What Leaders Say

Bob helped me develop into a more powerful and balanced leader. As a result, more doors are opening for me.

Bob gave me life-changing insights literally within minutes of our first meeting. I would trust Bob to mentor anyone who has critical responsibilities and something to prove.

I wanted more work-life balance, manage my team more constructively, and communicate more effectively with my colleagues. Bob created a coaching framework that helped me achieve all those goals.

By zeroing in on my priorities and how work affected me mentally, physically, and emotionally, I became more assertive in order to get what I needed in a positive and supportive way.

My coaching engagement with him quickly evolved into real scenario planning; we worked on exercises that related to immediate issues and current projects.

Now I have more work-life balance, using various strategies to keep things in perspective. I appreciate that Bob used physiological exercises to illustrate how to manage from a place of integrity and calm.

Bob uses a wide range of coaching methodologies that will encourage you to examine your motives, behaviors and make adjustments to become more of what you desire.

Because he understands our corporate culture’s dynamic quality — both in personalities and work product — Bob was effective at teasing out the most relevant factors and asking pointed questions to shift my thinking.

I found the Leadership Maxim/One Piece of Paper exercises particularly powerful. It provided a framework to distill my leadership style and goals.

Bob became a touchstone, a sounding board, and a trusted ally. I better understand my role as a manager, discovering the joy of being an effective, caring manager.

When I became Executive Director, I knew I had to carefully consider what kind of leader I wanted to be and how to shape my executive team. We needed a new organizational vision. Bob asked insightful questions, helping me find my footing.

Bob consistently brings his “A” game to coaching. As a leader, you need to find a way to push to get results in a way that motivates rather than intimidates.

As a direct result of working with Bob, I successfully negotiated a unique partnership with one of our largest clients. I navigated the discussions with focus, communicating crucial conversations in a relaxed and purposeful way.

Bob showed me how to use a variety of tools to help avoid and deal with burnout; I recognize when I need to push myself and work long hours and when to pull back, allowing myself to recover and get back to normal.

Bob created an environment that encouraged me to participate and push beyond my comfort levels. Articulate and intelligent, Bob exemplified the link between knowing your higher purpose and becoming an effective leader.

Bob and I focused primarily on executive presence: leading when you need to lead, grounding others around a goal, and knowing when to follow.

From our very first coaching session, I was able to apply techniques and see results immediately. He helped me not only achieve an inspiring vision for leading my team but helped in delivering business results in a very consolidated time frame.

Bob understands that the social selling sales landscape is quickly changing. By getting back to basics in this new world, he helped me articulate my value as well as identify my core values.

Bob brings a great balance of classic leadership fundamentals and holistic methodologies. I’m more mindful of how I approach setting expectations (and raising the bar when appropriate) with my direct reports.

Rather than work on theoretical exercises, we dug into real scenarios. With Bob’s coaching, I’m more confident in initiating hard conversations while at the same time authentically sharing more of myself with my direct reports.

One of the lessons that really stood out for me centered around pressure you can handle more than you think. It’s less about the pressure and more about how you handle it.

In a culture where change and transitions occur frequently, it requires one to be adaptable and flexible. Yet through those subtle adjustments and accommodations, you can lose your sense of self, your sense of purpose and focus.