Endorsements of Proven Performance
The client: Independent special needs education provider for under-19s.
The scope: Support the company’s growth from 4 staff and part-time students to over 30 staff, relocate to new premises and achieve registration as a full-time school with Ofsted. Registration achieved in 2026.
Delivery: One-to-one CEO mentoring | Senior leadership workshops | Whole-company training | Process creation and implementation
Project length: 4 years — ongoing
Endorsement: Amy’s lived experience and grounded approach made complete sense. She knew and empathised with the challenges of growth. She guided us with process creation for line reporting, assigning responsibility and accountability, created communication process, guided us on employee engagement and the measuring of success. She sat down with us and helped create the solution there and then rather than leaving us with more work to do after she had left. She championed us and reminded us how well we were doing even on the hard days.
We have also invited Amy in to deliver whole company training which is always very well received. Her approach puts everyone at ease, she is engaging and creates an atmosphere where even reserved team members feel safe to speak up and laugh with her. She’s funny too!
CEO & FOUNDER
The client: Business owner and entrepreneur (industry anonymised) — 182 staff
The scope: Provide one-to-one support to help the business owner manage overwhelm during a period of significant growth, using a weekly task review model.
Delivery: One-to-one CEO mentoring | Phone support | Company values and mission review to enhance staff engagement
Project length: 6 months
Endorsement: Amy is my new friend! She just gets it and has made me smile even in the lowest moments. She feels my pain when I call her and is a true professional through and through.
She knows what it feels like to run a company and be motivated and overwhelmed at the same time.
We’ve covered big projects, such as revisiting and embedding the company culture, reviewing the recruitment process and ensuring we’re measuring the right behaviours. But she’s also helped me develop the processes and skills to get my lunch in the fridge and reach my desk without being asked any questions, which has seriously been a game changer.
I didn’t realise how much pressure I was under until she helped take some of it off me. She’s clearly learnt a lot from her own experience, but she also has a book or guru to recommend for further insight.
She’s a grounded Yorkshire lass with an ability to articulate things in a way I only wish I could.
CEO AND FOUNDER
The client: New business owner acquiring mechanical engineering firm - 40 staff
The scope: Support change after acquisition and provide 1-2-1 support to CEO
Delivery: One-to-one CEO mentoring | Create change agenda and prioritise projects | Work on ad-hoc risk projects
Project length: 2 years
Endorsement: Amy was an immense support to me when I first took over the company. She confidentially changed my mindset towards approaching appraisals with staff members.
Amy supported business development by pushing me out of my comfort and existing knowledge zone. We even covered financial strategies that made significant benefits to cash flow.
Amy’s attitude is calm and natural, professional but assertive. No such word as ‘can’t’. You’re only heading one way with Amy on board.
Together we analysed employee engagement and worked out strategies to improve this whilst developing written process to maintain it.
Sher has an ability to ask the right questions, articulate exactly what I’m trying to say and then shows you how to find the solutions yourself next time.
BUSINESS OWNER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
“Amy’s communication is inspiring. Her points are clearly expressed and she gets everyone on board.”
“I have learnt more about myself, my abilities and strategic business growth in the last two months than I feel I have in a lifetime.
Who knew that a project focussed on opening new UK sites would also lead to me changing my breakfast and increasing 1-2-1 time with my children? Strange but true and I feel so much better for it!
Amy brought my vision to life and then somehow made sure that everyone could visualise it too.”
EMMA | DIRECTOR
“We loved working with Amy. Whilst she obviously has a lot of business experience above all she was empathetic and supported our entire team. She listened and gave tailored and considered responses, often working differently with different members of the Leadership Team to get the best results and facilitating us to learn along the way.
Some prehistoric communication issues and tension we had in our team seemed to melt away before our first session had even ended and the best thing was that they haven’t come back yet (a number of simple yet effective processes and a small amount of training was all that was needed).
I feel confident our future aspirations are now within reach”.
Anna | COO
“I knew what I wanted to achieve within the company, I even had a good idea of how to get there but after the years continued to pass by and the daily ‘firefighting’ increased we invited Amy in to help us get there.
After just 1.5 hours she quickly ascertained a few limiting issues that we hadn’t even realised.
She quickly created and implemented a programme of works and over a period of just three months we were further ahead growth wise than we had been in the last three years. The science she drip fed us behind getting the best from our brain and body was often quite simple, made sense and has had a huge positive impact on several of us.
I’m also not used to a consultant encouraging us to now save the money and go it alone without her”.
David | CEO
“We reduced cash flow deficit by 35% in one month and had a strategic growth plan within just a few days - years of ideas formalised and executed quickly with Amy.”
“I didn’t think that i’d buy into the holistic health tips but I have to say, since gaining more of a scientific understanding, I am actually feeling far more positive and finally sleeping, so maybe she’s got a point”
ADAM | BUSINESS OWNER