Paul Crick

“I consulted Paul as a coach in my position as a freelance executive consultant which goes to show Paul's portfolio extends far beyond the role of helping CEOs and teams align. Paul goes beyond applying his vast experience; he engages both his (and my) head and his heart, creating an atmosphere where the decisions one grapples with can be approached personally, confidentially, and with care. His customised tools and frameworks set him apart – always tailored to the individual. He embodies the essence of a great listener, blending in the right measure of humor and empathy, especially when emotions come to the forefront. Like an exceptional doctor, Paul examines the whole 'body.' If a business-related issue is presented, he explores other facets of your life – family, relationships, friendships – to paint a complete picture. This holistic approach ensures that the root cause is identified beyond the surface symptoms. Paul's guidance was characterised by a refreshing absence of pushing me in a specific direction; instead, he skillfully posed questions and allowed me the space to reflect and find my own solution, or path. This approach, avoiding the temptation to provide ready-made answers, made the journey all the more enriching. Most importantly, Paul gently steered me away from confrontational feelings, fostering a decision-making process grounded in kindness and love rather than aggression and anger. Reflecting on my journey, I'm in a significantly better place, ready to venture into uncharted territories with newfound confidence. Paul, thank you immensely for your invaluable guidance!”

“From the first five minutes of meeting Paul, I knew I was in safe hands. Paul and I worked together to tackle a specific fear which I felt was holding me back in my career. His caring approach and unique techniques made an impact on me from our first session. He equipped me with a skill set to look forward with excitement instead of fear. Paul is a true gentleman and I couldn’t recommend anyone more highly.”

“Paul ran a Team Dynamics session for me. It was an interesting and enlightening experience that allowed me to understand my team's situation and my role from several different perspectives. I highly recommend it as a valuable experience to understand your team relationships, explore your current challenges and experience Paul's unique approach to leadership team coaching.”

“I had the good fortune to spend some time with Paul when we both were on a training/coaching workshop. Time with him was always enjoyable. In a world of siren voices he is a rarely found and exception listener who was able to stimulate my own thinking rather than rush in with unlooked for advice. This could have been written some time ago. I was ultimately persuaded that I should put fingers to keyboard this evening when I looked at 'G is for Grounded' in the featured section of Paul's profile. The last 15 months have been difficult for everybody. Stress and anxiety have become the norm - often when we are in isolation. If this has affected you spend a few minutes going through 'G is for grounding'. the chances are it will help. It is also free and un-traceable. If this works for you think about spending some time with Paul. You will enjoy and you will benefit significantly from the investment of your time. ”

“Paul is an amazing person to know and to be coached by. We have never met in person but he always makes one feel comfortable and safe. We first met during the IBM Blue Core Coaching program and were both certified. He always had such amazing insight in the coaching process and compassion for those around him. In the past year, I have had the greatest fortune to be coached by Paul. We reconnected as he was preparing to launch The Elevate Partnership. He agreed to help coach me for a challenging professional dilemma in my life. I would recommend him for anyone looking to solve a specific problem, improve leadership capability, gain consensus on group goals, empathize with the people in the workplace, and be 150% committed to helping one be the best ever. Cheers and much success to Paul and The Elevate Partnership (https://theelevatepartnership.com)!!”

“I have completed the Leadership Circle Process with Paul and I would wholeheartedly recommend it! Paul is an empathic and perceptive coach who helped me to understand my strengths and see where I was holding myself back. I found the process hugely insightful, there was SO much information there and issues, that I had known I was carrying for a while, were brought in to focus for me in an understandable way. It means I can get going with actionable, specific changes straight away! It is going to be a life changing process! Thank you so much Paul... ”

“I've had the luck to get in touch with Paul as a member of Coaching Community of Practice within IBM. He offered provide me with regular sessions using ProReal virtual environment, to help me bring brainstorming, structure, and multiple perspectives view to several projects I am working on within the company. Over the course of couple of weeks, I have been able to launch the projects successfully, and with Paul's help, always able to iterate and prepare for possible obstacles, and re-think my approach. He has been enormously patient, able to spot & identify my own emotions, and he knew exactly when share his own vast experience with me. This was an asbolutely wonderful Coaching experience Paul, and I have no doubts your future clients will benefit enormously. Good luck in you future endeavours, and I hope we'll stay in touch!”

“I worked with Paul when I had just moved into a new role. The sessions with him helped me to analyse and understand different situations better, see the different ways of dealing with them and the possible outcomes. He gave me the tools and guidance I needed to enable an outperforming culture in my team and people around me. His structured approach and logical thinking helped me to discover my full potential and elevate my leadership skills to a completely new level. Working with him really not just impacted me and my performance but my whole team too. Every coaching sessions with Paul was of incredible value to me.”

“Paul and I both work in the Blue Core Coaching program at IBM. In addition, Paul has been my personal coach using the cutting edge ProReal coaching methodology. Paul has the ability to create a trusting environment giving me the freedom to discuss any topic - personal or professional. Being an accredited coach myself, I've had the experience of working with many coaches. Paul is unique and refreshing. His calm leadership, deep listening skills, and expert utilization of the ProReal tools allow clarity and innovation to easily surface. An excellent one on one coach, he is also passionately driven to positively impact leadership using coaching and effective communication with groups. Paul is a pleasure to work with and would be a valuable asset to any organization, team, or individual.”

“It has been a pleasure working with Paul. His coaching inspired creative thought and ideas, helping improve clarity on business and career objectives. I thoroughly recommend Paul.”

“I worked with Paul when our panel chose him to speak at TEDxTelford - What Next? when I was the Licensee and Lead Organiser. We knew we wanted an authentic speaker, with a clear message and a fully developed idea. Paul was a joy to work with and we worked closely together to develop the great idea into a well-polished TEDx Talk. I found him to be professional, courteous, flexible, kind and generous. The talk itself was very well received and left the audience with some thought provoking ideas about changing Leadership style by changing one's self first. I would not hesitate to work with Paul again in the future.”

“I would highly recommend Paul as a coach. He strikes an excellent balance between support and challenge, helping the client to develop insight and new perspectives on situations. Paul has helped me develop both my thinking and practical approach to a new area of my business, supporting me and holding me to account on a tangible plan of action.”

“I absolutely loved working with Paul. He is an extremely capable coach and genuine person. He has been an excellent start for my coaching career development, always there to support me. He has created trust and we have developed a very valuable relationship. I want to take this opportunity to thank him for bringing his fabulous coaching skills during the Blue Core Coaching program and more specifically for the one to one coaching sessions we had together. Working with Paul has increased my sense of self-responsibility, self-awareness and ownership of my performance in professional and personal life. It is all about touching lives and for sure Paul made a difference in mine.”

“Paul has been helping me in my business for a number of years now. He has an incredible blend of skills that make him the most effective (and nicest!) coach I have ever come across in my 17 years as a business owner. His unique mix of extensive NLP skills, senior strategic consulting skills, his empathy, his deep desire to make and be a difference to people mean that Paul is quite extraordinary coach and human being. He recently helped me to resolve an internal conflict that was stalling my business, and also helped me make sense of a very ambitious project - clearly and simply turning it into a 5 step strategic plan, which I am now working through and making progress towards my vision every day. I would recommend Paul to anyone who is serious about moving their life and business forward and wants to create the life they really want. There is no question that Paul can help you get to where you want to go.”

“Working with Paul quickly became a satisfying experience because he instills trust and assumes a mentorship disposition that leaves you feeling like you are moving forward and getting something done. He's a problem solver and incredibly generous with his expertise. Paul really wants to help, just because he can. He's a real class act. Thanks Paul.”

“I met Paul through his work at IBM. He had investigated our business, and invited us to do a project with him. This was a good indication of who we were dealing with – an original thinker, a great communicator, and someone who brings others together to create value. He’s sincere, creative and thoughtful, which is all the more welcome from someone who works in a large corporation. A pleasure!”

“I've worked for Paul on a number of projects at IBM. He is one of the best leaders I have ever worked for - he's clear in his communications, positive, energetic, and knows how to bring out the best in his team - pushing us to do and achieve more than we thought we ever could. Paul leads from the front, and always puts the needs of his team first. I've also connected with Paul on a musical front, and have been an avid listener of his musician-focused podcast 'Conversations in Confidence' which, as a drummer and guitarist, has helped me in my performances! ”

“Paul delivered an intense, high value-added and an extremely enjoyable strategy development process that will be a great benefit to Carmichael Centre. We have a much clearer idea of our why and what we need to do over the coming months and years. Thank you Paul for your fantastic work and commitment throughout the process and for helping us to get where we got to over the last 2 weeks. It certainly exceeded our expectations. ”

“Paul and I had combined efforts to provide marketing and IT consultation within the education sector. My experience in working with Paul was entirely positive. His business insights and professional tact were ideally suited for our client. A consummate professional.”

“I've hired Paul on several occasions; as a business consultant on specific issues and, later and as a result of his previous work, as an executive coach. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him. He's great to work with - very high integrity, extremely capable and, most importantly, he gets results.”

“Paul is has proven himself to be a highly valuable member and trusted advisor of The People's Orchestra Advisory Board within a relatively short space of time. Not only has he leveraged his extensive network to connect us to key musicians for our upcoming programme of concerts and masterclasses but also been instrumental in helping to shape the People's Orchestra's strategic direction and commercial approach.”

“I have worked with Paul at PwC and IRI and he brings a real depth of expertise in data driven marketing and a proactive and energetic approach to projects”

“Paul is a brilliant facilitator. He asks the right questions and the right time, and is able to manage a group dynamic to get the best results from a team. I hope to work with him again soon.”

“In addition to his impressive business profile, Paul is a passionate and commited musician and performance coach. In his podcasts he interviews musicians on a range of performance-related topics that are relevant, engaging and interesting to musicians from any background. As an interviewer he puts his guests at ease really gets the best out of them. Speaking as an interviewee, I can honestly say that if Paul puts a fraction of his charisma as an interviewer/ presenter into his performance coaching I'd recommend it to any musician looking to explore his/ her performance potential.”

“It was a pleasure to work with Paul at Capgemini. He is extremely knowledgeable and uses his skills, knowledge and network to help organisations and individuals. He brings fresh thinking to everything that he does. He is a people person, and is good at working with senior managers as well as his team to achieve a positive culture. He has a energised approach to everything he does.”

“Paul is genuinely passionate about helping people. He has a talent for seeing what is real and a depth of soul and purpose that is magnificent to be connected to.”

“Positive energy - that's what this man is all about. Combine this with his repertoire of skills and vast library of personal collateral....and you get what is an ultimate go-to Consultant. No surprise then that I chose to work extensively with Paul in my time at Inforte... Internally and also with Clients, Paul's high EQ shines through making him a brilliant team player and trusted advisor.....so if you get the chance, hire him.”

“Paul provided inspiration and motivation to me whilst I was completing my dissertation for my MBA. I had little time to complete the dissertation when Paul became my tutor. Paul's advice was pragmatic and succinct; he really connected as a person rather than a student - thereby enabling me to successfully graduate. Thank you Paul.”

“Paul and I worked closely together on the Estee Lauder account. He worked with the Product Managers in the UK market while I coordinated communication, production and efforts for his work in conjunction with the US market. We were placed in a difficult situation but had to work closely together to ensure tasks were produced and sent out during ELCs 4th qtr holiday business. Even thought it was a difficult time, Paul worked well with me in helping to diffuse situations and maintain some consistency in getting tasks complete for the client. You can tell alot of his character when working under pressure. Paul definitely kept his wits about him when others around him were professionally speaking not keeping their cool. I would work with him any time on any project and recommend him for the future.”

“I have worked with Paul on several projects and have always found him to be bright, sharp and resourceful. A great eye for detail and able to make the most complex issues seem simple. He is a person of great integrity who can be relied on to deliver what he promises.”

“Paul manages to be a wide thinker and a details person, with a strong ability to communicate clearly. I was particularly impressed by his ability to take a broad range of inputs that appeared to conflict, and funnel them into a set of clearly articulated goals which helped our project tremendously”

“I have worked with Paul at PwC Consulting where he demonstrated excellent consulting skills as well as strategic and analytical expertise. Paul is an extremely professional and driven individual and he is a pleasure to work with.”

“I have worked with Paul on a client engagement for a pharmaceutical company. Paul has excellent client management & presentation skills. He is one of those few people who not only preach neuro-linguistic programming but also put it to practice, making his interactions with people at all levels very effective. Paul is a brilliant facilitator for presentations/workshops. I had the pleasure of attending a few of his presentations and found them very precise and interactive.”

“I had the pleasure of working with Paul at Inforte in two capacities, firstly on a piece of strategy work for one of our key clients involving some best-in-class research, and secondly as one of his "coachees". Research work: Paul got quickly stuck into the research work, leveraging his excellent contact base to get us into some fantastic companies and carried out some in-depth interviews. The end result was a high quality piece of work which demonstrated Paul's ability to both see the big picture and quickly understand the key questions being answered, as well as his attention to detail. The work was well received by our client. Career coach: From a coaching perspective Paul has been an inspiration. His non-judgemental approach and experience in dealing with people enabled us to build an excellent relationship and I very much value his feedback and advice. He is an excellent role model who sets himself challenging stretch goals. I look forward to a long term coaching relationship with Paul and wish him well in his future endeavours.”

“There isn't much you CAN'T say about Paul. An time any problem arose, any challenge appeared or any guidance was need the first words out my mouth were "Have you spoken to Cricky". Paul understands not only how business works, but how people work. Certainly in my experience, Paul's style and approach is both fascinating and unique. There is no situation that would not benefit from his involvement, I have no hesitation in recommended Paul.”

“Paul delivers a number of lectures to Leeds College of Music and LCMselect. He is a highly personable and knowledgeable specialist in business and personal productivity. His lectures to students and LCMseelct members have been well attended and are of an extremely high standard. For any business related or personal productivity in industry lecturing, Paul is your man.”

“Paul is one of the most experienced CRM consultants I have met and an excellent manager of people and coach. And it was always great fun co-tutoring courses at PwC. In terms of CRM and helping staff develop their skills and careers - there's none better than Paul!”

“Paul is one of the most eclectic consultants I know, equally at home managing major transformational programmes as applying marketing strategy and analytics expertise in small but impactful advisory projects. As well as being a first class consultant, Paul is a lovelty chap to work with, a positive influence on all who work with him, an excellent coach and a great team player.”

“Paul is an outstanding resource to call upon with clarity and guidance for any project. I personally found Paul's ability to clear through the business process insightful and easy to complete which lead to delivery of the utmost quality and level of professionalism.”

“Paul is great to work with, always giving of his time and brain power. He always thinks around situations and ALWAYS delivers on his promises. Paul also has a fantastic sense of humour which always helps when working with someone under pressure.”

“Paul is a great guy to work with. Brilliant at CRM Strategy and excellent at communciations.”

“Paul is one of the most creative, analytical and intelligent people I know. He is extremely supportive as a colleague and a friend and a brilliant team player. His influence and reputation continues to grow and his work is never anything less than excellent.”

“I have worked with Paul at IBM where he was one of our key consultants in the Relationship Marketing space. Paul is exceedingly well informed. He has the ability to see the 'big picture' and the completer finisher skills to make it happen. He is highly credible with senior executives and has strong man management skills”

“Paul is superb in bringing relationship marketing alive with pragmatic approach to theories and models of RM. I had the opportunity to take part in a Relationship Marketing Work Shop as a part of my MBA where Paul brought RM "live" and closer to us by showing how to apply different models and theories to real life & work. Paul's valuable information knowledge and background was highly appreciated.”

“Of Paul's many strengths here are 2: * ‘Go-to-Person’– creates the right atmosphere & is someone that people want to work with. He makes an environment where business is fun & of the best quality. Paul has a strength in making connections & building relationships. * Real Subject Matter Expertise– Paul really really knows his stuff on interactive, customer experience & relationship marketing.”

“I worked with Paul on a number of marketing database & CRM projects at Equifax. He combines deep technical knowledge with commercial acumen, and is able to define and communicate complex solutions very clearly. He has a strong customer service ethic and was a great colleague to work with.”