AmazinglyWhat Our Clients Say
Here is a selection of testimonials and comments from some of our current and previous clients. By sharing some of the ways in which we have helped individuals and organisations, we hope to give a clearer idea of how we can help you and/or your organisation.
“Oenca was my tutor coach / mentor on the Professional Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring Programme, completed June 2002. She has been very helpful and a tower of strength and support throughout the course…
Her style of coaching / mentoring is unique and she made learning interesting and full of fun. I can’t remember a time throughout the programme that I asked myself “What was I doing here?” (I have, on many other courses in the past - and I have been through some difficult ones!)…
Oenca has excellent listening skills that you could almost touch when you are in a mentor / mentee discussion with her…
I acquired coaching and mentoring skills and many other competencies on the course and they have been useful tools for me in my endeavour to become a successful coach/mentor. Through her support, I was awarded a Diploma with commendation (the first of its kind in the four years that the programme had been running)….
Thank you Oenca, not only for being a good coach / mentor but also for being a friend.”
Matthew Ebo, Birmingham City Council
“I would like to thank you for helping me to achieve greater clarity in understanding my needs from my life – and in believing that it is within my power to achieve what I want from life. I have got a better job now, and have developed my approach to life to one that is more quietly but resolvedly determined.
PS – if you could find me suitable husband material, I’ll feel like I’ve achieved success in all areas of my life!”
Natasha Goggin
“Having worked with and been mentored by Oenca I now look at the world in a slightly different way.
Oenca provides you with the keys that enable you to unlock your own potential, she also helps you to find the tools that you can use to carve out a better future for yourself.
Her enthusiasm for life and what it can offer is infectious; you are left with a thirst to know and do more.
When I met Oenca I not only found a Mentor and friend but also an amazing human being.”
Margaret Holt
Organisational Development Officer in a large Metropolitan Local Authority
“I had started my own business in March 2003 and used the services of Oenca later on in the year. Although enthusiastic about my business I felt that I could benefit from some life coaching to ensure that the company and myself moved forward and that I could balance my main work focus with my family home life.
One of my earliest and deepest fears was to deal with money and this was highlighted in my first coaching session with Oenca. When the subject was brought up my immediate reaction was to wave my hands in the air in a dismissive manner and say, “I don’t deal with money”. And as far as I was concerned that was the end of the matter. However, running a business and dealing with money works hand in hand and you can’t do one without the other – if the business is to become successful.
Within 12 months, I have taken the bull by the horns. Through our regular coaching sessions, my attitude towards money is totally different. I have had several meetings with the bank manager who has given me an overdraft without any problems. (My belief was that my bank wouldn’t believe in my business and me and therefore wouldn’t provide support. I was wrong.) I keep in regular contact with my bank and check my bank balance regularly, because I am no longer anxious over money. I have also attended a Finance Management workshop, which was invaluable and review my notes regularly and apply what I have learnt. These are issues I would never have faced full on and take responsibility for. The outcome of these coaching sessions is that I feel empowered and I no longer procrastinate.
It has been a liberating and calming experience to use this service with someone who was willing to listen, be supportive and encouraging, and, very importantly, share her knowledge and experiences too – business or personal. It made me feel that I was not on my own, or that I could use her ideas in my own business.
Thank you Oenca”
Marlene Lewis, SLA Recruitment Ltd
“Oenca supported me as a mentor whilst completing the BTEC Mentoring (Advanced Certificate) during this time she helped me to organise myself, produce assignments which I didn’t believe I was capable.
On reviewing our mentoring relationship I feel it has been a very positive experience which has increased my awareness of both others and myself, statement which come to mind are:
- Increased self confidence
- Raised my awareness and given me the ability to understand myself & my feelings
- Helped me to appreciate and understand others around me more
- Organise myself
- To review my management style and how to get the best from people
- Stimulated me into acting on my feelings and clearly identifying what I want and working out how to get those things
- Assisting me to gain a qualification
- Raised awareness of diversity issues
- Realisation of who I was
- Taught me the concept of reframing things in my own mind, which gave me a calmer way of approaching situations.”
Chris Bailey