Jane has been a great mentor to me as I grow my business, helping me see different avenues and challenge my thinking on directions I can progress. Generally sharing her solid experience, knowledge and wisdom in business has really helped me. Jane’s value system and integrity when it comes to the impact she has for her clients really resonates and inspires me, and her genuine drive to help others has really helped me grow my network and move forward.

Nicola Clemmit
Owner - Nicola Clemmit Consultancy

Leadership – Challenge – Empowerment … three words that come to mind when reflecting on what Jane brought to the Xsem Board following a period of rapid growth.

Jane helped steer our Board at a time when the business needed to ‘catch up’ with its organisational structure: its people, systems and processes, using her invaluable insights and expertise to great effect. With her strategic prowess, Jane supported the Directors in identifying a new approach that incorporated robust plans for their Talent and Operations.

Not shying away from potential conflict, she confidently challenged the status quo and our thinking. She guided the company along an alternative and more engaging path that empowered colleagues at all levels within the organisation, encouraging them to contribute their ideas for improvements and to embrace the changes.

With unbounding energy and positivity, Jane was an ideal Board Advisor to offer leadership accountability, provide strategic guidance and drive initiatives forward.

Nick Ivel
Chairman of XSEM Ltd

Jane has a phenomenal amount of leadership experience, especially leading others through transformational change. Her boundless enthusiasm and engaging style brings vitality to her leadership support, creating a spark amongst others. Her style is refreshing, using the outdoors as her canvas for leadership development. Her input has indeed transformed our approach to our business, enabling us to think differently, to identify opportunities and really make things happen!

David Dyson
Financial Director at Mint Projects / Principal at AIMS Accounts for Business

We met Jane at a time where the business was experiencing rapid growth, we had increased headcount and our processes, policies and culture were all feeling the strain. Jane took the time to get under the skin of the business, she met with team members from every corner of the business to understand what was causing frustration them in their everyday lives. Her inquisitive but positive nature meant that the team opened up to her and we gathered some truly useful and in some cases hard hitting feedback.

Having identified our major challenges we worked closely with Jane to develop a plan to improve things however, in contrast to previous improvement plans we have attempted, Jane did not hand the plan over to us and walk away. She has remained in the business and is taking responsibility for keeping us on track. Jane is driving the directors, making recommendations, facilitating workshops and delivering coaching where required.

On a personal note, Jane has facilitated DISC profiling and taken 360 feedback from the business to identify areas that I can develop as a leader. She will challenge you if it’s appropriate and support where necessary. I am clear on where I need to focus my efforts and feel I have a knowledgeable sounding board should I need one.

It has been a pleasure to work with Jane over the past few months. Her proactive, people centric approach has helped us to define our strategic direction and transform the culture of the business. I now have a team that are not only coming up with their own ideas on how we can achieve our shared goals, they are taking ownership for implementing change, working in collaborative groups and encouraging others to step forward.

Dan Bardgett
Managing Director – XSEM Ltd