DriveSpeed Group provide tailored vehicle solutions to clients across a range of industries from a base in North Yorkshire. The business has grown significantly since its incorporation in 2011, and has doubled in size in the last three years, with over 20 staff at their office on Fishergate in York.
In 2020 the dental industry was shut down for a couple of months, but Swallow Dental Supplies adapted its PPE product range and are now growing rapidly through their sales of bone regeneration material and other surgical dental supplies.
“The Train the Trainer programme was great, really helpful and insightful. It has the right balance of theory and practical and the pace and timings of the programme were just right. Michelle was absolutely brilliant, very kind, friendly and professional as well as really adaptable to the learners needs. She quickly adjusted to any situation and made sure all the learners were comfortable and getting the most from the training. It is sometimes easy to get overwhelmed when learning new things but that didn’t happen. Genuinely enjoyed every minute.”
What a wonderful day with you Vicky! So well looked after by Kate at York Cookery School. The #teambuilding was an incredible full day with the United by Design crew. We were certainly put through our paces with some incredible insights, learnings and actions to truly bring our great team closer and performing better for the business and our clients.
A thoroughly worthwhile investment of my time as really made me think about ways to personally improve myself and leadership capabilities. Great engagement from everyone who attended as openly encouraged to do so through active exercises and honest sharing of situations and examples. The day raced away as full on with great content.
Thank you again Pro-Development for another amazing Masterclass on ‘Retaining and Bringing out the best in your talent’ for the Strategic Business Growth Programme. I don’t know how you do it, but everyone always leaves with a smile!
An excellent course that taught me how important it is to keep focus on self preservation as part of being a good leader and role model as it is to look at improving my emotional intelligence of others and observation of others. Michelle, Thank you, you are an excellent mentor and trainer!
Absolutely brilliant! So much information! Need to be disciplined and make sure I make time to go through the pack details and really familiarise myself with some of these fantastic techniques. Michelle is just SUPERB – so lovely with everyone and passionate about what she does and how she delivers it. A fab day and really enjoyed it – more of it please!
“Hi everyone at pro development. I would love to share my achievements of the Pro-Development programme nearly 2 years later and cannot believe how much easier it has made my life. After all the highs and lows and nearly throwing the towel in half way through the programme, I cannot thank you guys enough for the encouragement to face my fears and carry on and Sue for being there to listen and encourage me to open up and be honest to myself and others. It has been life changing for me inside and outside of the work place. I use the programme every day without even thinking about it and share it with others. Honest conversations are now a natural way of life (my biggest fear to have conquered) I can not thank you guys enough”.
“Working with Pro-Development on our employment engagement over the last few years has been brilliant! We have transformed the way we interact with our staff, improved on so many areas year on year. The benefits to the company have been huge; employee retention, fully engaged in our vision, work to our values, reduced sick days etc…all of this can only improve your business! Our latest score of 96% is fantastic and we couldn’t have done this without the help of Pro-Development”.
“Pro-Development helped two members of the Two Ridings team think through their longer term career options. We had all done team development but through our annual appraisal process these two staff members agreed there was a need for one to one time with a development professional to help them think through their longer term career options and plan their future development needs. Pro-Development staff were very responsive to this and offered to help them with a structured interview. This offered a confidential safe space for staff members to consider their strengths. Pro-Development also acted as a critical friend to support them to be positive about their future choices. Both members of staff commented very positively on your approach and found you easy to work with. We can already see the difference in the team members as they are more confident and questioning and clearer about their place in the team”.
“Pro Development took time to understand the issues from YSP team feedback and carefully considered what work I could do myself with the team and what should be facilitated by Pro Development. Janette was very intuitive and drew together a project plan to deliver a number of workshops which had to be very short bursts. Janette was well received by the YSP team and there were some good learnings and understanding. Her communication style was very clear and concise, warm and friendly. We made good progress in dealing with the issues raised and work continued after the sessions with team members keen to put their learnings into practice. The experience working with Pro Development felt very bespoke to fit our business requirements, nothing was too much trouble and I would recommend for team development.”
