Testimonials
“As a provider of bespoke senior management development initiatives, Value the Person Training and Development Company and Value the Person International consultancy, have worked successfully with David on a wide range of assignments – most of these have been demanding and requiring a high level outcome. David has been able to utilise his undoubted business and people skills to deliver these assignments to the delight of our clients. Consequently, we look forward to continuing our ongoing, successful relationship with David for many years to come.”
Ken O'Neill
Value the Person
“As a provider of bespoke senior management development initiatives, Value the Person Training and Development Company and Value the Person International consultancy, have worked successfully with David on a wide range of assignments – most of these have been demanding and requiring a high level outcome. David has been able to utilise his undoubted business and people skills to deliver these assignments to the delight of our clients. Consequently, we look forward to continuing our ongoing, successful relationship with David for many years to come.”
Ken O'Neill
Value the Person
Testimonials
“Thought provoking, structured and controlled delivery. Many thanks."
Helen Henderson
NEPIA
“Thought provoking, structured and controlled delivery. Many thanks."
Helen Henderson
NEPIA
Testimonials
“Really useful. I didn’t feel confident in talking to people about my business. This tool gave me the words that the business community seem to use. It is all about my business”.
Steven Johnson
Start-up Business Owner
“Really useful. I didn’t feel confident in talking to people about my business. This tool gave me the words that the business community seem to use. It is all about my business”.
Steven Johnson
Start-up Business Owner
Testimonials
“BB2 is the most amazing learning experience I have encountered since setting up in business 6 years ago. The topics that ‘Doctor’ David covers are really fascinating. The programme has revolutionised my way of thinking both in my personal and business life. I understand so much more about people and personality types and the reasons why people act in certain ways."
Claire Glynn
Atomic Web Design
“BB2 is the most amazing learning experience I have encountered since setting up in business 6 years ago. The topics that ‘Doctor’ David covers are really fascinating. The programme has revolutionised my way of thinking both in my personal and business life. I understand so much more about people and personality types and the reasons why people act in certain ways."
Claire Glynn
Atomic Web Design
Testimonials
“It provided me with plenty of food for thought both personally in terms of evaluating my own network and also as I and my colleagues look to develop our new business."
Eugene Tansey
Director, The Magnetic Partnership Limited
“It provided me with plenty of food for thought both personally in terms of evaluating my own network and also as I and my colleagues look to develop our new business."
Eugene Tansey
Director, The Magnetic Partnership Limited
Training
Venture to Think deliver bespoke packages of workshops and/or coaching to our clients, some examples of which are listed below.
- Entrepreneurs Forum: Business Breakthrough Programme
Working with close partners, we provide an exciting and high impact 8 day programme taking place over a period of 6 months, which takes the owners of high growth businesses through their personal and business challenges and leads to significant business breakthrough. - Liverpool University: MBA in Entrepreneurship
We take an audience of international business owners on a practical journey that leads to personal development and more effective networking and stakeholder management. - Digital City: Business Growth Programme
Based upon the 21st Century Entrepreneurs product, Venture to Think are driving personal development to the heart of this exciting initiative for digital businesses. - University of Teesside
Venture to Think are leading a major initiative designed to promote 'Entrepreneurial Leadership' amongst the Professoriate of this forward looking University.
Research
Venture to Think specialise in conceptually robust research that tackles practical issues and challenges in enterprise, business start-up and growth and entrepreneurial behaviour.
- One North East: Segmenting the Enterprise Marketplace
This project explores the feasibility of and potential benefits of, a segmentation approach to enterprise and business start-up. - University of Durham/Barclays Bank
Corporate and public sector entrepreneurship: How can larger organisations implement entrepreneurship and innovation. - Private Commission
Mapping the attitudes, personality and behavioural preferences that distinguish successful from unsuccessful business owners. - One North East
Understanding the enterprise profiles - attitudes, encouragers and barriers towards enterprise of younger people.
Consultancy
Venture to Think deliver hands on, practical problem solving to a range of businesses and organisations including:
- Value the Person
Working closely with a partner, Value the Person, we have delivered a number of consultancy projects. At Whitemountain we worked with the senior executive team of this ambitious, high growth business to help then to identify a focused and achievable strategy and to develop the leadership team that will take the business forward. With Lagan Cement we have helped the executive and senior teams address critical action issues. - Palmer International
Venture to Think have developed an exciting strategy enabling Palmer to link its current capability with a rapidly changing global market place.
Bespoke Products
Venture to Think design and deliver profiling and coaching tools in the enterprise and commercial field.
- Pizza Hut, Threshers, Snap on Tools: Franchise Recruitment and Development Tool
Design of a tool enabling all three organisations to significantly improve the attraction, recruitment and training of franchisees. - Channel 4: Have You Got What it Takes
Design of a robust yet fun profiling tool providing younger people with insights on their potential to create a business.
Events
Venture to Think present interactive and exciting learning events.
- The Shadow Side of Entrepreneurship
How to tap into, understand and manage the hidden forces that exert such a powerful but little understood influence upon the success (or failure!) of business. A fascinating journey into the world of entrepreneurial psychology and business. - Psychology of Success
Explores the real influences upon our ability to create and grow a successful business. Discover the route to real success. - Relationships for Profit
This takes the audience from an initial focus upon themselves to the creation of effective business relationships through powerful and focused networking. - Winning Mindsets
Develop a 'winning mindset' by understanding and changing how we seek
to solve problems and make decisions based on learned patterns of attitudes and behaviours.
Guest Speaking
- National Federation of Enterprise Agencies 2008
The Hearts & Minds of Enterprise: A Personal Journey - Durham Business Club 2008
8 Ways to Fail in Business: How to Become a Successful Business - Finance Directors Forum 2007
On the Couch with Dr David: How to Stimulate Enterprise in the UK's Major Corporations - European Commission: France
How to Promote Entrepreneurship & Innovation Within Larger Global Organisations - Enterprise Network Conference
Enterprise in Schools





