Don Palmer's passion for coaching helps people develop their life skills. His interest in helping people improve the structure of their thinking makes a profound difference to the meaning they make of the content. Developing beliefs makes it possible for people to do things they normally wouldn’t.
Don Palmer is an internationally recognised coach. He uses natural conversation to camouflage his mastery of the techniques he uses to develop change. For well over a decade his coaching has helped hundreds of clients in a wide range of activities. His specialty uses driving as a mechanism for change.
He is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with a Masters degree in Automotive Engineering. He is an ADI, and has studied the practical and psychological elements of coaching techniques. He holds an internationally recognised certification in coaching, and continues to make substantial annual investments in furthering his driving and coaching skills. His international client base and over 9000 hours of one-on-one coaching of limit handling makes him a world authority on the subject. He has worked internationally as a driver trainer since 1990.
He has worked and trained with Sir Jackie Stewart and Sir John Whitmore undertaking extensive coaching of automotive engineers. Don's coaching techniques are equally effective in helping enthusiasts to improve their skills, abilities, and approach to road driving. He is himself an enthusiastic driver, and has been a member of HPC for over 20 years.
Here Don is sharing a moment of typical humour with John Whitmore (mentor and author of the definitive coaching book "Coaching for Performance" and leading business and sports coach).
Don regularly attends courses and training sessions to update and improve his skill set. He spent an early career as a professional diver working the cold waters of Western and Mainland Scotland, a second career as Chartered Mechanical Engineer specialising in engine research. He then ran a successful defensive and high performance driver training company and now specialises in High-Performance coaching for people who want to make more of their lives.
Don’s defensive driver training in the commercial sectors rewarded many. With careful attention to detail, one particular company achieved a crash performance over eight times better than the average.
