“Barbara is one of those people that you want in your corner. Her approach is strategic, thorough, tenacious and creative. She has the ability to congeal disparate forces and leverage like-mindedness to everyone's advantage. She's the ultimate win-win expert.”

" We hired Barbara to provide four sessions of training for our mid-level and executive management. She did an excellent job of adapting to the culture of the company and keeping the level of the content on target. In our evaluations at the conclusion of the training, there were numerous requests for her to provide additional training which indicates the level of satisfaction with Barbara we experienced."

                               Scott Sheaffer, Training and Development Manager at Allied Electronics, Inc.

“Barbara has been my business coach for the past three years. Her depth of knowledge has allowed me to polish my skills and drive my company to greater growth. She listens intently, asks intelligent questions and offers great ideas and solutions. She has advised me generally and specifically during the selling process. If you need to polish your business and sales skills, you should choose Barbara"

                               Tom Stanley, President, Retail Merchandising Solutions

“Barbara is a terrific coach who encourages you to do your best then holds you accountable to follow through! She's been a great cheerleader for me as a woman owned business. Barbara has a way of focusing your thoughts to what will fit in the strategic framework of your goals. She has helped me do some things I would not have had the courage to do without her support.”

                                Maria Brock, President, MBA Productions

“Barbara coached me with my job interview preparation while I was undergoing a career transition. The coaching we did was a big part my landing my new job.My first reaction at our first meeting was she is very honest in her approach, which I value highly. If she does not know about something or its not her area of expertise, she will tell you and even find you a good resource. She is very friendly, easy to work with and makes you feel comfortable from the very beginning. She was very creative and excellent at getting the best out of you by helping you evaluate yourself. I would not hesitate for a moment in recommending her to anyone looking for a coach to help in their career transition and development. I plan to work with her again as I settle in to my new position to make sure my transition is successful.”

                                Hitesh Mehta, Software Engineer, Dell Computer

“Barbara’s seminar matched our needs very well and was customized to take into account our international scope. I was a tad concerned about a trainer that would be too much of a rah-rah cheerleader and how that might turn my folks off. That didn’t happen. It was wonderful. I was very pleased, as was my team.”

“My business partner and I hired Barbara for sales and management consulting. Barbara is a very intuitive consultant who was often able to put her finger on a situation or solution that worked perfectly for our business. She helped us craft a value proposition for our clients that truly describes what we do best. She also provided effective management training for our staff. She is wonderful!”

                                Amy Lou Abernethy, President, AMP

                            

“I provided executive search services to Barbara when she was a VP at Meisel. She has outstanding leadership and people management skills and is highly effective in bringing out the best in people. She is adept at problem-solving and resolving the kinds of issues that exist in the typical corporation. With Barbara's experience and skill set, she is ideally suited to provide executive coaching to individuals and corporations. I highly recommend Barbara for any position that requires strong leadership and excellent people skills.”

                                Jack Hurst, President, Jack Hurst and Associates

 

“Barbara is polished, a great communicator and follows through. I would have her on my team anytime.”

"Barbara gave me fresh awareness about ways to apply strategies I already knew, coupled with new concepts that were interesting and relevant to my professional growth. She has a delivery style that is engaging, puts everyone else at ease and ready to listen to the vital concepts she shares. She has an ability to read people and anticipate direction of conversations very, very, well. Simply one of the best presenters I have listened to.”

“I’ve always loved listening to what Barbara has to say. She lights up a room and holds our interest with great content married to great delivery. Her seminar addressed the issues I realize now have been hampering my efforts to build my business. She is gifted with great intuition, can really read her audience and is about as real as it gets. I loved it!”

“I highly recommend Barbara’s program on selling. It gave me ideas about how to shake up my own sales presentations   and resulted in landing new clients. She’s a great personality who never met a stranger and a total professional.”

“Barbara is a talented motivator and teacher. She has the ability to see things from all sides, which helps her communicate on all levels. She keeps you interested and engaged, which makes her a wonderful presenter and communicator.”

“Barbara’s has great insight, listened and gave meaningful advice. She was great at facilitating discussion, gave us a lot of good suggestions and had great open ended questions that made us think about how we are handling various situations. Her seminar helped me to learn more about myself, my colleagues and my customers, specifically about their behavior and how I can learn to react differently in different situations.“

“Sales can be intimidating; however Barbara made it non-threatening and was able to put it into context for all of us. The day was informative, fun, and engaging.”

“Barbara’s sales skills course is informative, thought-provoking, challenging, transformational and fun. I have already put into practice her ideas for better listening skills; I am not offering solutions right off the bat, and am doing a better job asking open-ended questions. She challenged me to view sales in a new light and gave me the coaching boost I needed.”