Success Stories

• A salesman had lost his joy for selling and his income was beginning to suffer. After engaging in the coaching process for six months, his income doubled. Coaching helped him remember what had originally attracted him to the sales profession: his joy in connecting with people and having the opportunity to listen to their life stories. Listening to people comes naturally to him and is one of his strengths. And by adding a plan of action that made him accountable for his daily actions, he generated the kind of results he desired.
  
  
  
• A Director of a Women's Health Care Organization felt that her current management didn't support her community programs and that she would soon be laid off. She hired Creating Strategies to help her establish a safe environment where she would be supported. Working with a coach, enabled her to be proactive in her job search before her position was terminated. Within a month, she had a new job with a pay increase with a management that encouraged and advocated her community outreach ideas.
  
  
  
• After coaching for six months the owner of a small graphics arts firm came to the conclusion his business was not going to be profitable the way it was currently structured. He also discovered that he wasn't interested in being a business owner and that what he was passionate about was web design. He sold his business and took a position with a dot.com firm. Within a year, after working on his communication style and management skills with his coach he was promoted to Director of Information Architecture.
  
  
  
• An actress, who was supporting herself as a temp secretary, was frustrated about the way she was earning money. Coaching helped her transition from temp work into owning her own make-up consulting business which then gave her the flexibility she needed to pursue acting opportunities.
  
  
  
• A technical professional was promoted to manager of his department. He worked with Creating Strategies to develop his leadership and management skills. Due to his improved leadership skills and focus, his team functioned with a high level of trust and rapport and subsequently increased overall productivity.
  
  
  
• When asked in an initial coaching session what she wanted to create in her life, a client responded quietly: "I want to write a one-woman show about my experiences in the army." Less than a year later the show was written and was being performed to full houses. Coaching provided structure, support and resources that assisted her in making her dream a reality.
  
  
  
• During the coaching process, the owner of a twenty five year old dance school discovered one of his schools was not generating the revenue his other schools were producing. He closed the school that was draining his time, energy and finances and re-allocated those resources to another school. He also moved one of his schools into a larger space. His student enrollment is at capacity each year. Coaching helped create systems that lead to customer satisfaction and retention. And, he now has the energy to concentrate on the addition of new classes and products that allow him to expand his revenue base by reaching new markets and customers.
  
  
  
• A writer contacted Creating Strategies to help her work on her decision making process. During the coaching process she overcame her fear of interviewing and successfully transitioned from low-paying reading work to more creative work and an increase in salary working in television. She also finished the first draft of a screenplay.
  
  
  
• A technical company hired Creating Strategies to deliver a Communications Program using coaching and traditional training methods to a newly formed department. During the training and coaching session, team members developed a common language and cohesiveness that translated into improved communication skills, increased efficiency and productivity.
  
  
  
• Creating Strategies was contracted by a large dot.com company to facilitate a documentation project and coordinate the efforts of three departments in designing a systematic approach for product fulfillment. As a result of the project, lines of communication between departments and team members were opened. Customer satisfaction and retention increased because productivity and deadlines were met.