Profile

Jeremy is Reality Training’s Training Director, an experienced trainer and executive coach. He works with sales teams, managers and senior leaders, helping people build confidence, improve the conversations they have and put new skills into practice back at work.

Jeremy’s route into training wasn’t particularly conventional. After studying at the Oxford School of Drama, where he met Bob, he taught English as a Foreign Language and worked in drama therapy in a prison setting before moving into sales.

He went on to become a successful salesperson for a theatrical programme publisher and later Yellow Pages, where he won national sales awards and became one of the company’s top-performing salespeople in the UK.

More than 25 years after creating Reality with Bob, Jeremy continues to design and deliver training for clients across a wide range of sectors. His background in performance is still a big part of the way he works. He brings conversations and situations to life, gets people involved and gives them the chance to practise rather than simply telling them what they should do differently.

His style is energetic, practical and encouraging. He enjoys getting people to try things, see what works and leave a session feeling more confident about putting it into practice.

Executive coaching

Jeremy is a qualified executive coach with a Practitioner’s Diploma from the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) and has also been a visiting lecturer on Buckingham University’s Business Enterprise Degree programme.

As a coach, he works with leaders who want the time and space to think through what’s happening, challenge their own assumptions and decide what they want to do next.

That could mean stepping into a new role, handling a difficult situation, leading people through change or simply having someone independent to talk to who will listen, question and challenge.

Speaking, podcasts and events

Jeremy regularly speaks and hosts events, bringing the same energy and conversational style he uses in Reality’s training sessions.

He also co-hosts three podcasts with Bob, where they talk about sales, customer experience, leadership and the situations people find themselves dealing with at work, and is the co-author of Whose Side Are You On? Disloyal Bonding & Strategic Lies, which explores what happens when employees side with customers against their own organisation and the effect this can have on sales, trust and brand.

Away from Reality

Jeremy lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife Tash and their three children. Away from work, you’ll usually find him playing tennis or squash, running, doing yoga or looking after the family’s pets.