Testimonials

The following are a selection of comments we have received from clients, candidates and coachees:

"I had the pleasure of dealing with Michael and found him to be one of the very best recruitment consultants that I have met in my 30 years in the business. With the highest personal integrity, professionalism and courtesy at all times, I would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending Griffonage." AF, Managing Director.

"Michael is one in a million when it comes to his performance as a recruiter for the companies that he works with. The service that he offers after employment is second to none. I have had several executive positions and none offered the coaching that Michael & Rebekah have given after I was hired. Michael and Rebekah are a joy to work with and offer executive coaching that is a benefit for the employee as well as the organization. I can say that of all the training I have been given over the years with Fortune 500 Companies, they have not held a candle to what this company offers." SN, VP Procurement.

"Griffonage was my primary recruiter of executive talent for many years and has assisted me personally in recruiting and developing a high performing executive team. Mike and Rebekah work hard to understand the organisation's big picture objectives, personalities and specific requirements for the role. Their business and industry expertise, combined with the level of service, attention to detail and extreme diligence in finding candidates who had the skill set we were seeking was unmatched in our industry." CT, President.

"I've worked with Griffonage over the past few months as a prospective candidate. They have acted with the utmost integrity and professionalism. I would happily deal with Griffonage again. An easy recommendation to make." MG, Sales Director.

"My first experience of working with Michael was in his role as a head-hunter. I found his approach to be thoroughly professional yet also very personable. I was impressed with Michael's ability to analyse a role down to its core constituent elements, to thoroughly understand the client's needs, and the effectiveness of his candidate selection process. More recently, Michael & Rebekah have worked for me as personal coaches. The style was particularly well suited to the senior executive coaching role, and has certainly helped me become more effective." SN, Sales & Marketing Director.

"We have work with Griffonage [in North America] for over 6 years on a range of projects. Our [research] firm has had extensive interaction with the candidates and clients that Griffonage has worked with, who have all been impressed with their thoroughness and professionalism. My firm and I would strongly recommend using Griffonage for your professional recruiting needs." TB, President.

"The coaching sessions have taken me, to coin a phrase, on a journey. We covered an emotional family situation, my social and domestic concerns - and how all of these affected my work - and then my career and future life as a whole. You gave me challenges to look at, decisions to take, and ideas as to what I can set in motion to achieve my goals." SM, Business Development Director.

"At the conclusion of our fourth coaching session I felt I had come a very long way. In particular, the time spent on beliefs and values helped me understand myself much more deeply, and I am very grateful for the opportunity to test these and so bring important matters to the surface. This enabled me to consider, and decide, what was important in my life now, and in the future, some of which was a surprise to me." AS, Finance Director.

"It was good. What happens along the journey is that you have dots and you make connections that you haven't seen before. It is good having two people, it's sort of less intense than one-to-one. The combination is powerful as well. I don't want to get too personal here, but I think personally, having a male and female, and I hesitate to say this Michael, but of differing ages, you'll never alienate anyone. One grows accustomed culturally to different people having different perspectives, and I think that works very well. The interaction between you was very good; I think the chemistry must come from doing it a lot. You seem to intuitively know which of you will be better at leading different sections; that works so well. ...What's so clever about all of this is, because you know my boss well, it's that much easier. If we were talking about my boss who you'd never met, it would be much less insightful. So the head hunter/coach link is really good." JP, Group HR Director.

"You do have a very different style of working, and it is so complementary. Rebekah, you've been helpful and very approachable, bringing the feminine side of life to our sessions, and that perspective brings balance to the testosterone male driving business environment I live in. Michael, you provide direction and leadership; corralling and being corralled is positive. You're very straight talking, yet calm and understanding, and I appreciate that. You made me think both inside and outside of myself. I go away with a very positive attitude from the sessions we have had." SM, Commercial Director.

"I had the pleasure to be contacted by Griffonage for a managing director appointment in Italy. I consider Michael and Rebekah to be very professional recruitment consultants with high personal integrity and courtesy. I also had the fantastic opportunity to be coached by them; this helped me greatly in redesigning the business strategy of the company I was joining." CV, Managing Director.