I think the impact of our sessions with Dave had more of an effect on us as a team then perhaps I realized at the time. But looking back with hindsight, what we ended up achieving in the end was truly amazing, we delivered so much and so quickly working as a really effective team, and as a result we had a very satisfied customer at the end of it.

Alex Towse, Project Manager at BAM Nuttall Ltd
(BAM is part of Fusion JV delivering HS2)

DSA created a positive, energetic and safe environment, which was action focused, to deliver business results.

The programme resulted in better relationships with customers and the supply chain, improved and consistent performance across the division and overarching performance of the business.

Most pleasing was all the key players ended up having a much bigger role in the company.

Alex Vaughan, CEO of Costain

This had a significant impact on Costain’s performance, creating ‘One Costain’ and the stable foundation and springboard to our success.

Tony Blanch, Costain Group Business Improvement Director

We saw quantifiable business benefits in three ways. Personally, I’ve developed in my role; the executive team is working more closely as a team; and the focus that has come as a result has had demonstrable benefits on both people and profit.

Seamus Keogh, now Chief Executive Officer of Clancy Docwra

Without question, having the whole team in a room, away from site, on a regular basis, over a two year period and taken through a well-structured and rigorous process enabled us to get multi-faceted ideas on the table, many of which led to unexpected and robust solutions.

DSA really brought the best from key suppliers and stakeholders and created an absolutely fantastic team spirit. I still have the team photo on my wall and I fondly remember most of the players.

Early, significant conflicts were overcome during the coaching, allowing us to get a project - which was key to the success of the division - completed.

I have adopted the DSA process a number of times and am in discussion with Dave about taking it to my new employer, to be implemented on a £300m development in London.

David Woodhouse, Costain Project Director

This approach gave us the opportunity to come up for air, take-stock, regroup and then press on together. The resulting team effort has been very powerful and what we achieved was remarkable.

I also feel the support empowers and reinforces my leadership.

I recommend this approach to any organisation looking to substantially improve project leadership.

Wayne Riley, Director, MBE

Dave Stitt is someone I have worked a lot in the past and has helped us build team performance in a number of projects like Bradford BSF and Crossrail. [...]

Dave is also one of us, someone that comes from our industry, knows it inside out, but has managed to get the sufficient distance from it, to be able to analyse it and see the usual pitfalls we end up falling in on every project. And that insight is so precious that I always use any opportunity to share it with my peers, reports and managers.

Dave has also written a number of books that I have avidly read [...].

I use Dave's books not only as helpful reminders to the pitfalls mentioned above, but also as a source for useful advice and tools to avoid these, and improve our performance as individuals and as a team. In a way Dave's books have become an extension of his work as an excellent Team Coach.
Keep up the excellent work Dave!

Luis Amorim, Sustainability Director & HS2 Operations Director, Ferrovial Agroman UK & Ireland

I highly recommend this programme for leaders and executives in any organisation and it is a great investment of time and money if companies are genuinely interested in building trust and relationship amongst leaders, and raising performance bar within organisations.

Arun Harish, Strategy Director at CPI, part of HVM Catapult