testimonials

“Steve and his firm helped executive sponsors make challenging decisions, get buy-in from key participants needed for implementation. The tone of the organization changed dramatically and we were able to get focused on key challenges…”

Garry Herback,Vice President Group Marketing & Sales, The Co-operators

“Steve created a very dynamic two day workshop experience. He got through to our entire sales force and they are out there, implementing the tools, having success and integrating them with their styles and the Merix story.”

Boris Bozic, CEO, Merix Financial

“Steve revitalized our national sales management team. He rapidly designed a workshop experience to help our District Sales Managers do two things: focus their sales professionals on higher quality connection with customers and referral sources and better manage and coach quality and quantity of activity. He coaches to a solid set of principles that help people increase their confidence, better put their strengths forward and increase quality deal flow…”

Kevin Conroy, Vice President, Scotiabank National Mortgage Sales

“Steve is very committed to our business being successful – he sees things we need to do and helps us understand how they help us move forward. He delivered much more value for money than other consultants I have worked with…”

Gary Corsi, President and CEO, Spectrum Investments (since sold to CI Funds)

“Steve has always impressed me with his great understanding of the overall business context as opposed to focusing on narrower issues. I would recommend his services to anyone wanting to improve team approach and individual team members’ contributions.”

Marcel Gingras, Executive Vice President, Central Region, Aon Consulting

“Steve’s biggest value is in crossing boundaries and helping to formulate a strategy, going across the organization and bringing people and functions together to perform better. Steve is very strong with groups and people in implementation – solving, focusing, finding higher ways to achieve…”

Suanne Nielsen, Senior Vice President Communications and Human Resources, Foresters

“Steve’s strengths are in integration – he can bring together people and concepts to make them effective. He pulls different elements together – tools and systems that are often left disconnected in sales organizations. He makes sure that execution is connected to and aligned with strategy. He brings people and functions together to makes sure the whole system works…”

Glenn Hymers, Senior Vice President U.S. Sales and Marketing, Foresters


“…Steve was an important part of our transformation. It was clear that it was going to be a remarkable and unique journey. Over the months, I heard and saw many touching examples of personal development. Steve played a very important role in improving people’s lives….

Michael J. White, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foresters



“Steve is a consummate professional, working with very technical and specialized people, helping us develop empathy for clients and understanding the complex stakeholder needs…”

Mike Goffin, Managing Director
Great Lakes and Corporate Affairs, Environment Canada, Ontario Region

“Steve has driven me to strategic considerations that have influenced the overall direction of the business and enhanced our client and sales focus…Improved leadership effectiveness has been leveraged to organizational results with surprising speed.”

Jeff Schmidt, Senior Vice President, Aon Consulting

“Steve has helped me become a significantly better driver of growth at our firm…Steve’s solutions to problems are driven by deep insight, the solutions themselves are always elegantly powerful, practical, and easily implemented...”

Rajiv Silgardo, CEO, Barclays Global

“Our time together yielded sustainable and tangible results predicated upon sound rationale and intuitive discovery. The effect of our high impact time together resonated almost immediately and was felt not only by me but also by my direct reports and peers…”

Tom Gergely, Vice President, Aon Consulting

“Your coaching is very valuable… Your approach is very practical and based on my real situation. You tailor your ideas to my practice and my style…”

Joy Sloane, Partner, Morneau Sobec