Enterprise Performance | Testimonials

Karen Brookes, HR Director, Buying Solutions
"Christian Simpson is a true leader in his field. I can verify that statement from both personal and professional experience.

"Nothing impresses me more in business than a person who walks their talk with integrity and congruency, and that certainly applies to Christian Simpson. I’ve known Christian since 1993, and I’ve watched the extraordinary transition take place in him over the years as he's lived the material, concepts and processes he now uses so successfully in his leadership and talent development business.

"Professionally, in my capacity as a HR Director, I’ve deployed the services of Christian and his colleagues to great effect in creating change within technical and intellectually led business environments where resistance to change is high. In leadership, Christian's approach to developing the character of the individual before transferring coaching skills is incredibly effective in developing emotional intelligence and leadership capability, transitioning from typical management-led behaviour to an influential, people-centric and engaging leadership style.

Craig Pollard, Sales Manager, SECL
"It’s no exaggeration to say that working with Christian Simpson had a greater impact on my leadership ability at a personal and professional level than any other business training or development experience.

"I found the approach to learning refreshing because it focused exclusively on the individual first before it developed technique and skills. For probably the first time in my entire career I was being developed as a person, and consequently it had much more meaning and impact on my performance in the business, especially with regard to my ability as a leader.

"The process taught me that to effectively lead others you must first effectively lead yourself. Christian’s approach is incredibly effective because it develops the individual as a leader first, before transferring leadership and coaching technique. Consequently, as I witnessed in my colleagues as well as myself, it changes how people think and act into their day-to-day activities.

"Without question, my team and the business has benefited enormously from what I learnt from working with Christian, and still does today.

"I’ve not met anyone who understands leadership and human potential as well as Christian Simpson. More importantly, he has an impressive ability to create leadership in other people. Having witnessed the lasting impact his work had on the people within our business, and the quantifiable improvements it made in numerous areas of business performance, I have no reservation in recommending Christian and his consultancy."

Fraser Anderson, VP, Global Accounts, Siemens Enterprise Communications
"I had the pleasure of working with Christian in my role as VP of Global Account Sales at Siemens Enterprise Communications. Christian worked with a challenging senior management group focused on changing business performance through the development of the individual.

"When it comes to developing true leadership capability in an organisation, Christian Simpson is a very credible and highly skilled individual; in my opinion one of the UK leaders in his field. In his work with Siemens, Christian challenged the established thinking and behaviours of experienced and successful business leaders and skillfully introduced a coaching culture that made quantifiable top and bottom line improvements during a difficult time of transition of ownership.

"As a result of his work, I witnessed increased levels in employee engagement, improved retention of talent, and improved business performance. I would strongly recommend Christian's services to any organisation with a serious ambition for creating higher performance through people. Please feel free to contact me for any additional information."

Phil Williams, Aviation Security Manager, Virgin Atlantic
"I first came across Christian when he ran a 2 day leadership event at Virgin Atlantic. I was in a large group of managers who were gripped by the insightful information Christian shared about human potential, leadership, the mind and how to successfully deal with change.

"Christian was credible, articulate, and incredibly inspirational.

"I decided to invest time and money in working with Christian and his colleagues in the Science of Success programme, and it’s been one of the most rewarding learning experiences of my career. It’s had a profound and positive impact on every aspect my life, giving me essential life skills and tools that has enabled m to take my professional performance to the next level.

"Within the first two months on the programme, individuals who work closely with to me began commenting on the positive changes they were witnessing in my behaviour. I’ve become much more confident in dealing with a diverse range of circumstances because of the greater self- awareness I've gained from participating in the programme.

"Christian is a powerful coach and teacher who has clearly spent many years studying his subject and perfecting his art. But what makes all the difference for me is Christian’s genuine passion for helping people become more than they currently are. He believes in people more than they believe in themselves, and that’s what makes him such a positive influence on the personal and professional lives of the people fortunate enough to work with him.

"Christian is leadership personified, hence why I’m delighted to recommend him and his services to any individual or business looking to improve performance through people."

Lucinda Carney, Head of L&D, Siemens Enterprise Communications
"In my capacity as Head of Learning & Development at Siemens Enterprise Communications I engaged Christian Simpson and his colleagues at Evolve to help change behaviours and drive a coaching culture within the business. It wasn’t going to be easy.

"The business was blessed with talented, intellectually gifted managers with strong business acumen, who were generally successful and unaware of any need for change. They were also skeptical and in some cases cynical about coaching.

"The existing culture was underpinned by a predominant management style, focused almost exclusively on the measurement of people, performance, and process. There was very little understanding of coaching and the difference between leadership and management.

"Bringing Christian in was a personal risk for me as it cut against the grain, however I feel it was the right one. Christian’s credibility from many years of corporate experience, his integrity in having practiced what he preached, and his unquestionable expertise in authentic leadership and coaching quickly won over the cynics.

"In terms of business impact, the innovative, experiential learning methods that Christian adopts, coupled with the powerful content his company uses to transfer skills and develop understanding, had a significant impact on the many areas we measured ROI against.Engagement stabilised and talent was retained during a turbulent period when the business was in transition of ownership, and new business generation increased within the teams reporting into the leaders Christian worked with.

"There can be no greater testament to the lasting impact of Christian’s approach to organisational development than the fact that following an acquisition by venture capitalists there remains a firm commitment in the business to live by the coaching values he instigated in the business.

"Having personally experienced Christian as a coach, a trainer of coaching skills, a leadership mentor, and as an inspirational speaker at several events, I’d definitely recommend him to businesses that want genuine culture change and are serious about changing leadership behaviours and results."

"At last there is a credible and effective means of developing the most essential aspects of organisational performance on a scale that makes a real difference. As an experienced HR Leader, developing leadership and talent management at all levels of the business is a strategic priority, and whilst every HR Director of worth knows how imperative this is for business growth, it's rarely operationally or financially feasible to achieve. The Science of Success has changed the landscape. In challenging times the need to develop talent doesn't wane, yet innovative, economical and effective solutions are hard to find. The Science of Success is that solution. Having experienced the process at first hand, and evaluated it's impact on my personal and professional performance, I would encourage all HR and business leaders intent on business growth to engage the Science of Success team and explore this unique approach."

John Hamlet, General Manager, BT Global Services
"Working with Christian made a significant impact on how I conducted myself as a leader of people. By helping me to think differently about myself on a personal and professional basis, I was able to think differently about my role and the people I worked with.

"Without question, this experience transitioned me from management to leadership, and it was no coincidence that the change contributed to my promotion to General Manager at BT. Coaching has consequently become an integral part of my daily leadership practice, paying dividends in terms of improving performance and successfully navigating turbulent times in our business.

"Of all the development initiatives that I experienced as part of the talent pool at BT Global Services, I consider the coaching interaction with Christian to be the most valuable. There was so much ground covered during the process that it’s difficult to do it justice in just a few lines. It was transformational on many levels, and I’d strongly recommend Christian’s services to any company looking to unlock the potential of it’s existing and emerging leadership talent."

K. Sheppard, Sales Leader, Siemens
"I look at myself completely differently now. I believe my approach to leading people has changed forever. Without doubt, this has helped me achieve a promotion within Siemens, one I had been seeking for sometime. The process has helped me to focus on specific personal objectives with far greater clarity and my results are showing it. I am more in control and have a greater belief in myself and others"

R.Elliot, Head of Partnering Strategy, BT Global Services
"This has been transformational. I've learned a great deal about myself and my desires, gaining a clear insight into my personal values. I now have greater control over my personal and professional life, no longer relying on serendipity to secure both the career and life I aspire to."

Richard Gray, Founder and MD of Sales Surgery
"Christian Simpson is a rare talent and an extraordinary leader in his field. His ability to inspire and powerfully influence people to go beyond existing performance is mind-blowing.

"For me, having experienced Christian as a coach, teacher and mentor, there are a few key things that sets him apart from his contemporaries: first is his authenticity, he's not only spent decades researching and perfecting his art, he's actually lived it, walked the talk, taken the medicine and faced the consequences.

"In my eyes, it's because Christian transformed his own personal and professional life so effectively first that enables him to be so effective in doing it for others. He certainly changed how I approach my personal and business life, and my results demonstrate it.

"Anyone who has increased sales performance by 640% in one year and achieved what he has with leaders and sales people in some of the toughest corporate environments deserves to be listened to! I'd strongly recommend Christian to any organisation (or individual for that matter) that is intent on achieving lasting improvements in performance."

C.Jones, BT Global Partners
"This has changed my perception of myself as a leader and as a result, I infuse leadership in my engagements with colleagues and customers. I am now conscious of my actions and attitude when making tough decisions and constantly analyse whether I am doing things for the right reason or because I am trying to avoid new, difficult or challenging scenarios. It’s been tough but it’s paid dividends."

S.Dryburgh, Business Manager, Telecommunications PLC
"This has allowed me to develop and recognize my emotional intelligence, it’s importance and direct influence on my results, and of those I lead. The process has redefined how I lead and coach others to success, and the fruits of that change are clearly visible now in our business performance."

Dean Cahill, Account Director, Siemens Enterprise Communications
"I worked closely with Christian as a participant in a leadership development programme his consultancy delivered into Siemens Enterprise Communications. I don't mind sharing that his work changed my personal and professional life.

"Of all the development initiatives undertaken by the business over the years, nothing compared to the transformative impact Christian's work had. He dramatically improved the performance culture of the Sales & Marketing arena by changing how the entire leadership team operated.

"Prior to Christian's intervention, the default behaviour was to manage by measuring people, numbers and process. Whilst these can be important, having excellent results in each of them as the output of a motivated, inspired workforce, rather than the sole mechanism for management is no small achievement.

"Christian has incredible gravitas and credibility in his field, demonstrated by his ability to influence and shift the thinking of some very senior, successful people into understanding what true leadership is and the vital part coaching plays in it. Christian's ability to teach and transfer powerful coaching techniques in such an inspiring way, and communicate complex subjects so very simply that people can integrate the learning into their daily working habits, make him a master at his trade.

"His legacy at Siemens was that the management team was able to coach their respective teams to throw off the shackles of their previous, almost predictable results,delivering tangible bottom line improvements in sales pipeline, new prospects, an increased share of client wallet. Key to the management team and the people that they inspired, was noticeably increased employee engagement. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Christian again and I'd strongly recommend him to any business or individual looking for greater results."