Testimonials

Performance Psychology has helped me to plan for my own performance. I’ve had a total mindset change. Now, instead of focusing on what’s gone wrong, the focus is on what’s gone right – and doing more of it. I’m applying what I’ve learnt to my work in sales and quality and getting the best out of myself and others.

Behavioural Science has, without doubt, been one of the most well received training courses I have ever been involved with – the feedback from those attending has been incredibly positive, with many people commenting on how 'it changes how you think'. The greatest compliment I can give, is that you have undoubtedly made LondonEnergy a safer place to work.

Darren has helped change the way that many of the senior people in our organisation think about safety. The impact of his training has gone beyond the health and safety arena by challenging the business leaders to think about the way they approach leadership in general.

I have partnered with Darren and BSST for over 10 years, people still recall their first training and often recite stories of their experience of the program.

I worked with Darren for the first time when I was working for Sodexo in the UK. We were at a point when the incident performance was ‘flatlining’ and whilst the safety culture was good I would struggle to say it was ‘interdependent’. The course Darren delivered then for us inspired the team and flipped the way we thought and felt about safety performance There was far more engagement and people were happy to engage with safety – a real culture change. The H&S team are inspired as they are giving positive messaging and we are developing a module on leading safety for our overall leadership training program.

The online course was absolutely fantastic! I hammered it out in a day whilst my advisor spaced his out over 3 – 4 sittings. The course was full of useful videos from both Darren and extra content from TED Talks, presentations and assessments at the end of each section to verify learning and understanding. The course truly inspired me and revived my love for health safety and changing behaviours. I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone who is short of time (and budget) to be away from the office.

I really liked the format of the course as it was easy to follow, had excellent supporting materials and ensured you took away a lesson or a new way of working to try in your workplace.

The guidance was practical and the modular format means you can work in bite size pieces to ensure the information is retained. I especially liked Module 3 on the impact of language, bias and how values, attitudes and beliefs impact on behaviours. I use the nudge theory to make small changes everyday. It’s a great course and I learnt so much.

It’s the most thought-provoking course I’ve ever done. It’s presented brilliantly and has loads of engagement. It’s very-very different. Some online courses are very disengaging, and you can actually find yourself losing interest very quickly, but there’s no chance of that with this one. It suited me to a tee.

The biggest takeaway for me personally, is Darren’s view that you don’t have to wait ten years to change a culture. You can start straight away by doing something small each day to try and influence someone to act safer and to behave differently. There tends to be a bit of an ethos out there that you can’t shift a culture for years – but you can. I’ve been in my role for fifteen months and we’ve seen significant changes to our management information around how people behave.

I loved that you could work at your own pace and that the course remembers where you are, so you don’t have to repeat anything, unless you want to. I also love that I still have access to the programme to be able to go and check my understanding when I need to.

What I’ve learned is that how I think, feel and behave not only impacts me, but everyone around me. Performance Psychology is empowering – it’s been especially helpful in understanding what influences us all to perform better, it’s given me a real insight into the subject which I can apply at work and at home and it’s supported me in making more considered decisions.

If you’re open to learning and personal development you’ll love Performance Psychology because it has a dual purpose. Everything is there to help you to become the very best version of yourself – but as a manager or leader it also shows you how to adapt your ways of thinking so that you can fine tune how you engage with your teams, to get the very best out of them too. It takes a holistic approach.

In the last two to three years, I would say we’ve focused our safety training on being very practical. Now, we want to drive behaviour changes and make sure safety is even more embedded in the culture of our organisation.

That’s why we chose this training program. There’s only so far you can go with teaching the basics. To move safety forwards, focusing on behaviour and performance is the critical ingredient – it’s way more than reporting. All of our department heads, managers and supervisors have been through this program, which is around 64 people. The feedback has been phenomenal and is manifesting into real tangible results.

The programmes were a great learning experience. The content and style were easily accessible and very valuable in improving my knowledge, motivation and skills – particularly the softer skills that are increasingly appropriate to OSH practice.

If you want to develop your performance, regardless of what stage you’re at in your career – and you’re looking for a much deeper insight into how to achieve it, then Behavioural Science is for you. Everyone should do it. This isn’t your typical online programme – this is engaging, thought-provoking and it’s been designed and developed into manageable chunks, with Darren guiding you through each module. The supplementary reading material is fantastic and will help you to understand behavioural based safety – and how to apply it in a working environment.

"It's a fantastic course – I’ve already recommended it to others who work in safety. What it’s done for me, is bolster my thoughts and knowledge base that what we’re doing in our training is right, we’re doing it correctly. It isn’t as time consuming as I thought it would be. I completed it in 8.5 hours, including my journal. There’s no doubt whatsoever – Darren and his team absolutely know their subject and he’s made it very engaging. Even now, I refer back to the videos he’s recorded to help me with my work."

I loved the mix of videos, reading and quizzes. It was well set up. Darren’s intro videos at the start of each module are great. I still remember the stories he told about basketball and being lost in Europe. He instils confidence in you – you trust what he’s saying because he totally believes it – you also know that if you do what he’s suggesting, it’s going to change your life. It changed mine.

Darren is the only safety professional in the world who specialises in performance psychology. He’s sitting in his chair at home talking to you on video, just telling you how it is. You can’t help but buy into him – even his little hesitations add to his authenticity. If he told me the world was going to end tomorrow, I’d believe him!

Thank you so much for this course! It’s great. A lot of useful information and very practical tips. The learning platform is easy to use. I feel confident putting into practice what I’ve learned.

Firstly, thank you for the experience – a fantastic course. It’s very in depth, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will definitely be applying this to my working environment.

Thanks for a wonderful experience to attend such an amazing course. The content was relevant and I can easily relate to it.

This was a valuable compass re-set for me at times. I’m already recommending it to some of the people I mentor. The course is great in content and expertly put together.

My confidence has grown since taking the course. Using my newly learnt skills has been really rewarding.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. As a health and safety professional with ten years + industry experience it added a lot of context. Being able to connect the dots and understand behavioural science is really exciting and it’s going to be helpful to sell my ideas better. Feeling a bit sad that the programme is over!

Very thought-provoking and motivating. A friendly, non-corporate approach and not too long. I enjoyed the support materials – the videos and TED talks were particularly good. I’ve recommended the course to others in my organisation.

Really enjoyed it. Engaging, well-structured, well-paced with a good range of additional learning assets. The course has motivated me to learn more about how understanding and using psychological approaches could improve outcomes in my current role and in life generally.

Really enjoyed it. The sections on emotional intelligence and intent leadership have certainly resonated with me and how I can do things differently to help improve safety performance. Intent leadership wasn’t something I’d come across before, so that’s something I’m going to continue to look into, to build my understanding. The ability to do the course online and in my own time was excellent and allowed me to flexibly fit it around work and other commitments. I’ve completed Behavioural Science too – loved them both.

I’ve been in the health and safety profession for over twenty years and this course was refreshing. The content was clear, relevant and long-needed. I’ve identified things about myself that I will improve – which will also benefit the people I engage with. It’s inspired me to do something positive about improving my own knowledge in this area.

A very thought-provoking course. Lots of introspection and good ideas generated.