'I have been working with Danny West for some weeks
now and have found his coaching very helpful. I much
appreciate his friendly, informal yet professional style.
Talking things through with him on the phone on a regular
basis has enabled me to hone and keep on track with
my employment goals. He always allows me the space to
do my own thinking, whilst also intervening in a supportive
manner when I need a little guidance. I have come up
with some great ideas through his coaching; I have found
myself carrying them out too and moving more rapidly
towards my goals than I would have expected as a result.'
'Danny West has worked extensively with Positive
Place providing an extensive and innovative training
programme. Whilst Danny has worked with us he has consistently
demonstrated an inspired commitment to the empowerment,
self-determination and leadership of our service users.
Danny is able to bring to his work his both extensive
personal experience and accumulated professional expertise,
skills and empathy. He has become an inspired role model
within our organisation and our service users have grown
to view him as a positive role model and as a professional
trainer, group worker and facilitator.
'Although I was in the process of making some major
changes to my life and making some progress, the life
coaching experience with Danny West has given me much
more focus and motivation and has helped me pick up
momentum. Danny's enthusiasm, energy and commitment
ensured I was able to make the most out of all round
positive experience.'
'Guys, this day's training programme is a "must
go". There is no other way I can say other than to be
there yourself to understand what I can say. The time
from 10 - 5pm seemed like just 2 hours because it was
very interesting, eye opening, exciting. There is no
minute in which you can afford to get bored because
of the course material and the style of presentation
by the presenter. Once you go, you will understand what
I'm talking about and we will be on our journeys to
discover who we really are. I wish it was a 2 day course
and we would have finished all the group tasks, however,
you will still enjoy Join me in this journey to success.
Cheers!!'
'Thank you again for the training - I have to say
that the feedback I have received on the work that you
have done for the volunteers on our behalf has been
tremendously, no, overwhelmingly encouraging. Thanks
for making small people feel and act big: it really
has made a difference to them and to their performance
and your work is greatly appreciated. Your work for
us has produced some profound changes in individuals
that you have been training. I am minded to ask that
you consider your own leadership potential in this country.
Best wishes and thanks for your work with us.'
'Danny West worked with
me over a period of 12 weeks, looking at Disability
and Leadership at work. My coaching sessions took place
mainly by phone, which I was initially unsure about
as a means of developing our coaching relationship.
However, I found Danny to be very skilled at working
in this way, which helped me to adjust positively. He
is very perceptive and really good at reading the silences!
We explored my lack of confidence,
that living with a long-term health condition had left
me feeling, and set out some structured plans to help
me achieve goals at work. These were around situations
that would generally have me feeling anxious, dreading
them. I found the action planning to be really helpful
in making me feel I had some control over how the situation
went. As a result, my confidence increased.
I am now re-visiting some of the principles
of goal setting and action planning that we developed,
and using them in other parts of my life, particularly,
setting myself dates by which I will have done a task,
instead of the former vagueness that washed over my
life!
I have really enjoyed the experience
of coaching that Danny worked through with me and would
recommend it to anyone who wants to make some changes
about the way they approach things.'
'I found my coach to be encouraging, inspiring and
most helpful. His talent for getting me to self-analyse,
self-motivate and put things in a progressive order of
priority was excellent. And he reinforced everything for
me at the last 'live' session. It was one of the best,
most productive courses I have ever been on and I've been
around for a VERY long time! "I, for one, would certainly
be interested in continuing with the coaching if there
is any extra funding available. I found them invaluable!'
'I had the opportunity and good fortune to be asked
if I would care to be part of a HIV 2 Day Assertiveness
and Empowerment Programme which was taking place in Galway
city during the month of October 2008. It was here I met
seven of my peers who are also HIV and of course the wonderful
Danny West who facilitated the group. The aim of the programme
was to identify and develop our capabilities, develop
our levels of confidence and empowerment and develop a
personal assertiveness commitment. By examining our skills
and capabilities this programme helped us to move on as
a group, helping us to understand the nature of our oppression
and the effects of our oppression upon confidence individually
and as a group. Personally I found the 2 day workshop
very beneficial to me as I found areas in my life i need
to work on and skills I can share and use more. I also
have been lucky to find seven new wonderful people in
my life. So thank you Danny for sharing with us your professional
skills and facilitating a very positive group which now
has very positive goals for the future. Finally thank
you Danny for being YOU!'
'I am delighted to provide a reference for Danny West.
I am currently a Director at the DRC with responsibility
for the Leadership Strategy. I first met Danny last autumn
when he attended one of the DRC's leadership conferences.
From discussions with him on the day and then on subsequent
occasions it was clear he had an excellent understanding
of leadership issues and how it relates to maximising
the potential of individuals with different impairments.
Danny was recruited ,
via a full open tendering process, to be an Executive
Coach at our Leadership Forums this summer. The feedback
has been superb with delegates very much engaging with
Danny's style and approach. If we were to ever run similar
events in the future I would have no hesitation in asking
Danny to be centrally involved.
On a personal level I have found Danny
to be professional at all times. He has been part of
a team, and I know is fully respected by everyone. His
ability to be objective but also to bring his own personal
perspectives to discussions has been greatly appreciated
by everyone who has been involved with him.
I have absolutely no doubt his future
leadership activities will be a success.'
'I have been working with Danny West
for some weeks now and have found his coaching very
helpful. I much appreciate his friendly, informal yet
professional style. Talking things through with him
on the phone on a regular basis has enabled me to hone
and keep on track with my employment goals. He always
allows me the space to do my own thinking, whilst also
intervening in a supportive manner when I need a little
guidance. I have come up with some great ideas through
his coaching; I have found myself carrying them out
too and moving more rapidly towards my goals than I
would have expected as a result.'
'Guys, this day’s training programme is a
“must go”. There is no other way I can say
other than to be there yourselves to understand what
I can say. The time from 10 – 5pm seemed like
just 2 hours because it was very interesting, eye opening,
exciting. There is no minute which you can afford to
get bored because of the course material and the style
of presentation by the presenter. Once you go, you will
understand what I’m talking about and we will
both be on our journeys to discover who we really are.
I wish it was a 2 day’s course and we would have
finished all the group tasks, however, you will still
enjoy
Join me in this journey to success.'
'Danny West has worked
extensively with Positive Place providing an extensive
and innovative training programme. Whilst Danny has
worked with us he has consistently demonstrated an inspired
commitment to the empowerment, self-determination and
leadership of our service users. Danny is able to bring
to his work his both extensive personal experience and
accumulated professional expertise, skills and empathy.
He has become an inspired role model within our organisation
and our service users have grown to view him as a positive
role model and as a professional trainer, group worker
and facilitator.'
'The training today far exceeded our expectations.'
'During 2008 AIDS West engaged the services of Danny West, RYL Training & Coaching Consultancy to provide a training program to a number of our Clients/Service users , all of whom were HIV positive . The purpose of the training program was to help the individuals to cope with their situation , the isolation , the stigma and all the issues the HIV infected people face in today’s world and to share their hopes, fears, anxieties and aspirations in a safe and secure environment.
Danny has excellent facilitation skills , the workshops were an outstanding success . The group consisted of 4 males and 4 males, all coming from different walks of life and they all benefited tremendously from the various sessions. Danny just doesn’t talk the talk, he walks the walk. The participants moved from a place of total isolation to a place where they were empowered to share their feeling, fears and dreams, a testimony to Danny’s own ability to inspire people.
We ran two such training workshops in 2008 and we plan to expand the same to other service users in 2009.'
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