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“My company is a medium size Broadband Telecommunications provider. Our current revenue is $570M and our employee base is a little over 1330 team members. We have had a long standing (three year+) relationship with Clear Impact Consulting Group. We have engaged them in strategic planning sessions, individual and group development, individual coaching assignments and group facilitation. Their depth of knowledge and experience has been invaluable to our leadership team of over 70 key executives.

Their style is professional, yet relaxed. Their approach is thorough, thoughtful, customized and comprehensive. We have recommended their services to several other business leaders and organizations within and outside of our industry.

I would strongly endorse your selection of the Clear Impact team. If you have any further questions or wish to have more specifics, feel free to contact my office at 720 479 3501.”

Thank you,

Colleen Abdoulah, President and CEO, WOW! Internet Cable Phone

Telephone 720 479 3501, Email cabdoulah@wideopenwest.com

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“My engagement with Clear Impact lasted less than a year, but it made a lifetime of difference.  With much admiration and a touch of awe, it is a privilege to share what a wonderful contribution Joel and Sandra made to my company.  Their firm is aptly named.  The business world is deluged with endless “how to” prescriptions, all searching for excellence.  Most of these formulae do not very well translate into game changing action steps.  Joel and Sandra on other hand, teach practical, realistic ideas, the value of which is measured by the clear impact they make on organizational success.

 Three obstacles particularly impede companies from reaching their potential.  First, when strains occur, there is a gross over-tendency to blame people when the root issue is more about structure and incentives.  Second, without leadership, clarity and purpose, all humans tend toward “wanting their cake and eat it too”.  And third, the daily grind causes leaders to lose sight that at its most basic level, true success is measured more by growth in the human spirit, than growth in the bottom line.  It is not that the bottom line is unimportant, but rather that it is most achievable through the power and potential of the human spirit.   

 Relative to these obstacles, Clear Impact offers wisdom and insight.  They teach a vocabulary by which we can communicate as we raise the performance level of our organizations.  Meaning is poured into terms like 100% Responsibility, Fundamental Attribution Error, Strategist Level Thinking, Engagement, Internal and External Context.  Through simple truths, ideas are illuminated and teams are aligned around common purpose.  Trust and honesty deepen, and the human spirit soars.  The bottom line follows, and what a way to get there.  There is not much more rewarding than that.

 I believe that Joel’s and Sandra’s great capabilities are the product of their commitment to study, learning and innovation.  They are consummate professionals.  I would put them forth as leaders in their field.  I will forever be indebted to how much they have added to my own tool chest, and to that of my organization.”

 David H. Cameron, President and CEO, The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC

Telephone   617-248-6206     Email cameron.dh@tbcam.com

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"I watched people in my company become strong group advocates with diminished personal needs but with enhanced group goals. People became better able to hold clear positions that were reasonable and less cluttered by the shadows that plague us all.”

Larry Gold, COB and CEO, Somalogic, Inc.

 Telephone 303-625-2060   Email lgold@somalogic.com

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“The training provided by Clear Impact was some of the most rewarding and reinvigorating of my life. It was remarkably insightful and of immediate and lasting value in both my professional and personal lives. Our team is more united as well as more efficient, and finds the tools are equally valuable when applied to working across the organization. Bottom line —it helps eliminate wasted time and effort.”

Mark Peters, Former Director of Customer Advocacy, Storage Technologies, Inc.

Email MarkDPeters@msn.com

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"I have known Sandra Hill for over a decade and have worked closely with her on several occasions when employed at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. I would use Sandra again to help build any team that I was a part of. She was effective and a pleasure to work with."

Bruce I. Galler, Former Software Development Manger, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Email bruce@galler.me

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“Clear Impact Consulting Group was engaged by SOM to assist us in improving the working environment and business effectiveness of our Washington office. Clear Impact is a thoroughly engaged and completely committed consulting group who were successful by emphasizing human interaction as the core of business effectiveness and who by their skillful and supportive coaching have greatly assisted us  achieving our business goals in Washington.”

Carl Galioto, FAIA, Former Partner, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, now Senior Principal, HOK

Telephone 212-981-7399, Email Carl.Galioto@hok.com

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“As you rise in the leadership ranks of a company, it is difficult to find confidantes with whom you can share your challenges and struggles and receive competent help to work through issues, without appearing weak and ineffective and jeopardizing your career opportunities, both current and future. After 6 months of working with Joel, I have a new perspective and am actually enjoying my position again.  My management team is demonstrating more energy, more effectiveness, more empowerment and we are starting to see some better results on some of our metrics.   I have a new lease on life and feel encouraged that I can be effective in my role and deliver the results that are expected of me and my department.  I would recommend executive coaching for any senior leader who is experiencing difficulties that they don’t feel that they are being successful in resolving even though they are smart and successful individuals.  This is a terrific way to “confidentially” work to improve personal and professional effectiveness.  My sessions with Joel have been career saving.” 

Mary Howell, VP Implementation. Automatic Data Processing

Email  MARY_HOWELL@adp.com

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“The improvement in our employees’ attitudes and my ability to influence their behavior after our teambuilding work is simply stunning. Joel and Sandra helped enable me to lead our organization and develop relationships within our organization that I was never able to before.."

Alice Starek, Former Proprietor, Gold Lake Mountain Resort & Spa

Email starek@almadesigns.com

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“Joel and Sandra have helped us create a much more productive and positive work environment by teaching us how to respect and accommodate different personalities. Their engaging workshops made it a pleasure for everybody to participate, and proved to be of lasting value.”

Wolfgang Pieken, Ph.D., Former Chief Executive Officer, Proligo, LLC

Email wpieken@ventac-partners.com

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 "Throughout your career you run across various tools and techniques that give you an edge, Clear Impact’s services can give you that edge both in your business and personal relationships. I would highly recommend it to all business professionals, especially those who work in a matrixed environment."

Pete Koliopoulos, VP Global Channel Marketing, EMC

Telephone 508-293-6900, Email Koliopolos_oete@emc.com

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“I was aware that there were areas I could be stronger, more sure of myself, competencies that were not A+, but overall I was confident in my abilities to lead my business to success. I was extremely busy every day, helping to grow my company’s business and deal with important issues. Could I afford the time to work on a few topics that needed some minor tweaking? Wouldn’t I continue to grow and develop as I have in the past from my own learning, through occasional feedback from my manager, and once a year development training? Was it worth it to have a Coach?

I’ve always been open to feedback. I knew that to improve you had to understand where to invest your focus. At some point in my career I became an Executive and the daily or weekly feedback became a conversation a couple times a year about the business and my role and the future.

I didn’t realize how valuable Executive Coaching could be to me until Joel and I had spent about 6 months working together. Joel helped me to be more aware of my interactions, more introspective of my own actions and the desired outcomes for myself and whomever I was interacting with. With Joel’s help I began to more effectively manage my career by focusing on each critical interaction rather than hundreds of email inbox items. I realized that addressing challenges was not about responding to an email by showing I had experience and knew a lot of answers. Managing my career wasn’t just about managing my business results, it was also about constantly developing myself and understanding betterwhat corporate leadership expectations were, and not just once but ongoing.

The changes I have made were subtle but they’ve made a difference to me in my career. I now feel I am more actively managing my career and serving the needs of my managers, peers, boss, and corporation better. I recognize Joel didn’t do this by himself. He needed someone willing to be honest with himself and willing to work hard to change.

This Executive Coaching experience with Joel Rothaizer of Clear Impact Consulting is likely the most valuable professional development of my career.”

Curt Lurie, DVP, GM, ADP Service, Western Region, Automatic Data Processing

Phone 443-745-0053, Email curt_lurie@adp.com

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“What struck me the most was their depth of connection with the staff. It went beyond the traditional consultant role. They stuck with everybody through the ups and the downs, and led to an extremely positive outcome. They also modeled the behaviors they espoused, reflected behaviorally the values they taught, and that created congruence that established legitimacy.”

Terry Benjamin, Executive Director, Emergency Family Assistance Association, Inc.

Email terry@efaa.org

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“The majority of our 12 member team had joined the company during the past year.  Although we were all individual experts in the areas we managed, teamwork productivity for our management team would also be crucial to our success.  Clear Impact quickly provided us a basis on which to better recognize our personal strengths and how to use those strengths to work more effectively together.  You helped establish some baselines for our personal interactions, and made it fun to learn more about the others in our organizations.  To this day, I find myself continuing to use the tools that you provided, and sharing them with my team, peers, and managers.  Since working with Clear Impact our team productivity has increased dramatically, as has my understanding of my own strengths and challenges and how to work most effectively within them.”

Derek E. Weeks, VP Product Marketing, Systar, Inc.

Email weeks@systar.com

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“Joel and Sandra illuminate the dark corners of corporate manager interpersonal dynamics. They bring uncommon intelligence and flexibility to training sessions with hard-bitten executives as well as with neophyte employees. Their natural teamwork inspires confidence and promotes group interaction. Through Joel and Sandra I discovered and dealt with barriers to my own effectiveness as a leader, and I learned valuable lessons in how to promote better group dynamics within my organization.”

Paul Schmidt, Ph.D. Former Vice President, NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Email paul@boulderscience.com

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“Joel was my executive coach for the period of one year. Because of Joel’s coaching of me, I am a very different executive.  I have recognized my strengths and leverage them for the benefit of the business and driving bottom line success.  I now have the ability to recognize the driving style and ecosystem of the corporation and more importantly, the executive team, and modify my style to best become a key team member.  Moreover, courageous leadership is a key differentiator of an effective executive.  My ability to influence change and lead courageously has been significantly improved because of Joel’s ability to coach and mentor."

Stacy Dumas, Former Chief Information Officer, Spectralink, Inc.

Email sdumas@qwest.net

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