Testimonials

‘We had tried to grow the business several times over the years and in each case the difficulty of scaling up become a huge stumbling block which I didn’t seem to be able to overcome. Gareth’s great enthusiasm and encouragement, along with his ability to drill down through numbers gave me an enormous lift and increased confidence, allowing me to enjoy time with our clients again and develop a sensible plan for the future. 

 The firm push and steady guidance has lead to the most productive 6 months I have had in 14 years of running a business. ‘

Guy C Middleton H4Group     MD    I.Eng. A.C.I.B.S.E, M.R.I.C.S.

I own a software development company and over the past year, Gareth has added tremendous value to my business. 

I met with several business coaches before I decided to go with Gareth. There was something unique about his approach which made me finally realize the true potential of coaching. His no-nonsense approach, down-to-earth practical advice, combined with his ability to push and encourage me, in a gentle, yet direct way has created fantastic results for us.  

He asks me the difficult questions that nobody else will ask - the answers being key to building the success of my business. He provides me with the objectivity that a person directly involved in the business cannot, but also invaluable concrete advice when I need it.

He has helped me formulate business retention strategies and greatly improved my conversion rate, taking me from one success to the next.

 All in all, my coaching with Gareth has been an uplifting, happy experience. He has made a big difference in my life, not only for me, but indirectly also for everyone around me -the great people working for me as well as my amazing clients and even my family - everybody benefits! 

Ronny Ager-Wick, MD

Klokwork Ltd.

We are a family-run electrical contracting company that has been established for over 20 years.

Our business had very large outstanding debts with several companies. Since working with our coach, we have implemented a very successful debtors control system and within a year we have managed to reduce these debts dramatically as well as grow our business significantly.

From a revenue perspective, we have almost doubled for the first quarter in 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010.
We now have far more control and feel that we are finally managing the business rather than it managing us.

Neil & Teressa Sanders

Directors, Angloz Electricals

After working with Gareth for less than one month, we have been able to implement changes that will help to increase our overall turnover considerably over the coming months.

It was not until we had someone sit down and review our business that we were able to see where our time was being wasted and different ways to free ourselves so that we had time to work on the business rather than in the business.

I was immediately impressed by Gareth’s great enthusiasm and passion for driving my business forward. He is very knowledgeable and helped me focus on high value tasks for immediate results.

Jake Willis

Director, London Living Homes

I had been in business over 12 years when I met Gareth O'Keeffe, who subsequently became my Action Business Coach. In all my years of searching for the blueprint to business success, I was continously frustrated. I spoke to many professionals in the business and finance worlds, including some quite costly CPAs, MBAs, bankers, and business coaches. All of them were very proficient at expounding upon things I needed to do to improve the business side of my practice. However, not one of them was willig or capable of showing me exactly how to get from where I was to where I knew I needed to be. Gareth was able to spend the time and energy to "massage" me through my fears, and mapped out the wayfor me to become a truly effective business manager. Since working with Gareth, we have already exceeded the financial goals we established. This happened in a period of 3 months, instead of the 6 months we had projected. All this was accomplished with me working less revenue-generating hours, and using that time to work on the business itself. The most impressive part is, that now that I know what to do, the part of my work that I used to dread has become enjoyable, and astoundingly more rewarding, both financially and personally. I am so thankful that I took the time and committed the resources to transform my business into the dynamic and increasingly more efficient service delivery facility I have always dreamed it could become. There is no way I could have done this without engaging Gareth's practical and patient coaching expertise. 

With sincere appreciation, 

William B Webb, Ph.D. 

To Whom it may concern: 

I came across ActionCOACH a couple of years after launching my business, but I didn't feel the time was right to commit the business financially to coaching. 

However, after reasonable year on year growth for the first 3 years my 4th year was a tough one. I took on 2 new members of staff to support a more aggressive growth plan, but found that turnover stood still and profits dived due to the increased overheads. Having since ejected one member of staff my head was down, doubt crept in and the sparkle had left the business. At the start of year 5 I knew something had to change and I stumbled across ActionCOACH once again. 

I met Gareth and made a connection that I felt was worth committing to. Gareth has been coaching me for 8 months now and the results have been tremendous. Turnover is up 80%, whilst net margin is up 442%. This can be attributed to: 

1 A better grasp of the numbers in the business relating to billable hours, hourly rate and profit margins from job to job. 

2 Improved delegation to staff and outsourced freelancers. We are achieving more with less hence the profit margins. 

3 Improved method of submitting customer proposals resulting in greater lead conversions 

4 More focus on business development 

5 Improved working systems to save time and increase quality 

6 Clear vision for the future 

It is also important to have someone to bounce ideas off, which is particularly relevant when you don't have a business partner. Every Captain needs a First Officer and that's what  ActionCOACH are to me. 

I.P. Managing Director