Corporate Section

We invited Clive Gott to be the key note speaker at our Staff Conference in January 2004 - we were looking for an inspirational speaker to help motivate our employees for the comin year and to, hopefully, "buy in" their role in the continuous improvement of services to our customers.

He was superb! Not only did our 650 staff take his inspirational messages on board, they really enjoyed both his style and content as the quotes below from our staff prove:

"It was a brilliant idea to get a comedian!"

"I have never enjoyed a conference as much!"

"Clive was great - so much better than all that American stuff!"

"I wish I could make my team feel like they do today - EVERYday!" [from a manager]

The feedback was consistent from all parts of the organisation from manager to front line to office to plumber - Clive not only reaches the parts other speakers cannot reach, he reaches EVERY part!

By popular demand, Clive is now working with 40 of our senior managers to help us create a motivational environment across the organisation.

View testimonial video

Judy Ryder

Dear Clive

Thank you very much for everything you did when you attended our Management Conference on March 19th. I was hoping you would bring a new dimension to the conference - and you certainly did!

During our feedback session at the end of the day there was an overwhelming positive view of your services - my team found the 1½ hours that you were with us both very enjoyable and very useful. I believe that your efforts enhanced the day and helped the team.

Chris Parkhouse

Dear Clive

Many thanks for your time yesterday. The team thoroughly enjoyed the content and style of workshop and have all admitted that it left them thinking about things. I certainly believe that the thoughts and concepts you put across will help them all achieve what they want to achieve - it certainly left me with a few things to work on!

I have passed your name on to our Organisational Department Manager and will spread the word across my Board colleagues.

John Jenkins

Clive's delivery style and outlook is the most positive I have encountered.

He is his own best advert for he clearly believes in what he teaches with a true passion.

Paul Howe

Very positive. I can identify with many of the scenarios, attitudes and beliefs shown and spoken about. It makes me think more about myself as a person and as a manager.

Sue Holliday

Dear Clive

Your course has connected with me and has certainly 'lifted the fog' in terms of finding the route forward for my development and the development of my team.

Goal setting and planning are clearly the key ingredients to success and your course has helped me redefine where my journey is taking me. It will certainly help me to help my team on their individual journeys through Canon and beyond.

I would highly recommend this course to anyone as it can't fail to help people realise their potential.

Christopher Slemeck

Dear Clive

Over the past twelve months, the impact of training and development related initiatives within the channel are becoming highly regarded and it is particularly through your involvement that this has been achieved.

So I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the training and development team, to thank you for your excellent support in moving the channel forward and contributing to improving peoples understanding of the benefits of focused development.

Alec McPhedran

When we thought of revolution in training our staff, we thought of Clive. In the past, many of our staff felt very reluctant to attend training because it was very traditionally structured. We were able to change staff attitude about training through him. In fact, he caused us a problem. We now have too many staff registering for his training!

Mansoor Belselah

I was gutted to find out I was only 18th man for the game because I had been first choice for most of the season. I took it very badly and I never wanted to feel like that again.

I had a few chats with our life skills advisor, Clive Gott, and set myself some goals in the off-season."

The psychology of turning disappointment around to fuel a desire to succeed has worked a treat for the former East Leeds player. He played himself into the England Academy squad for the recent tour of New Zealand and Australia and now life couldn't be better.

Richard Mathers

I am pleased to recommend Clive Gott as a powerful and positive ally in our continuing mission to encourage both players and staff to perform at their highest possible levels.

Clive is both inspirational and humorous and his contributions to our playing and support staff are greatly appreciated by all.

Vic Florey

The course assessment comments range from "excellent" through to "outstanding" and "a life changing experience". There has not been one single negative remark from any of the 16 attendees.

I firmly believe that, for the team, this course was the best investment that could have been made, for both the business and the individuals concerned.

Mark Collins

Dear Clive

I am writing on behalf of the National Association of Hospice Fundraisers to thank you most sincerely for leading the workshop entitled "Believe YOU Can" at the annual conference held in York.

Those who attended felt that your subject and presentation were both extremely worthwhile and very thought provoking. I am sure you will agree with me that if a workshop can claim to have achieved this, then the whole exercise was a great success.

Janet Morley

Dear Clive

I am writing to thank you for the excellent workshop you delivered for the Selby Enterprise Academy at the Innovation Centre on 9th July. You were truly inspirational!

To hold 36 15 year-olds for nearly 3 hours and still have them interested and responsive was magnificent! You made a great impression on them and I'm sure that many of them will take on board quite a lot of the 'lessons for life and success' you gave them.

Many thanks again, Clive, for your valuable contribution to the Selby Enterprise Academy 2004. I hope that we can work with you again in the future. (Can we book you for 2005?!)

Wendy Davies

Clives experiences in being associated with a top Super League club encouraged me to enlist his talents for the Oldham club.

His contribution to the mental side of our game has been invaluable, in particular his goal setting and self belief.

I feel his main attribute is his ability to get the message across so that all my players could easily understand.

Mike Ford

Dear Clive

I wish to thank you for training me to open my eyes for coaching. Serving as Project Team Leader for Europe to launch the new Pioneer logo, I am applying the principle of coaching through e-mails to my counterparts in Tokyo, Los Angeles and Singapore.

As you can imagine, my self esteem is high up and even my golf is improving!

Coaching is the way for every manager to operate effectively and confidently.

Clive, many thanks for coaching me!

Masao Kawabata

Dear Clive

A short letter to warmly thank you for your 60 minute presentation to our members and guests at the recent inaugural luncheon of our North Yorkshire LA.

It was potentially difficult for you as this format, with mixed senior professionals, had never been attempted before. Never the less, you judged the mood of the audience extremely well and we have since had many letters and comments congratulating us on our choice of speaker - we pass these accolades on to you.

John A Thompson, JP. Finst SMM. MASEE

I have become more positive at work and in my home life and feel more in control of my own destiny. The goal setting has helped me to tackle situations I felt were becoming a burden on me.

My self-esteem is much higher and I am now beginning to realise my own potential.

Laura Mason

Dear Clive

On behalf of the sales team, I would like to thank you for your time and valuable words of wisdom. It certainly gave us food for thought which we discussed in great length the following day - even Caroline was calm in a traffic crisis that morning!

I have passed on some of your comments to the museums Marketing Manager and I would have no hesitation in recommending your services to others.

Marian Smith

Dear Clive

I have attended many seminars over the past few years, however I found your sessions a break from the norm in that you really have succeeded through living the principles you espouse and your honest approach captures the audiences attention easily.

Margaret Ollerenshaw

Dear Clive

No doubt you have many glowing letters of testimony regarding your training programmes, but I felt compelled to add another.

I found the whole programme to be very interesting and well delivered but the proof of the pudding is in the eating and having come away from the course, I have found myself utilising many aspects of it, especially with regard to setting clearly defined goals. I have become more efficient within my working environment, therefore creating less stress.

Having had such a positive personal experience regarding goal setting, I felt more confident and empowered in employing the coaching skills in helping others to achieve their goals. This is one of the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences I have had.

I wish you all the very best in the future. Your work should have a widespread appeal, after all, the significant benefits relate not just to business, but to life.

Keith Holmes

Dear Clive

Thank you so much for coming to speak to my GNVQ group - we all found your talk extremely useful, interesting and thought provoking.

I asked the students if they had enjoyed your talk. They said it was excellent and asked if you were coming in again, which is praise indeed!

Thank you once again for giving up your time.

Stephanie White

Dear Clive

Many thanks for taking the time to speak at our seminar. The subjects of corporate coaching and motivation are important in any organisation but particularly a team based one such as the fire service.

P C Toase

Clive is enthusiastic and encouraging.

You have the ideas and he gives you the inspiration to do something about them.

Andrea

Clive - I would like to thank you for your excellent presentation at Successful Selling 2004. You really started the day with a bang and the feedback from our 1500 delegates has been very positive.

Jennie Harnaman

Dear Clive

I was at the networking event in Manchester a couple of weeks ago and I thought you were brilliant!

You integrated two of my favourite subjects - personal development and humour. It was a wonderful combination, very powerful and entertaining. Absolutely fantastic! You are one of the best speakers I have heard.

Julie Silver

Clive, you certainly 'did it' for my customers!

General Practitioners seldom, if ever, get any direction on how to achieve their goals and to deal with what can often be a 'negative' working environment. They came away inspired and energised and want to organise a follow up session next year!

Eileen Armstrong

Dear Clive

I just wanted to say thank you for the excellent performance you gave at our recent convention. I think it is fair to say that I was quite responsible for your promotion and a recommendation and no disrespect to you, but it is always a little like recommending a restaurant!

I am delighted to say that I think you went down as on eof the best speakers, certainly the most entertaining, that we have ever had and undoubtedly, many of your messages have sunk home to many of our people. There is currently much debate amongst the salesforce and teams who are the 'tree huggers' and who are the 'outboard motors'.

The last time I saw you, you looked to be enjoying yourself and I do hope you really enjoyed the whole event. I have no doubt there is much more work to our mutual benefit at Lyreco in the future.

Thanks once again

Mike Hopkinson

Hi Clive

I am a newly appointed Area Sales Manager for a team in Ireland and cannot tell you how impressed myself and my team were at your talk. Your talk, humour and points given made a huge impact on me.

I have been in sales for 17 years now and heard a lot of motivational speakers over those years, and never have I felt on such a high.

Corinne Muller

Dear Clive

I just wanted to write and say thank you very much indeed for attending our conference today.

After you had gone, I was absolutely delighted by the number of people who came up to me and commented on how much they had thoroughly enjoyed your session. I believe this gives us great scope for the future.

Kind regards

Mike Hopkinson

Dear Clive

On behalf of the Institute for International Research, I would like to extend my appreciation and thanks for your valuable contribution to our "Investing In Excellence" seminar held in Dubai, 26 - 30 March 2005.

You will be pleased to know that the seminar was very highly rated by the delegates in terms of both content and delivery. I am grateful to you for taking the time from your busy schedule to share your knowledge and experience with those present. It is our sincere hope that you enjoyed participating and found it valuable, too.

For your information, please find below your evaluation scores. Scoring is between 1 [being the lowest] and 4 [being the highest].

Content: 3.86
Presentation: 4.00

Once again, many thanks and I hope we have the opportunity to work with you again in the future.

Yours sincerely,

Ms. June Macfarlane

Hi Clive

This is to congratulate you on the great talk you gave at the University of Warwick last Saturday.

 I'm sure your will be delighted to know that you got top markson the feedback sheets from this audience of seasoned entrepreneurs and I'm sure they appreciated your giving them almost half an hour longer than you promised.

For my part, it was great to work with you as MC and you should know that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you to others and will be booking you again in the future.

Many thanks, 

Gary Courtenay

Dear Clive

Thank you for the wonderful presentation you gave on Monday evening at the Radstad Clipper Evening event.

The great part about your presentation was that, not only did I gain from it from a business point of view, but also my wife and I gained from a personal point of view. Everything you said was true and affects people at work and in life. I also know that others in the room felt as positive as we did. They loved you!

We both found your presentation to be interesting, humorous and inspirational. You have definitely inspired us and we will remember your presentation for a long time.

Yours faithfully, 

Bob Angus

Clive

Very many thanks for your fantastic contribution to our conference last week.

Everyone I spoke to agreed that your session was tremendous and was the highlight of the day. You spoke with your usual flair, enthusiasm and humour that packages a serious message in a most enjoyable fashion.

A small token of appreciation will follow but, meantime, thanks again for contributing to such a successful event.

Kind regards, 

Robert Crawford

Clive gave a thoroughly entertaining and thought provoking talk at out staff Annual Conference.

The ninety minutes went by so quickly and we were all left wanting to hear more.

Not only that, but this was in the 'graveyard' slot, immediately after lunch!

Highly recommended. 

Graham Brown

Dear Clive

Many thanks for the superb presentation and motivational talk you gave at our school recently.

We needed someone to really inspire our students, who could converse with them on their level, relate to them and where they are in life and send them away with new ideas and challenging concepts.

The slides and pictures you used for your presentation were effective and though-provoking as well as being humorous and I think it was the 'fun' element in your talk that enabled you to hold 150 of our Year 10 and 11 students spellbound for a whole hour!

Even though you were slightly disparaging about school life, your message came across loud and clear and I found it interesting that more and more adults appeared in the hall to listen and be motivated, too.

You did a great job for us, Clive. I know all the students appreciated it very much [some are still talking about it!] and if you would like to use us a reference school, I'll be happy to be contacted.

Many thanks again...

John Fletcher

Clive Gott was the highlight of the daytime activities - both informative and entertaining!

Clive was a top speaker - we should have more motivating from Siemens speakers at days like this!

Siemens

Dear Clive

Thank you very much for opening our West Midlands Finance Forum Conference on the 15th november 2005.

Your session really helped us kick start the conference and made the whole day a great success. The feedback from the conference has been very positive and I've attempted to encapsulate deletes' views about your opening session below:

'Entertaining, challenging, thought provoking and inspirational. I was impressed by the genuine enthusiasm and his ability to keep the audience captivated along the journey."

Lakhbir Jaspal