“Oona Collins' considerable experience within the industry and highly professional approach has been invaluable in these turbulent times. Everybody who has dealt with her has gained from her wise counsel and common sense approach to problems."

Patrick Ramsay
Head of Residential, Knight Frank

“Your recent leadership coaching programme with my Management Team has exceeded my expectations. I have never seen a team so motivated and driven after a programme. Not only did this serve as a highly effective team building process, their increased energy and belief has resulted in a direct impact on productivity and revenue levels. As a result of this it is my intention to make this an annual programme. Thank you. "

Stephen Tarrant
Regional Director, Hamptons International

“Given that my boss is based on the East Coast of the USA and I only see him face to face about once a year the role of the coach is particularly important to me.

Oona has helped me to be clear about my longer term goals and to hold me to account in achieving them. In addition she has allowed me to talk through situations as and when they have arisen at work. By allowing me to talk it through she helped me to find the answer in myself rather than give me the answer. She has helped to reenergize me when things have not been going so well and I could not see a way through. She has not shirked from giving me tough love when I needed it but I always felt I had a sympathetic hearing.

As the coaching has been done by phone over many time zones her excellent time management has been much appreciated.

Through Oona's help Hay Group Pacific has grown its revenue by 70% in 3 years when previously it had been static or declining. The team around me has grown in competence whilst its composition has changed over time. I personally have gained confidence in becoming an effective MD and I am now ready to take on a bigger challenge in the near future."

Richard Hardwick
Managing Director Pacific Region, The HayGroup (Australia)

“I feel compelled to write to compliment you on the radical turnaround that you have managed to effect in my business.  Your usual modesty may not want to allow you to take all the credit for it, but your input has been nothing short of miraculous

Why? You managed to correctly identify the simple missing links in an otherwise effective chain and put them back. The need for a clear chain of command with a confident upbeat message from the top, a set of regular meetings and relative notes, an effective understanding of who we are and where we want to go and ...hey presto...one working business!

What I asked you to help me with was to enable me to 'run the business rather than just running around'. Right now I even have enough time to write and thank you and that's a first!"

Bill Thomson
Chairman Italian Network, Knight Frank

“Our training with you has been an outstanding success. The "tailor made" training was aimed at our experienced team of consultants, who were all fascinated by the fresh and invigorating approach to winning new business "

Philip Selway
Managing Partner, The Buying Solution

“Oona Collins is a fantastic, inspiring coach. She combines unflinching challenge, great wisdom and creativity with tough, clear thinking and analytical questioning. The huge sense of humour and generosity of spirit which infuse her work helps to 'soften the blow' in realisations of how much I create my own 'difficulties'. She has had a huge impact on me professionally and I would recommend her without reservation."

Rosie Compton
Head Teacher, Southwark Education Department

“I have worked with Oona Collins and Potential Plus extensively encompassing sales training, team development and in realising the potential of individuals' core skills. In a fast moving environment it was important that the demonstrable results be delivered within the agreed timeframe.

Oona Collins never failed to deliver"

David Hodgson
Regional Sales & Marketing Director, Taylor Woodrow

“Your training and team building has proved invaluable to our company. Our sole agency instructions have risen by over 200% in the past 6 months and the company turnover has also increased rapidly. I am certain that your contribution has played a large role in this."

Andrew Mancais
Managing Director, Hamptons-Fielding, Marbella, Spain

“Coaching has lifted me to a higher level of enjoyment of life and relaxed ability to address its challenges. Oona has shown me, both by her own example and by opening my eyes, a wider range of attitudes and approaches that there are in the world. This has given me a wider appreciation of people whilst also allowing me to broaden my personal response to situations. I am a more diverse person, less concerned about having to have things exactly a certain way. The six month programme of coaching was hard work but fun too and hugely encouraging. 'Be bold'. 'Jump and the net will appear'. These phrases are becoming my mantra. Through the period, with Oona to help, I tackled many day-to-day challenges and through this process find myself comfortably able to be at a higher level of management at work. At home family relationships have improved too. I anticipate a return to coaching in the future, this time with a particular emphasis on self-development, as I look to the future beyond the concerns of being the wage-earning father!"

Executive
Construction Industry

“Our remit to Oona Collins was to prepare a tailor made programme so that a diverse bunch of people with differing skills could come together at an international trade show to launch a new product to full effect. We were delighted with the way in which she encompassed a broad spectrum of ideas into this so that we were totally prepared with all the answers before they arose and went to Dubai as a well briefed unit full of confidence. Oona has exceeded our expectations and ongoing sales promotion for the product has proved what great value the training was."

Peter Rose
CEO, Redy Set Goal Ltd.

“Once again thank you SO much for everything you have done for me so far. I know that so much of what I have achieved this year is entirely as a result of the skills and strategies I have learnt in our coaching sessions. My confidence has been transformed and I sincerely hope that I will have further coaching in the future as I feel fairly sure that my role will continue to present new and varied challenges...!"

Emilie Dawes,
Area Director, Marsh & Parsons

“I have attended two excellent courses run by Oona Collins, 'Winning business' and 'Managing People' Oona is inspirational. She has a true understanding of estate agency. I left each course believing I could be a better agent. I have successfully used tools she has shown me. I would like all my team to attend the winning business course. "

Eliza Leigh
Partner, Knight Frank

“Oona's approach worked really well for me. She helped me to discover new insights about myself and what I really thought, believed and wanted - and also challenged me not to be held back by self-limiting beliefs or ingrained mindsets. She had the flexibility to go wherever I needed to go at the time and was able to give me the benefit of her experiences as well as drawing out my own I have now started on the new career path I was looking for at the beginning of our coaching relationship. I am so grateful to Oona for helping me to identify what I was struggling to see, and for coaching me and supporting me in embracing it. Her coaching has enabled me to make a step change in my career, and bring the balance I was looking for to my life."

Anitra Bowers
Management Consultant, The HayGroup

“Thanks for your help as my coach during a period of major change!

- You helped me to get back in touch with the things that really matter to me - to create a broad vision of the future and take steps towards it, even though this felt like a leap of fait into an uncertain future.

- You encouraged me to explore multiple options and to appreciate the benefits of simply being myself. You have also encouraged me to trust my instincts and convictions.

- You also helped me to reach my decisions with uncharacteristic speed, and to manage my exit in a way that has kept doors open for collaboration in future with former colleagues.

I am amazed at how much progress I have made already, and feel a growing sense of confidence, conviction and excitement about the future. Thank you again for your contribution, Oona."

Dorothy Nesbit
Managing Director, Learning for Life Ltd.

“Thank you for all the support you have given me. I have constantly valued your candid but empathetic style. I have always felt that I can trust you completely to be totally honest with me rather than pushing your own agendas or models. You have helped me to come unstuck and feel excited again about the future.

"I was initially sceptical about the possibility of having valuable coaching experience mediated over the phone but my doubts were misplaced, mainly because of your amazing intuitive ability to pick up what is going inside me just by the sound of my voice and choice of words. I wouldn't have believed it possible to such a degree had I not experienced it myself."

Lena Sabbagh
Group HR Director, The HayGroup