Consulting Testimonials

You are smart, brave and have a tool box that is so deep.  You raise questions and observations that others are afraid to make and you do it in a way that can be heard and explored. We simply could not have gotten to where we are in our leadership and culture development without your guidance and expertise.

Scott, CEO

We got tangible action steps… No vague guidance, nothing wishy washy. Concrete action steps.

Maggie, Manager, Marketing

Level of experience and knowledge on the subject matter.

Andy, CTO

From the very beginning we could tell you got ‘it’ and were not just a consultant selling a canned program that was not adjusted to the situation.

Mauricio, Director, Materials & Logistics

I also liked that you had extensive industry experience actually working in different organizations, and that you weren’t simply a career consultant – this made it easier to relate to you and seemed to give you a greater understanding of our situation.

Matt, Director, Engineering

You get stuff done, you’re organized, and you are dependable.

Matt, Senior Vice President

You challenge us to think deeply about our leadership and how we are impacting others.  You have provided us key tools in emotional and social intelligence to build a healthier, more empathic and collaborative workforce.

Suzanne, Director, Human Resources

I feel that the experience and growth we experienced personally and as a team was invaluable… I liked how easy you made it for everyone to be open and honest … in a trusting and judgment free zone. I came back to work feeling re-energized, more understanding, and more optimistic for the challenging road ahead.

Mike, Manager, Quality

Examples of Consulting Engagements

Who are your clients?

Large Global Corporations

  • Automotive manufacturers

  • Tire manufacturers

  • Testing services company

Mid-Sized Firms

  • Real estate developer

  • Health insurance broker

  • Automated driving research institute

Educational Institutions

  • K-12 school district

  • Higher education

  • Seminary

Privately Owned Businesses

  • Holding company

  • Marketing and advertising company

 Non-Profit Organizations

  • International Affairs

  • Social Services

Start-Ups

  • Automated mobility center

  • Self-driving technology start-up

  • Automotive technology start-up.

What are examples of your engagements?

Organization Development

  • CULTURE REALIGNMENT -- Design and facilitate a strategy to redefine, align and sustain the culture of a health care brokerage firm

  • PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT -- Develop a holistic people development strategy to identify and strengthen core competencies at all levels of the organization for a privately held health care brokerage firm

  • ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH -- Design and develop a strategy to strengthen organizational health for a K-12 school district

  • EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Grow emotional intelligence and change agent skills of women executive leaders for global automaker to increase their individual and collective influence

  • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- Redesign and deliver European leadership development programming to fit US culture for automotive supplier

  • LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT -- Develop and facilitate a leadership alignment process to build role clarity and increase leadership team performance for a non-profit organization

  • CULTURE DEVELOPMENT -- Define and develop a strategy to build the cultural foundation and leadership developments strategy for an automotive start up

  • TEAM EFFECTIVENESS -- Provide team effectiveness coaching to global, cross functional teams to develop team behaviors, operating structures and interpersonal relationships to improve product delivery

  • TEAM COHESIVENESS -- Improve cohesiveness of senior leadership team, by breaking down fear, increasing trust, enhancing self-awareness, and developing individual and team skills, behaviors, and norms to increase the effectiveness of the team at a heavy equipment manufacturer

Strategy and Business Development

  • BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT -- Business development for $1+ billion new business venture, a multi-year engagement partnering with the client to create a game-changing eco-system

  • MARKETING STRATEGY -- Marketing strategy for proving ground division of a large multinational automotive supplier that analyzed and presented an opportunity to transform the client’s business model and grow their business

  • CUSTOMER INNOVATION COUNCIL -- Customer innovation council for a large automotive testing corporation that resulted in enhancing the client’s credibility with their customer base and identifying a prioritized set of growth opportunities

  • OPERATING PARTNERSHIP -- Strategic review of operating partnership contract for a new proving ground that enabled a timely start up of the client’s operation with their new operating partner

  • VOICE-OF-CUSTOMER WORKSHOPS -- Design and facilitation of numerous voice-of-customer workshops, which enabled clients to gain insights, prioritize opportunities, make decisions, and develop strategies and plans.

  • FEASIBILITY STUDY -- Feasibility study for greenfield mobility research and development eco-system, which resulted in new insights into the potential opportunities and the client’s decision to move forward with the project

Proving Grounds and Driver Development

  • FACILITY AND TRACK DESIGN -- Design reviews for numerous new proving grounds and test tracks, which provided insight into industry trends and future needs, and led to concept ideation, alignment with user needs, refinement of design, and optimization of cost

  • SAFETY PROTOCOL -- Synthesis of industry-wide lessons learned, best practices, and advancements in technology to develop enhanced operational protocol which enabled multiple proving ground clients to improve testing safety and efficiency by reducing and preventing incidents

  • PRODUCT EVALUATION – Review of product evaluation procedures and methodologies for automotive supplier, which provided insights for relevance to customer needs, testing efficiency, and enhanced safety

  • DRIVING SKILL STANDARDS – Development of objective standards and associated processes to assess driving skills that enabled the publication of the first global driving skill certification standards

  • GROUP TRAINING – Design and deliver customized advanced winter driving training programs accommodating a diverse range of skill levels that raise the skill level of all participants

  • CAR CONTROL -- Tailored one-on-one driving programs new drivers to seasoned drivers that raise awareness and mastery of the art and science of car control