This page has testimonials grouped under 4 headings:
1) Companies & firms career & executive coaching and talent management
2) Brand strategy & consultancy for companies/firms
3) Individual support – coaching
4) Steer your career workshop
1) Companies & firms career & executive coaching and talent management
“Coaching works and Rachel’s got what it takes.”
Peter Cornell, Former Senior Managing Partner, Clifford Chance
“Rachel makes me think differently with fresh and challenging perspectives on the way I work.”
Ian Wright, Corporate Relations Director, Diageo plc
“Rachel’s combined coaching and talent management expertise has really worked for me. She has helped me to think through and get clarity on a vision and strategy for myself and the steps to get there. Rachel is skilled at putting herself in other people’s shoes and helping you to identify how to overcome blocks. She really does go that ‘extra mile’ – she’s full of practical and creative insights and ideas. I would strongly recommend her.”
Sarah Langton, Clifford Chance
“Executive coaching with Energise has given me greater self awareness and confidence and Rachel’s coaching style was perfect for me. I have achieved all my coaching goals and alot more. I would happily recommend Rachel as a coach to other L&D managers, as well as within my firm”.
Sue Beavil, Learning and development manager, Reed Smith
“The coaching experience was fantastic. I entered the first session as a cynic, but through Energise’s support, I feel more empowered to achieve in every facet of my life than I have for a long time, if ever. “
Stephen Fitzmaurice, Clifford Chance
“Rachel has achieved some excellent work with a number of staff, including myself, working on a one-to-one basis. She has helped us to both focus on and find ways to achieve our personal and professional goals. Her ability to build rapport and confidence with people from a range of different professional disciplines is a valuable and rare skill. It’s great to know that she’s there to help my organisation and myself to make the most of who we are and what we can do.”
Judith Foss, Group Head of Human Resources and Diversity, Catalyst Housing Group
“Rachel has been my coach on and off for a number of years. Every time I need some help I find her professional and quick-minded approach to things a real help. I employ coaches and coach people myself, so if you like – Rachel is the ‘coach’s coach’. You can’t say better than that. Highly recommended.”
Dave Wilkinson, Director, Centrei
“Coaching provides inspiration and a refreshingly objective perspective.”
Holger Klotz, CEO
“Rachel has worked with us on both a one-to-one and a team basis successfully. Her ability to balance both the organisational needs with that of the individuals is key. Positive outcomes are also achieved through building a good rapport with customer and stakeholders alike, and proactive follow-through with regards to communication on progress and re-checking on priorities as appropriate. Also valuable is helping the client to take accountability and action themselves.”
Ruth Altman, Director of HR & Development, Cranfield University
“Rachel makes me think differently with fresh and challenging perspectives on the way I work.”
Ian Wright, Corporate Relations Director, Diageo plc
“Rachel’s gift to our business has been her insightful approach and directness regarding important issues we are facing. Her open, engaging and very thought-provoking style has allowed us to reflect on our strategy, and makes difficult choices and prioritising next steps easy. We regularly use Rachel to provide a much wider perspective, than we can bring to the table.”
Kingsley Weber, Diversity and leadership expert
“Just 1 hour’s coaching with Rachel has potentially saved me up to 1000 hours a year, worth an additional £150,000 revenue in chargeable hours. While exploring ‘what gobbles up my time’, I realised that by delegating the opening of my post plus more menial accountancy tasks and setting aside 2 hours to focus without taking any calls, I could free up 2-4 hours a day. I’m looking forward to being able to go to the gym and spend more time with my wife and 4 kids and also my Mother who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. I’m sure that my team will flourish with the increased responsibility that I give them.”
Senior partner, accountancy firm
2) Brand strategy and consultancy for companies/firms
“Rachel’s work for us has involved absorbing masses of data, turning it into understandable and simple picture and then making creative leaps to solve the identified issues. Whenever we have used Rachel, we have won the new business pitches!”
Andrew Doyle, Managing Director, Holmes and Marchant International
“Rachel worked with The Marketing Store Worldwide (TMSW) on a freelance basis and her combined brand planning and coaching skills were ideal for what we needed. Her defined deliverables were to design and introduce a new creative brief and process for the agency. TMSW had previously been three separate companies in three locations, all with their own systems, leading to a merger into new offices, so the time was ripe for change and improved consistency. Rachel’s experience of creative briefs, her project management skills and coaching ensured that people felt empowered and wanted to adopt the system. In addition, the use of an objective external consultant enabled the new system to be put in place 6 months earlier than if we’d managed it internally with our workloads. The new creative process and briefs have enabled us to apply our resources much more effectively, which has in turn instilled strategic discipline and enhanced our creative product. We also got more than we expected from the project as people opened up to Rachel, knowing that the coaching sessions were confidential, and additional useful issues and opportunities outside the original brief were raised which are now being addressed. I found Rachel a joy to work with. She is personable, has great awareness, and is highly responsive and I would recommend her for any brand communication, system design or business coaching project.”
Mark Brown, Director of Planning. The Marketing Store Worldwide
“Rachel worked with us on a freelance basis and was involved in strategic planning, NPD, proposition development for key markets and campaign evaluation. During that time, I found Rachel to be intelligent and very enthusiastic. As well as performing well, we all enjoyed having her around as her fully committed attitude to work carries over in her attitude to life!”
Shona Forster, Head of Planning, Proximity
“I have found that Rachel brings more to our business than insight, intelligence and enthusiasm. She is also fun to work with! A great member of the team. “
Michael Graham, Group Account Director, Wagstaffs
“Rachel worked on an NPD style project for me over 3-4 months. She approached the project with great professionalism and enthusiasm, demonstrating a clear, quick grasp of the key customer and commercial issues involved. Rachel designed and managed a programme of consumer research examination, established feasibility requirements and co-ordinated a diverse project team, bringing all together to a successful outcome within the agreed timetable. I have no hesitation recommending her to anyone who has a similar requirement.”
Richard Evans, Director, Whitbread Beer Company
3) Individual support – coaching
“Rachel has a wealth of experience and expertise and is very generous in passing this on. The depth of information available to anyone is testament to this. Her style is open, focused, challenging and encouraging. She understands career change and is expert at helping you think through the ups and downs.”
Anne Crotty, Natural Face Fitness
“I got in touch with Rachel at a crossroads in my self-employed career. I had run my own businesses since college for close to a decade, was successful and ran a profitable business and wanted to take stock of where I was going, what my values and strengths were and what motivated me now. Coaching with Energise enabled me to reflect, gave me clarity, confidence and a structure to make positive moves forward.
I feel a renewed sense of purpose, am re-energised and connected to an evolved business focus that better fits me and my personal needs and wants. Coaching has been very valuable and helped me to make the changes I knew I needed and wanted to make.
Rachel is very positive, supportive and insightful. Her techniques are powerful and thought provoking and really hone in on the subject at hand. Her service is very personalised and she always follows up on her promises made in the coaching sessions, which really helps gain trust and breeds a mutual respect.
I’m continuing to work with Rachel and find it invaluable to have time in the diary to focus on the business, professional success and personal fulfilment with a supportive and confidential sounding board. If you are a business owner who’s considering changes to the future of your business, Energise will give you the space and time to focus and think through the changes you choose to make.”
Kam Keshmiri
“Rachel helped me to plan and successfully execute my personal development plan. Her coaching techniques and models are far more time efficient than most, which is great for busy execs who want to ‘cut to the chase’ and to gain direct feedback and new ideas, rather than feeling that the clock is running with little really achieved”
Bryan Foss, CEO and founder Foss Initiatives
“Faced with a formidable transition from public to private sector, Rachel gave me the direction and focus to not only make the change, but actually secure the job I have always wanted. Key to this was an understanding of personal values which helped me to identify the right industry sector to move into, as well as seeking employers who shared my values.
I realised that in my public sector roles, I really was a square peg in a round hole and Rachel encouraged me to look outside my skillset and even consider a complete change of career. Through face to face coaching, supported by high quality literature, I learned a variety of useful techniques which helped overcome a deep-rooted fear of interviews, and gained some valuable advice about my own personal “brand”.
I already had the skills and knowledge and Rachel’s coaching was instrumental in bringing out those qualities and targeting them to best effect. For some people, life in the public sector can undermine self-confidence and leave them questioning their ability. It doesn’t have to be this way. So many ‘professionals ‘ were quick to remind me how it is virtually impossible for someone to move from public to private sectors. Rachel helped me ignore such negative advice and put me on the road to achieving my goals. She has been a real force for good.”
Robert Gage, Media Manager, Airbus
“Rachel is one of those rare people that provides fantastic counsel, guidance and insight while avoiding corporate or consultant speak. She is honest, professional and extremely experienced in her field. She is in it for the journey, always checking in and nothing is too much of a problem for her, I cannot recommend her enough. I suspect she must be one of the prime movers and shakers in her industry – the complete package.
Luke Oubridge
“Transitioning from the public to private sector can feel daunting and Rachel helped me to see how marketable I am, to define my niche and target audiences and how to network and market myself to achieve my career ambitions. She also helped me increase my self-awareness about what I really wanted, see actual and perceived blocks in the way of success and how to overcome them. She reminds me of my achievements when I forget and has introduced me to some really useful contacts and resources. It is great to know that she is there for my next career crossroads and I know she always thinks about how she can help me. Coaching is a great investment in your prospects, even more so in competitive market conditions, and I am glad I made it.””
Louise Howell
“Rachel has helped me to stay on track, championing me, celebrating the successes and helping me to believe that my vision was possible, plus identifying ways around the inevitable obstacles that have been in my path.”
Duncan Goose
“Rachel is frank, open and honest. She is also very personable and easy to get along with. Having been made redundant in March 2011 I had become demoralized at applying for a succession of jobs. I usually got through to the final interview but was then ‘pipped at the post’. I decided that I would be better off setting up my own business and marketing my skills. What I was unsure of, was what those skills were, how marketable they were, and what the current job landscape was. Rachel was analytical and perceptive. She showed me, through interesting exercises what skills I had and how I could market them. Looking back I can now see that my self-esteem and self-confidence had dropped to a dangerously low level. Rachel helped me with those issues and also coached me to identify my core values and limiting beliefs. I’m not given to hyperbole, but over a 12 week period Rachel has transformed my life both professionally and personally. I have set up my own business, and already have some potential assignments lined up. If you would like to read more about my story please visit: http://liberateyourtalent.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/does-coaching-work-a-clients-story/ ”
Hannen Beith
“Rachel Brushfield and Energise are phenomenal. A relatively short conversation with Rachel let me look at my life and work without the mental clutter that usually gets in the way. As a result, having arrived a sceptic, I left a convert. She gets you to jettison the junk and concentrate on what matters, so that you can find your own path and arrive at your own conclusions. Clear, straightforward, invaluable and highly recommended.”
Matt Grainger
“I worked with Rachel earlier this year when I was going through a major career change and in the process of setting up my new business. She knew exactly the kinds of issues I was dealing with and her vast experience in this area meant we could quickly focus on those areas which needed most attention for me. Its great working with someone who can offer you the perspective you need and thanks to her I was able to make a smooth transition to my new career and take with me practical marketing and networking tools to get my business off the ground. Thank you Rachel for giving Digital Dragonfly its wings to fly!”
Francesca Geens
“Energise helped me to take stock and review and evolve my business focus making it fit for purpose for the future. Coaching gave me fresh clarity, new insights and focus. Time is precious and it makes sense to get expert support to achieve results faster than is possible by yourself. Rachel is professional, focused, insightful, results based and cares about my professional success and personal fulfilment. Coaching was worth every penny.”
Lorna Turner, Founder and Director
“Working with Energise has given me confidence to sell myself and make approaches to organisations that I never would have done before. I still look back on the time I spent with Rachel and have to say it was one of the best decisions I have ever made, and I am still telling people about it.”
Paul Bradly
“Working with Energise has been a very satisfying and enlightening exercise. By allowing me to recognise what I found rewarding in both my previous career and my personal life, overlaying the work-family balance I was striving for, I was given a sense of focus and clear indications of what is possible for my final career.”
Martin Gammon
Founder, Here and Now photography.
“Rachel helped me over the course of 18 months to be able to understand what I was really about and to align my energy and effort to make many of those longings a reality in my life. The insights I gained during that time of coaching continue to impact my life today. Decisions like wanting to work from home to make more time for my young family flow from many of the insights gained from coaching. I do feel like more of the important stuff within me has been liberated, hopefully for the good of others and I also feel a deep sense of peace and contentment too. http://safehousesounds.co.uk/ is one example of what coaching has liberated me to achieve.”
Jonathan Green
“Rachel’s coaching process, combined with her empathy, creative yet practical ideas and insight, allowed me to reconnect with what really motivates me, understand my challenges and self-imposed obstacles, and how to overcome them, and become aware of my full capabilities. It has given me the confidence to start exploring other skills and formulating new goals.”
Alison, Designer
“I always left my sessions with Rachel feeling that I had had an injection of energy straight to the blood stream. I found Rachel was a rudder when I wanted to abandon ship, hit a storm or lost focus.”
Mary Wood
“Coaching has allowed me to focus on the career I want. I now recognise that many of the limiting beliefs that I held were as a result of trying to please other people. It has enabled me to see with more clarity what I want from a job and the type of organisation I want to work for.”
Sarah Greaves, The Arts
“With absolute calm, respect, understanding and empathy, Rachel guided me to think about the obstacles that stood in the way of my chosen career and to reflect on how to overcome them, something I had been unable to do by myself, mainly due to a lack of confidence. Rachel gave me back my confidence in my ability and in my chosen career, and inspired me to do all I could to achieve my goals. Immediately after our meeting, that is exactly what I did , and I am now on track to achieve my professional goals. Thank you Rachel!”
Anna Colgan
“Working with Rachel at Energise not only helped me discover my true calling for a complete career change, but also taught me much more about myself than I had anticipated. Rachel’s practical exercises, questions and steps prepared me for eventually taking the leap. Rachel’s approach was what I was looking for in a business coach: helping me identify what I wanted, creating the blueprint to do it, and then holding me accountable for taking action. But the best part was that I learned tools and skills that I still use daily in many aspects of my life, not just my career.”
Cory Cook, Professional Organiser & Time Management Coach
‘Rachel helped me to decide what would really make me happy in the second half of my career, confront the fears and put a plan in place to make it happen. One year in the making, centred around my passionate interest in cheese, I credit Energise for kick starting the realisation.’
Debbi Baron
“You have an amazing ability to help me believe in myself and my abilities – priceless, and a huge motivator to keep going.”
Pippa Fernee
“Rachel is full of great ideas and really helped me see that making a change like this is not as scary as it might first seem. I would recommend her to anyone who wants to change career or direction but doesn’t know how or where to start.”
Rebecca, Senior Associate
“Rachel was recommended to me by one of her extensive network of contacts at a time when I was at a crossroads in my career and needed help to decide what was next. Rachel has an amazing ability to help you gain clarity of thought regarding what you really want to do and to think outside the box regarding possibilities for the future. You leave sessions with Rachel feeling energised and much clearer. In my case it has led to a complete and very positive life change which I don’t think I would have made without her assistance. She is also a fountain of knowledge regarding talent management and really understands the challenges that businesses in general and HR in particular are facing in the current climate. She is very well connected and can find the right person to assist individuals or businesses across a wide range of disciplines.”
Vicki Parker
“I recently had the most fantastic session with Rachel. With her detailed knowledge of marketing and media, in just one short snappy session she helped me to home in and identify opportunities on one specific area. As a result all sorts of exciting opportunities are springing up. She is focused and highly professional. I look forward to working with her again.”
Nicola Menage.
“Rachel gave me consciousness of my capabilities within, and insight that I had the capability to do what I wanted to do. She worked her magic to unblock me and freed up the space in me to start my business.”
Sarah Grigor
Founder, Nostalchick cards
“Rachel is excellent for anyone looking to change career. She enables you to get clear on what you really enjoy and are passionate about and then focus on how to make it happen. She is great at coming up with ideas you’ve not even thought about and how to use your existing skills in a whole new way. Since working with her we’ve teamed up to run regular Steer your Career workshops for people being made redundant and/or changing career and I’m always impressed by her flexibility and adaptability to alter the workshops to ensure they are the most relevant for those attending. If you are considering new paths or options – then go and see Rachel.”
Lesley Reader
“Rachel is a great listener, shows empathy and never judges her clients. Her insight helped me to discover new things about myself and the coaching gave me a new found confidence. She constantly looks for, and thinks of, ways to help and seems to have a solution to every problem and a tool to be used again and again. She’s great fun and incredibly inspiring and motivating – don’t just dream your dreams – she shows you how to put a plan in place of how you’re going to achieve them! I would absolutely recommend Rachel to anyone considering a career change or at a crossroads in their career.”
Colette Humphrey
“Rachel is very good at her job; she has a lot of experience and speaks with great understanding and confidence. Her sessions are very therapeutic as you leave with a weight being lifted off your shoulders and you are really ready to move forward. She offers support and does not cast judgement, but enables you to come up with a solution and helps you to understand how to reach your goals with ease.”
Julie Smithard, Director, Appointments4U
“I was unhappy with my choice of career and felt enormous pressure from my family to pursue something that just didn’t feel right. Rachel provided an ideal non-judgmental space and time for me to really think about my needs and what is really important to me. She also provided incredibly useful tools to focus on the various issues at hand, which helped me to figure things out for myself in a time that would have been unimaginably longer if I hadn’t had them! I have identified what really mattered to me and coaching has given me the confidence to take the time to figure out what will really work for me and allow me to fulfil my full potential. For all of that I am forever grateful.”
Valerie Teller, former Barrister
“Rachel asked me to think about hard questions that I had either put off, or dismissed as navel gazing. As I worked with her, I developed a sense of curiosity about my internal gears and motors. Her gentle way of eliciting eureka moments enabled me to progress quickly. The end result is that I am alot more self aware and self-able than I ever was and I have set up my own business! I am more on track with where I want to be and feel more alive and in control than I have in years. I would happily recommend Energise and have done so to many of my friends. “
Gareth Knight
“After thirty years of working in one field and sheer ennui, it was time to make some changes. Coupled with a serious downturn in the economy and career paralysis, I asked Rachel Brushfield and her company Energise to help evaluate career options. Through in-depth questioning and enlightened exercises, she help me realize that while expanding my original career path would be a safe bet, it would not necessarily bring me new horizons nor would it relieve the current frustration I was experiencing within the field. While doing something totally outside the box was a pretty scary alternative, not to “Rachel had great attention to detail and desire to learn how and why people do the things they do. Since our time working together at Northern Foods, Rachel has always been ready to help with contacts and straight talking advice. Her intense focus means she is really effective at helping people keep on track, but in a gentle way! She is never afraid to tell you how she sees it, and you know she always has your best interests at heart, because she really cares.”
Martin Silcock
“Rachel is focused results orientated individual. If you find you are dithering about that decision or if you are easily distracted from what you know you should be focussing on, then engage Rachel.”
Conor McDonnell
“Rachel has a unique ability to inspire creative thinking utilising her wealth of experience and knowledge. She always goes the extra mile for her friends and clients. Her approachable, calm and very engaging manner means that she is a pleasure to work with. I whole heartedly recommend her.”
Kasia Bannon
“Rachel writes a series of articles for Oxfordshire Life magazine covering life coaching and career development. She has also put on a successful workshop for readers. Rachel’s work is always on time, informative and interesting as well as being a very good read. I often put her recommendations into action!”
Sandra Kessell
“I’ve got a job! It’s the first job that’s come along that I’ve been wanting for years!”
Research Scientist
“As a Business Consultant in an ever changing & demanding market, I have called upon Rachel’s wisdom and expertise on many occasions over the years. Her ability to re-focus one’s mind and re-engage passion for the working day or channel in a new direction never fails to impress. I would highly recommend Rachel to any individual or company wishing to tap into their true potential and maximise their efforts.”
Kathryn Bushby
“Rachel is brilliant. She is full of creative ideas and excellent at identifying and helping overcome behaviours or thought processes which are barriers to obtaining your goals.”
Fiona Mckenzie
“Energise did for me exactly what the name promised. Rachel, by drawing out my natural way of thinking, helped me develop the tools and find the energy, confidence and momentum to use them to resolve a very difficult situation. Without her help I doubt that I could have done it. As it is, an experience which could have been quite damaging has taught me a lot and helped me develop personally and professionally. The experience of being coached was not only helpful but also fascinating and enjoyable.”
Maureen McCulloch
“Rachel is the first coach I have worked with who has been able to help me find tools for developing my business and talents that fit my own creativity. I really appreciate that she is able to step outside the box and isn’t afraid to be inventive in her approach.”
Rebecca Johnson
“Rachel helped me steer a clear path through the jumble of thoughts I brought to her when I was trying to determine the next steps in developing my business. She enabled me to identify my niche and provided me with lots of practical steps to better understand my “vision”, my “products” and how I could move forward in the direction I wanted to go.”
Lindsay Allen
“Very insightful, helping to identify unique skills and talent and really question your career path. Great practical advice and insight.”
Emma Bowring
“Rachel is one of the most enthusiastic people I know. She is insightful and thorough and is always full of new ideas. She is an excellent coach, especially in the area of Talent and Career development. She writes and is very ‘plugged into’ current research and the latest new approaches. She is also very supportive and generous to her friends and colleagues and I have no hesitation in recommending her.”
Jacqui Grey
“Just 30 minutes of career coaching with Energise gave me the confidence to articulate more clearly my skills and experience in an interview situation and to put a more objective perspective on the process of interviewing as well as some great tools to win interviewers over.”
Anna Adsetts
“Rachel’s style of coaching is excellent. She makes you feel at ease immediately and allows you to structure the coaching time, so that you always feel the coaching is relevant for you.”
Robin Tjolle
“My coaching sessions with Rachel were like going to the spa! I can’t remember the last time I did something purely for myself. Rachel provided me with the space to think and reflect about my life goals. She helped me to define a clear path of progression and we came up with a plan to achieve them in both the short and longer term. The entire process helped me to discover new insights and I quickly came to understand an awful lot more about my own strengths and capabilities. I found Rachel’s tools and advice to be relevant and useful and I always left each session feeling that real progress had been made. I’ve already recommended Rachel to my colleagues and friends.”
Sandy Mahal
“After a first session with Rachel, I can definitely recommend her as a career coach. She’s very focused, has lots of terrific experience and tools at her fingertips and, more importantly, I think she has an intuitive understanding of what motivates different people. For getting the best out of yourself – or someone who works for you – she comes highly recommended.”
Sue Poulsen
“As a client of Rachel, I was impressed by her ability to help me to examine all perspectives and ensure that any course of action was properly thought through. She has a wonderful knowledge of NLP and uses it to great effect. Her background in branding means that she brings a commercial focus and her clients comment to me how much that have benefited from her common sense approach to coaching. Highly recommended.”
Hannah McNamara
“I worked with Rachel over a 5 month period of great great change within my business, and her insight and patience helped me not only cope, but grow out of the challenges. Thank you Rachel.”
Thom Poole
“The CV you created for me made me realise how marketable I am. Let’s face it, good old ‘British reserve’ just doesn’t help you to sell yourself. Sometimes you need another’s point of view to realise just how good you are.”
Director, Events company
“Within a week of my coaching session, I had decided to resign and several weeks later I made my plan to go abroad.”
Sales Manager, IT support
“Rachel helped me through the process of making a change to my career, enabling me to find a more fulfilling role with my current employer. I was very confused and daunted at the start of the process and didn’t know how I could make the change but Rachel helped me see how to break this process down and how to test ideas for change against my values. Rachel is full of great ideas and really helped me see that making a change like this is not as scary as it might first seem. I would recommend her to anyone who wants to change career or direction but doesn’t know how or where to start.”
Rebecca
“Rachel’s coaching process, combined with her empathy, creative yet practical ideas, and insight, allowed me to reconnect with what really motivates me, understand my challenges and self imposed obstacles, and how to overcome them and become aware of my full capabilities. It has given me the confidence to start exploring other skills and formulating new goals.”
Alison Perry
“Career coaching with Energise has given me choices, freedom and liberation.”
Former director, Guide Dogs for the blind
“I found Rachel enormously helpful at a point when I lost all perspective and direction. It is amazing what she can achieve with you in an hour. Rachel’s approach is a mix of highly practical help and a way of getting to the very bottom of what underlies your issues.”
Rebecca Hildreth
“I embraced coaching 100% from the beginning, and the benefits I’ve gained have been life changing.”
Mervyn Yaffie
“Coaching has given me a greater insight into who I am and how I function, more self belief and confidence in myself, a much more balanced view of the person I really am and ideas, support and encouragement to make changes in my life. I have a clear sense of being more relaxed, at peace with myself.”
Jonathan Milne
“Thank you for a very powerful and helpful session this morning. You are very gifted at what you do and I would happily recommend you to all sorts of people.”
Steve Henry
“Coaching with Energise is quite simply one of the most positive steps I have ever taken. In a year of significant change, it has been instrumental in helping me to achieve both business and personal growth.”
Caroline Wright, Wright Communications
“Rachel combines great knowledge, experience and professionalism with real warmth and calm. An hour with her is an absolute tonic, Coaching has helped me to achieve huge changes; I moved from London to my dream home in the country, I spend more time honouring my values, and I have been more aware of why I do things, where to focus my energy and what makes me happy. I fully met my goals and importantly felt they were the right goals!”
Minnie Moll
“Energise helped me to clarify what deep down I knew to be true and have the confidence to act on that.”
Karen Homer
“I was amazed at the results I achieved. It was both very fast and effective. You can get what you want. You just need to know what you want, how to get it and clear out the mental blocks that stop you.”
Tom Young, Artist.
“Worth an additional £150,000 revenue in chargeable hours. While exploring ‘what gobbles up my time’, I realised that by delegating the opening of my post plus more menial accountancy tasks and setting aside 2 hours to focus without taking any calls, I could free up 2-4 hours a day. I’m looking forward to being able to go to the gym and spend more time with my wife and 4 kids. I’m sure that my team will flourish with the increased responsibility that I give them.”
Stephen, Accountant
“A huge thank you for all the support you have given me over what has been a very difficult time due to my redundancy. The information you shared with me was invaluable and gave me the springboard I needed to re-think my values and core beliefs, plus have the courage to open a few doors into the unknown!”
Claire Johnson
“Coaching with Energise gave me an objective, practical and understanding sounding board when I needed to get my life back in gear again. It made me want to make the most of what I have and what I’ve got to offer. You are never told what you have to do or should be doing – it really is a personal service that works around who you really are and what you really want to do.”
Helen Newey
4) Steer your career workshop
“I thoroughly enjoyed Rachel’s career workshop and found it very easy to follow. Working through transferable skills, values and career maps, the workshop enabled me to reflect on my career and crystallise my thoughts on what I was looking for in my next position. I have now successfully transferred over to the agency side.”
Claire Topping
“The space to think about my future and some very useful tools to help me think about my next steps.”
Caroline Frankland
“Made me feel more proactive and in control of my situation at a time when I am feeling a little out of control. For someone who struggles with finding a direction, for the first time, I feel like I know what I need to find mine.”
Amy York
“Good workshop – meets individual needs in a group setting.”
Alison Ferguson
“Great workshop – very insightful. I’ve come away with a clear focus on how to search for my next job and effective tools for me to put into action.”
Jenny Dunn
“An excellent workshop that touched all the relevant points.”
Adam Farah
“It was really good to benefit from the opportunity to do this workshop.”
Rodney Hope
“I found the workshop very motivating and encouraging. It was great to focus, create a plan and set deadlines – it stopped people feeling like victims.”
Debz Gillard
“The last person you should engage to help sell you is you. These guys are certainty amongst the best.”
Peter Martin”
“Interesting mind changing day.”
Rosemary Martin
“Good confidence booster. It confirmed that my alternative career path choice was correct and the right way to go.”
David Gathern
“It takes the weight off your shoulders. I can now see the wood for the trees.”
Bob Messadi
“A valuable opportunity to gain an insight of others’ life experiences and a chance to look into your own career path and learn from history.”
Alan Gibbons
“Very useful thought provoking session, which explores some of the key motivational issues surrounding career choices and job search.”
Ron Jamieson
“Finding the impetus necessary to get the job you want is sometimes elusive. This workshop provides focus and a professional approach.”
Liam Murphy
“This workshop helped me realise what I am good at and who I want to work for. Thank you.”
Roberto Colizzi
“Ideal for anyone contemplating a change or reorientation of career.”
Michele Evans
“A productive thought provoking day.”
Helena W
“The workshop introduced techniques which provided/will provide innovative mechanisms to gain personal insights. Well done. Many thanks for an interesting, enjoyable and light hearted day.”
Neil Boston
“Very informative and enlightening The predominant focus is to ‘think outside the box’ which greatly differs from most career consultant advice.”
Kelly Overden
“A thought provoking and inspiring day. Enabled me to re-evaluate my goals and set new targets. Thank you!”
Margaret Craig
“The workshop was very useful and gave me confidence and enthusiasm to continue looking for a job.”
Denise Rosse
“I have spent a fascinating day evaluating my current job search and discovering possible career changes in a very professionally run course. Many thanks.”
Mike Watkins
“Made me realise that I am not a one show pony and that I can be an asset in the working environment.”
Jo Millar
“Useful tools presented and a good confidence build.”
Brian Dainty
“Excellent people, good practical advice and an opportunity to share experiences. Insightful. Plenty to reflect on and work on.”
Nick Rogers
“Lesley and Rachel are very informative in what they do and they are both willing to assist the attendees in whatever capacity they can.”
Sherron Gibson
“Very beneficial. The workshop explores and extracts the ideas to fuel success and is professional and friendly.”
Martin Rye
“Very thought provoking and inspiring. Good use of some very effective techniques. Left me with a very positive buzz.”
Lucy Merigold
“Provided clarity with regard to self-worth and next steps.”
Edward Perry
“A very thought provoking workshop. Packed full of useful exercises and lots of positive feedback.”
Steve Lovejoy
“Rachel and Lesley make a great team – working together, they helped me to focus on what I want to do next and I left the day feeling clearer about my future goals. Thank you both!”
Katie Reddin-Lee
“Professional and useful thought provoking activities.”
Liz Carr
“Lesley and Rachel gave constructive and positive advice, which will lead me back to work.”
James Crofts
“A fantastic workshop for those people who are considering a career change but are daunted by change.”
Ian Jordan
“A great day. Through the exercises and process, knowledge and insights won through.”
Louise Grindley
“A really insightful day which has helped me think outside the box.”
Samantha Curtis
“Self analytic tools were useful to get another perspective.”
Guy Palmer
“Not to be missed. Helped me to look at what’s ahead of me in a positive vein!”
Chris Grady
“Provides clear tools for getting started on the challenging path to career change.”
Anne Mackintosh
“Thought provoking. Makes you consider all your previous moves/decisions before you make your next one!”
Graham Nield
“I attended one of Rachel’s Energise Your Career workshops when I was at a cross-roads in my opportunities and choices. The workshop provided excellent; invigorating and very helpful insights, practical advice and tools to use to enable me to move forward with confidence. Best workshop I have attended on career development. Highly recommended”
Leslie Sopp
“Fantastic day! Very well delivered. An extremely worthwhile, useful and valuable day. Would recommend to anybody.”
Simon Leung
“I feel I have gained in self awareness, defined my goals and prioritised my job search.”
Carmen Frowd
“Very innovative.”
Alison Davies
“Very interactive and helpful. I would recommend it as a way of helping people in my situation.”
Adrian Ruskell
“Really good day – gave me several new ideas.”
Graham Gold
“Uplifting to spend time with people in the same situation and to look at one’s strengths as it’s easy to forget!”
Marianne Hansen
“Useful to start to get you thinking in ways you may not be used to.“
Murray Bracewell
“Very useful in helping you think about your own skills/values and career path and so help have clarity about other roles that would suit you. “
Steve Unwin
“Opened my mind into appreciating my qualities.”
Sam Sutton
“I feel equipped to make the correct career choice and fulfil my ambitions.”
Peter Davey
“An enjoyable and informative workshop.”
Andrew Thompson
“Very useful to help focus on your career options and your potential to change careers.”
Ralph Baker
“In a short session, Rachel gave me access to a range of tools and methods that have allowed me to consider my own future and career development from an entirely different perspective.”
Paul Smyth
“I thought the workshop was a great day well spent. It helped me feel clearer about where I’m at and where I am to go next.”
Vez Hoper
“Be energised by Energise in this involving, immersive workshop.”
Dan Duke
“A really useful day to give me time and strategies to reflect on my career path.”
Heidi Meadows
“The workshop gave me strong encouragement to consider my strengths and act on them in order to fulfil my career ambitions.”
Gareth Hammond
“Good mixture of thought provoking and practical support.”
Emma McParland
“This workshop is excellent for anyone needing some inspiration and direction, whether in their current role or looking for a career change.”
Fiona Broster
“Very useful day, tailored to individual needs and professionally run. Friendly and supportive atmosphere.”
Stephanie Ouzman
“Highly recommended. A thought provoking insightful workshop. Well planned and executed professionally, but with humour.”
Liz Clayfield
“Totally recommend Rachel if you are at a loss in your career direction, and/or lack confidence to chose a new path to follow. She is succinct, direct and fabulous at enthusing you to go forward. As her title ‘talent liberator’ suggests, you may have it in you but can’t bring it out of yourself because you are too used to one way of ‘being’ – Rachel will help you delve in and help you to help yourself to, well, ‘liberate’. Thanks Rachel.”
Josie Just
“I found the workshop to be an energising, creative day full of insightful self-analysis which will help me to choose the next step in my career.”
James Grant
“Practical and useful tips on job searching and marketing yourself.”
Mandla
“It was a great workshop which helped me to understand what I need to do to be successful in applying for jobs.”
Luis Silva
“A very enjoyable day with good practical tips.”
Jayshree Supeda
“Rachel and Lesley shared friendly tips about marketing ourselves effectively, interview techniques and how to make our CVs really stand out in an age of information overload.”
Jessica Everall
“In just one day, I have been able to get a real insight into what I need to do about my CV and how to market myself. Thank you very much.”
Biki Isharaza
“Rachel Brushfield facilitated “Steer Your Career Workshop” at Skillshare International. Her company strapline is LIBERATE YOUR TALENT. It does. The session really helped me realise the skills that I never thought I had. At the end of the session I felt proud and encouraged.”
“Rachel showed a deep and thorough knowledge of the subject.”
Mitz Archer
“The course was very good, encouraging and well tailored to individuals’ needs.”
Carrie Shepperson
“Excellent value for money. Invaluable in helping me catalogue my transferable skills and identify new career options.”
Tony Cloke
“Helpful understanding and useful to open your mind and show you new directions and abilities you did not necessarily use anymore.”
Sally Blackman
“I feel focused and more confident in achieving my career goals in the near future.”
Maher Ramadan
“The workshop was a well-structured approach to self-analysis, which I found helped me to create new ideas about ways forward.”
Tony Shaw Williams
“I can thoroughly recommend the Energise ‘Steer your Career’ workshops. A very positive day from start to finish!”
Nick Downs
