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Partial Client List

• Bank of America
• CNET
• Camico Insurance
• Cisco Systems
• City of Oakland
• City of San Leandro
• Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
• eBay
• Irwin Home Equity
• John Muir Medical Center
• Kaiser Permanente
• NUMMI
• O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• PacifiCare
• Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
• Rocketdyne
• SAP
• Stanford Business School
• University of Michigan Business School (Ross)
• Wells Fargo

Testimonials

“We have experienced significant improvements in our team's effectiveness and in my personal managerial success through Kerrie's work coaching me individually and working with my team. Her abilities to provide a different perspective, focus on the business, skill in understanding the people, and straightforward usable feedback were invaluable tools contributing to my success as a Vice President and our success as a team.”

- Chris Piety, Vice President of Claims, Camico Insurance.

'(Kerrie’s coaching) helped me better understand what my values, strengths, and areas of improvements are. I applied them to my new job and saw improvements very soon."

Engineer and MBA student, Cisco Systems

“Kerrie’s facilitation played a huge role in soliciting honest feedback (during our Teambuilding retreat.)"

Director, Kaiser Permanente

'Kerrie is nothing short of amazing!"

—participant in Claims department Teambuilding retreat.

'(This was) one of the most exciting programs I’ve attended."

—participant in Coaching for HR and Business Leaders at NCHRA.

“I definitely feel better about what I’m doing and have more confidence.”

"I respect your opinion and I like the feedback you give to me. This coaching has been the single most important thing I’ve gone through (since transitioning from engineer to manager).”

"Kerrie is a great facilitator – very relaxed yet professional, highly intelligent and sensitive to the needs of the group. The coaching model is very helpful. I plan to use it a lot. I liked the information on listening, recapping and action planning. I’m intrigued by the idea of using this in succession planning.”

"Excellent facilitator …”
“It was a great meeting …”
“My move to this department was to enhance my career, and today demonstrates that I’m headed in the right direction.”

“Kerrie, you are good at what you do. More power to you.”
“I loved the examples.”
“Very useful and immediately applicable tools and information …”
“An insightful and engaging presentation that stimulated lots of thought and ideas …”
“I appreciate the opportunity for interaction.”
“Great job. Very informative.”

“We first offered the Coaching Clinic to our managers in 2002. Since that time, the communication that occurs between managers and employees has been more meaningful and beneficial. Not only are the annual performance review discussions more productive, but managers are finding time throughout the year to engage in “coaching moments” with their staff. These unplanned candid discussions cover topics from career planning to problem resolution to setting personal and profession goals. We look forward to more Coaching Clinics.”

“Kerrie's presentation tonight was very insightful and offered some practical information that can be put to use immediately. She speaks from experience. Very inspiring!”

“Kerrie's talk encouraged me to step forward and be counted!”

“Excellent content, effective use of personal experience, good use of statistics. Your speaking style is very engaging and warm. You come across as educated, sincere and wanting to improve the “lot” of women. Your approach is considered and careful – keep in that groove.”

“Great information; very informative. Great use of humor and keeping it “light” at times.”

“You’re been wonderful and amazing. I’ve kept our discussions at the top of my mind and think about (our coaching) all the time. What changed me and my interactions with my management team was your constant guidance and reminders on how to stay the course. I now feel armed for the next set of challenges.”

“Kerrie is very skilled at helping me to identify key factors that are keeping the team from performing effectively, and coming up with ways to instigate change that benefit both the team and my own personal needs. As a coach, Kerrie was always friendly and upbeat, but also really challenged me to appreciate various perspectives and take on the hard issues. Kerrie always managed to find a perfect balance between giving suggestions for ways to deal with management issues and challenging me to come up with the ideas on my own. I couldn’t recommend her more highly.”

“As a result of the coaching, I am already seeing that my team management techniques have improved and I am getting positive feedback. The most positive aspect was the ability to voice my concerns and areas of improvement to get an objective assessment. Throughout the session, I was prompted for solutions to the issues I’ve raised – this is more gratifying than having the solution given to me.”

“I feel your questionnaire gave you good insight to my needs and you asked me insightful questions, so I could come up with answers to my issues, instead of just telling me what I need to do.”

Your speech "How to Succeed in Business... without being a Man” was very motivational and thought-provoking; the audience enjoyed it a lot.

- Howard Wang, Customer Engineering Team Lead--Adobe