"Mike contacted me a couple of years ago on behalf of his company, Proteus Consultancy Limited, and we quickly established a collaborative working relationship. A couple of concepts I use in the US in order to help people with their personal development and communication skills are the DISCStyles On-Line™ system and the Platinum Rule™. Mike has developed these tools further during our collaboration and now uses them successfully in the UK to help individuals to define realistic and achievable career objectives when they are going through career transition or job change. I would strongly recommend that anyone looking for career advice should seek the assistance of this consummate professional - we've never met in person, but I'm really looking forward to the time when we do!"

I hired Mike to help me move my career forwards. I was amazed at Mike's skill in analysing my strengths, weaknesses, skills, traits, needs and so on. He didn't pull punches, and his subsequent advise and guidance was spot on. An amazing individual who I would sincerely recommend to anyone needing similar help.

Mike Warren has provided a high quality service that I have no hesitation in recommending to others.

I hold Mike and his career counselling service in the highest esteem. During my unintended transition from a career as a Royal Navy Officer to civilian life his sage advice, empathy with my situation and straight talking but friendly manner provided the motivation and guidance I needed to see my way through a difficult period. His ability to translate skills learned in the Service into a CV that would appeal to a business audience was matchless, as was the coaching and preparation for interview he provided, a skill set undeveloped in someone with my background. Mike's Proteus Career Guidance service has my strongest recommendation.

I have found Mike to consistently provide ethical, discreet and infinitely sensible counsel. I am delighted to endorse his career guidance skills and to recommend him to others. He is a fine example of what guidance should be.

I can thoroughly recommend Mike and the processes he took me through. In particular the career strategy to aid the changing nature of my career, and, identify what I should be seeking in my next role. In addition, Mike also was available to offer support and his valued advice during this process.
I have now received an offer which I have accepted and naturally I wanted to thank him sincerely for his help, support, advice and assistance during this whole process. Nick Wrinch

We invited Outplaced to assist a Director of the company who was being made redundant after some twenty years of loyal service. Outplaced were charged with constructing a CV and because of their total commitment to excellence, they carried out such a splendid and thorough job which resulted in Outplaced re-kindling a previous passion within this Director thereby inspiring a renewed self belief and the motivation to embark on a completely new career which has given him a totally new lease of life which he finds rewarding and fulfilling. Outplaced excelled and delivered very much in excess of their promise. We have no hesitation in recommending Outplaced to all of our clients.

I would like to thank Mike for the work he has undertaken with me. It really has been most useful and a very welcome space in which I have been able to draw breath and reflect on my career and my strengths. The tools he showed me are very useful and particularly the platinum rule, which is a concept I had not come across before and is potentially very powerful for me, as was the DISC analysis. Also his advice as to how I go about describing my most recent and unsuccessful experience - as a career mistake - was very good and helped me to have the right words when explaining to interviewers, it enabled me to be honest, not fudge it but also to explain it in credible and understandable terms - and the new job starts soon! Many thanks Mike for your help. David Barker

Mike is a very intelligent person with acute insight as to what constitutes a tight bond between an individual, the market place and a career. He is knowledgeable and offers a methodical and personalized plan to the job seeker. With his extensive experience and achievements in career management I recommend his services to anyone wishing to find their right place in the professional arena. Dimitris Voutselas.

I approached Mike to help plan my next move when undergoing a transitional stage in my career. He provided a fantastic framework for long term career planning and management which I feel has benefited me greatly. I also found him to be very knowledgeable in this field and that he gave excellent and sensible advice. I thoroughly recommend his services to anyone who would like a neutral party to give objective advice on the subject of their future career plans or to help problem solve issues in their professional lives. Philip Conti-Ramsden.