The Final Outcome

If you are looking for somebody with deep professional knowledge and innovative ideas and approaches for team or individual coaching then Mike is the person you need. We worked with Mike at a team and individual level to make our PCMO team more effective, professional and delivery focused. He can adapt his style for all types of individuals including very difficult characters and has a direct style I found both refreshing and challenging. Always effective I would not hesitate in recommending Mike or working with him again if the opportunity arose. 

I would not hesitate to recommend Mike to any company who wants to embrace change and is not frightened to face up to its consequences. Our company has transformed over the last 6 years in processes, profitability and people and Mike has had a hand in a lot of this change. He has the ability, through long experience, to see through to the root of the problem and articulate it through to people in a very direct and understandable way. We have used him in two major roles. Firstly, as a coach or mentor of our senior staff where his advice is almost legendary in its directness and secondly as a course/meeting facilitator where his plain speaking and ability to keep to the point has been extremely valuable. 
All in all a great guy to have around if you want to get an organisation going.

I have hired Mike at three different organisations where he has worked with our line managers to dramatically improve their management of their teams, and of themselves. Mike has a great product which, despite its profound message is universally appreciated for its simplicity and impact, More importantly, Mike is a person who connects with line managers in a very high impact way. This is down to his simplicity of message, but also his integrity, his experience and his style, which is charismatic, honest and humorous. I still meet managers who got the ‘Mike Bennett treatment’ almost 20 years ago who use Mike’s phrases to describe situations and to manage others. They talk of how Mike inspired them to think and act differently and this is the true sign of delivery.

Mike worked for me when I was running two different companies in the UK, each time being very effective with the top team and middle managers. Mike was a real “force multiplier” where he facilitated the change process, complementing other experts and consultants, including McKinsey. He went on to run one of the most effective training of front line managers in people management skills that I have experienced to date. He was also a first rate coach to individuals learning how to be effective in a more dynamic, more international environment.