“When I first became involved with Mako I was impressed by their coaching culture. Specifically how it focused on personal satisfaction and happiness to help manage the complex risks of an options market making business. Robert was a key part of that culture, and any recommendation from Dr Stephen Taylor shouldn't be ignored. As a result, I brought Robert in to coach at Boost ETP / WisdomTree Europe, and I would be happy to do so again at another firm. Thanks Robert!”

– Jarv Ashford, COO & Strategy Director - Alt. Investments (PE, VC, Tech, AM) | MA (Cantab) Economics | CISI Diploma | IFT Academy

“Quite simply. . . Robert is the most effective life and performance coach I have ever worked with. At a complex point in my career and in my personal life, Robert's straightforward and engaging approach enabled me to perform at my best, both inside and outside of the office. His input proved invaluable in every sense. Working with Robert was a pleasure and a success. I rarely recommend anyone. . . but I don't hesitate to recommend Robert.”

– Dr Stephen Taylor, 2nd degree connection2nd Dr Stephen has a account Director at TTG Capital Limited

“If it wasn’t for Robert.......! I saw Robert at a pivotal time in my life, when I was considering emigrating to Sydney from London. Robert really empowered me, he helped me believe I could do it, and here I am nearly 14 years later, still happily settled in Australia. He was great to work with, easy to talk to and very supportive. I thoroughly recommend Robert as a Life Coach.”

– Emily Hirshman-Smith, MA Couns, Ad Dip, MACA4

“Robert helped me out enormously during a time of career tumult for me. Robert is a great listener and has the ability to zone in on what is important at the time. After any session with Robert I came away with a clear sense of what I needed to do and how I should go about doing it. I credit him hugely for giving me the confidence to try a new direction and understand what I would have to offer a future employer. I haven’t looked back since. I recommend Robert unreservedly to anybody who needs a coach to reset their objectives and to understand what is important and where they should be spending their energies. Robert is also lots of fun once the business is over!”

– Andrew Gunman, Regional Sales Director North Europe Converters and End Users at Mayr-Melnhof Karton

“I was a client of Robert's while in my role as Partner at GVA. I found Robert to be a highly effective coach and mentor. He and I had a great programme of regular work and performance coaching that helped me to deal with and resolve a significant number of business and personnel matters at the time. I would strongly support and recommend Robert's services and skills.”

– Mike Taylor, Founder and Managing Director, Chilmark Consulting Limited

“I first met Robert in 2007, when he was working with our team, helping to develop our leadership group. At that time, I was sceptical as to how I might benefit from working with him. Robert's collaborative style and ability to simplify the message made our sessions hugely valuable (and great fun too!). I still put in to practice many of the techniques and learnings picked up along the way.”

– Huw Wigley, MCM Creative Group

“There are a few key people to whom I owe a debt for my happiness and success both personally and professionally and Robert is one of them. Robert's coaching pushed and stretched me and helped me access abilities and resilience I didn't know I had. His coaching style is not for the faint of heart - he works you hard to make sure that you achieve the goals you seek. He puts huge effort into each session, drawing on his own experiences where relevant and offering the wisdom of others in the form of books and other exercises to add to the impact of each conversation. If you are considering Robert as your coach, the choice is an easy one - this guy is the master.”

– James Cook, Next Level Coaching & Performance Improvement Ltd

“Initially I didn't understand the need for an executive coach and approached the whole exercise with great cynicism. How wrong I was. I was lucky enough to have Robert as an executive coach/mentor during a period in my life when my career was taking off in a highly challenging environment whilst being a wife and relatively new mum. With Robert's help, his observations, opinions, thought methods and suggestions, I was able to recognise areas where improvement and perspective was needed. Robert's partnership created a progressive balance of information and challenge. Robert didn't shy away from difficult conversations but did it with sensitivity and a great sense of humour through which he was able to elicit deep self-reflection, contemplation of behaviours, motivations, actions and results all of which ultimately led to long term positive change. I would name Robert as one of the top contributors to the success that I enjoy as a balanced business professional today.”

– Rajani Clyne, Managing Director, Head of Compliance, Europe at Guggenheim Partners

“I first worked with Robert 20 years ago through a corporate coaching scheme, and then sought him out again privately a couple of years ago to pick up on the coaching that had been so valuable previously. Coaching is such a powerful assistant to modern life, and I have benefited so much from Robert’s approach, especially in stages of life where it’s been hard to distinguish between the choices I have. He is really pragmatic, and down to earth, which helps me. He seemingly has thought exercises for almost every situation, which helps me order my thoughts, often with a clarity or outcome I might not have expected. In every session he’ll ask me a couple of questions I can’t immediately answer, it’s then I know he is on to something. On top of all of this he is a bloomin’ nice, normal bloke. Which I value. Don’t think about it too much, just contact him, and see how it goes. I bet it will be one of the best decisions you make.”

– Andy Crang, Marketing Director at Exodus Travels Ltd