Happy Clients

This was hands down the best training I’ve been to here.

James is thorough, attentive, encouraging and – best of all – a genuine expert with extensive experience working in the publishing industry. He understood  exactly how different publishing scenarios worked. The course was refreshingly different and incredibly rewarding.

—  zara anvari, octopus

James is a great trainer – calm, measured and not prone to ‘tech-speak’ – his own, direct experience is a great draw for this kind of training.

— Susan Barry

 The workshop gave me renewed confidence and belief in my own ability.  James is a great coach.

— maiko lenting, hodder & stoughton

A wonderful experience ... so helpful for implementing strategies that I know I’ll use in future group situations

— HANNAH CHUKWU, PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE

Our recent sales conference was the best yet, thanks to the groundwork laid by James in his beautifully productive, stimulating and waffle-free training day. He's helped us all be more concise and confident.

— CLARE DRYSDALE, ATLANTIC BOOKS

Easily the most useful training course I have ever attended while at Hachette. Doing your course gave me the skills and the confidence I was missing to know when I was able to ad lib a little and show a bit more personality in my speech. I feel much more confident in myself and I think would actually look forward to giving a presentation again!

— HELENA DORÉE, LITTLE, BROWN

You were able to facilitate and support a lot of people to face their fears and to actively improve during the day

— NICKI HOWARD, GILL BOOKS

'James delivered a really useful, constructive training session, focused to our particular, and specialist, market.  His skill in dealing with a group with widely varying experience was impressive and all delegates gave positive enthusiastic feedback.'

— Catherine Stokes, Head of Sales & Marketing, Nosy Crow

A great way to experiment with a completely different approach and style. It made me realise that the way I come across is quite different from the way I think I come across!

— Catherine Medlicott, Octopus

'The APA was excited that James transformed his Book Pitch Doctor workshop into an engaging online format to ensure access for our members across Australia. The workshops were very practical, with relevant and effective strategies for participants to implement. The interactive elements enabled staff from a variety of publishing houses, big and small, to learn from each other as well as from James’ expertise.'

— GILLIAN HAINES, AUSTRALIAN PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

The classes were a great environment to try things out in!

— Madeleine Woodfield, Hodder & Stoughton

I had two presentations the following week (after the training) and felt much more confident

— Jenna Main, ABRSM

The top tips for presenting will be really useful in my role, and the importance of considering your audience and how to prepare will also come in useful when it comes to presenting to journalists in one-to-one meetings, or to larger groups like conference delegates

— Stephanie Allen

Really very useful indeed. Your presence enabled us to say fairly tough things to each other!

— VICTORIA HOBBS, A.M.HEATH

I found the workshop incredibly helpful and it really boosted my confidence.

— Elli Stylianou, Octopus

This was absolutely wonderful - thank you so much  for creating a candid and supportive environment. I learned a lot. 

— LIBBY MARSHALL, FABER& FABER

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the Pitch Doctor workshop to other companies looking to boost the pitching and presenting skills and confidence of their staff.

— COLETTE WHITEHOUSE, PAVILION

The workshop feel constructive, supportive and empowering. I feel like I got a sense of how to set up the discussion to get helpful, constructive feedback. This is worth is weight in gold.

— SOPHIE BURDESS, HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP

It was a thoroughly enjoyable morning. Relaxed, unthreatening, and for me great to come away with some tips after all these years of presenting.

—Mary-Clare Jerram, DK

It has definitely taken the acute fear out of presenting for me

— Charlotte Fry, Quercus

James knew our market, the specific challenges that we face. It was one of the most useful training sessions that I’ve been on.'

— MARIESA DULAK, HACHETTE