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.
I was offered by my company to come on the course to better my leadership skills and knowledge.I joined the Skills Bootcamp.I have loved every session and gained a better understanding about leadership.The course has made me think differently and see things in a way I didn’t see/understand before. I now more open minded and asking open questions.My team can see a difference in me after each session, they also can’t wait for me to put a lot more into practice. Listening better to understand, learning more about myself and Meeting different people who are in a similar situation, knowing others go through tough challenges. Have a better understanding of how people ‘lead’ as I can see the difference in the people I work with and how they might think going back to DISC. I like that sometimes I was questioned about an answer I have given to make me think more to understand.
Enjoyed the experience, was very insightful and Joanne was lovely.
Enjoyed it and Joanne was very helpful and great at explaining. Joanne made the session very exciting.
Joanne Baker made the day, vibrant and fun.
Really strong session, which was thought provoking and gave the opportunity to put learnings into practice and a risk/stress free environment with no judgement.
I was a little apprehensive at the start with the 20 to 30 minute presentation, but from the start as a group we were put at ease. We were given all the tools to support us in the creation of the presentation. The feedback was constructive and I liked this, as I now have areas to learn from and improve upon to take to to the next level. Thank you Will you were amazing, I enjoyed your enthusiasm and made each day interesting, interactive and fun.
Great session I feel confident in my facilitation skills now and that some of what I was doing was good. I now have the tools to improve on that. Thanks.
Great training to help me prepare for the presentation as I felt more prepared than I thought which settled my nerves.
Will was really welcoming and helpful. She was extremely knowledgeable and made me feel at ease throughout
Very useful content and thought provoking.
Really enjoyed the variety of learning styles and the pace.
Abi and Sue were fantastic. Knowledgeable and supportive in their delivery. They get brought out the best from the team, allowed conversation to flow but also kept us moving at pace. Thank you for a great session 🙂
I found learning about the teams preferences really useful, particularly the section where each person described how others could interact with them better at work!
A really useful day for our team to connect and learn in a peer environment.
As someone who has engaged with Pro development previously, I am delighted to see my colleagues experience the level of higher quality training. The topic of the session was absolutely suited to the needs of our team and will no doubt be useful in our work going forward.
Really enjoyed the session, particularly sharing our profiles with one another and seeing the variety in the team.
It’s made me feel more confident in navigating conversations 🙂
I didn’t expect the profile to be so in-depth from the questions I had answered. It was very accurate, I thought.
I like that the workshop was tailored to different preferences for learning and and didn’t make anyone feel uncomfortable.
Great to be able to reflect on our own styles and how others communicate and how this can only make us stronger. Positive feedback and trust and foundations.
Great event, Joanne was fabulous
Such a great day. I have learnt so much. Joanne was fabulous
Joanne brought so much positive energy to the day. I felt I learnt so much about communicating effectively and brought away some useful tools!
I was sceptical but that’s my nature – was not what I expected at all (but in a positive way) – really enjoyed it & feel it was beneficial and eye opening. Thank you
Cracking Session, Catalyst will be a useful addition.
Really great morning, pulling the team even closer together.
As always it has been an invaluable session giving me further awareness and insight into my strength and challenges.
Well delivered by Lee, really great session.
Great morning workshop and good to see others profiles and hear their views
Fantastic.
Very much appreciated thank you. The day complemented other courses attended and current learning. It was nice to attend this course with colleagues as opposed to solo online learning. There were mechanisms and tools discussed that I will be able to take away and implement immediately.
Informative and interesting. Varied materials, group work, discussions, interactive. Much appreciated!Session was great and at a good pace. Thank you.
All attendees were able to have equal input and participation. Great content, which ensured participant kept focus throughout many interactive activities.
The day was great, very informative – I would have benefitted from deeper conversations around supporting staff with change but this would have likely taken more than a day along with the content of the programme. This helped me clarify my own areas for development / learning.
Really enjoyed the session. Have learnt a lot and will definitely be taking away a lot of the tools from the session. Sue was very engaging – thoroughly enjoyed the session. I often struggle to concentrate in full day training courses but this was very interesting.
The course was delivered in a brilliant way, involving participants and making you think about situations. I have really enjoyed the event / day and have learnt lots of useful skills to help me with my role and develop my skills more.
An extremely well facilitated day which contained a significant amount of appropriate content.
Really helped the team focus in on our key challenges and issues providing thinking and learning.
Well timed and important due to ongoing changes and developments in our journey.
This was day 3 of a series of courses, well delivered, excellent and thought provoking courses.
Really enjoyed the day. Opened up good communication in the team actively encouraged us to talk and think about communicating issues we may hold closer to our chest.
Sue is a really great trainer. Open and receptive. The benefit is purely down to leading the team.
You made a huge impact! The team clearly loved it and took much from it. Thank you.
Well prepared, engaging and insightful session. Enjoyed learning more about the intricacies of my team and the variety of thought within it.I thought it was really well facilitated and good mix of activities.
Good team building event that offers insight from within our organisation but also good to hear thoughts and teachings from externals.
I think it was well organised and good knowledge were shared will well aligned objectives.
I thought it was a really well thought out morning with lots of interesting and diverse discussions!
Excellent session! Invaluable.
I thought the money box task was really valuable and giving us an insight into how we share info and ‘negotiate’ with the aim of reaching a shared goal.
I liked that everyone was encouraged to participate, not just the usual extroverts. I liked getting to know people through team building games and activities.
Loved it!
Talking with people from other departments and comparing our DISC feedback to better understand how to communicate between departments.
Excellent day
The day was engaging and good fun – I think it will help us move forward collaboratively as a team.
Felt comfortable and enjoyed all the tasks