Excited Customers

True Colours offers a very strong process consultation, with a lot of empathy for the specific organizational context and a profound understanding of its particularity. They combine this tailor-made, independent process consultation with state of the art advice & insights concerning the content of the challenges we’re facing (eg developing possible models for our new organization). They guarantee, also in complex contexts with multiple stakeholders, an adequate consultation of these different players. True Colours enabled us for example to achieve a swift change in a context where consecutive policy makers had left problems pending for too long. True Colours’ biggest assets are their empathy, their expertise in organizational behaviour & structures (without clinging to one single model or vieion) , their process consultation skills and their experience with and knowledge of our organisation, acquired through recurring collobarations over the past 15 years.

I chose True Colours because I know you as ‘different’, straightforward, and friendly. People who dare to kick the shins of the system to help us evolve towards a better balance resolutely, in a committed and caring way. During the project, you asked the right questions and quickly gained insight into the patterns and rules of the game. You succeed in guiding the group dynamics in such a way that people talk authentically with room for content and emotion. Now, two years later, we are fully aware of the result. The circular leadership model is alive and kicking, and ‘the team as a basic principle’ is emerging step by step.

For VIB, it is of utmost importance to establish a stimulating work environment in which effective leadership, coaching, feedback culture and individual coaching of team leaders are an essential part of our reality. We have been working on these aspects with True Colours for more than 10 years. There are many reasons for our long-term partnership: they use a no-nonsense style, stand firmly with both feet on the ground, pinpoint the core of a problem and provide valuable advice. They are experienced in working with scientists and engineers, and they know how to convince them in a ‘difficult’ – because not supported by strict figures – process. Everyone who has been trained or coached by True Colours values them highly.

True Colours contributed significanty to turning us into a ‘factory of the future’ thanks to their strategic thinking exercises, organizational design, leadership trainings and team workshops. What is it that makes True Colours unique? They co-create in every process, workshop or training, so that it always fits into our DNA. The expertise they bring in is exactly what we need, no more and no less. And their no-nonsense, pragmatic approach is greatly appreciated. That’s why we have been working together for 10 years now.

True Colours won our people over in a story that we as management were already convinced of. No patchwork or window dressing: their pertinent, in-depth questions challenged everyone to think about the short- and long-term challenges & dreams. It’s phenomenal how, at the end of a brainstorming session, you always know how to distil the core and common elements and you structure thoughts without influencing or patronizing the content of decisions. You switch gears quickly, stand with two feet on the ground, and dare to dream and jump. You can even win over people who are sceptical about coaching. And you subtly lure each participant out of his or her comfort zone.

In the past few years, True Colours has been closely involved in various change processes around substantive organizational challenges. We also engaged them for training, individual coaching, guiding intervisions, etc. Their expertise in terms of content and methodology is always striking. Thanks to our collaboration, we’ve grown in entrepreneurship and we’ve become a strong, future-oriented organization with committed employees. True Colours understands our challenges and translates them into quality advice that is tailored to our needs. They hold up a mirror and challenge us to push our limits.

Thanks to "Moving Forward", we have better prepared our organization for the future by making use of ideas that were already present internally. In this process, True Colours took up the role of design manager, guide and coach. They started from our ideas, added insights to them, and reinforced them. Their experience with higher education and their care & attention for a participatory proccess trhoughout the whole organization were the deciding factors.

You have a wide range of methods and experience for organizational change in the VUCA world. Thanks to your personal coaching, I have made enormous leaps, both personally and in my approach towards my teams and the management. During your organizational change projects, you put together ‘floating’ pieces into a coherent story and a structure in which involvement is the key. Why do we choose you? The attention you pay to the personal engagement of every employee. Your own view on agile leadership. The Solution Focus in your DNA that shows in everything you do and say. And the fact that you are not glory-seekers, but gladly give the floor to the organization for which you are working. Extremely powerful!

We engaged True Colours for a leadership project because of their expertise in higher education. Thanks to their powerful guidance, they became the driving force behind the project. What was it that struck us in the collaboration? Their continuous alignment with our needs, their continuous adjustment/improvement, and their thoroughness in getting to the result. Not at all plug-and-play!

True Colours facilitated a multi-year process for our ICOS department. The initial goal? A positive spirit in the organization. The final result? A change in the organizational structure that supports this cultural change. Throughout this process, they appeared to be a team of experienced organization experts. They have built up experience in diverse companies and now bundle it successfully. True Colours customizes its processes for the client, with a lot of empathy. The consultants listen especially well to wishes and goals and shapes their approach through a process of intensive thinking and consultation. They translate concepts into very specific objectives and activities.

Do you need someone to guide your own growth process and translate it into a new structure? Then you expect that partner to take into account your own insights as much as possible and to offer sufficient feedback so that you adopt a new view on things. I greatly appreciate that balance in True Colours. We are still immersed in the process, but everyone is already looking forward to the end result positively and with trust. That alone is already an important accomplishment.

Your leadership training was a real eye-opener: broad content, solidly substantiated and presented by passionate people with proven expertise. I apply what I learned about solution-focused working and coaching skills almost every day working with employees, and I use it more and more to tackle more complex problems. Your expertise in leadership in an academic setting proved to be of enormous added value – and your enthusiasm was contagious!

True Colours always does a thorough analysis of the question or need upfront. During interventions, they make use of sound methods and theories that are their stock in trade. And in providing feedback, they think along with the organization. This creates a very valuable dialogue about the opportunities that organization has.