Empower Your People. Elevate Your Team.

"Our Insights training day delivered by LearningCog was a truly refreshing and enlightening day that really engaged our managers in the importance of building effective relationships. There was lots of practical take-away advice to help them identify and to connect with their own and their colleagues' preferred communication styles."

"Ric is a very good trainer. His courses have been very enjoyable in terms of the content and the delivery. Having completed the Insights Discovery workshop with the follow-up 1-2-1 session, I've been able to better understand not only myself but my colleagues, which has only helped create a better working environment."

"Ric is an exemplary trainer and whom we hold dear. He gets engrossed in the culture and role of those he is training, ensuring the sessions are both relevant and thought provoking. He has a real ability to engage people, challenge their thinking, and ultimately build confidence and commitment to change."

"Ric has recently delivered a first-rate bespoke package of consultative sales training for our company. Participant feedback was glowing and unanimous in capturing just how much everyone had learnt in a short space of time. I would highly recommend Ric to any organisation looking for a high quality, bespoke and relevant sales training solution."

"I thoroughly enjoyed being part of the leadership program. Ric helped to deliver digestable information in a very interesting way. The Insights discovery element of the course was thought provoking and very eye opening. I found the whole process very rewarding."

"The company I work for approached Learningcog to help improve our selling skills within a team of designers. Ric tailored the programme specifically to our requirements and delivered it in a refreshing and engaging way. His ability to adapt his training style to suit each individual within our team was impressive."

"The programme gave our managers invaluable insight into how good management techniques can motivate teams. The Insights Discovery element opened their eyes to different personality styles and how best to work with people who are different from themselves. An essential investment for any growing company."

"Ric's 'Manager in Me' Insights Program was very educational and helped me understand how to read and understand my staff better."

"The course combined both practical and theoretical learning to provide a well balanced structure. The Insights element really helped identify how different personalities work and how you can adapt your management style accordingly to get the best from your team."

"The programme took on an informal and open learning approach which suits a dynamic business. It has helped me better understand my own management style and has given me some great tools and techniques to help develop my team going forward."

"Ric's energetic approach was extremely engaging and his understanding regarding all things 'Insights' was clear from the outset. The results were spot on and I found myself nodding enthusiastically as I read my report. I would certainly recommend Ric and Learning Cog to anyone looking to better understand themselves and their team."

"The Leadership Programme has been an incredibly worthwhile experience and a sound investment for boohoo.com. I feel much more confident in my leadership ability as a result of the programme."

"I have sat on some courses over a number of years each giving me something but none with quite the impact this one has had on a work and personal level. I had forgotten how great the tool of listening really is."

"Ric is a first class teacher / mentor who obviously plans all of his courses well in advance to fit his students. He gently gets the best out of his students while still getting them out of their comfort zone. I would highly recommend Ric to any individual or company looking to develop and improve their skills."

"Without doubt, Ric's point of differentiation is his commitment to making his sales training personal. For our industry he invested time learning the business, understanding the challenge, and adapting the programme accordingly - and the impact was tangible."

"This program worked on self awareness which at first I doubted would be beneficial to the business. However, after completing the programme I realised how important it is to understand different behaviours and to adapt your own style. I feel more confident in my role as a manager and would highly recommend the programme."

"I would highly recommend Ric and the course to any company looking to empower their sales team. Our team came out of the training energised and with practical tools they were able to apply immediately."

"Good programme for our teams as offered practical advise and tips not just theory."

"In a business with the growth boohoo rates has experienced many managers went from managing 1 or 2 people to managing large teams. This course has given them the tools and confidence to manage their teams effectively."

"I have to say that it is a Godsend that we completed our training with you at the time we did. The training has been invaluable in helping us to communicate more effectively with each other and with our clients and stakeholders."

"Ric recently ran a course through Learning Cog for our company sales people. Following a number of really enjoyable and energetic days of learning and developing both professionally and personally, I am more than happy to highly recommend him. I have been using the skills he taught me to wonderful effect."

"The programme was a great way to help myself as an individual understand not only the needs of my teams but also to better understand my own style of management and leadership. The Insights element was eye opening and really helped put into context why different people react in different ways."

"This workshop was a fantastic mix of Management Development, with an engaging and entertaining training style. Ric has a remarkable ability to relate theory to the real world in a practical and easy to understand way."

"Having been recommended to Ric for leadership mentoring I am very glad for the introduction. Ric has a great way of helping you understand your own strengths and development areas, and then guiding you through a process to help you capitalise on these."

"As a young entrepreneurial company we have lots of self-taught managers. This course has built confidence in them as leaders and given them the tools to manage their teams more effectively."

"This course takes your leading skills to the next level, it makes it easier to understand a problem from your team's perspective and gives you tools to solve them in an effective way."

"The Insights session delivered by LearningCog gave my team a great overview of our diverse characteristics and some really practical pointers on how to adapt our individual styles. It was informative, fun and highly interactive."

"Ric is an enthusiastic motivator, structured and willing to give a lot of himself in his training sessions. He always ensures the training is relevant and practical, which makes it easy to apply back in the workplace."

"This programme has given the management team encouragement that both strengths and weaknesses are a positive. It has identified how to adopt your strengths to gain buy-in and how to coach and mentor teams through their development."

"All of our team really enjoyed attending The Insights day with Ric and have not stopped talking about it since. The day was fun, enlightening and helped us really understand the working preferences of our colleagues."