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Amazon
Microsoft Corporation
Cozi
Alcoa Aluminum
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
University of Washington
Bell South
Estee Lauder
Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology
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TESTIMONIALS
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“Joan is extraordinary at being able to see and listen through all the muddle to identify what’s key and essential: the key aspects of strategy, of solution, and of personal development. She always helped me envision where I needed to go and helped enable me to take the next steps successfully”
“Transformative! Thank you so much. Your thoughtfulness, creativity and skill in coaching is incredible.”
“I have taken many courses and trainings in my career as a leader and manager. This course is far and away the best – no comparison – thank you!”
“ I very much enjoy my coaching sessions with Joan. Our conversations and her advice at many levels have been very useful to me, from her observations and recommendations on my interactions with my leadership team in meetings, to helping me better understand new organization approaches. I would not think of making any major organizational changes without consulting with Joan. Joan has an uncanny ability to throw wrenches at me… Often I think I have great ideas and specific strategies all figured out, until I bounce them on Joan and she comes back with different perspectives and analyses that really make me rethink things… I love those wrenches. I value very much her vast experience with senior leaders in positions similar to mine and those of my key stakeholders, adding tremendous value to her advice on complex relationships and organizational/social systems.”
“I wanted to properly thank you for all your input and advice during our meetings. I have found them really helpful and appreciated the opportunity to discuss key challenges with you… I am sure I made progress on the right things and ‘pulled the right levers’ to drive changes in my teams.”
“I was having significant issues entering a new organization. Joan did an outstanding job of quickly getting to the root of the issues, helping me focus on the essential things to change, and then helping me get there. She is very smart, quick, insightful, supportive. I am now very successful and happily on my way.”
“Joan has an unusual ability to help you get to the core of what your blockers and barriers are as a person, and then help you move through them to become a far more effective leader. I couldn’t have been more pleased with her services.”
“My whole life I have had difficulty managing my temper and intensity. With quick adeptness, Joan helped me shift my behavior to a much more effective state and helped my other skills show up really well.“
“I found Joan’s help to be exceptional. I found her able to quickly track with me and create new understandings and avenues for me- even though my life and business is in China- she is impressive.”
“I first met Joan during Microsoft Executive Training courses that I attended and I found her feedback to be so honest and impactful that I asked her to be my Executive Coach, as well as facilitate a number of leadership meetings for groups that I have run over the years. As an Executive Coach, I always find her advice to be easy to understand and act on. Coming out of every conversation with Joan I have a few concrete actions to take that I know will improve my performance. As a facilitator, Joan has been able to give the whole team common approaches and language to use when we are grappling with tough issues that impact our teamwork, and we have successfully used the techniques we learned from Joan to solve many challenges. I am more impactful today as a result of the opportunities I have had to work with Joan over the years and I would recommend her to anyone that wants honest, open and impactful feedback on themselves and their team.”
“Joan’s coaching has been instrumental to my growth and evolution as a business leader. Her open and direct style and her ability to ask uncomfortable questions in a way that I could hear them and reflect on the patterns they revealed has enabled me to see myself differently than I ever have before and evolve from there. Her coaching has been instrumental in helping me shift the way I think, the way I lead my teams to address complex business problems, and the way I engage and influence to have strong relationships with partners across the company…”
“I think a ton of my progress has been connected to your thoughtful engagement as I made some of the biggest changes in my career. I’m super lucky to have your support.”
“Thank you so much for the coaching this year. It was truly invaluable and I feel I am a much better leader as a result.”
“I have had a very good coach before, but Joan was a significant notch above. Not only is she incredibly smart, but she’s funny and enjoyable as well. She could always push me to see just around the corner.”
“Fundamentally I’m an engineer. But as a VP, I needed to increase my leadership capacity of people, improve my understanding of high level politics, and get more effective at driving forward the products I believed in. It was a tall order and Joan was remarkable in helping to improve my leadership.”