I cannot recommend Angela Ridgeon more highly, whether you have a job interview or an important presentation, she’s the magic bullet!
Angela fills you with confidence by giving you practical skills and strategies. She takes the time to understand your motivations and drivers to help you perform to your optimum potential.
Private Client, Barrister and Mediator
Angela helped me when I was returning to work after a career break. She was a genuine lifesaver. I had lost my confidence and my self belief and in one just session she helped me grow in confidence, and provided me with tools that I continue to use for interviews and public speaking.
My colleague and I had an important presentation to make to a potential new client. We had a lot of technical information to convey and we knew we would only have a short amount of time to pitch our idea.
Angela thoroughly reviewed out materials, helped us clarify the key messages and rehearsed our presentation and challenging Q&A.
It all paid off. We secured funding for a pilot project which achieved proof of concept. We would definitely work with Angela again and highly recommend her if you have an important interview or presentation coming up.
Private Client, Environmental start-up
I worked with Angela several years ago in preparation for a large scale, video games event at which I would be interacting with the public and making presentations. For many years previously, I had suffered from crippling shyness in terms of public speaking and was extremely apprehensive about the event.
The session with Angela really helped me to overcome those fears. She immediately set me at ease and taught me techniques to both deal with the anxiety and perform to my best ability. Angela is extremely empathetic, listens to your concerns and is able to navigate her way, patiently, through them to help you achieve your potential. Needless to say, the event was a great success and I have gone on to use the tools she equipped me with throughout my subsequent career.
Thanks to Angela, my confidence has grown immeasurably and as such I have now made presentations to large international corporations and Members of Parliament, given lectures at Universities and spoken at numerous events worldwide.
Whatever position you are in, whether completely terrified, like myself, or simply looking to sharpen your technique, Angela is an invaluable resource that can really make the difference.
Lee Harris, Electric Skies
Research Europe assist businesses in better understanding the talent within their marketplace or competitors. Operating across a diverse range of industry sectors, business types and job functions we identify, assess and secure talent with a bright, energetic and cosmopolitan research team.
Angela delivered an Essential Communication Skills Course to the staff at my company. My objective was to improve their telephone communication skills when approaching candidates or dealing with clients. With a total of 10 delegates, Angela effectively identified the barriers and concerns my staff were experiencing, and gave them effective tools to deal with difficult conversations and situations. Her warm and supportive approach, using bespoke scenarios, created a relaxed leaning environment, and her energy and humour made the learning extremely enjoyable.
I would recommend Angela to any business, large or small, which wants to improve the communication skills of its teams, within a professional but fun atmosphere.
Steve Buchanan, Managing Director, Research Europe
Angela helped me prepare for an important presentation about a project that was very close to my heart. I wanted to make sure I got my message across! She helped me refine my story, pull out the key points, and deliver them clearly. Angela also gave me very specific advice about my voice, gestures and posture. All of her help in advance meant that I was super-prepared, and on the day I could concentrate on connecting with my audience (even when the slides broke down). I am so grateful for her help and expertise. She is also gorgeous.
Meg Kaufman, Project Manager, What Works Centre, Centre for Cities
Well… what can I say, Angela has the golden touch! The interview went really well and I felt it was positive afterwards but you never really know until you get the call. But … on Tuesday, shortly after seeing the final applicant, they called me to offer me the position!
Private Client, Rosie Aubrey-Johnson
I really think your advice on focusing on my development since having last been with them helped. They asked a couple of questions about why I had reapplied and how I’d taken on their feedback, and I think I would have been unprepared to answer those questions having not spoken with you. Most importantly I went in much more confident and that was clear to them too.
I was at a cross roads moment in my life, as a woman coming back to work having taken some maternity leave. Angela helped me see the confidence in myself and recognise the strong skills set I had to offer, to achieve my career goal of becoming the Director of a Charity. The interview went really well and I made a good account of myself. I just wanted to say a big thank you for your support in prepping for the job interviews. I made it to the last two candidates but unfortunately for me it wasn’t to be my day. I gained a lot from the experience and hope that next time I will be successful.
Private Client, Meg Aubrey-Johnson