – yes definitely. But, and a big but, I do know that without Tina’s support and direction last year we wouldn’t have achieved what we did in those 8 months.
We systemised a huge part of our processes:
- Took on 2 new employees and fully integrated them into the business systems (they wrote most of them!)
- Completely changed how we handle garden builds, we now act as the contractor, rather than an overseer (far more profitable)
- Have introduced a Maintenance arm to our business
- Won the Principal Award from Bali for Landscape Design Excellence.
And now at last Tina says I am finally allowed to spend time developing Aralia Exteriors – thank goodness for that!
Would I recommend Tina? Whole heartedly and unreservedly. Does she know anything about Garden Design? No of course not, but that’s not what Tina is about, she is about working with you to determine the best course of action for you and your business to reach your goals. It’s a collaborative journey that is taken together as a shared experience. When you succeed Tina succeeds, and that’s a true win win scenario
Big thank you to Tina.
 Patricia Fox MSGD / MBALI
Aralia Garden Design
www.aralia.org.uk
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Aralia Testimonial
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Over the past nine months, Tina Dulieu has been assisting me in developing my business.
I approached Tina because I saw someone who could see clearly, identify the heart of issues and worked well with people.
Tina has not disappointed. I look forward to our sessions and always expect to go in with concerns but come out with ideas to implement. Her advice is much prized.
I recommend Tina to anyone who values thinking deeply about their business to drive it forward.
 Ivan Newman
Founder of Living Inside the Brand®
www.livinginsidethebrand.com
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Ivan Newman Testimonial
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Dear Tina,
Thank you for your efforts in working with me during my sales strategy training. I would like to
comment on the usefulness of the course and how my time management and business focus
has been greatly improved. I now look forward to my business future with great aplomb.
Thank you too for helping me obtain funding, without which the course would have been
beyond financial reach.
 Yours sincerely,
Matthew Fagg
MJPhotographic
www.mattfagg.com
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I would like to express my sincere thanks to Tina Dulieu at Coaching Dynamics for assisting me in the last 6 months with new ideas and ways to improve and grow my business. She is not only professional and sincere but very knowledgable and provides a great source of information and business techniques which can be applied to any business.
 She has become a friend and a great support in all that SR Events do and our relationship is ongoing.
If you have not already a one-to-one with Tina and spoken to her about helping your business to grow, I would strongly recommend you do!
Louise Oliver
Managing Director
SR Events
www.srevents.co.uk
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“Wendy and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Coaching Dynamics for all your help and support over the last 6 months. I think it would be fair to say that I thought I was the last person in the world that needed a business coach and then I met you in 2009 and I realised what you could do for our business.
Within a couple of months of working with you, Wendy and I reached goals that we thought were years away and you not only made us realise what we could achieve, but you gave us the tools and mechanism to make it happen sooner than we thought would be possible.
Since meeting you, we have successfully recruited a member of staff, we have moved premises and have an exciting business plan and vision which I have no doubt we will achieve.
Your dedication and passion about our business has never ceased to amaze and impress me and I look forward to continuing our excellent working relationship and to seeing what else RecruitAbility can achieve can achieve with you by our side.”
 Lucy Gilmour
Director
RecruitAbility Solutions Limited
www.recruit-ability.co.uk
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RecruitAbility Testimonial - Lucy Gilmour
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When I met Tina, I was struggling to organise myself although I knew my business had potential I “couldn’t see the wood for the trees”. Tina has changed all that for me and has truly “Challenged me to be Successful”.
I really feel that Tina is as passionate about the Success and Growth of Lily Pins as I am.
Tina has improved both my confidence and my profit margin; she has a solution or suggestion for all challenges and problems.
I now have a clear positive approach to my business and truly believe that having Tina on board is indeed a “necessity” and not a “luxury”.
Tina’s support, guidance, counselling and friendship has been inspirational to me over the last six months and my leadership skills have improved a great deal as a result.
Tina is professional, patient and understanding and has a very calming influence on me especially at those times when I feel a little  overwhelmed by being a Business Owner, knowing that Tina and her words of wisdom or “Dulieu Fairy dust” is there for me is invaluable.
Thank you Tina for helping me make my dreams a reality!
Jenny Twigg
Managing Director
Lily Pins Limited
www.lilypins.co.uk
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Lily Pins Testimonial
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Having just completed 6 months Business Coaching with Tina, I can honestly say that my business and me have benefitted enormously. Since the coaching began we have moved into offices in Bishop’s Stortford, taken on our first full time member of staff and have turned over more money in five months than we did in our first year!
Our time management is far more effective and our goals and targets identified. There is still room for improvement but with Tina’s help and guidance we are more than well on our way.
Thank you Tina, we cannot recommend you highly enough.
Wendy Barriball
Director
RecruitAbility
www.recruit-ability.co.uk
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Recruitability Testimonial - Wendy Barriball
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Thank you Tina for my Business Coaching. I have never been through any type of coaching before! So a little pessimistic as to if it was possible, plus decided to do it at a very difficult time personally and professionally.
I was out of control! Tina you were able not only to reign me in, but also encouraged me to look at my time. Encouraged me to say 'no' and provided a wise sounding block at a time when I myself was my own prosecution, defence, judge and jury. After 6 months I was at last saying 'no', I was conscious of how I spent my time and I had a written 5 year plan.
I totally believe that due to the time I spent with you at a very difficult stage of the company's growth, it set me on the right course. I could so easily have taken the wrong path, so much so I have achieved my 5 year plan within 12 months!
Heather Barnes,
Managing Director
Heather Barnes Overseas Property Investment and Sales
www.heatherbarnes.co.uk
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Heather Barnes Testimonial
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The overall impact of the six executive coaching sessions with Tina has been huge and has positively impacted on me as an individual to an extent that I would not have thought possible in such a short period of time.
From the very first session I found that I was more organised within my work setting and from this increased organisation I have become more productive and therefore feel I am having a greater impact at work. The SWOT analysis enabled me to identify my many strengths and I became aware that the greatest threat to myself was ME!
Prior to commencing coaching, I would suggest I was a fairly confident person. However, through the executive coaching I have become more confident, more focused, more productive and a happier individual. Thank you, Tina!
Following the initial six coaching sessions, I have decided to continue our professional relationship, and I am looking forward to working with Tina and growing and developing further.”
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Sarah has been reinvented. She has retained her administrative skills and general intellect, but has added drive, confidence and enthusiasm to her skills. I can only congratulate you, Tina, on achieving the targets I requested beyond my expectations.
Andrew Lloyd-Skinner
Director
North Weald Golf Club
Commenting on the effectiveness of the 3 month Executive Coaching Programme undertaken by Coaching Dynamics with one of his Managers
The Coaching Programme I have completed has been extremely beneficial
to my role. My confidence and the business ideas generated have been a great success and as a result my work productivity has improved. I would definitely recommend the programme to small businesses looking to improve on sales ideas, revenue generation
and staff confidence
S Edwards
Customer Services Manager
North Weald Golf Club
Commenting on the effectiveness of the 3 month Executive Coaching Programme undertaken with Coaching Dynamics
www.northwealdgolfclub.co.uk
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Because of the nature of my business, where I deal alone with the administrative duties and business development, I was able to discuss with someone issues I was struggling to deal with, and Tina steered me in directions and put forward solutions that I had not considered.
Our sessions forced me to stop "doing" the business and make time to look at areas I needed to develop and actually plan how I would go about it. Because we had time-tabled goals for me to work toward by the next session, I did make more of an effort to achieve them than I might have otherwise. We are still in the early stages but I feel what I have achieved already will pay significant dividends further down the line.
Tina, the only way you could do more than you are already, would be if you actually started running the business for me!
Helene
Kumon Instructor
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From a position of confusion over the direction I should move my business in order to get a better sense of satisfaction from my work, and more work of the right type, I found the coaching very beneficial. It provided a structured approach to exploring the motivations and issues and finding a way forward that feels right for me.
As an unrelated third party, Tina's coaching was very good in providing the safe and comfortable space to do this, with plenty of encouragements, skillful questioning, and friendly listening and reflection.
I have been a bit like a cat in a bag to pin down in the past and there were times I wondered whether this structured coaching was right for me but in fact it has provided the springboard to move on more effectively.
Michael Cheetham
Photographer and Agency Director
www.cheethams-agency.co.uk
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Firstly I would like to thank you for your patience, understanding and professionalism during the course. I wish I had teachers of your calibre when I was at school I know I would have achieved more.
Before I started working with you my time management was very poor, I never had time, I was always too busy and my efficiency level was just 25%.
Our first session was time management which had an immediate impact on the way I managed my day. The results quite frankly were amazing; within a few days of implementing your ‘Traffic Light System’ I was completing more tasks, and had time to plan for the next day.
My days are now pro-active not re-active which is proving to be very beneficial, not only in my business, but in my home life too. After just 6 sessions my efficiency rating has more than doubled to 53% which I didn't’t think was possible.
It goes without saying that I would recommend your business coaching course to any business owner, or executive looking to improve their efficiency.
William Norton
Troublefree-IT (uk) ltd
www.troublefree-it.co.uk
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“I was hesitant at first but now, after just four Business Coaching sessions, I realise it’s one of the biggest steps forward I’ve made for ages. Each meeting with Tina further emphasises how good coaching has been for me in the development of my business. I see this as an on-going relationship for the foreseeable future.”
Tim Everett, Osteopath
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“Our initial course of six Executive Coaching sessions has been a great help to our company. We have been able to achieve goals that we had neglected and unrecognised previously. The sessions allowed us to analyse the company by dissecting it into six priority areas to tackle, we have been able to rework processes to help us to operate efficiently and productively.
Our time management has improved by implementing different strategies; we have also reworked our invoicing system to improve cash flow. Tina has encouraged us to recognise our strengths and weaknesses and enabled us to build on and address them. We are continuing to use Tina as our Business and Executive Coach in an on-going relationship to enable us to develop the company further in the future.”
Gary Cumberland and Lewis Cook
Directors
Form Architecture
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“Tina's belief that she could help move my business forward successfully, was the reason I believed in her to do so. She has shown diligence and commitment to turning my ideas into reality. Whilst Tina maintains a professional approach to her work, I admire how she still offers the personal touch that I truly value.
Following a course of coaching sessions with Tina, I feel confident that my business is growing in the direction I want it to go. Tina's belief in the success of Dancemania has encouraged me to make the necessary changes to move it forward...Thank you, Tina, for your faith.”
Jo McDonald
Principal, Dancemania
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“The Career Coaching sessions that I had with Tina were a Godsend to me and I am very grateful for the impact that it has made to my life. Since 2006, I have been at a very critical point in my career where I felt that I was not progressing in my life and work. I had interviews with employers, but with no success, and even in my present job there was no progression.
From my first session with Tina, I was able to identify areas in my life that I wanted to develop. In all these areas I was able to brainstorm and research how I was going to make these areas work for me. By my fourth session, my focus was no longer on getting a job, but on having a career that gave me satisfaction, development and appropriate rewards. My coach, Tina, was phenomenal and her listening skills and objectives for me redefined my goals in life.”
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“Tina’s Business Coaching sessions have been a tower of strength at a very difficult time, and have made me look at things in a detached manner for which I will always be grateful. I have no hesitation in recommending Tina to others.”
Alex Ruddell
Kumon Instructor
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“The Business Coaching forced me out of my comfort zone on a number of issues.
Although I knew what and how I wanted to do something, I had erected a wall that was preventing me from moving forward. Tina helped me dismantle the wall, brick by brick, until I felt empowered enough to take the necessary steps to achieve my goals. Thank you, Tina.
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Without the clear, straight talking and excellent suggestions provided by Tina Dulieu my role would have taken much longer to evolve into what it is today and she not only provides a level of understanding that is expected from a coach but goes beyond ensuring that goals are achievable and communication breakdowns repaired.
Anyone can be successful using Tina's methods and coaching service.
Dawn Brailsford
Director
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Tina's approach to helping me with time management enables me to think about my mountain of work tasks from a different perspective. I can now see the wood from the trees so I can make progress instead of always feeling there is too much to do in too little time. I also recognise that I already achieve an amazing amount so it's also good for morale.
Adrienne Lowing
Director
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