Encouraging the best in you and your team.

Harrowfield recently helped us with a situation where we had an incredibly talented individual who had difficulty getting their communication ‘on the same page’ as the rest of the team and our team-centric approach. 

I didn’t want to lose all the great things this person brought to the company but also couldn’t leave the associated friction in the workspace.

In consultation with our staff member and me, Harrowfield developed a bi-weekly, 6 month session schedule of 1-1s with this person to deliver the necessary change.

Real-world actual changes in this person’s ability to, if not entirely integrate with, effectively relate to, and interact with the rest of the team were widely noticed within the team at 3 months into the schedule.

If you’re considering ‘sending a staff member on a course’ stop considering that, and book a conversation with Harrowfield…that is if you want actual results, and not just to ‘tick a box’… 

Harrowfield is how you turbo-charge your staff.

“We had several training sessions with Harrowfield. Ruth was knowledgeable in each area and provided clear teaching as we worked through the sessions. We walked away each time with learning that could be applied to immediately bring impact to our team.”

We engaged Harrowfield to support a group of leaders responsible for training new graduates. The content was on point and the delivery was very engaging.  Having being exposed to other learning solutions before, our team noted the high level of expertise Harrowfield brought to the sessions and how effective they were at enabling the team to absorb the content and then apply it to their day-to-day work. The value of this investment will pay off in our day-to-day operations for years to come.  

We recently promoted two team members into senior leadership roles at Reveal. They received 1 – 1 tailored training and coaching from Harrowfield to build leadership capability ahead of this transition into their new roles.  The input from Harrowfield has contributed to these team members far exceeding our performance expectations.  Well worth the investment.  Harrowfield know how to bring out the best in our people.  

I can’t thank Harrowfield enough for the impact their sales development work has had for me personally and our business. We sell a complicated service with an ambiguous ROI (for some) yet they have transformed how we communicate and sell these services. Our first pitch post this process we landed our biggest ever client, so for us the ROI is without question. 

Sam and the team brought a robust methodology to help us break apart our sales process, identify who we actually wanted to sell to (so we don’t waste time on those not aligned to our business), and give the previously ad-hoc process a structure and certainty. This then makes it reliable. 

Not only has the process helped us tremendously but also Sam and the team are super nice to engage with, clearly passionate and knowledgeable about this area and bring an energy and passion to see us succeed that is energising. 

“Working with Harrowfield People Development had both an immediate and longer-term positive impact on my team.  I worked with Sam and Ruth to facilitate a leadership offsite; our team’s first gathering of this nature post-pandemic and with many of us having never met in person. Their ability to effectively facilitate the session, encourage participation and constructive discussion not only helped me to make the most of our retreat, but provided the bedrock for our team’s future growth.  Now, several months later, the lasting impact of their work with my team is even more evident. We have a more open and collaborative culture, greater respect for each other’s communication styles and preferences and an overarching feeling of trust between senior leaders. Their work has helped to improve our overall effectiveness as an organisation. “

“As a newly formed leadership team, we want to create an environment where we can engage in robust debate as we plan and execute our long-term strategy. A team development session with Harrowfield helped us to truly appreciate what value each member brings to the table, the insights we can each offer and how to communicate in a way that facilitates our business growth and removes ambiguity.

“It has made a positive and lasting impact on how we collaborate.”

“I had a good idea of what kind of training I wanted our team to have and a good idea of what the team wanted from our discussions, but I didn’t know we could find something so perfect!”

“Being a leader to 50+ people and ensuring we consistently hit our organisational goals takes a lot of focus. Coaching with Harrowfield People Development has made a significant impact on my ability to get clarity on the challenges and opportunities before us. I can then take that clarity and together with my leadership team decide on the strategic priorities to focus on. It has also supported my leadership growth by creating a space to identify and sharpen the tools that are needed for specific situations that arise.”

After working with Harrowfield we’ve seen an increase in retail sales growth and improved staff retention – our team enjoy working at Central Landscapes! In terms of return on investment, I’d say the training has paid for itself 30 or 40 times over.