Testimonials

I highly recommend Helen as a leadership coach. She played a pivotal role in my growth as a director. Helen expertly guided me in refocusing on inspiring and motivating others. Her ability to ask challenging questions that drive self-reflection, coupled with her great ideas in many areas, made her truly invaluable. Thank you.

Russell Olive - Finance Director Tesco

I have worked with Helen over the last 5 months since I joined BSI, where in that time, Helen has supported the UK&I marketing team to shape and deliver x2 fantastic marketing away days. Helen is a fantastic facilitator who has an insightful and thought-provoking style. Helen has the ability to build connections incredibly quickly with the team, Helen responds seamlessly to the room and will adapt content, activities and messages accordingly. I find Helen to be knowledgeable, engaging and calm with a reassuring confidence, this style ensures that key messages land with the team. These messages are often delivered in a manner that requires the team to think, consider and reflect which is a very powerful way to encourage learning. I very much appreciate Helen’s support and feedback that she has shared with me, I look forward to working together on the next BSI UK&I marketing away day!

Karen Childs - Senior Marketing Manager BSI

This is the first time I have worked with Helen. She produced a bespoke management training programme for my HOD's. She has helped us every step of the way and has managed to engage a group of managers who were a little reluctant at first. They are now an enthusiastic team who looks forward to their time with her. With her wealth of experience and ability to adapt her programme, she has been perfect for our organisation. Helen took the time to discuss our needs before the programme started to ensure it was focused on the right areas, but we were able to amend aspects of the sessions as other areas of need were identified. This flexibility has been extremely useful. Helen provides feedback to the team and has challenged their thought processes throughout the programme. She encourages them to use their new skills within their roles and embed them into daily practice. Helen communicates openly and developed trust quickly, the team have had nothing but praise for her and will be sad to see the end of the programme. we will be hoping to bring her back soon!

Kathryn Smart - Domestic Bursar at Sidney Sussex, University of Cambridge

I’ve been working with Helen for over half a year and love her down to earth approach, ability to put large or small groups at ease and to convey different methods & ideas in an easily accessible format.

Andy Hay - Operations Director, The Explorer Group

Helen has supported us with the design and delivery of our People Leader programme for a number of years now. This programme supports the development of our key talent population across multiple levels within our support centre and retail populations. Helen is always responsive, pragmatic and supportive in her approach, and she has consistently shown the ability to connect quickly with and get buy-in from a large and diverse range of people.

Matt Simmons - Senior Manager for Learning and Development UK at Starbucks Coffee

Helen is an excellent L&D consultant. She's both incredibly well informed and also highly capable of adapting to the needs of the business. She delivers effective and engaging training and advice to all levels of seniority, in person or remote. I'd have no hesitation recommending her for future projects.

Michael Miller - HR Development Manager Sygnature Discovery

Helen is a fantastic facilitator and coach who is an absolute pleasure to work with. I first got to know Helen when attending one of the many Leadership courses she was delivering for Papa Johns International. Helen developed a bespoke leadership programme centred around developing high-performing leaders and teams, of which she facilitated all of the courses that were delivered across the organisation over a 12 month period. The programme of courses was delivered to all of the leaders from newly promoted managers right through to International leadership level. This was no ordinary programme of people development as it was all delivered and facilitated online during the covid pandemic. In addition to this the programme of courses needed to incorporate individuals working across international countries spanning many times zones and cultures. Helen took all of this in her stride and delivered a programme truly valued by the organisation having a lasting positive impact on those who attended. Helen puts you at ease and has the ability to bring out the best in people by making learning enjoyable, engaging and memorable. Alongside attending the programme I had the opportunity to be individually coached by Helen. Helen is a highly effective, passionate and experienced coach. I personally found Helen such an amazing effective listener who effortlessly guides you to find the answers that have been staring you in the face all along. I would highly recommend Helen to any organisation or individual.

I would highly recommend Helen to any organisation or individual

Delivering 360-degree feedback to the leadership team, executive coaching to members of the team and delivering our Talent Development Programme. Helen has built credibility with a diverse group of leaders quickly, changing the way we work with our teams and with each other. She has supported us to deliver superior results quickly, partnering us to build connections from our engagement survey to our leadership programmes. Helen challenges the status quo with insight and humour, holding the space allowing us to be vulnerable and reflect. Helen has already become a valuable partner to myself in my role and the leadership team.

Anna Taylor - HR Director Eastern Hemisphere at Tensar International Corporation

Helen is a fantastic coach, engaging and very insightful. Our sessions have always been interesting and thought provoking which has been invaluable at an important time. She seems to have an uncanny knack of picking the right direction to take my thought processes and as such opens up an new perspective. This has allowed me to learn more about myself , identify things that have held me back and work out the way forward.

Ian Battersby - Head of Internal Medicine at Davies Veterinary Specialists, Chairman of the Trustees Mission Rabies

It has always been a positive and beneficial experience. Most recently, Helen worked with me on developing a leadership and development programme for Davies Veterinary Specialists. She very quickly understood the operational and business challenges and developed a programme that could practically work for us. The programme exceeded our expectations and has supported a dramatic change in culture – the leaders who attended still refer back to the experience and their learning from the programme. For me, the reason Helen stands out from any other provider is that she truly treats her relationship with the business as a partnership which lasts well beyond the training programme – we have a valuable, long-term business coach. I cannot recommend Helen highly enough.

Suzanne Knight - Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Linnaeus

We have been working with Helen for just over 12 months now. Helen is friendly, professional and really knows her subject matter. She is current in her way of thinking and has ensured that she has really got to know and understand our people and our business well. This has meant that each session undertaken becomes even more useful and meaningful. People are comfortable with Helen and are happy to be open about difficult and sensitive subjects on occasion. I would not hesitate to recommend Helen and Orange Pip courses.

Alison Rennie - H.R. Director at Smeg (UK) Ltd

Being on a developmentprogramme led by Helen over 2 years gave me first handexperience of Helen's expertise. Helen's energy and passion for developing people really shone through.

Steven Rush - Group Performance Improvement Manager at AB Sugar

She takes time to get to know her clients' needs, provides great guidance throughout and intelligently steers her delegates towards knowledge that will benefit them in both their personal and professional life.

Wendy Thompson - Chartered Marketer and Communications Professional

Helen’s personal and flexible approach ensured that the course met both the delegates and organizations needs. Helen has a vast depth of knowledge and experience and this really comes across in the delivery of highly engaging and insightful sessions which enabled all in attendance to develop both personally and professionally.

Claire Cobb - MCIPD Senior HR Professional

In particular I really value Helen's approach to encouraging you to find the answers from within yourself. We're all capable of finding the answer but sometimes we need some guidance and coaching to help us uncover it. At the end of every interaction I've had with Helen I've felt like a better and stronger leader and I've been able to put so much of what I have learnt into practice it has meant that I have been able to take the next major step in my career. Thank-you Helen!

Nicole Vickery - Global Senior Category Manager - IT, Engineering Technology & Cloud Services at Arm

I have attended many of Helen’s learning and development programs over the years and have found Helen to be a genuinely inspiring and impactful facilitator who is clearly experienced and passionate about her work - I have personally benefited from, and enjoyed, the learning content and know of many others who would share this view.

Andrew Kenney - Head of Buying and Branded Offers - UK Retail

Helen delivered a Leadership and Management Development program for senior and middle management. Through a structured program, combined with a flexible approach to teaching and learning, she helped us learn about ourselves and each other. The insight gained has begun to filter through the rest of our organisation and have a positive effect on all measures of success, including mental health and well-being. For some, the teaching and learning could transform their expectations and futures. Helen is kind and wise and makes a real impact.

Clive Elwood - Coaching professionals in leadership

As a category manager for BP Retail UK, I found Orange Pip's negotiation course invaluable. Helen was an excellent facilitator, putting everyone at ease quickly with her funny stories, sense of humour and sheer enthusiasm for teaching others. What I liked most about the course was that there were a good mixture of useful small and large team activities and Helen created a safe space where you could try out different behaviours and techniques, and view people's reactions/impact of them in an objective way to find out the ones that worked best for you as an individual. 2 years later, I still use some of the techniques that Helen taught me in that workshop. If you have chance to work with her, do.

Emma-Louise Munro Wilson - CEO of emari.co.uk | An authentic everyday leader who loves learning.

Her ability to shape sessions tailored to specific business requirements is excellent, but in my view, her ability to encourage attendees to view challenges objectively and positively is inspiring. I would recommend anyone to seize the opportunity to attend one of her workshops.

Charlotte Broady - Global Head of Marketing, Built Environment at BSI

I first met Helen a few years ago when we worked together on co-facilitating a talent development programme. Helen is a pleasure to worth with; professional, inspiring, a fantastic coach and able to create a productive environment for astute insights and learning. I learned a great deal from working alongside Helen, and look forward to the next opportunity.

Claudine Weston - Director, Organisation Development at Huron

She designed several kind of courses for our managers and each time the feedback were amazing ! I think that Helen helps our management team in growing and building a better way of working. Thanks Helen and I hope we can still counting on you as a partner of our future personal development initiatives!

Caroline Chenet - HR Manager / DRH : Support companies in managing their most valuable asset : Human Capital

I first met Helen some years ago when she led on an action learning set. I was a member of that set. I found her style and approach to be refreshing, her ability to open up debate and make us think and reflect was very powerful. I would not hesitate to recommend Helen and her company to anyone who wanted a high quality service.

Julie Petrie - MCIPD PGDip HRM

I have known Helen for over 5 years and worked with her on a number of internal programmes. Helen is the consummate professional, balancing expertise, knowledge and experience with a practical approach that truly brings her training to life and making the skills shared easy to implement within the workplace. Helen’s approach is to work closely with an organisation to ensure that the true needs are understood and met. A clear approach, balanced with thought challenging questions! Helen’s enthusiasm for her work is highly infectious! Helen has worked with many of our Senior Managers and helped them develop their coaching and communication skills. Helen has also worked closely with our commercial team to support our customer develop as well. A real joy to work with!

Paul Aggett - Divisional L&D Manager (Meal Solutions) at 2 Sisters Food Group

Helen and I have known each other for many years first as colleagues and then friends. When I pulled together a disparate group of professionals, academics, managers and frontline staff to form the Clinical Human Factors Group I needed a facilitator that would help us, I turned to Helen (and have done subsequently). I'd thoroughly recommend her!

Martin Bromiley - Leader of the CHFG, public speaker, professional pilot.

I have attended a number of training courses designed and led by Helen and have found her to be an excellent facilitator and coach. She brings humour, insight and a real personal touch to everything she does along with deep knowledge and professionalism. I was fortunate to attend a 6 month development course run by Helen. In these sessions she created a safe and nurturing environment that enabled all participants to get the most from the materials and the time invested. On a 1-2-1 basis she is an intuitive and perceptive coach who has helped me to achieve more than I believed I could. I highly recommend Helen as both a coach and facilitator and hope to work with her again soon.

Leslie Anne Allen - Downstream external reporting manager at BP

I had great pleasure of working with Helen over the last two years. She is knowledgeable, patient, able to tailor the material, approach and the tone to the audience and has a great sense of humour. I always enjoyed our sessions and I found them both useful and interesting and I really appreciated the mix of immediately applicable tools and the deeper underlying theory. I look forward to working with Helen in the future.

Daniel Kustrin - Chief Technology Officer at Tracr

Helen got me to answer the questions about my work behaviour and processes that I had previously put to one side because I always "had more important things to do". Did the introspection and self analysis help? Well, I got the job I really wanted not long after completing my coaching sessions with her.

Jeremy Bennett - Head of Digital at Bauer Media (B2B)

I have had the pleasure of working with Helen over the last two years, Helen has supported Attains people development programme leading sessions across all levels of our business during this period. As Attain are a people focused developmental organisation, Helen has been a perfect fit and an important part of our journey helping us create the strong team ethic across our ambitious and high performing teams. Helen is a great facilitator and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from a variety of sectors to inform any situation. I look forward to continuing to work with Helen in the future.

Chris Walker MCIPS - Director at Attain

I had the good fortune of being tutored by Helen on a recent Coaching and Mentoring course. Over the full term of the studying, Helen demonstrated a professional approach to the teaching, clearly articulating key messages, developing rapport with the students, whilst adapting her teaching techniques to cater for all members of the study group, albeit without losing emphasis of the point; a terrific skill! Overall, I would thoroughly recommend Helen to an individual, or organisation, wanting to develop themselves or their teams through a 'Coaching and Mentoring' style of approach.

Richard Hill - Head of Engineering at Flybe

Helen has a personable, accessible style that is backed by expert knowledge. She creates an environment where real change can occur and individuals can make the best of themselves. Positive in personality and sensitive to the needs of others, Helen has helped me and my team to significant performance improvements and better team working in recent months through great coaching and facilitation.

Martin Stiven - Director Of Marketing and Business Development at Potter Clarkson LLP

I have worked with Helen on a number of projects at BP. She has the ability to engage at all levels of organisations and is adept at managing the pace and content of her coaching activities in a manner wholly appropriate to the audience she is working with. Helen has an infectious and engaging personality and is also remarkably perceptive and intuitive - rare gifts. Helen represents her industry in an exemplary fashion and I would have no hesitation in recommending her services to any company looking for breakthroughs at individual, group and organisational levels. You will not be disappointed.

Dave Newton MBA - Chief Operating Officer at BP Chargemaster

Helen facilitated sessions for the Corporate Management Team at Rushcliffe Borough Council whilst I was employed there. The sessions Helen led were always innovative, engaging and designed to get the best out of people. Helen has a natural ability and flair to engage with teams and individuals and get the best out of them, a real pleasure to work wit.

Charlotte McGraw - Head of Community Shaping at Rushcliffe Borough Council

Helen is put simply, a brilliant teacher. Her ability to shape sessions tailored to specific business requirements is excellent, but in my view, her ability to encourage attendees to view challenges objectively and positively is inspiring. I would recommend anyone to seize the opportunity to attend one of her workshops.

Charlotte Broady - Sector Propositions Manager, Built Environment, EMEA, BSI