Testimonials

Mark has worked with us as an Executive Coach for over 5 years. This has included working with our Directors and CEO in the UK and Switzerland to improve their personal leadership effectiveness. Mark’s style means changes are long term: improved leadership, more effective behaviours, more strategic and less stress. Employees are more engaged. I highly recommend Mark!

I first met Mark Bateman during the High Growth Programme, as one of our business coaches. Mark was tasked with helping to develop and grow SME businesses into highly commercial operations. This he did with ease, and he was the most frequently in demand coach on our talent pool. Mark focuses on strategy and planning, but he also has particular skills and knowledge around “brand management and sales” which when combined form a formidable mix to aid fledgling businesses looking to grow”. I can confidently recommend Mark Bateman as an experienced and proven Business Coach.

Very well schooled, intuitive and relaxed; the sessions are pacey, provoking and stretching. Progress comes quickly and you will soon relish the change.

Those around you will notice and your business moves to a higher level. 

Have an open mind and be prepared to surprise yourself.

Mark worked with me over a 6-month period about 5-years ago.   He was serving as my Business Coach/Mentor.  Before I started work with Mark, I had a vague understanding of my approach-to-work difficulties.  Mark quickly enabled me to diagnose the fundamental problem . . . ‘the cloud’.  A chunk of our time together focussed upon supporting me to develop strategies to overcome and indeed dispel the cloud.  Mark also raised the opportunity, and gave me the confidence to start changing my Client base.

In the last 5-years and as a direct result of Mark’s intervention, a) my work capacity has increased by over 30% because I’m working far more effectively, and b) my average day rate has increased by 50%.

I could not recommend Mark Bateman’s Coaching ability more highly.  He’s a great listener; inspirational with ideas, and is passionate and genuine about ‘making a difference’ when supporting others.  Of course, he’s able to draw upon his own experience of developing (through to ultimate sale) his own multimillion pound business and managing staff.

Talk to him and see where it takes you and your business! (September 2017)

Nick Gerrard, Managing Director, Gerrard Associates (2012 – now)

 

I challenged Mark to work with my team to develop creative and strategic thinking and to instil a sense of proactivity and individual responsibility. His grasp of the brief was superb and the session he subsequently facilitated was excellent. Interactive, challenging, thought provoking, creative. The session was certainly pitched at an appropriate level. I would have no hesitation in recommending Mark and indeed are looking to develop opportunities for him with our professional and client network. Thanks Mark.

Darryn Evans, Handelsbanken Branch Manager (North Notts) (2013)

 

Working with Mark has produced amazing results. He has a rare ability to really listen and direct our focus on how to improve our present situation. This applies to both business development and strategy, as well as personal development and issues relating to work/life balance. We are only 3 months in but we are very excited about the future . We have no hesitation in recommending Mark to you.

Trevor Easton, Managing Director, CMC Cleaning Ltd (350 cleaners) (2012/13, they sold the business 2014 and are now very happy)

 

 

 It is a real pleasure to work with Mark. His insight, ideas, challenge and thought processes are making a tangible difference to me and my business. Mark has a great rare ability to spot problems, offer tangible and achievable solutions, as well as a means to implement it into a workable business plan. 
As an entrepreneur of kindred spirit he is one of the very best I have worked with.

Karl Baker, Managing Director, Taurus Collections Ltd (Derby SME) (2012)

Having worked with Welcome Insight to deliver management development services to Coca Cola, I would recommend them for any kind of leadership/management development programme. This includes training (formal class room training), coaching one on one or groups, mentoring and workshops. They are both extremely well qualified, have the requisite commercial experience and facilitate learning to a very high standard. I have no hesitation recommending them.