EXECUTIVE
COACHING TESTIMONIALS:
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT JEFF WOLF AS AN EXECUTIVE
COACH
What a few people who Jeff
has been privileged to work with are saying:
"Jeff Wolf
has become our resource in assisting leaders to not only identify
but correct and grow key development issues. The coaching he has
provided on an individual basis has given valuable insight and
helped our staff gain perspective in terms of managing relationships,
prioritizing, strategic thinking, and confidence. He is the utmost
in professionalism whether he is helping with business or personal
issues. Jeff is THE person to go to when you need assistance in
growing your management team."
Conny Smith-Jones, Human Resource
Manager, TransWorld Media/Division Time Warner
"Jeff Wolf
of Wolf Management Consultants continues to be an excellent resource
identifying core development issues in star performers. The individual
assessments have provided valuable insight and helped our staff
gain perspective in terms of managing relationships, thinking strategically,
and establishing clear, measurable goals for themselves. The key
to success of Jeff's team is ensuring the right match between the
consultant and client, and the flexibility of a program designed
to meet the specific needs of the client. Jeff is the first person
we call when looking for coaching."
Mary Lou Finn, SVP, Human
Resources Relationship Manager, Ketchum Worldwide
"One is always hesitant to write a testimonial touting the work of a company or individual. That is not the case with Jeff Wolf! He has engaged our company 110% and has turned around many of our key leaders with his unique style and coaching ability. Jeff has the capacity to quickly assess an individual, using their strengths to help guide them in the right direction. He helps his clients create a vision, think strategically, hold people accountable and execute their initiatives. When our company taps into the executive coaching arena again, Jeff Wolf will be the first person I call!"
Michael B. Smith, Vice President Operations, Islands Restaurants
"Jeff was hired to coach and support our leadership
team through a complicated organizational change. His upbeat candor,
willingness to listen, and sensible style helped us develop better
working relationships, focus on team goals, improve customer focus,
restore balance, and deliver results. Jeff’s practical analysis
and sound advice helped me embrace a new role within our team that
requires clear focus, innovation and leadership that is essential
for organizational effectiveness, sustainability and business results."
Kaye Shipley, National
Director, State Government Affairs, Abbott Laboratories
"As a coach, Jeff Wolf will forever have a positive
impact on my approach to leadership. I found his perspectives
thoughtful and insightful, and his communication style was balanced
with candor and professionalism. My engagement with Jeff began
at a time when I found myself in a newly expanded leadership
role managing several disciplines that were previously unfamiliar
to me. Jeff’s
experience and viewpoints were extremely helpful to me in strengthening:
- Focus and commitment to delivering a consistent vision for
my business unit;
- Drive growth through people;
- Provide an environment to encourage risk taking and accountability
My time with Jeff has influenced my professional
development, thus constructively impacting my direct organization
and ultimately, our end consumers."
Brian Siegel,
Vice President, Consumer Direct Sales, Sony Electronics
"Having an executive management coach can benefit most people but letting them change your behavior can be difficult. Through insightful questions and the use of real life examples, Jeff Wolf helped me understand how to be a better organizational leader. I came away from every coaching session with a clearer understanding of how people might respond to my actions and how I could improve my skills. My new self awareness then allowed me to improve my leadership style, which ultimately benefited my organization as a whole. A better leader leads to a stronger organization. I have become a believer in the benefits of having an executive coach and Jeff Wolf excels in this role."
Eric Rosenthal, Senior Vice President, Arc Worldwide
"I had no understanding of what to expect when
I entered into a relationship with Jeff Wolf as my Executive Coach
and was not sure how this would enhance my skills
in my new role as a Senior Vice President. I had interviewed
several coaches before deciding that Jeff would
be the best choice.
As I reflect on the months we have worked together,
I can honestly say that the experience and value of having
Jeff as my coach, has been a critical element to integrating with
our Senior Management team. The ability to discuss confidential
and specific situations with a trusted third party and to
receive relevant, solid feedback has been invaluable
to me. Jeff's guidance and direction, based upon
his real world experience, was also an important resource
for me.
The experience was very valuable in allowing me to
navigate the transition from Manager to Senior Vice
President. What to let go, where to focus, how to create
a vision for my team; these are all ways in which Jeff assisted
me in staying ahead of the curve and on the fast track that my
position requires."
Stephen Tate, Senior Vice President Strategic Sales Planning
Consumer Sales, Sony Electronics
"Jeff Wolf has been an unbiased, down-to-earth and objective resource for me while we chart the next steps of our company’s evolution. His ability to ask the right questions then go deeper has been extremely helpful in uncovering root causes of key issues. Jeff doesn’t just give advice but rather enables others to come up with answers themselves. I would highly recommend him to others."
Dave Mullarkey, Vice President, Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences
"Words cannot describe the difference Jeff's coaching has made in my life. Prior to his guidance, my personal career "batteries" were at an all time low. I had always loved my job and had pursued it with bravado. However, for the first time in my thirty year career, I found myself completely apathetic. I had no desire to come to work; much less to pursue the tasks assigned me. At first I was skeptical about the coaching process, and expected this effort would merely prove to be another task on an ever lengthening "to-do" list. Was I ever wrong! Jeff's counsel allowed me to gain a proper perspective on the challenges I faced and to formulate realistic goals for their accomplishment. My life and career have once again become enjoyable."
Scott Shald, Vice President, Bernards
“Working with Jeff over the last three years
has been very enjoyable and a great learning experience. Jeff has
brought his real life experiences to me and helped me through most
of the challenges I have faced in my role. To coin a phrase
Jeff has used with me over and over, “Work on the business
not in the Business”. This single phrase has really
helped me with my business perspective and in my role as president.”
Ken
Egidi, President, Pepper Construction Group
"Jeff
Wolf provided invaluable assistance to us during a critical growth
phase of our organization. The healthcare environment had been
up and down (for consulting) over the past few years and Jeff was
able to assist us in addressing these times with cash flow projections,
marketing to the right entities and staffing issues. Jeff also
helped me achieve personal growth during a difficult time in my
life. I cannot say enough positive things about Jeff."
Nancy
Allcroft, President, Financial HealthSource, LLC
"The operating framework
developed and implemented while working with Jeff Wolf, has enabled
us to focus and operate in a manner that supports growth, delivers
value and consistently overcomes barriers. Jeff has helped us with
the finishing touches, the little things that make an organization
truly professional. The strategies learned will continue to benefit
our organization in numerous positive ways!"
David Mallin,
CEO & COO, Claims Pro, Inc.
"Jeff Wolf's coaching has made a significant impact on me both personally and professionally.
He has helped me understand our issues from different perspectives, challenged me on the areas I needed to address, and counseled me to get beyond the barriers that were holding me back. He has the insight to ask probing questions and get at the heart of the problem, at the same time maintaining the right balance of encouraging, listening, and understanding. As a result, he created in me change rather than resistance.
Our work together has enabled me to be more effective as a leader, a manager, and a co-worker. I now have the personal and professional tools to influence and lead change management across many functions.
When looking for professional development, I highly recommend Jeff Wolf as your coach.”
Shirley Leath, Director, Compensation, Sony Electronics
"Jeff allowed for a focused 360 degree review of
my personal management styles, strengths and weaknesses. From this
perspective we developed plans to capitalize on those strengths
and address weaknesses head-on. Over the course of several months,
with focused one-on-one discussions, coaching, working through
practical daily challenges and creating a mechanism for projects
and follow-up on specific tasks, Jeff helped to bring out the faith
and confidence in my own abilities. Jeff's
coaching emphasized that value is added to any organization through
senior managers drawing on their experiences for problem solving,
presenting honest feedback and well developed solutions to other
members of the senior team. We covered a lot of ground in a short
time span but the experience will have much longer lasting results."
Lewis Jackson, Vice President
of Real Estate & Development, Islands Restaurants, LP
"I have
been working with Jeff Wolf for over three years now and what we
have accomplished together is amazing. He reads my mind and has
been able to give prudent, efficient advice to help me lead my
team through a difficult period in the economy. We have been able
to share just not business issues but personal issues on how I
can better balance my life and achieve the same success at work
and at home. I chose to work with Jeff because he has no real life
experience in the field of business I am in, (I wanted an outsider)
but his skills as a leader can translate into any business environment.
He has proven this time and time again."
Jim Gould, Executive
Director, General Manager, Sofitel Hotel
“I have been working with Jeff Wolf for close
to a year and together we have changed my approach to business,
management development, leadership, and life. His candor, directness,
and compassion have been exactly what I needed to succeed. Jeff
takes you on a journey that results in developing your organizational
talents, improving your approach to developing the people in your
organization, and increasing accountability at all levels. Jeff’s
vast resources, and background as a CEO, can help any business
leader improve. I can guarantee that I will be using what I learned
from Jeff Wolf throughout the rest of my career.”
Jeff Brackey, Director
of Operations - Islands Restaurants
"Jeff Wolf coached
me through two dramatic career transitions: through a job search
and in stepping up to a demanding new leadership role. Throughout
both, Jeff’s counsel was invaluable. He helped me see my "blind
spots"—those traits or habits that I didn’t even
realize I had. During my job search, his compassionate yet no-nonsense
approach kept me focused on the daily work habits that would lead
to a new job. If I thought an offer looked imminent, he reminded
me to keep pushing harder, because a job prospect could unravel
at any time. It turned out to be wise advice. And in my new leadership
role, he broke me of the "to-do list" mentality of a
manager and instilled the leadership mentality of an executive.
He emphasized the importance of truly getting to know my team members
both personally and professionally so that I could better understand
their motivations and win their trust while keeping people accountable.
I am now a far more effective executive than I would have been
without Jeff."
Mike Aabram, Senior
Vice President, Edelman Public Relations
"Jeff Wolf has helped me become more professional and
articulate. He gave me the confidence and poise I needed to articulately
deliver my ideas and truly shine in my new leadership position.
His techniques are easy to follow and implement – and they
work. Jeff isn’t just a coach or a motivator. He's a strategic
partner and friend that I trust and respect. I’m so thankful
for the skills I learned while working with Jeff and I know I'll
use them throughout my career. I can’t thank him enough!"
Alison
Lanham, Executive Director, Ketchum Worldwide
"I have worked
with Jeff Wolf for the past two years. His advice, coaching, and
support have become invaluable assets to me on both a professional
and personal level. Professionally, he helped me accentuate and
build upon my strengths to increase the effectiveness of both myself
and my department. He was also instrumental in helping me identify
areas for improvement, and assisting in developing a strategy to
focus on those areas. What I value most though, has been Jeff’s
friendship, motivation, and support during what was a personally
challenging period in my life and career. I can’t say enough
wonderful things about Jeff, and I look forward to learning more
from him in the future."
Steve Kelley, Director of Finance,
TransWorld Media / Division of the Bonnier Corp.
"Jeff Wolf’s
coaching has been instrumental in helping me to:
- Strengthen
my effectiveness as a leader
- Build a strong team
and positive work environment
- Address challenging
management issues
His wealth of experience as a corporate CEO and
professional coach and trainer enabled Jeff to provide practical,
expert advice to assist me in identifying and implementing solutions
to real-life issues in the workplace. I was impressed by his commitment
to get to know you as a person so that he can help you develop
a customized approach to achieving my professional and personal
goals."
Brian Griffin, Executive
Director of Marketing & Public
Relations, Delnor-Community Hospital
"Jeff, your consistent coaching
skills, professional experience, ideas, and suggestions helped
my career considerably. In the last year I went from the newest
producer on the team to the top salesperson for the year. I often
refer to the ideas, suggestions, and discussions we had last year
to stay motivated and keep my marketing program consistent. I will
value the professional skills I gained through our work and will
value it as a premier experience in training for my career. I appreciate
the skills I learned working with you and believe they will ensure
my professional success throughout my career. "
Cathy Bonfield,
CBIZ Insurance
"I was really rusty at the job search game
when I came to Jeff Wolf for his help in finding a new position.
After 23 years not needing a new job, I had to reintroduce myself
to pretty much all aspects of the process. But that was the easier
part of the experience. I have to thank Jeff for his help and direction
in coaching me through the mental part of the process, in creating
a sense of urgency, crafting an organizational approach, and in
developing a pattern of persistence that began to generate real
leads and several offers that gave me a real choice. My new position
has all the key elements that I looked for, and I have to give
just about all the credit to Jeff and his skill at not only providing
effective direction, but a level of motivation that sustained me
throughout this difficult process."
Nathan Clark, Ph.D., Strategic
Planning, Carol H. Williams Advertising
"As a trial lawyer
who has taken over forty (40) civil and criminal juries to verdict,
I was skeptical when I was told that Jeff Wolf could help me with
my presentation skills. I have frequently spoken at legal seminars
and at client presentations and always received good reviews. Boy,
was I wrong. He took many of the principles I use in the courtroom
and taught me how to modify them for my presentations. Jeff's approach
and teaching methods are highly effective. He can help anyone from
the most senior partner to a new associate to improve the skills
necessary to make an effective and convincing presentation needed
to win a potential client. His training is a must for any attorney
seeking to hone his or her presentation skills."
Steven Puiszis,
Attorney at Law, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
"I have worked
with Jeff Wolf for the last 8 months. I have been successful in
my role as a Director, but always had those "few things" that
plagued me my entire career. Jeff helped me not only identify the
issues, but set a strategy to change some old habits that were
keeping me from moving forward. I feel more in control of my own
destiny, I am accomplishing more, and I have more time to focus
on the development of my direct reports. My results are improving
and Jeff has been an integral part of that process."
Ray
Nosse, Director of Operations – Islands Restaurants
"Having
heard many business development consultants speak in the past,
I was somewhat skeptical about working with another one. But Jeff's
one-on-one coaching sessions changed my mind. He's very personable
and easy to talk to. He was a great resource and sounding board,
helping me come up with business development ideas that hadn't
occurred to me before and to refine and improve on many of the
things I had already been doing. Jeff's coaching was definitely
valuable to me and I am confident that my business development
skills have improved (and will continue to improve) as a result
of my time with him."
Quentin D. Vaughan, Attorney at Law,
Lewis and Roca LLP
"I feel like I have gone through a real
adventure with you. You came into my life at a real
low point-when I was really struggling at my job. You
worked me through the difficult process of leaving
that job, and the daunting –what’s next.
You helped me get myself focused and ready for what
possibilities were out there.
In our time together,
I left a job, survived a fairly acrimonious separation
period, interviewed for several different types of
jobs (in a variety of fields), got my dream job—bought
and sold a house and relocated my family to a part
of the country we never dreamed of living in. It often
felt that every time we talked I was in the middle
of some other seismic shift-but you kept me steady
and on course.
You certainly were very important to
helping me land the job I am currently in. But the
most important thing to me was that you were there
for so many things beyond business-family issues, financial
and emotional. I am very proud of how I handled myself
during this difficult but exciting period. I am also
very aware that I would not have been half as successful
without your strong support and guidance.
Thank
you for everything you did-please let me know when
you need some advice on your book."
Mary McCarthy, Director
of Merchandising, Ingram Books
"Jeff's coaching helped me cultivate a
variety of creative--yet common sense--approaches to business development.
Jeff met me where I was at on the business development ladder and
worked hard to give me a leg up to the next rung. I was particularly
pleased with Jeff's ability to arm me with ideas and strategies
that motivated me to expand my comfort zone to reach out to existing
and potential clients, while simultaneously being sensitive to
my personality and the need to "keep it real." Most important,
Jeff helped me see how I could engage in good business development
practices without unduly infringing on the many other personal
and professional activities that are constantly vying for my time."
Dave
Garner, Attorney at Law, Lewis and Roca LLP
“Jeff Wolf’s coaching
helped grow my knowledge of myself and impact on others
exponentially in a new leadership role. Our strategic
planning and people development sessions expanded my
ability to be prepared for future challenges. Jeff’s
direct approach and partnership style allowed my growth
to bring immediate impact to my job. Jeff, I appreciate
what you taught me and look forward to staying in touch.”
Jason
Gleaton, Director of Operations, Islands Restaurants
"Jeff provided
me with the resources and skills I needed to increase
my efficiency. As a result of our work together, I feel
more confident and productive. Thanks for all your help
and continuing support."
Jason Furedy,
Attorney at Law, Lewis & Roca LLP
"Jeff Wolf has impressive insights and instincts in
the areas of marketing and motivation. He gives terrific and
interesting advice about reaching targets efficiently and effectively.
Jeff is not merely a consultant -- he's a coach, a mentor, and
a guiding hand for any law firm that wants to improve how it
gets and does business."
Hillard
Sterling, Attorney at Law, Freeborn and Peters
"I have worked with three different law firms for over 20
years. Before meeting Jeff, I had always had a very
cynical view of business development coaching. After
meeting with and then working with Jeff over the course of several
months, I gained a genuine appreciation for the insights he can
bring to the table that we as practitioners become blinded to
because we fail to take a step back and look at what we are doing
and what we should be doing for our clients."
Joe
Fogel, Attorney at Law, Freeborn & Peters
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