About Me

As an experienced business leader, sales director and coach, for over 25 years I have worked for and with organisations all over the world, both big and small, including many individual leaders, one by one.

I have a strong successful track record of business development in a range of sectors and industries, bringing an in-depth knowledge of why values-based skills, servant leadership and building relationships of trust are vital in business today.

I am passionate about what I do and love to work with individuals, leaders and teams to help them understand their true potential, through the achievement of personal or business goals.

I specialise in management and executive coaching, leadership, talent and sales development, plus facilitation of workshops all around the globe.  In addition, I design and deliver bespoke sessions working with talented colleagues to help me, when I require their specific skills.

I am based in Scotland, but enjoy working regularly throughout the UK and internationally in Europe, with further global travel as and when required to meet client needs.

Why work with me?

I’ll help you to:

  • Understand your personal and organisation values
  • Develop fresh perspectives on challenges
  • Help to improve your performance and achieve your goals
  • Empower individuals and organisations to take greater ownership and responsibility
  • Increase openness to personal learning and development
  • Build capability to deal with the constant pressures and impact of change

I have a BA (Hons) in Business Studies and am a Fellow of the Institute of Sales Management.  I have also been a regular member of the judging panel for the UK National Sales Awards (BESMA) for many years.

“Having worked with Daryl for both group facilitation and individual coaching, he delivers tailored insightful programs which have resulted in real, tangible business and individual improvements. Often challenging, often supporting, often driving self-reflection, clear stretching individual and business goals have been set, measured and achieved – all of this using interesting and fun tools to illustrate key areas for improvement. Our relationship with Daryl has proved to be a great asset to our business.”

“Working with Daryl has been an incredibly insightful, helpful and inspiring journey for me.  In each of our coaching sessions Daryl helped me to understand my strengths and worked with me to overcome challenges.  A hugely beneficial investment of time, both personally and professionally.”

“As a personal coach, Daryl was able to uncover weaknesses and help turn them into strengths that could then be translated across the business bringing tangible results.”

“I have found coaching with Daryl to be extremely beneficial and more helpful than any professional course I have ever attended. He creates a very kind and supportive environment to critically analyse issues and come up with tangible new approaches and techniques. His support has helped me to grow as a senior leader and to be more effective in my role.”

“I have been fortunate to work with Daryl as a colleague but more recently as a trainer / coach. Through our sessions Daryl has helped me understand my strengths and identify areas for improvement. I have found him very knowledgeable and very engaging. I would very much recommend his services and will use him for my team going forward”

“Daryl has an excellent style of values-driven, meaningful engagement and creates a safe environment within which you can fully explore your personal attributes and understand how to put them to best use in progressing your career and overcoming perceived hurdles. His ability to encourage strategic thought and planning was of huge significant to me and the skills learnt during those sessions which will, I have no doubt, be used by me for years to come.”

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