Our clients are ready to translate their visions and goals into their current circumstances to yield extraordinary results. We add to their leadership playbook with particular attention to their needs. We insure the coaching plan is relevant, delivers the “know-how” of clear leadership and builds the team dynamics that create a committed “we.”
Our clients come from top tier companies across several industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Entertainment, Financial Services, Grocery, Health Care, Technology and non-profit organizations.
Some of our clients include ADP, ConAgra, Excellence in Motivation, Mattel, Quest Software, Raytheon, Toshiba, Toyota, Unified Grocers, Warner Brothers, and entrepreneurs.
Toyota Motor Sales
“The key challenge for me was to identify areas that would add to my effectiveness as a department leader. We knew that addressing my challenge was a two step process; become aware of where I could be more effective, and determining the ways to enhance those skills sets. Sonia has an uncanny knack for cutting throught corporate murkiness and delving right to the heart of the matter. She is able to easily identify corporate nuances and parallel agendas and give solid direction for navigating obstacles.
Sonia’s coaching helped me to identify the personality drivers of my key colleagues and me. She gave me specific tools that I could use for the betterment of my leadership skills. We identified a specific initiative for me to get approval for implementation. She helped me identify what that initiative would be and how to best go about getting the buy-in needed to make the project come to fruition.
The results have been great. With Sonia’s assistance I have been able to identify possible barriers an detractors and deal with them effectively. Sonia’s coaching is all about proactively anticipating responses and options to my proposal.
Knowledge and confidence are key components to anyone’s life and certainly a successful career. Working with Sonia gave me a boost in both. I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in the executive coaching program with Sonia. It was an invaluable experience. “
Tracy Underwood, National Manager Corporate Solutions
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Excellence In Motivation, Inc.
“Our company retained Sonia Jeantet in a multi-phased engagement. She first worked with our two largest volume General Managers. She helped them discover the importance of applying some of their same “sales skills” (empathy, listening etc…) to leading their Divisions. She challenged them to explore their sources and uses of power.
Secondly, Sonia worked with me to determine what type of senior team I wanted to create. She guided me when my leadership was inhibiting team progress and challenged me to go beyond my current limits and strive to become a “versatile leader” (top 10%).
Thirdly, Sonia partnered with me to design and co-facilitate our Senior Management retreats. The array of tools and activities she chose assisted us in re-framing the role of the team and defining the decision making protocols moving forward.
Result: The Senior Leadership Team has developed a greater appreciation for their roles and the role of the team. Decision making has improved and tensions have eased.
Benefit: Our company is outperforming the industry norm. The Company was profitable in 2009 despite difficult economic conditions…”
Bob Miller, CEO
Excellence in Motivation
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ConAgra Foods
“In moving from middle management to Senior management there are key developmental learning and performance factors that promote executives through their career succession. Sonia helped me develop the leadership skills that were critical in my transition from middle management to a Sr. Management position.
One of the main areas for our focus was on the fundamental ingredients to enable team success. Sonia’s coaching helped to accelerate the development of my team (both direct reports and cross functional teams) amidst significant change in the company.
Sonia helped me to identify and leverage my leadership strengths while building new skills in emotional intelligence. Her insight and counsel was invaluable in my accelerated development over the last two years. She gave me tangible exercises and supplemental reading to help my skill building.
Her guidance has helped me to build tangible action plans that delivered “real time” results. I am a more confident, competent, and self aware leader. Sonia’s insight and counsel has truly accelerated my professional success at my company.”
Angela Joyner, VP and General Manager
Refrigerated ConAgra Foods_________________________________________________________________________________
Property Management Equity Residential
“I had very specific goals that were addressed when I first met Sonia. I felt Sonia took a very methodical approach to attaining my goals. She first applied an assessment and gave me specific feedback from the Challenge report so I understood my challenges and opportunities. We addressed the opportunities one by one, with the most critical first. In addition, Sonia provided me with guidance along the way on various other issues. This guidance also assisted in my development and in attaining my goals. I feel I am now much more effective at motivating others and I have built a strong team. I also feel I have taken on a more powerful presence with my team and my superiors.”
Jack Dickens, Senior Vice President
Property Management Equity Residential
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Unified Grocers
“Sonia is a real partner and asset here at Unified Western Grocers. She has coached several individuals and departments into dramatically improved interpersonal communication that has translated into improved performance.
One recent example is: She worked with a Director whose employees were so intimidated that they were afraid to come to work. We had high turnover and low employee morale. After Sonia worked with this group and this individual, the workgroup has renewed spirit. Communication has become two-way and morale is steadily improving.
Sonia brings external objectivity and professional expertise in solving communication and leadership problems. We are very glad that as an organization we have invested in a true building partner.”
Marsha Miller, Director Training & OD Unified Grocers
Unified Grocers
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Paychex
“I engaged Sonia to enhance my leadership style and provide tools to re-enforce the development of my team. The team that I was responsible for was very tenured, but the results were short of our goals. With Sonia’a help I was able to coach them in a different way and hold them more closely accountable for the results.
I felt so strongly about the experience that I asked for Sonia’s help again in coaching a manager who got great bottom line results, but did not demonstrate effective interpersonal skills. With Sonia’s help he has become much more aware of the impact of his behaviors on the team. She taught him more meaningful ways to communicate and connect with his employees to build a successful team.
Sonia has helped us add “tools” to enhance our management effectiveness and take our respective teams to the next level. She helped us ask things in a different way to get the answers we needed, which resulted in breakthroughs, better relations and results.”
Lynn Goldstrohm, Regional Leader
Paychex