Our Clients Have Their Say
Valued Advisor
I greatly valued your insight, creativity and energy in working with us. An important element of your effectiveness was your ability to collaborate with a wide range of different internal constituencies. Each of these groups saw you as a true partner, even when you were prodding us beyond our comfort zones.
- President and CEO, Fortune 500 industrial products company
Janice and Joanne are willing and helpful coaches, and the entire product mix is cost-effective. I highly recommend Vision First as professional, value-added firm with whom it has been my pleasure to work.
- HR Executive, Fortune 500 energy company
You helped us organize our meetings and to focus in on what we wanted to achieve. Then, with your assistance and expertise, we were able to plan the two-day innovation workshop and create meaningful activities for the staff. The activities went over really well, and we’ve saved the output to use for follow-up.
- Chair, school district professional development committee
You added immeasurably to the meeting, which by all accounts, was a big success. We are grateful to you for your leadership and insight. And it was a joy to work with you!
- President, non-profit think tank
Engaging Many, Building Common Ground
We have never before attempted to involve such a large and diverse group in the development of the company’s strategy and it was very clear that engaging this group we very motivational and energizing.
- President and CEO, Fortune 500 industrial products company
Your expertise in bringing divergent views into a consensus and unified gestalt was quite successful. We are now capable of moving toward a common goal.
- School District Superintendent
Participants leave with a renewed commitment to be more involved and we have noticed a much higher level of buy-in to our long and short term objectives.
- CEO, non-profit social services organization
At our planning retreat, our board and staff ended the day energized and excited about the future. We were able to work together effectively within and across constituency groups, reach concrete decisions, and set future priorities.
- Executive Director, economic development organization
Effective Tools & Methods
Your tools made it easy for each of the facilitation teams to quickly establish an engaging and dynamic workshop.
- Business Unit President, Fortune 100 financial services company
The process you designed was fast-paced, substantive and productive and the results after three days exceeded all of our expectations.
- President and CEO, Fortune 500 industrial products company
We have found that Vision-in-a-Box® is an excellent tool for our HR professional toolkit, and the process is fast and fun, yet achieves strong outcomes. We see many different applications for advancing our business goals and providing important leadership skills to our line managers - two things that are high on our priority list.
- HR Executive, Fortune 500 energy company
Impact
Our business unit achieved the highest scores out of 27 units in the company on a semi-annual associate satisfaction survey. I feel strongly that this success was due, in part, to the level of engagement we were able to establish throughout the business unit using your program.
- Business Unit President, Fortune 100 financial services company
Lots of really good feedback. I look at the quality of the output and the depth of reflection in terms of the "takeaways" for individuals - both were extremely good.
- HR Executive, Fortune 100 global bank
The term “empowered” has perhaps been overused over the past decade, but I can find no better word to describe what has happened in our organization as a result of your program.
- CEO, non-profit social service organization