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"I have worked with Diane on several projects. Her guidance and leadership on these projects was and is outstanding. She allows and encourages participation and input. Her tireless attention to detail and drive to succeed shows in every project. Diane's dedication to the development of our Commercial Sales training program has resulted in national recognition for its design and implementation. Diane is a true professional in every sense and a valuable asset to any organization."
Michael Thompson CWS-V MST
Regional Sales Manager, Culligan International
"The opportunity to work with Diane on the training team for Commercial Sales Development was an extreme pleasure. Her attention to detail and organization allowed me to focus on the material and student needs to deliver a respected and awarded program. Diane's professionalism was appreciated and the expectations of her work demonstrated a passion for excellence."
Michael McFarland
Regional Dealership Development and Training, Culligan International
"Diane combines impressive skills and experience with an unmatched ability to reach out to others, understand their strengths, and blend them with hers to build a strong team. Her low-key approach, collaborative nature and embrace of best practices quickly wins allies. She delivers strategic, high-volume, high-quality work on her own, or can guide and develop others to achieve superior results."
Matt Greenberger
Manager of Internal Communications, RR Donnelley
"As a Strategic Accounts Manager, I found Diane to be one of the most efficient, organized, functionally creative people in the company. Team oriented yet able to initiate and complete projects on her own. Meets project timelines without cutting corners. Diane projects professionalism in every meeting whether in front of internal or external customers. Respected and well liked by all co-workers."
Howard Knaizer
Manager, Strategic Accounts, Moore Corporation
"During Moore's reorganization, Diane had a positive attitude and take charge approach to getting the job done with less resources and many challenges. Her background and contacts in marketing coupled with her creative know-how enabled Moore to keep projects moving without delay. Diane proved herself a strong manager and a great role model. I would enjoy working with her again in the future."
Cynthia Slotten
Director, Communications, Moore Corporation
"As the leader of the Premier Steering Committee at Moore, Diane was an exceptional strategic thinker. Our team rolled out the largest customer program in company history. Diane brought excellent insights, a collaborative leadership style and a passion for exceeding customer expectations. I have been associated with some wonderful leaders in my career, and Diane is clearly one of the best."
Bill Hughes
Director Healthcare Sales, Moore North America
"Diane is a creative and strategic thinker with the ability to quickly assess projects and their execution. Strong ethics and integrity are among her values. Diane easily articulates tactical and strategic projects and demonstrates exceptional communication abilities. Diane is a passionate professional and possesses an extremely high energy level."
Christine Schaefer
Market Manager, Alcan Packaging
"Diane was responsible for creating the training programs, Quality Assurance programs and delivery systems. Diane's program and her staff were recognized throughout the company as exemplary of a world-class training program. When our Customer Service Representatives began interacting with our customers they were better prepared and supported than any others in the industry. Highly recommended."
Mike Southwood
Director, National Customer Service Center,
Moore Corporation
"As a coach, Diane is incredibly professional, disciplined, empathetic, honest and caring. All the things you would want in a coach who is helping you to achieve all you can imagine. She offers fantastic advice and clear direction on how to get what you are trying to accomplish. She has helped me to stay motivated and focused to achieve my dreams and I owe all my success now and in the future to her direction and mentoring."
James Duffey
Leadership Coach Client
"Diane is one of those people who gives everything her all. She is incisive, focused and extremely genuine. She has a great sense of self. I met Diane when she was going through a transition and trying to figure out the next part of her career. She had lofty goals - all of which she has reached. She created a plan and a vision for herself and followed that to develop business relationships and a consulting role that suits her to a t. What I admire most about Diane is her willingness to look deep and stay true to herself. She has turned her passion into an opportunity to share her secrets and helps others take the same steps she took to create their own path. Whether you are looking for business or personal growth, I highly recommend working with Diane."
Kathy Lichtenstein, CMF
Senior Career Transition Coach - Adjunct, BPI Group
"Diane uses a unique inter-personal process which is very powerful. I had previously worked with other goal systems in various corporate and personal contexts, but, through her guidance, I found major progress in developing a mission statement at an important transition stage. Diane made it a very practical and rewarding experience."
John H.
Attorney
"I am counting my blessings today because I was privileged to work with Diane on creating a mission statement for my purpose. The process and results were surprising and better than I expected. Her inquiries into my passions, my authentic longings, and so much more brought me into more inspiration, excitement and direction. I felt completely comfortable and safe to be my most vulnerable and expansive self. Her gentle, wise, warm nature, focus, and quiet power really helped me synthesize my mission with a flow and peace about it. I felt lead in a natural way, my favorite way of all.
I now have a clear direction in one sentence, a new mantra for my business and life. It all flows together. Now I can actively put it on my website, business cards, blog, and keep it as focus when I am planning personal and business events. I am so grateful. I feel like she helped write a book in one sentence about my life purpose in just one or two hours. I’m looking forward to the next step of creating my vision statement."
Katie Klatt Bowen, M.Ed.
Certified Yoga Instructor
"Diane has been my business coach for less than 6 months and I'm completely satisfied with what she has done for my practice, Red Coral Acupuncture, and my non-profit organization, Himalaya Project. Results, results, results! For both of my companies, Diane has helped me establish my goals and take practical steps in realizing them. I've grown my practice considerably since we began working together, which has led to a increase in clientele, therefore, her services are of high value to me. What I'm most pleased with is that she's shown me how to take control of my path in my non-profit business and personal business, which has increased the quality of my life considerably. For that I'm grateful and would highly recommend Diane to my colleagues interested in bringing their goals to fruition."
Mark Sobralske, L.Ac, Dipl, OM
Owner, Red Coral Acupuncture and Executive Director, Himalya Project
"My thanks for a deeply engaging, thoughtful and provocative Vision Statement workshop. I came – not exactly skeptical – but wondering if such a presentation could be useful to me. I came away with a decided, "Yes!" Powerful, stimulating, and one I would highly recommend."
Rosamond Campbell
Workshop Participant
"Thank you very much for your excellent workshop on identifying our Mission Statement. While I thought I had my mission statment pretty well mapped out, your workshop helped me better state what it is. You've been an inspiration to me!"
Irwin Myers
President, Video One Productions, Workshop Participant