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Meet the people behind REAL Success

“Our mission is to influence and inspire business leaders and employees within the agricultural sector to enhance their people management skills, creating a more attractive, effective, and sustainable industry.”

Paul Harris is the founder and Managing Director of REAL Success. He’s worked with agri-businesses for nearly two decades, maximising personal and team performance to drive success and is widely recognised as a thought leader, speaker, author and people consultant.

Click here to learn more about our founder Paul Harris - speaker, author and agri-business coach & mentor

Our Team

We believe the future of agriculture depends on people.

That’s why we’ve brought together a team of experienced consultants, coaches and specialists who understand both the opportunities and the challenges facing today’s agricultural businesses.

Between us, we’ve worked with thousands of farms, food businesses and industry organisations across the UK, helping leaders build stronger teams, navigate difficult conversations, manage change and create workplaces where people genuinely want to stay.

We don’t believe in off-the-shelf solutions. We believe every business is different, every team is unique and every person deserves to be understood.

That’s what makes REAL Success different.

Meet The Team

Our values are important to us.  We share them here so that you know what drives our approach.

We strip away complexity and focus on what works.

We address people issues early and directly.

People matter, so we focus on relationships and performance.

We are grounded and human in how we lead and offer advice.

Successful clients say

We’ve recently carried out our first set of facilitated personal reviews and Emma did a brilliant job. I was amazed how honest the staff were with us and it enabled us to be honest with them. It’s really helped the team and the business.

David CravenGrosvenor farms

I was sceptical when we agreed to run the review process and worried that staff would rebel against the process. I was wrong. It’s been one of the best decisions we took and now is part of our calendar.

Tom FootLonglands Farm

We’ve carried out reviews with Paul for 3 years now and introduced a Polish interpreter too. With a big team it takes commitment but every year we find out something new that we need to improve, and our staff now look forward to the process – including our overseas workers.

Louisa DaviesLudchurch Farm