Kirkbright

World Economic Forum

Prof. Adrian Monck, Managing Director of World Economic Forum, said

"Greg Orme from Kirkbright worked with our top people to help them understand how to boost their personal leadership impact and influence both within the World Economic Forum and amongst our key stakeholders. The hands-on workshops were part of our One Forum event at our headquarters in Geneva, for which we gather our people from across the world to discuss how best to meet future challenges. 
 
Our key objective was to align individual and team behaviours and approaches with overall strategy. We found Kirkbright's advice and participation to be inspirational and challenging and - most important - highly effective. The frank no-holds barred debate which Greg facilitated helped us uncover a more compelling value proposition to use with our internal stakeholder "clients". At the end of a rigorous and collaborative process we produced a set of team and individual outputs and actions which we are already using to build impact. 
 
By its very nature and with its unique global role the Forum is a challenging environment for any thought leader to work within. Greg and Kirkbright did a wonderful job in identifying and encouraging hidden potential. I recommend this unique methodology highly to anyone who wants to review their approach and boost effectiveness".

Skillset Cymru

Gwawr Hughes, Director of Skillset Cymru, said

“We have always found the Kirkbright team to be very hands on, approachable and dynamic. They had grasped our needs and outputs right from the start and delivered a professional programme of learning to some of Wales’ leading media professionals. We knew we were in safe pair of hands from day one.”

BBDO

Alison Chadwick at BBDO said

"Kirkbright were an obvious choice to help with our 'Leading Creative Talent' programme, because of their specialism in helping develop creative business leaders. The programme on which we collaborated focused on helping some of our top Creative Directors from around the network develop their leadership abilities. The whole experience was highly valuable for our participants, and the excellent feedback reflected the value of having Kirkbright on board."

 

Specialmoves

Darrell Wilkins at Specialmoves said:

"Kirkbright has helped us to transform our growth prospects as a business. Our Kirkbright business mentor has worked with us to create a clear plan - and to become more disciplined and professional as a management team in order to execute that blueprint. 

In a friendly, insightful and structured way Kirkbright has supported us in getting to grips with some of our big issues  - clarifying our overall strategy including better understanding our unique position in the marketplace (and how that relates to the competition), improving our sales processes, analysing issues around project profitability and linking them to long-term financial strategy.

We now work on two levels with Kirkbright - firstly, month-to-month with our business mentor who helps us stick to the long-term plan. Secondly, with specialist Kirkbright Associates who help us improve in specific areas we have collaboratively identified as a team.

Working with our business mentor is like having a knowledgeable (and persistent!) head coach urging us on to big and better things who brings in specialist trainers as-and-when needed to help us to achieve our goals".

 

Circle

Claire Livesey at Circle said:

"Kirkbright offered a potent blend of management development and strategic advice. It gave us a chance to stand back from our small business and see the wood for the trees.  We were taken through a structured process to crystallise our strategy but most importantly to think about an action plan.  Kirkbright offered a balanced mix of sound business thinking combined with a sensitive understanding the emotional and people issues.  It was bespoke to our needs, tangible and importantly, realistic".

Outline Productions

Laura Mansfield a Outline Productions said:

"Kirkbright worked closely with our senior management team to facilitate a structured and collaborative debate aimed at clarifying our Big Questions as an independent television production business. They bought to the table impressive experience at diagnosing the internal strengths and weaknesses of growing businesses, a deep understanding of creative industry issues, and a constructive focus on the unique circumstances of our company. The experience was extremely valuable fo us as a team, and the output was a great starting point for building our company strategy as well as a clear and actionable 'to-do' list."  

Oxford University's Saïd Business School

Gay Haskins Dean of Executive Education at Oxford University's Saïd Business School:

"We had a big challenge. We knew we had the germ of an idea for a great and innovative joint venture  executive education programme between two of Europe's leading business schools - HEC Paris and Oxford University's Saïd Business School. What we were missing was a clear articulation of the programme's unique positioning and benefits to potential delegates. We invited Kirkbright to help us find the way. They started by interviewed all the parties on both sides of The Channel who had contributed to the original idea. From a huge mass of information they successfully crafted a mutually agreeable solution which led to a compelling strategy and marketing plan. We were delighted with the results from their structured, facilitative and collaborative approach."

 

Channel 4 News

Gay Flashman, Managing Editor, Channel 4 News said:

“Our big challenge was to stand back and consider our options in terms of our operational production strategy. The team came in and helped us do just that. They interviewed key stakeholders, gathered information both internally and externally, and collaboratively offered us a series of options to take forward. The output proved very useful to us.”

DCMS

Shaun Woodward, Minister for Creative Industries & Tourism, DCMS said:

“Greg Orme has made a valuable contribution to my Department's Creative Economy Programme.”

JWT

Kate Bruges Professional Development Director, JWT London said:

“Greg was able to combine his considerable business school and entrepreneurial skills with his empathy for the creative process to provide feedback that was illuminating and robust but also a lot of fun.”