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.
Really enjoyed my time here, look forward to coming back. Will was great and very well delivered.
I cannot put into words how good Will is at her job. She immediately made me feel at ease and listened without judgement at all.
It felt eye opening in so many ways and Will really helped me in future rolls with confidence.
It gave me much more clarity and the tools I have been lacking in some difficult situations and it has prepared me for the next course I’m going to be attending.
It has helped me realise my gaps and work out what I need to fill to help to improve myself as a manager and the team I am a part of. It also helped me work out the hard conversations I need to have.
Really enjoyed my time here, look forward to coming back. Will was great very well delivered.
It has had such a positive impact. I feel I now have the confidence and skills I need to do the things I kept putting off.
I now feel confident that my abilities and skills are good and I am doing the right things as a manager. The content has defined “why” things have or have not worked for me in the past so I can learn from them more effectively.
I was genuinely engaged from the get go. This was made helpful with a lovely greeting. I had no idea what to expect so was very pleasantly surprised. I would be very inclined to consider further training.
The training has improved my confidence when it comes to management. It has given me a lot to think about.
The training has extremely beneficial and I felt comfortable at all times. Will was very lovely and knowledgeable, offering her advice with various situations that arose within our group. I have left the training with new tools and ideas to apply in my workplace.
Thank you very much! PS Lunch was also 11/10 🙂
Thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the course, the ALG’s were particular insightful.
Abi was excellent in delivering the course information whilst keeping it engaging and fun. The activities throughout were essential in complimenting the learnings in a more practical manner, and were a highlight throughout. Thoroughly enjoyed the course, and the knowledge gained will help assist me in becoming an effective manager in the future.
Excellent course that was engaging and has benefited my confidence, leadership and management skills exponentially.
Thank you to Abi for all her hard work and inspirational work ethic. She strives her utmost to bring the best out of people and uses a variety of resources and skills to test people and get them thinking! She’s an amazing coach and person, always willing to help, and I’m very grateful for her efforts throughout the duration of this course.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Bootcamp. Abi is a brilliant teacher/mentor, and the modules were consistently engaging & insightful.
I found the course to be challenging and very useful. Abi was great at firstly recognising my difficulties with confidence in groups and then finding ways to gently encourage me. She didn’t let me avoid talking in front of the group but also didn’t push me harder than I was comfortable with and as I result I feel my confidence has been greatly improved. The course has given me some excellent tools to be more effectively in developing and managing both my teams and their progress and my own. I have taken far from it than I maybe thought I might and I will use the things I have learnt throughout my career and life in general.
At first I was unsure but after my first one to one Abi put me at ease and I started to enjoy the course. I learnt a lot about myself too and will carry this on in the future.
Abi was excellent, I really felt comfortable with her being our programme leader and she/the course exceeded my expectations.
I have enjoyed the boot camp, I cannot thank you enough for passing your knowledge and skills on. I cannot thank Abi enough for everything she has taught me. Doing the course has made me see some things from a different point of view and made me think more. Everything has been explained in great detail and demonstrated. It has been good to put it into practice over the last 16 weeks.
Lee made the course engaging and entertaining instead of just running through slides, thanks Lee!
Thoroughly enjoyed this training. Lee was brilliant, made an effort to build up relationships with everyone. The training was really interactive and tasks we did were useful and made it fun.
The trainer Lee was excellent. Animated and engaging he always kept the course interesting, and held everyone’s attention well. He also gave great examples to support the theme where necessary.
Lee’s engagement with the group was excellent and made the programme easy to understand.
An overall informative and engaging course. With knowledgeable staff delivering relevant content in ways that make it easier to remember.
I found the workshop very beneficial. Sue has a very friendly and amiable approach and the course content was very relevant. There is lots to take away and material for further study. The interactive approach is very interesting and engaging. Thank you!
I found that I gained the understanding of different view points and companies. It helped with emotions and how to speak to different people.
It gave me clarification on the expectations and needs for my role. Also skills that could benefit me.
Fantastic training, Sue was an amazing trainer. I learnt so much and so many tools. I hope it will apply to my roles as Project Manager. Thank you!
It let me open up and really get to know myself. The Johari window was really eye opening in just how much I do put up a wall. Now knowing this I can confidently go back to the team and put an action into place that will help me but more so the team. I learned how my actions can really effect the office dynamic and how to implement them changes to become more assertive and less passive / passive aggressive. Thank you so much for all your help, it really has changed how I will go about situation and think about how I can be a better version of me.
Made me more self aware. I have quite a short attention span, aswell I have a general fear (from school) of classroom workshops but felt engaged and interested throughout these 2 days.
This reinforced my previous learnings from Pro-Development, which is one thing I wanted – so this was a success. It has provided me with more understanding of how to handle my communication with others. The listening exercise was a big eye opener and it felt very liberating to stop myself from talking. Thank you Will – you are inspiring.It really opened me up to how I can make an active change to myself and recognise my thoughts and presence. Which does have a positive affect on those around me. Also some great insights on how to notice these early and make a conscious effort to adjust.
It is the third time in my professional journey that I completed Managers Toolkit Programme or similar one.
Every session was interesting, and I was actively involved in all tasks.
Big thank you to Sue! Course was brilliant, very engaging and able to take the skills learnt and apply them to real life situations. Not only have we become better leaders we’ve also had chance to interact with different parts of the business, very insightful.
It was a nice and helpful training programme. We have learnt many things. Most important thing was delegation and one to ones.
This event helped me a lot in my role to grow my skills and to build healthy relationships with them. Sue was always nice and helpful.
Fantastic information in slide decks. Great interactive activities to keep people involved. ALGs are a great way to get different opinions on challenges you currently face.
Great course, great facilitator. Wonderful insights and lots of things I have come to learn about myself.
Different mindset and approach to team building and communicating amongst team members.
Sue is a great facilitator, and I felt very comfortable during the training. I have changed many things in my communication style and self-confidences have been developed. I was very happy to attend the course.
Thanks.
I have more confidence in my skills and feel prepared for any new challenges.The course had a lot of practical tasks which kept it fun and engaging as well as let you see the subjects being put into practice.
I think the action learning group exercise really made a difference compared to other training that we have done before. It helped us to solve real time problems by getting different people involved. I would recommend this training.
Joanne is a very personable and engaging trainer.
Excellent course. Really well presented, interactive and engaging.
Lee was incredible!!!! I wish he was my manager!
Excellent, informative course.
Very welcoming and safe environment, perfect for learning setting.
Defo provided methods to achieve goals. Lee made me feel comfy to be honest, open and approachable. This and being in an environment to share vulnerabilities and helped me realise I’m not on my own as much as other stuff.
Very interesting session, thank you.
Brilliant session and has made me reflect on myself.
Very insightful.
Loved it, lots to work with and on.
It helped my frame where I am and areas to improve.
Mainly around how to structure and utilise coaching I do already so it is more structured and less sporadic.
I feel confident now knowing what conversation to have and how to go about it.
Allowed me to stop and think about how I am doing things already.
Pleased to have gone through GROW again and I will look at this again personally and will look at ways to engage others.
A great course!