Testimonials
| “My experience with coaching has not been very good, and I was initially skeptical when we asked Anton to coach one of our executives. The results of Anton’s work have surprised me. The improvements our executive has made are dramatic. This is the first time I have seen executive coaching work to my satisfaction” | |||
| Bill McGowan, Director Human Resources -- SUN Microsystems | |||
| “Working with Anton over the past year has been a powerful experience. His approach is customized to the individual. He has helped me achieve my personal and professional goals by getting me to focus on leveraging my strengths. He has also helped increase my level of self-awareness, which allows me to better understand how my actions drive, or interfere with, my ability to achieve my goals. In the process, he has significantly elevated my overall effectiveness.
While Anton has certainly helped me improve my individual effectiveness, his greatest impact has been his ability to elevate my team’s collective performance. He is a true coach. He helps each member of the team build on their strengths, while enabling them to recognize, appreciate and leverage the strengths of others on the team. He helps convert a team’s dynamics and tensions into a strength, rather than a detriment. In the process the entire team becomes more productive. “Working Wisdom” is a perfect description for what Anton offers in connection with any engagement. Anton brings his years of experience to every strategic and tactical discussion. When discussing a challenging situation with him, Anton has the ability to help peel away the layers of complexity and distill a seemingly difficult issue, decision or relationship to its essence. In the process, the right course of action becomes more apparent, which allows you to take decisive action with greater confidence. By offering objective feedback and counseling based on years of real world experience, Anton quickly achieves “trusted advisor” status.” |
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| Laurens MacLure, President & CEO -- RWD Technologies | |||
| “My work with Anton has been nothing short of life changing. Inside the velvet glove of his gentle style are an intellect and wisdom that could move a mountain. His responsiveness to my specific goals and concerns, combined with his kind but firm insistence to look ‘outside the box’, helped me trust and learn from him. Anton’s fluency across the spectrum from ‘big picture’ spiritual perspective to gut-wrenching pragmatic decisions enabled me to transform my perspective on life and career issues. I heartily recommend working with Anton, especially to any senior executive who is willing to do what it takes to achieve liberation in their life and transformation in their personal power.” | |||
| Julian McCarthy, Senior Partner/Director -- McKinsey & Company | |||
| “As owners of a small environmental engineering/consulting company, we realized that our firm had reached a plateau and we needed help to break through and take it to the next level. Using one on one meetings with the owners, and facilitating a strategy group meeting, Anton helped us define our corporate and personal goals, develop a long-range strategic plan, and increase the quality of our personnel. In the past year, we have grown over 25% percent with a 50% growth predicted for the coming year. Our key senior personnel are now focused and moving forward toward the common goals of intelligent growth, personnel development, and client focused management. Much of this development can be directly attributed to Anton’s experience in management, his keen insight into people, and his ability to explain the information in a clear, concise and thoughtful manner.” | |||
| Lisa Negri, President -- LT Environmental | |||
| “I have personally worked with Anton Schwarzinger, President of Working Wisdom International, Corp. for the past 18 months. Anton has been providing management development counseling to key members of my management team and to myself. Anton’s vast business experience and deep understanding of human behavior make him a highly effective coach. All of the participants have found working with him to be rewarding from a professional standpoint as well as personally.
This organization has tremendous motivation and direction that is being driven from the management team. No small amount of that success is attributable to Anton’s efforts to develop the strengths of those individuals, give them additional confidence and to assist them with building the right teams they need to support them. I would highly recommend Working Wisdom International, Corp. to any organization looking to enhance the performance of their management team. Mr. Schwarzinger’s insights, dedication and sincere concern are invaluable.” |
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| Patricia Begley, S.V.P. Educational Services -- SAP America, Inc. | |||
| “Anton is uniquely adept in working with very bright people. He is creating a distinct emotional shift in the people he works with. In just a few sessions with Anton as my personal coach, I was able to significantly enhance my leadership skills. The results were greater self-confidence, increased ability to deal with conflict, and a more flexible management style. Because of my personal successes with Anton, his substantial business experience as a manager and CEO, and his training and skill as a psychologist, I have recommended Anton to a number of my clients to coach executives and key managers within their own businesses. Without exception, he has produced outstanding results similar to those I experienced.” | |||
| Bob Beale, President and CEO -- Beale International, Inc. | |||
| “When I started working with Anton, I was emotionally and physically exhausted and burned out. Professionally,
I felt paralyzed and unable to cope with day to day decisions. After only 6 short weeks, I feel like a new person! What a difference this work has made in my life! I can’t say enough about how insightful and effective Anton is. I feel like I have discovered a whole new realm of life, a life that allows me to become more effective, balanced and happy both at work and play. With Anton’s help, I am developing better coping skills and confidence leading to a distinct shift in personal and professional perspectives.
With his background as a corporate President and CEO and psychologist, Anton brings a unique perspective to coaching. He understands the “big picture” professionally but also works with the personal, human side of each of us. He works with and helps develop the “whole person”. I highly recommend working with Anton, especially professionals who want to find the true strength and power within themselves.” |
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| Andria Allen, Vice President -- Level3 Communications | |||
| “A recent survey of the senior vice presidents and vice presidents at RWD Technologies, to whom Anton Schwarzinger has provided executive coaching services for two years, revealed that Anton’s insight, objectivity, coaching skill and deep understanding of human behavior has been a tremendous value and contribution in cultivating their abilities as successful leaders. The feedback specified that Anton has been very effective at helping to resolve conflicts within their business and among their staff, has helped them to think broader, more objectively and strategically about their business, has been a good “connector” within and among the team and provides a means in which to foster their growth, both personally and professionally.” (Survey date June 2008)” | |||
| Cindy Naughton, Manager, Organizational Development -- RWD Technologies | |||
| “Monster Cable Products retained Anton Schwarzinger’s services as Executive Coach for six of our Executive Team members 12 months ago. In that time, we have explored many facets of professional as well as personal development.
On the professional side, Anton has helped us develop the team infrastructure critical to solid performance. In many ways Anton was instrumental in coalescing the group into a working entity where prior there were individuals. He also assisted in helping us understand that the many diverse strengths we all bring to the table are complementary and not competing. On the personal side, Anton has helped all of us, and me in particular, realize that team behaviors are very different from individual behaviors, and need to be worked on like any skill set. Anton has also assisted me in understanding that the fundamental reasons for my professional and personal successes lay within my life experience.” |
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| Greg Mercurio, V.P. Manufacturing -- Monster Cable Products, Inc. | |||