PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COACHING SERVICES

Gedanken offers personal, one-to-one consultation sessions aimed at individual personal development.

We combine counselling and coaching skills allowing you to focus on your goals while taking into account past learned experiences, values and beliefs that sometimes help but often inhibit one’s enjoyment of life and the attainment of significant change.

We work with individuals and companies and our approach addresses the “whole person” rather than simple organisational aims. As we believe that greater functioning individuals leads to the greater organisational benefits.

Coaching research.

Association of Coaching research states that the most effective coaches have a psycho-therapeutic background. That is why our counselling and coaching service in Newcastle is always delivered by a Gedanken coach with experience of psychotherapy. This affords our coaches a deeper understanding of the processes required to deliver meaningful personal change. Our personal development programme is unique – not therapy but coaching – at a level of insight and understanding that is rarely achieved in many other coaching relationships.

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Personal Development.

So what’s the next step? It is really it is down to you. The first step to making a change is being decisive. This is your life. Both your future and your company’s well-being could rest on the decision you make. Why not get in touch with us and discuss your needs instead of trying to make a judgement based on our web site or worse still fishing around looking at our competitors! You are looking at this site for a reason. Act Now.

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What our
clients say.

Clive Digby-Jones, Director Ravenscroft International.

"David is one of those rare individuals who combines business, facilitating/counselling/coaching/training, deep thought and intellect and is a thoroughly nice bloke! David both thinks conceptually and is a doer, with solid ethical values. I thoroughly recommend him."

Peter Rufus – Helpful Hounds Charity, Bournemouth

This is probably an inadequate “Thank You” for David's time, earlier this week. It is always difficult to look at one’s own business (or in this case charity) with objectivity and the ability to ask the hard questions.
The two hours we spent together on Zoom, covered such a wide range of issues and went into areas that I had not, previously considered, and each time, David expressed a depth of knowledge of that particular subject. The time spent was total added value for me personally, and has provided solid ideas that will help to develop further, Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs to change more lives of families dealing with Autism, Down's Syndrome and Physical Disablement. Thank you so much.

Neil Armstrong - Village Mags, Dorset

I’d just like to give an unsolicited shout out for Dr David Cliff of Gedanken, coach and mentor but so much more than that.
In my business career of 25 years plus, I’ve met hundreds of coaches, ranging from fairly bogus to well-connected and insightful, but David Cliff is ‘the real deal’.
I’ve been working with him now for coming up to a year and I am thrilled with our sessions, conversations and actions.

Eloho Efemuai - CEO of Heartsong Radio, Edinburgh

One word after my session with David is empowered. I felt empowered to go all in after my initial conversation. David is very knowledgeable, understanding and obviously knows his job. He showed me possibilities and opportunities I'd only ever dreamed off. Excited and looking forward to exploring more with Gedanken. Thank you David.

Michael Grahamslaw - MD of Northern Insight, Newcastle

As the owner of a regional magazine, David has given me advice pertaining to both business strategy and personal development. David applies himself with great intelligence and empathy and his sophisticated insight has opened up new ways of looking at my business and also at myself.
He is also a super guy, blessed with the highest levels of integrity as well as a great sense of humour, an often-overlooked quality in the 24/7 world we now live in.
I couldn’t recommend him higher.

Glenn Cue - Director of Todd & Cue Insurance Brokers, Gateshead

As an insurance broker company director, David’s services have been invaluable to my business and in its management. I would describe David’s insight as the oracle of the working world, the feedback he has provided to me has been instrumental in the running of my organisation, and I really could not recommend his services enough.

Dr Hugo Minney - Consultant in Social Value and Benefits Management

One of the best business coaches in the UK - both to grow a business (David illustrates companies that grow 2-5 times per year, year after year), and for personal and career coaching to help a top executive through the ups and downs of office politics and customer/stakeholder interaction.

Danny Mitchell – MD of Change, Newcastle

David Cliff is the type of person that you only come across once in your lifetime as he is a true genius at what he does. It is far too difficult to describe what David does in one recommendation as it would not do him true justice. If you think you are stuck in a rut, meet David. If you think you are flying in your business, meet David. If you are involved in a dispute of any type, meet David. The moral of this recommendation is, if you haven't YET had a one to one with David you NEED to as you will NOT regret it.
There are many "coaches" out there but they should ALL see David.

What our clients say.