“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”
~ George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans, the actual name of the author. Like many other female writers of her time Mary Ann took a male pen name to be taken more seriously as a writer. How times have changed…
We’re here for the curious minds, the adventurous souls, the straight-talkers, and the people who strive for anything but mediocre. We’re here to cultivate and nurture performance, leadership practice, and community, to enable leaders and entrepreneurs achieve the success, and lives, they dream of.
Not your normal business consultancy, we don’t subscribe to boring or mundane. We host relevant, honest, lively and to-the-point sessions, with individuals and groups. We create carefully tailored content, that we know works, to ensure all our clients get the absolute best of us.
As well as the day-to-day skills needed to be successful in business, we’re also embedded in leadership development, relationship and network building, behavioural and personality styles, and team cohesion and performance. The things that really make a difference long term.
Our clients tell us we help build their:
- Knowledge
- Confidence
- Resilience
- Accountability
- Focus
- Clarity

Meet Rebecca
The team at Perception Insights is led by Founder, Rebecca Maxwell
Early in life Rebecca learned you’re only ever as good as the last thing you did. As Rebecca says, it kept her on her toes and stopped her being complacent. But she also admits it held her back, feeling she was never quite good enough.
Rebecca began her career in the public sector where she made an early impact but always doubted herself. Mid-career and stagnating, she hired a coach who encouraged her to acknowledge her worth and skillset. It was then things started to change, and she quickly moved into those elusive senior leadership roles, going on to enjoy multiple achievements in her 25+ years leading organisations and managing people, teams, and projects.
Giving back is at the core of Rebecca’s professional ethos, and stems from her early career when she was supported and encouraged by her peers. Perception Insights was created out of a desire to support and encourage others with the tools Rebecca has developed during her career – and hopefully with fewer of the painful experiences as a result.
Rebecca the Coach
Rebecca has a deep interest in understanding how people think, feel and act. A certified Myers Briggs® and DISC® behavioural styles practitioner, she has worked with teams at all levels to build cohesion, high performance and success.
Rebecca the Speaker
Despite being painfully shy growing up, Rebecca is very much at home on stage today, whether real or virtual. Haven spoken on many subjects, to a wide range of people, Rebecca’s commitment to making every presentation clear, practical, interesting, and engaging is clear to all audiences.
Popular topics include: Do They Trust You – How You Can Tell & Why You Should Care; It’s Not Actually Who We Know; It’s How Well We Know Them – Harnessing the Power of our Network; and Getting Unstuck – Making Decisions When Nothing is Clear.
A highlight of Rebecca’s speaking career saw her presenting to a group of small businesses about partnerships and collaboration in a marquee in the middle of a muddy field, projecting to make herself heard above the sound of the rain hammering off the tent. Anything you throw at Rebecca will be easy in comparison…!
Rebecca the Strategist
These days, Rebecca works with established businesses ready for their next big step. Focusing on companies of 5-100 employees who’ve spent 5-10 years building something solid, she helps founders and leadership teams tackle those make-or-break moments – whether that’s expanding into new territory, going after bigger opportunities, or getting ready for the next generation to take the reins in family businesses.
For businesses at that crucial inflection point between what they’ve been and what they could become, Rebecca provides the strategic clarity and cultural alignment that turns ambitious plans into sustainable growth.
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Our Amazing Associate Pool
Having spent years developing an extensive network of like-minded, talented specialists from a range of industries, we are delighted to collaborate with a truly expert pool of Associates.
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If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.