Who are we?

The Performance Solution is an international boutique consulting practice, established in 2000 and still headed up by founder Managing Director, Behavioural Technologist and much sought after executive coach; Sally Vanson. The management team includes Dr Allan Parker, Operations Director, executive coach and international business improvement facilitator, and Kevin McAlpine; Executive Coach and Director of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism development services. Paul Stewart is our Customer Relationship Manager, Tracey McCulloch our Administration Manager and Lucy Vanson and Samantha White look after our clients' daily needs.

We are Behavioural Technology specialists, focused in the area of Performance Improvement in organisations, working with process and project management supported by the people performance skills required to achieve bottom line results. We are headquartered in the UK and work internationally across Europe, Australasia, the Middle East and parts of the USA, having native language speakers in most countries who are professionally qualified in their areas of expertise.

Our style and approach

At the core of our work is the concept of “freedom with responsibility, partnership and optimum performance”. We work with partners and clients to co-invent a bespoke range of consultancy and development interventions, including project management and co-ordination of other providers to ensure consistent, sustainable and measurable results, which challenge preconceptions and accelerate value to the bottom line.

The Performance Solution adopts a highly interactive style of facilitation, basing it on an approach which is fast, effective and fun, and involves principles from Neuro-Linguistic Programming, accelerated learning, emotional intelligence as well as the more traditional Kolb and Honey and Mumford models. A key philosophy is to use and build on the latest accelerated learning methods using visioning tools, multiple intelligences, making the learning sensory and meaningful for each unique individual on the programme.

Our approach is always to work closely with the client to co-invent realistic and pragmatic solutions that fit the organisation and business context. These solutions focus on leveraging both individual and organisational performance. We are keen to always establish how any assignment can be measured in both behavioural terms and in bottom line results.