“Women in leadership” has been an issue for me since I started working on gender and diversity issues. I have known about the glass ceiling and what it takes to be a woman in a male domain. Unfortunately, when it was time for me to take a management position in Human Resources, I failed to transfer this knowledge. Hugh has helped me see that I was ready for a leadership role just the way I was and that I have all the tools available. Hugh has inspired me and coached me to a point where I am very comfortable at my place in the management team, surrounded by male colleagues who are older than me and come from a military background where women in leading roles are still the minority. I have come to know my strengths and weaknesses and how to use both to my advantage and in the spirit of my company. I can only recommend Hugh and his seminars to any woman who wants to discover the leader in herself.
Head of Personnel & Administration, NATO Airlift Management Agency - NAMA
“Hugh is an awesome coach who is able to get you to the heart of a challenge. His support in enabling you to pick your way through complex issues to clarity of action is amazing. My career went in a totally new and successful direction as a direct result of my coaching sessions. I am always left feeling clearer and more positive as a result of our time together. Every leader needs the support of this calibre of coach!"
Jan Page, November 10, 2009
“Hugh's tremendous experience in coaching senior level staff in Europe, especially at NATO, is a great boon to Australians. Hugh is a very personable, thoughtful and insightful person. He is passionate about helping women to develop the skills needed for board positions, and his skills and experience are ideal for this.”
Rosemary Gillespie, October 25, 2009
‘The benefits will keep coming for 40 years if I’m lucky ... I’ve enjoyed this and it has totally changed my life,’
Construction Manager, Bellway Homes West Scotland
“Hugh is passionate about helping women executives to reach their full potential. Hugh and the True Colours Group have formed an alliance to mentor, encourage and groom women executives for Senior C level and Board positions. We are excited to be working with someone with such a successful background and who is as passionate about helping women reach their full potential as we are. I feel honoured to be able to work with Hugh and look forward to seeing many success stories of women who achieve their goals by being both challenged and mentored by Hugh.”
Debbie Carr, APRCSA. Director, True Colours Keynotes
“Hugh's tailored program and calm focused approach to subject matter aligned with extensive and detailed knowledge - meant that the results were almost guaranteed. The material was rich with practical methods to achieve goals and Hugh was able to guide me to sections that resonated with my personality and character. Highly recommended.”
Max King, Managing Director, January 12, 2010
'What you offer people is really very special and I am 100% certain you'll grow from strength to strength as a phenomenal, inspirational coach.'
Anne-Marie Fraser, Principal, Communicate Training
'You did a fantastic job! Congratulations! The way you pronounce the word "stress" is relaxing in itself'
NATO/NAMSA Officer, Luxembourg
‘You keep pushing us to make decisions and to try things, so we don’t just sit and listen all day. This gives us the confidence to try things when we go back to the site.’
‘The tips on managing time & priorities, for example, have been the best and easiest advice I have ever had.’
‘Initially I didn’t think this was going to be useful but it definitely did and it’s making a massive difference’
‘I had become quite stagnant – this has opened up a whole new set of possibilities’
‘We are now much more of a company unit rather than each of us working independently’
‘When I was told that my name was down for a training course, I thought “Oh great” (cynically). But this has been completely different, there has been a different vibe about the whole thing.’
Comments from site management staff piloting a course in ‘Managing For Peak Site Performance’
'…it has been a valuable investment … [Hugh] does not recommend a course of action so much as enable you to see what you would like to happen and provide you with tools to achieve it'
Quest International research manager
'I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of ideas I can take away from this [training course] and put into action with my team.'
Scottish Environment Protection Agency Officer