What Clients Say

Steve helped us to put in place a Management Capability programme for new managers. He identified the needs and worked well with business stakeholders. He paid a lot of attention to ensuring that the programme would be sustainable in the long term, and helped us identify how we could also use eLearning for elements of the programme. Steve is hard-working, committed and integrated well into the team.

Sarah Henbrey
Director of Organisational Development at Three UK

Steve’s session was really useful. I think he did a really excellent job. The props were minimal but very effective in addition to the exercises which made us consider how we work with each other. The feedback session was also very much needed. Since the session last week I can see the impact of this as a tangible difference in the team and the way we work with each other.

Dr. Latha Parvataneni
Medical Director, Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd

Steve performed a crucial role as the trainer/facilitator delivering workshops for a companywide initiative to improve meetings. Feedback from participants was excellent. Steve’s training style was very inclusive, smooth and effective and he brought with him a wealth of experience on meeting facilitation which was required for fielding questions.

Dylan Saxby
PM / BA, Nexen Petroleum

Tara is completely professional in her approach to all matters. Having worked with her on training projects, I have seen how she produces excellent, creative material that delivers the outcomes in a relaxed, informative and fun way.

Linda Fenn
Training and Development Manager, British Heart Foundation

Tara undertook a series of equality and diversity awareness workshops. The groups were very testing and Tara demonstrated an extremely professional approach. She showed extensive knowledge and experience and handled difficult questions with sensitivity, providing clear and appropriate responses.

Jacky Manning
Senior HR Adviser Equality and Diversity, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Tara clearly loves what she does and approaches each assignment with enthusiasm, expertise and integrity. She has provided expertise on how to deal with difficult HR issues and I have always been impressed with her empathy and common-sense approach.

Kehrela Hodkinson
Owner, Hodkinson Law Group

Kate is a highly experienced development manager who delivers training and development solutions in a creative way to tight deadlines. One hundred per cent reliable and outcome focused, Kate comes highly recommended.

Liz Edwards
HR Director, Equinox

Steve Walker has designed and delivered bespoke training to us on a number of topics, most recently project management for directors. He has taken time and care to ensure he delivers solutions that really work for us and fit our culture. Steve has excellent interpersonal skills as well which allows him to work with diverse groups within the same organisation.

Morag Bailey
HR Director, Ardo UK

Elspeth’s skills, knowledge, change management experience and general expertise were extraordinarily helpful when we were planning and then carried out the closure of a large residential care home. Her commitment and hands-on involvement were invaluable both to the senior management and the frontline staff affected by redundancy. She also supported the HR function sensitively, effectively and in a timely manor.

Martin Ensom
Director of Operations, Musicians Benevolent Fund

Very many thanks for your help the document was perfect. Always quality and always much valued.

Angela Mawle
Chief Executive, UK Public Health Association

Tara’s advice is based on vast experience, of great depth, and always ‘on the money’. She provides a very useful HR advice service to my business.

Darren Smith
Owner, Making Counters Matter

Tara is an expert HR adviser and keeps our labour-intensive business up to date with written policies and procedures and provides practical day-to-day advice to line managers. Since engaging Calibre HR & Training we have had no worries in this important business area.

Gordon Haggarty
Owner, Accent Catering Services

Tara epitomises professionalism and she is extremely knowledgeable, flexible and supportive – excellent value for money.

Claire Townshend
Senior Human Resources Manager, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Steve helped us when we had a lot of change going on in the organisation. He was able to creatively bring two disparate groups together and helped us to work as one larger team. He is personable and understands his audience well. A great trainer and facilitator.

Rebecca Hawking
HR & Marketing Development Manager, Enterprising Opportunities

Tara’s approach and style always leads to value added HR and development activities. Having worked with Tara on many projects in different industries, I highly recommend her practical and reliable contributions and direction. Tara quickly builds relationships with clients and demonstrates unbelievable flexibility to ever changing project constraints and demands.

Pauline Bennett
Learning and Development Consultant, Jibboo Ltd

Elspeth’s on-tap expert HR advice gives the senior management team professional support to deal with staff issues. Staff feel supported and we get peace of mind and a level of expertise usually only enjoyed by large corporations.

Paul Scourfield
Chief Executive, Faculty of Public Health

Calibre HR & Training have been providing us with superb training for the last few years with the reassurance of helpful, friendly, reliable service.

Karen Hynes
Training Manager, National Autistic Society

It’s reassuring to know professionalism is just a phone call away and that the pricing is sensible.

Callum Husein
Group Personnel and Development Manager, Holiday Extras

Skillsmart Retail has worked with Calibre HR & Training for a number of years with great success. The work it has done with us embedding organisational objectives across the organisation, developing new managers and management team building has really helped our business. Steve Walker and his colleagues develop a real empathy with the team and that delivers real results for the business.

Anne Seaman
Chief Executive, Skillsmart Retail Ltd

Tara has always been a professional deliverer. Her integrity and passion for producing excellent results is second to none.

Deanne Lee
Managing Director, People & Partners

Steve is an innovative training consultant who has added enormous value to our learning and development function in a short space of time. Steve works extremely well with colleagues and builds solid relationships very quickly.

Mary Smith
Training Manager, Cabot Financial