Reviews

Our Reviews

Karen Cregan - Assistant Director of HRM Services at University of Chester

“I have had the fortunate experience of working with David at an event that I organised for the CIPD, Chester committee. David’s openness, sense of humour and willingness to challenge the status quo, engaged the audience and generated interesting debate and discussion on all aspects of mediation and resolution. Even HR professionals have to acknowledge that his views and approaches are a radical, yet refreshing departure from the norm! I would welcome David to speak at any event that required a dynamic, engaging and thought-provoking speaker. I would recommend him where I wanted the audience to be able to challenge and debate the role of HR when dealing with employee relations issues, particularly on the role of mediation and resolution. I would invite him if I wanted a different and sometimes radical view from what ACAS suggest is best practice. I would also propose him as a speaker as someone who could draw from both personal and professional experience and can tell a good story.”

Jacob Achenbach - Programme Manager at Rolls-Royce & Chair of Events at APM

“I invited David to organise a seminar for the Association for Project Management (APM) to help project management professionals develop conflict resolution and mediation skills. David’s workshop was excellent; it was full of expertise and humour, allowed the delegates to reflect and speak about their experiences openly and provided us with a lot of practical tips on how to manage, and make the most of, disagreements in a workplace. David is a true professional with an ability to make a difference and it was a pleasure to work with him.”

Sarah Bidwell - CIPD Black Country

“David Liddle of TCM provided a really engaging and thought provoking session aimed at helping our members to think about the compelling reasons to modernise and make dispute resolution approaches more effective. David is a fun speaker  who draws on a wealth of experience to generate debate and he provided real added value to the session with generous access for participants to TCM resources. Such a popular session we’ll be inviting him back again!”

Jules Goddard - Event Coordinator at Swindon & North Wiltshire CIPD

“David Liddle from TCM recently delivered an excellent event for the Swindon and North Wiltshire CIPD. It was a very engaging session and we had some great feedback afterwards. The topic is a very important one to most if not all businesses, Redefining Resolution. We were excited to book David and he delivered a very informative and interactive evening.  David delivered some thought provoking information which made everyone begin to think about alternatives to the ‘normal’ formal grievance procedures and how to avoid the almost inevitable increase in tension within the organisation, while encouraging mediation and other informal approaches. This methodology also is very cost effective, avoiding the heavy input required from managers when trying to resolve conflict or grievances. The feedback from the group that David delivered to is overwhelmingly positive and I can highly recommend David and The TCM Group.”

Teresa Delaney - South Yorkshire and District Branch of CIPD

“We are extremely grateful to David Liddle of The TCM Group for leading an insightful discussion to our members on ‘Taking the Grief out of Grievance’ earlier this year. This event which was attended by over 70 HR professionals received excellent feedback with 93% of attendees rating David’s session as good or excellent.  In particular members reported that they found the session informative and that it developed and challenged thinking around  grievance, mediation and conflict resolution, as well as leading them to consider the proposition of changing from a grievance to a resolution policy approach.”

Frank Holden - Events Organiser at North Staffordshire and South Cheshire CIPD

“David led an insightful and knowledgeable discussion on the benefits of properly structured mediation interventions to resolve individual conflict issues in the work environment. He is passionate in his advocacy of the value of carefully considered mediation where communication has broken down. His thoughts on the organisation’s values and culture as the starting point to resolve issues where a breakdown in relationships has taken place was reinforced with practical steps evolved out of years of experience with what works. David is a rewarding and gifted speaker with the ability to give clear and nuanced messages in an area fraught with a lot of muddled thinking and poor personal experiences.”

Gareth Price - Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers
"A very experienced and insightful training offered by The TCM Group on workplace investigations. The course was handled excellently despite being delivered remotely due to Covid 19. Would highly recommend!"
Carly Durcan - Head of Employee Relations at GVC Group
“The TCM Group assisted us with a workplace grievance investigation and were fantastic throughout from start to finish. Working in a busy organisation with Senior Individuals who certainly don't have the availability nor time to deal with such issues, they were able to take the process away and deal with it independently. The communication throughout was great, as was the level of detail they provided within their follow up report. I would not hesitate in recommending or using their services again.”
Lorraine Brown - HR & Staff Learning & Development at Unison
“You have to give the praise where it is due. The level of efficiency is one of the highest I’ve ever worked with. The quality of training is high. The mediators I’ve spoken to were absolutely lovely. TCM is a perfect example of how an organisation should function. That’s just my humble opinion. Whenever something comes up at work I always say TCM can deal with it.”
Tooba Saeed - Investigator in Central Investigations Team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
“The course was very useful in understanding the practicalities to consider when undertaking investigations such as location, time, body language and tone of voice. It provided helpful tips on how to improve quality of investigations such as weekly updates to managers and respondents taking which in a large organisation such as the NHS can often be missed. I would highly recommend to other NHS staff.”