Testimonials

Lesley mentored us over a long period and we couldn’t have gotten a better person to help us on our journey. Lesley is full of knowledge, understanding and always has your best interests at heart. My favourite part is when going over business plans with Lesley, she proudly announces her goosebumps and then instantly brings brilliant ideas to the table – a common occurrence when working with Lesley. Lesley is flexible and adapts to your needs, and is a delight to work with and is truly aspiring. I would highly recommend anyone to get involved with her.

After being introduced to Sally Brazier by the Essex Innovation Programme, I have continued to use her to help to challenge and critique my decisions and actions within the business. This has enabled me to refine my ideas and strategy for implementation. It has resulted in a change in culture and an improvement in the performance of the management team. I would recommend her to others facing the many issues that family run businesses encounter.

Lesley is great! She has positive energy, clarity of message and a broad outlook that makes her relate very quickly to different clients.  I was in one of her workshops last Monday – on the hard topic of cold calling, something that scares everyone. We were a very diverse group, including people selling specialists cinema chairs and retailers of medical lab equipment. I am the director of an urban strategy company. Our businesses could not have been more different, and the roles too: some people in sales, some people doing sales as part of a wider role. Lesley could relate very closely and personally to everyone, so we had (each of us) what felt like a tailored workshop of our own.  I am looking forward to the opportunity to learn more from Lesley and make our business more effective.

The most knowledgeable, friendly yet strict and disciplined faculty in design I had ever met in my life who is passionate about everything she does

We employed Sarah [Paveley] and her team to undertake research on the viability of establishing an Association for Sports Leaders UK. She demonstrated a huge commitment to the project and the work of Sports Leaders UK. She is a knowledgeable individual that provides excellent customer service. She has a great sense of humour and a real passion for her work. I enjoyed working with her.

Lesley is a straight talking, highly experienced, intelligent, results focused, time saving business consultant with huge levels of insight and knowledge. Gone are the days of having to waste time speaking to people whom do nothing but float around buzz words that mean nothing because Lesley will not waste your time or hers talking industry waffle. She is amazing to have around your business and in the annoyingly short time we have worked with her to date (if only she would have been around longer) we have generated an increase in revenue of 62%. I and everyone at Ginger Nut Media would have no hesitation in recommending Lesley to clients, colleagues and the whole of the professional galaxy alike. We would have no hesitation in using her services again and we would unreservedly recommend that anyone whom wants to grow their business does the same – don’t use her too much though as we want her all to ourselves!

Lesley is serving as the Head of our UK office and is also in charge of our International Business Development, finding new companies that can distribute our products locally. She rapidly learned all about our company and the market, understood our pros and cons, in order to be able to emphasize our advantages in her offering to potential partners/clients.  All of the above is implemented with a lot of passion to succeed, finding new ways of approach, especially when the market was tough. Thanks Les.

Lesley has been providing both superb mentoring through the Essex Innovation Program, where she has helped me remain focused, using her calm approach and considerable achievements and experience. She has also through her LAR Consultancy business been creative and energised to support my business with its commercial strategy and development and network. She is a joy to work with and at all times has been passionate about wanting to help success be achieved.

Lesley is an excellent speaker and workshop leader, specialised in developing leadership skills. I participated in an interactive taster session on ‘listening skills for leaders’. We were a group of senior business consultants and founders and the session went down a storm. We learned a lot about ourselves and each other and it was great fun too. I wholeheartedly recommend Lesley as a highly skilled business trainer and mentor.

I have worked in collaboration with Sarah Paveley from ReMember for nearly two years. Sarah is always professional, knowledgeable, pro-active, high spirited and at the same time very down-to-earth and approachable. Everything you could possibly want from a membership-orientated consultant! I look forward to working with Sarah in the future so that together we can contribute to and improve the membership sector.

Sarah [Paveley] has worked well with BIFM’s key objectives providing key sponsorship opportunities and managing development projects. I thoroughly recommend Sarah for not for profit organisations.

I really enjoyed working for Sarah [Paveley], she brought an innovative and creative approach to bid management and business development. Her background and experience gives her the ability to think differently and she has made me question my approach numerous times – in a good way! Sarah’s management style gained her the respect of her fellow directors, the senior leadership team and her staff. Her easy approach inspires her team to follow her leadership and she always delivers on her promises. If you need someone who creative, inspirational and knows how to just gets things done, I would thoroughly recommend her!

I am very pleased to write this recommendation on behalf of Lesley. I have had the pleasure of working with Lesley as a consultant for the last four years. During this timespan, she has helped MyCheck to establish our operations in the UK. Her assistance extended towards various aspects – from business development in securing accounts with new suppliers to scrutinising and managing governance issues. She has handled a full range of responsibilities and effectively multi-tasked different business areas with dedication and charisma.  Lesley is a soul player who never fails to go the extra mile to ensure that all deliverables are met with the highest of calibre. Having worked with several consultants, it’s rare to find one that is truly dedicated to learning the complete dynamics of the business, and providing undivided support as a team member.  From my experiences with Lesley, she would be an invaluable asset to any business and I recommend her for any endeavour she chooses to pursue. If you have any additional questions, I will be happy to provide further information.

Sarah [Paveley] worked on a project for Sports Leaders UK. She was both professional and personable, and delivered high quality work.

Since launching Ophelia Mills jewellery, Sally has helped me to improve my online platform to enable customers to buy my designs online and offer a personalised bespoke service. She has helped me to understand price points and to believe more in my product and its value and to increase my prices to reflect that I have a high-end product. I’m not sure I would have been brave enough to take that step on my own. She has been upfront in providing me with feedback on my product photography, which although has not always been easy to hear, I desperately needed as you just can’t always rely on family and friends for objective feedback.   She has also taught me about selling and how to get the most out of independent retailers, shows exhibitions and so on. She visited one of my retailers with me (The Minories Art Gallery) to feedback on improving the shop presentation for my designs, which subsequently led to an increase in my sales.

I have known Sarah [Paveley] for many years and worked with her on a number of projects. I would highly recommend Sarah for consultancy projects, undertaking research and running workshops that cover membership and marketing issues. She has a through knowledge of the issues involved and as she has also worked inside a membership organisation, can bring a comprehensive perspective on what is important. (PS: Sarah also has excellent skills at running challenging workshops on tricky topics!)

I was at one of Sally’s presentations on Brand Identity and found her style of presenting inspirational as her expertise shone through. It piqued my interest in Branding and had an “I want more impact”.