Testimonials

"An excellent focus for identifying and setting team objectives. Working with Caitlin was refreshing and stimulating."
— AW, General Manager, Adobe

"As someone who's benefited from your 'Train-the-Trainer' coaching program, I can categorically say: 'this stuff works!' It's taken my work to a whole new level."
— KM, Training & Development, HP

"As Vice President of Training and Development for Bank of America and ADP I have engaged many consultants on a myriad of projects. Caitlin easy ranks with the very best that I've known. Her innovative and very sincere approach certainly provided excellent results for me. She and her team will definitely show workshop participants the path and methods to improve their performance and achieve both business and personal success."
— TC, Western Region Manager, MyBenefitSource.com

"An excellent weekend - the right combination of work and play. We really succeeded in our goal to have this new, virtual group leave feeling that they're part of a real team.
— SJ, European Treasury Head, HP

"In my Annual Performance Review, my manager awarded me the highest rating possible. I am sure that a large part of that was due to the coaching and counseling you provided over the past year. Both my manager and I know I have grown both personally and professionally since I hired you to work with me."
— Director, Pepsi

"Having you facilitate our meeting showed me two things. First, I got to sit back and watch the dynamics that went into play when we got together. Second, I got to experience first-hand the clarity that your principles brought. It sold me on using them. My meetings are shorter, more effective, and - dare I say it - more fun!"
— CT, CFO , BUPA

"The incredible focus and drive that Communication EssentialsÕ communication coaching brought to our company meant that we could finally truly deliver what was promised."
— MA, General Manager, Cable & Wireless

"Arthur Joseph is a master teacher in the process of communication. My skills as a businessman, lawyer and community activist are greatly enhanced by his collaboration, his care and his teaching"
— Matt Fong, former CA State Treasurer

"CommunicationEssentials' approach to communication produces measurable results - fast!"
— ST, Head of Training, Raytheon Professional Services

"Just one 4-hour session and I was able to apply your sales approach to my leads. It worked wonders! I was shocked when I became one of the top salespeople at our branch after just three months."
— MA, Senior Designer, Closets By Design

"We achieved a huge amount with just a one-day program. Instead of working on superficial 'skills' you got to the heart of what was causing the dysfunction Ð the poor relationship between management and staff. In our anonymous survey of all 700 attendees, 80% said they felt senior management was more committed to improving the current situation; 76% said they realized that management and staff essentially want the same thing. A real result!"
— NC, Director of Operations, Royal Bank of Scotland

"I was on the verge of making a major life change and Caitlin helped me to accomplish my goals without feeling overwhelmed. She 'unstuck' me from the quagmire of procrastination in which I was drowning. After just two meetings, I was able to get things done that I had been putting off literally for months."
— CF, Financial Operations Manager, Agilent Labs


"Amazing! I watched the participants relax, reveal and conquer inhibitions they could neither express nor identify... The seemingly simple exercises we undertook had an astounding, tangible effect upon the entire group. Through her coaching, Caitlin has shown me a process of "being" myself, "knowing" my strengths and not performing for others... The results were profound."
— JL, PhD

"As an incoming manager, my team was resisting my leadership. With your help, I succeeded in 'reinventing' them in record time from a group of demotivated individuals into a dynamic team that was really a force to be reckoned with!"
— BC, Marketing Manager, Hewlett Packard

"I can't believe something so simple could make such a difference!"
— DB, Financial Controller, Microlease

"Like a lot of senior managers, I am highly skilled in the 'hard stuff': the logical, logistical side of running a huge operation. What I didn't realize was how much untapped potential my people still had that could be released by addressing the 'soft stuff'".
— MA, GM, Cable & Wireless

"I worked with Caitlin to help me decide whether to become CEO of a medium sized company. She showed me how to shift the way I communicated with others, but also with myself Ð sharpening my decision-making skills to help me make the right decisions quickly. I have already used many of her methods in my own work with clients to very positive effect."
— DH, Consultant, Atlantic Advisory Group

"Thank you for coming to speak to my team and for giving such an excellent presentation. In just over an hour you managed to inspire them and get them thinking out of the box. What a wonderful thing. Thank you again."
— KV, Group Coordinator, Marin Professionals

'Wow! I wish I'd learned this stuff five years ago!"
— DG, Channel Marketing, Hewlett Packard