Client Testimonials
Here are some key comments from satisfied clients
SVP Large Tech Company
“Patrick came to support me in my transition to VP. I had waited a long time for this opportunity and wanted to make the most of it. What I learned is that to succeed and prosper at the next level I needed to think more about the impact across the enterprise, to think more strategically, to be bold and to act with authority and to better link my communications to actions. And I was given a job that no one had ever done before and was very important to our organization. Working with Patrick I was able to successfully put the ideas into action and to help move our team forward in the right direction.”
Executive Director Large Health Care and Tech
“I first worked with Patrick when I took on a new high level training role in a very large company. He and his team of four were engaged in doing the organizational research for how to change our deliverables in a rapidly changing organization and marketplace. Later, in a new role and new company, I brought him in again to engage in gathering performance and developmental feedback in our rapidly growing global company. This was a very tough task given our leadership. I am now at another tech company and the leader of our training efforts. Again, I’ve recommended with enthusiasm that we bring him in to support our leaders with his high caliber executive coaching skills. He knows how to quickly learn about the business and culture and then how to approach each leader in a way that supports their development.”
COO Health Care
“I first hired Patrick about 17 years ago while I was a VP at a very large healthcare organization. I first hired him to help me develop one of my leaders who was very talented but very difficult to work with. We moved on to having him help us coach quite a number of our young and talented leaders as well as some organizational development projects. I continued to use him over the course of 15 years and then brought him on to help with my new team in my new role as COO of another health care organization. I simply told my boss that this is the guy to help us get our team to jell.”
VP Strategy
“I believe what he does best though is to support emerging leaders by taking them to the next level. He has worked now with more than 25 of our leaders and many have been promoted not only once but twice. He has the competence, gravitas and ability to connect with a wide range of leaders.
There is some magic involved but I also think he is just very good at what he does. I trust my leaders with him because he has taken the time to learn our business and our culture and then brings a structured yet personalized approach to supporting leaders in elevating their impact to a level beyond what they thought possible.”
SVP Business Development Energy
“He and a colleague provided tremendous support to myself and my leadership team in learning how to lead: set good examples, do what you say you are going to do, drive results while acting respectfully and ethically and set a direction that others are interested in and want to follow.
One project that he initiated with me was in the development of organizational values. He challenged me to list my personal values which I eventually did. He then developed a process which included my leadership team to develop our organizational values beginning with my own personal values. This was an extremely successful exercise as we developed a set of values (RAISE – Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Safety & Excellence) that became the cornerstone of our organization and attributes everyone was expected exhibit.”
