Testimonials
A selection of testimonials from clients are included here - for further feedback you can check out Yvonne's listing on Trustcite, a website service that provides a platform for independent feedback.
Coaching Feedback:
"Overall I have found coaching to have been an extremely rewarding and enriching experience. Initially they offered me the chance to step back from my day to day activities to attempt to objectively review the way in which I approached situations at work including: how I managed conflict; dealt with stress; perceived and coped with difficult relationship issues; and responded to team members’ differing expectations about quality and performance."
Programme Director, Auckland
Yvonne is open, honest and approachable and has great emotional intelligence. She understands the corporate world, has diverse experience and knowledge to draw on and can relate to the pressures females sometimes face. Yvonne's approach guides personal journey and self discovery instead of dictating answers. I found Yvonne was great at helping me reflect on different ways to handle situations and understanding other peoples learning and communication styles and how they react under pressure . Yvonne quickly helps peel back the layers to get to the root cause of an issue and challenges your way of thinking with relationship problem solving. Yvonne would be a great ongoing mentor!
Senior Manager, Banking, Auckland
Thank you so much for helping me realise that my integrity is still in tact and what sort of environment I have managed myself into. It is a breath of fresh air to have someone to talk to who can teach me to find the 'light' rather than simply giving me the 'light'.
Business Development Manager, Auckland
I have greatly appreciated the engagement with an external coach as someone who is independent of my environment. I feel safe sharing details of work-related matters knowing that they will be viewed objectively and that potential solutions will be achieved – even if some of these are self-generated in the course of this open and honest discussion. I feel that over the course of the last 12 months or so I have been able to grow immensely in confidence in managing a diverse team of individuals, regardless of their backgrounds and styles.
Programme Director, Auckland
Facilitation Testimonials:
Just a quick note to say ‘Well Done’. I really enjoyed your presentation on acknowledgement this morning. It was great to get a deeper understanding of this. I particularly found it useful to explore the difference between compliment and acknowledgement. The way you worked through this helped me to get to grips with it much more than I had previously. I also loved your stories to reinforce the key messages and learning. You have a lovely way of presenting Yvonne and should keep looking for opportunities to do more. It is a great skill to have.
Alyson Keller, Managing Director, Centre for Enabling Leadership
‘The workshop [The Coaching Clinic] allowed me to refresh and expand on current knowledge plus giving me the opportunity for a paradigm shift. I can and will apply this knowledge in my workplace immediately.’
Pam Hayes, Integrated Employment Solutions, Auckland
It was highly practical which is a great way to learn. The best parts were the informal chats we had among the group sharing our experiences which is testament to Yvonne’s fantastic facilitation and ability to make everyone feel at ease.
JE, Feel the Fear & Do It Anyway® participant, Auckland
Testimonials
You can find objective and uninfluenced feedback for Strategic Direction on the Trustcite website.
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