Martin Riley leadership & business development
Working with SMES in East Sussex and beyond. Call 01424 892200
Clients
Global Re Group
"Martin really impressed us. We always took away key ideas to implement."
Stevens Rowsell
"Martin's head and shoulders above any other coaching service that we have used."
Custom M.A.D.E Ltd
"I would definitely recommend his services to anyone looking to gain a better understanding of themselves and their business."
Consolidata
"As well as increasing our business clarity ... it's now a priority to appreciate, encourage and grow our team of A-players."
De La Warr Pavilion
"I have had a great experience with Martin in both individual and group sessions with senior colleagues. His questioning and facilitation ensures that you gain clarity in your strategy, have focused objectives and see a clear path forward. You definitely feel confident in your decision-making and make faster decisions. This is of great benefit to the business and your customers. As a result of my coaching we have increased our commercial food sales income by 5% and staff productivity has improved too. I highly recommend Martin - he's easy to work with and has a great sense of humour."
Parker Building Supplies
"Martin has been instrumental in assisting us with improving communications within the business and establishing the culture we want to have. We have doubled our sales in recent years, opened new branches and reduced staff turnover... We are very confident in his services and recommend Martin to everyone (except our competition!)."
Natural Fitness Centre
"He was the only one who seemed to immediately understand my business. Martin helped me to gain a clear picture of where I wanted the business to be and kept me on track to reach my goals."
mcphersons
"Martin's expertise has really got us thinking about our business and taking action. We now make specific decisions that are strategic and connect up properly."
Empress Hastings
"Martin's sessions have helped to steer us through some difficult and long term business problems."
BioMedical Computing
"We like his approach - he is not a 'yes man', he has a real spark and instigates challenging conversations to help your business move forward... We've seen very noticeable improvements - Fabulous!"
People Lab
"His practical nature and pragmatic approach makes the sessions extremely valuable. He has wide ranging coaching skills, from practical advice to therapy and everything in between!"
Bea-utiful Design & Print
"He helped me to put the vital foundations and procedures in place to enable me to grow the business to what it is now. "
Westoaks
"He is very understanding and I immediately felt at ease with him. He taught me great methods for dealing with different business matters and processes to help the business run smoothly. I am now much more confident and completely settled in to my new role."
Westoaks
"Under Martin's guidance, a key member of staff has realised their full potential adding great value to our organisation."
AJS
"It's like having your own fireproof room... where you can stop, consider and make properly strategic business decisions."
RCV
"Martin's helped me learn to evaluate where people are in my company; whether they're operational or strategic... and do something about it."
Jaytec
"Martin's program began to deliver visible improvements in a key employee's productivity in only a few sessions. A most impressive result in a short period of time."
LawlerDavis
"The sessions were so valuable that we carried on with them for another nine months after the scheme had ended... In two years we have doubled our turnover and employed members of staff. Martin has definitely helped us get to where we are now."
Astec Computing
"If you're finding it difficult to see the wood from the tress and need a fresh perspective in your business lives - give Martin a call."
Ellis Building Contractors
"Martin has also helped us to have more detailed senior-level job descriptions and improved our focus and techniques for interviewing. We hire the right people and have really honed our senior management team."
HFS
"I've particularly appreciated having dedicated time set aside to really focus on developing the organisation and our priorities."
Who's Wearing What Boutique
"Martin understands your business quickly and really listens. He has helped us to work out staffing and branding issues and realise how we can make changes that are the best solution for us."
Parker Building Supplies
"Martin has helped us transform the dynamics and interaction within the company. By using a highly skilled, cohesive and persuasive process we have engaged with all levels of the company's management, and staff, to form a determined and achievable strategy."
Ingenious Design
"What's really nice is getting off-site for a couple of hours, totally focused, with someone who wants to help and is inspiring us to drive our business forward... Our coaching with Martin has given us a real focus and confidence that we have made decisions that are the right ones. Martin is very logical, professional and enjoyable to work with. We have increased our turnover by 20% in 18 months."
Commercial Vehicle Contracts (CVC)
"He is brilliant at helping you to analyse and break things down to make decisions. By booking sessions with him it forces us to take time out to work on the business. We have had exceptional growth with turnover increasing 5-fold in a 3 year cycle."
Switchplane
"Our work with Martin over the last five years has helped us quadruple the amount of business we do. We continue to use him to fine tune our strategy going forward and to facilitate any problem solving as required."
mcphersons
"He has really focused our minds on strategic matters and I feel enthused and positive after every session."
Pearce Marketing
"Martin's coaching service is brilliant... My sessions have already led to the creation of a stronger and clearer strategic plan, the development of a fantastic P&L scenario tool for making business decisions, the recruitment of two full time members of staff and contributed to an increase in turnover of 20% last year."
Parker Building Supplies
"Martin has made us take time out of our busy schedules; to get feedback from staff at all levels, with better communication, a shared understanding of what to improve, and clear view of the route forward... He's asked us the difficult questions we've needed to ask ourselves, and persisted till we've come up with good answers."
De La Warr Pavilion
"Martin scores a solid 10 out of 10 for his coaching service. We are lucky to have someone like Martin locally. He has great skills in enabling you to develop business strategy, gain a real depth of focus and inspire and develop large teams."