"Excellent facilitator for introducing how to change and move our organization forward."Wanda Harbin, Corporate Training & Development Officer, Marine Atlantic Inc., North Sydney, NS
"Jim's presentation on Strengths-Based Leadership was outstanding! Feedback that I received from colleagues also reaffirmed their appreciation for being a part of the session (i.e. very positive feedback!). Jim presented the topic with extreme professionalism, clearly demonstrating insightful expertise and providing overall a very informative and inspirational session. His presentation style was delivered with well articulated thoughts, supported by the right level of detail and blended with appropriate humour. Thank you, Jim!!"Rick Gensiorek, Director, Industry Canada, Winnipeg, MB
"A different viewpoint of competencies and how they interlink."Ron Campbell, Human Resources Manager, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Edmonton, AB"Approachable, kind, sincere, able to take what could be dull material into meaningful tools and skills. It was fun and useful. We have something to take forward."Nan Schuurmans, Edmonton Zone Clerical Dept. Head Women's Health, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
"Very knowledgeable as to leadership competencies and inspiring as to importance of finding path for yourself to increase or improve your leadership."Joel Breault, Staff Sergeant, Ontario Police College, Temiskaming, ON
"Humorous - exceptionally knowledgeable on leadership - engaging, thought provoking." Joanne Spriet, Associate Director, Provincial Offences Court, Niagara Region, Niagara Falls, ON
"Thorough, inspiring. He has a wonderful ability to make thinks relevant and helpful."Terri Donia, Project Manager, Niagara Region, Thorold, ON
"Engaging, entertaining - really make a group take a look a themselves!"Laurie Columbus, Manager, School Health Secondary, Niagara Region, ON
"Jim is perceptive and intuitive while speaking! I benefited by realizing that leadership qualities are something we all can strive for."Arley Nelson, Advisory Council Officer, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB"
Jim has unique ability to define and use key concepts and principles in a simple way to bring best out of people."Abdul Jalil, Director, Government of Saskatchewan, Regina, SK
"Jim is knowledgeable and articulate. He provides an energetic presentation that moves at a good pace, imparts knowledge and engages the learner." Ann Lorenzen, Executive Director, Accountability Branch, Government of Saskatchewan, Regina, SK
"Very good presenter, entertaining and inspiring - awesome presentation."Ron Mytopher, Conservation Officer, Government of Saskatchewan, Strasbourg, SK
Great fun! Excellent information! Motivational! Put into perspective 'Leadership'."Deborah Wishart, Director, Government of Saskatchewan, La Ronge, SK
"Jim is engaging, knowledgable and extremely entertaining."Shannon Ferguson, Manager-Raymore CSO, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp., Raymore, SK
"Great workshop presenter with real life application."Kelly Bettschen, Food Safety & Food Policy Analyst, Saskatchewan Agriculture, Regina, SK
"Awesome speaker – keeps audience engaged, funny."Debbie Kachluba, Director, Human Resources, Crown Investments Corp. of Saskatchewan, Regina, SK
"Excellent balance of providing material and insight while generating participation."Angèle Borys, Deputy Provincial Auditor and Chief Operating Officer, Provincial Auditor Saskatchewan, Regina, SK
"Humorous, dynamic, easy to understand, relates well to the audience."Gail Audette-Sand, Regional Manager, Saskatchwan Crop Insurance Corp., Melville, SK
"Jim is engaging and entertaining. He does a good job of making people care about culture and think about how they can change their behaviours to match the values."Maire Coulthard, Communications Consultant, Saskatchewan Agriculture, Regina, SK
"Informative, insightful, entertaining, helpful in directing our plans to act. Thank you for engaging us."James Froh, Assistant Deputy Minister, Government of Saskatchewan
"Jim is engaging and practical, yet is able to deliver and share a strong message while helping the group to move forward to identify by actions to move our organization forward."Greg Tuer, Executive Director, Labour Standards, Government of Saskatchewan
"Broad knowledge base; understands how to relate the info to the audience well."Tim Keales, Assistant Deputy Minister, Government of Saskatchewan
"Quite inspiring and insightful."Harvey Cooper, Manager, Government Relations, Co-Op Housing Federation of Canada, Toronto, ON
"Personable, clear, positive, encouraging."Jane Reble, Community Development Worker, Wellington & Guelph Housing Services, Guelph, ON
"Engaging, entertaining, energinzing, enlighting."Selene Commerford, Director of Administration, Nepean Housing Corporation, Nepan, ON
"Smart, insightful, funny and great energy!"Joanna Bendayan, Case Manger, Options Bytown, Ottawa, ON
"Inspiring, positive, energetic, alive!"Shelly Craig, Property Manager, Riverway Non Profit Housing, Chatham, ON
"Visionary. He has enlightened me to many things I have been struggling with."Marilyn Danie-Awong, Owner, W & M Global Enterprise, Brampton, ON
"In a word, FANTASTIC. He is very in tune and his presentation and words hit so close to home for me, I actually became emotional. Great job!!"Dawn Mailloux, Assistant Property Manager, Columbus Estates, Chatham, ON
"Very engaging, thought provoking,informative."Jennifer Barton, Director, Service Ontario, Peterborough,ON
"Optimistic , intriguing, light, entertaining, excellent."Kate Milne, Case Manager, United Counties of Leeds and Granville, Prescott, ON
"Presents with energy, clarity, excellent examples."Stella Danos-Papaconstantinov, Director Client Relationships, Region of Peel, Brampton, ON
"Funny, connects well with audience, accessible, inspiring."Irene Zivko, ACTT Program Manager, Summit Housing & Outreach Programs, Oakville, ON
"Very well informed, good facilitation of discussion. From the knowledge that culture needs to be part of how to manage or organization."Lin Gallagher, Associate Deputy Minister, Government of Saskatchewan
"Engaging speaker with balanced educational tools and humour. Teaching-sharing-laughing."Velvet Ross, Manager of Planning, Town of Georgina, Keswick, ON
"Positive, confident, knowledgeable, humorous, inspiring, engages participants."Claire Marsden, Human Resources Manager, Town of Georgina, Keswick, ON
"Solid research with good materials to pursue post-symposium. Engaging and dynamic facilitator. On track with direction of presentation."Reccia Mandelcorn, Manager, Customer & Circulation Services, Aurora Public Library, Aurora, ON
"Jim was an authentic speaker and 'kept it real''.Ivy Henriksen, Program Manager of Customer Service, Town of Aurora, Aurora, ON
"Very well informed and insightful, did a good job providing practical examples and analogies."Mark Valcic, General Manager of Corporate & Financial Services, Town of East Gwillimbury, Sharon, ON
Jim is very passionate and knowledgeable on the types of leaders. I found him extremely interesting and influential on self-development and growth."Stephen Kitchen, Director of Planning, Township of King, King City, ON
"Jim is very passionate and knowledgable on the types of leaders. I found him extremely interesting and influencial on self development and growth.”Natasha Denham, Corporate Strategy & Communication Coordinator, Town of East Gwillimbury, Sharon, ON
""Knowledgeable, entertaining, motivating. Re-focused to help move forward with leadership and inspired me - gave me tools to work with team and myself."Jennifer Spence, Supervisor of Recreation Services, City of Burlington, Burlington, ON
"Excellent speaker with very useful and relevant examples and insights."Stephen Murray, Facility Manager, Hydro One, Barrie, ON
"Valuable life's work information shared in an interesting and reflective way. I am finding every year you need a top up of 'Jim' and now realizing a little bit of 'Jim' everyday would even be better."Stephanie Venimore, Recreation Supervisor, City of Burlington, Burlington, ON
"Very realistic and a good reflection of how we lead and manage."Kate Watson, Supervisor of Aquatics & Active Living, City of Guelph, Guelph, ON
"Very effective presenter, entertaining and knows his stuff."Scott Hannah, Manager of Development Planning, City of Guelph, Guelph, ON
"Totally committed to the belief in his program. Humorous, relaxed, comfortable. Imparts his knowledge and views in a way that is easily digested and remembered."Elaine Noël, Supervisor, Transit Business Services, City of Guelph, Guelph, ON
"Jim really kept our group engaged and did a great job of integrating our material. He helped connect the dots for people and increase the value of past session participation. We enjoyed his delivery style and particularly his humor. He laid a solid theoretical foundation illustrated with very relevant examples and stories and effectively led the group through quick and practical exercises to apply it. He’s given good starting points to branch off from for future sessions."Aidan Prince, Organizational Development Specialist, City of Guelph, Guelph, ON
"Jim teaches you without preaching to you - makes you want to go out and be a better person."Sandra Jones, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. Food & Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON"Very practical. Brings all the topics back to real life, not just high level concepts."Molly Elliott, Food Safety Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. Food & Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON"Very engaging and knowledgable."Kiyoshi, Oka, Director of Water Services, Halton Region, Oakville, ON"Good communicator - excellent session. I would recommend Jim's workshop to others."David Hains, Supervisor of Community Recreation, City of Toronto, Toronto, ON"Very knowledgable with the ability to relate to every situation."Marcia Feddes, Superintendent of Recreation Services, City of Orillia, Orillia, ON"Engaging, enthusiastic, knowledgable. Of course, I hope to take more workshops too!"Allaina Kane, Events Supervisor, City of Port Colborne, Port Colborne, ON"Very motivating and informative. Useful for day to day life skills."Sally Davidson, Leisure Services Supervisor, Town of East Gwillimbury, Sharon, ON"The session was very relative, the information shared was specific to all departments, not only that of Recreation. This will, for me, make it much simpler to share this."Kara Rotondo, Recreation & Community Events Coordinator, Municipality of Callander, Callander, ON"Addresses issues with humor, insight, and a balance of concrete tips and inspirational concepts."Karen Elkin, HR Business Advisor, Ministry of Labour, Strategic Business Unit, Toronto, ON"Always topical and informative."Janet Stamers, Sr. Program Consultant, Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON"They have to attend Jim's seminar. His is so extensively informative, interesting, enlightening, well planned and structural -entertaining."Susanne Fletcher, Techinical Trainer, City of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
"Very rewarding and useful."Winnie Yiu-Yeung, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB"While this is so important in today's work environment, I also found this session so extremely applicable and relevant to personal development and one's personal life."Ian Howatt, Government of Alberta, Calgary, AB"I found the session fantastic and immediately stimulating. I will be contacting you shortly regarding a session I have in mind for the Ontario Parks Association."Bruce Hay, Manager of Parks Operation, City of Brampton, Brampton, ON"This session was like a tickler. Would have liked to have spent more time on some of the concepts. Most definitely this will cause me to explore these concepts further."Pat Wong, Manager, Corporate Applications IT, City of Brampton, Brampton, ON"Excellent. A complete step-by-step package of information."Mohan Varghese, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB"... finally an author has been brave enough, brilliant enough, and experienced enough to state the basic truths about effective managers running successful, fulfilling, motivated corporations... I'm thrilled... and challenge you to dip your toe into Jim's energetic workshop and then settle back and read his books. You won't be sitting long!"Mary-Frances Turner, Commissioner, Development Services, Town of Markham, Markham, ON"...you delivered the message with passion and style...you did a particularly good job linking the material presented and the implications for training and HRD professionals... While we certainly tapped into the breadth of your knowledge, it was obvious that we had only begun to tap into the depth of your knowledge and experience on many issues."Dave McIntyre, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Canada Post Corporation, Ottawa, ON"My life has become very focused since your workshop in Orangeville for the Forestry Technicians at Hydro One."I have moved on reflecting on all of the tragedy in my life in the past year (the loss of a relationship and the death of numerous young, close friends in tragic separate incidents). Even my parents pondering divorce (after 43 years) is not disrupting my focus. I went and spent 4 days with my parents after their announcement, said what I had to say and listened to their points of view. It was sad walking away from the situation, but on the way home I just thought ‘this cannot affect where I am supposed to be'." I spoke my thoughts and listened and said to myself. That is all I can do."The chips will have to fall where they may. Prior to your workshop, I would have let it consume me. Thanks for the help."Mark, Hydro One"Jim's presentation was both informative and reinforcing. His combined use of sayings, humor, and illustrations coupled with his personable style made the material easy to understand and absorb. The day slipped by very quickly. His insights are certainly contagious."John Tuchscherer, Director of Human Resources, Saskatchewan Water, Moose Jaw, SK"I wanted to drop you a brief note to thank you for working with the HR Branch and City leadership in the past few days. You have helped all of us on our journey of self improvement. You have also helped the organization move the yardsticks down the field of leadership. On a personal note I have found the past few days very rewarding. It has caused me to pause and reflect and reconnect with my vision."Jeff McPherson, Manager, Human Resources Branch, City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB"Excellent, thought-provoking , life changing course."Renee Laforet, Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON"A great session that clearly influenced many people to be better leaders."Ron Jaros, Planning Manager, Region of Peel, Brampton, ON"Thanks again for delivering your executive development workshop. We again had very positive feedback. Participants rated your knowledge of the topic at a 4.89 out of a possible 5.00. They rated your teaching/presentation skills at a 4.63 out of a possible 5.00 and the quality of the program at a 4.55 out of a possible 5.00. Some of the comments include:-- "good material, expertise, thought-provoking, many resources for future work, further exploring" - "excellent examples"- "well done, very worthwhile"- "very interesting, nice informal style, covered a lot of information in a short period of time well, overall very enjoyable and helpful". The benchmark for our programs is a rating of 4.00 out of 5.00. Your ratings were excellent."Rita Greenridge, Executive Development Consultant, The Cabinet Office, Ontario Government, Toronto, ON"Thank you for your contribution to EDC's Leaders' Conference: Leadership at the Speed of Change - Striking the Right Balance. In these times of uncertainty and change, you have helped us to reflect on our role as leaders and how we can positively influence the mindset. The presentation was excellent. I particularly appreciated how you drew from EDC's organizational realities to illustrate the concepts and practices contained in your book Growing the Distance. The feedback on your presentation and facilitation of the discussion was highly favorable (4.3/5). I would like to thank you for helping us get a step closer to being Navigators of Change."Ian Gillespie, President & CEO, Export Development Canada, Ottawa, ON"Excellent session. In the heat of constant battle, it's easy to become distracted with multiple issues. This session was a real reminder and re-ignited my passion for leadership and helped me refocus on what's really important – 'the people'."John Enns, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB"I would like to compliment you on an excellent presentation. You should know that the results from our evaluation indicate that the vast majority of participants found the seminar to be very useful, and that 83% rated your presentation to be "very good" or "good". Well done indeed."Chris Dekker, Manager of Communications, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK"A great 'tune-up' for values and focus that can make a real difference for one's self and team."Betty Deane, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB"Your workshop was truly a pleasure. I'm pleased to report I've started my stump speech for our Nov. 13 planning day, and most critically set aside a full day a week to be available around the office without an agenda talking with staff and also advise staff that this day is theirs with no other commitments."Ingrid Brodie, Director, Public Safety Initiatives, Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS"Thanks once again for the workshop, the feedback I received was very positive. It was a short time frame and you left everyone with the feeling that they wanted more (which is of course a great compliment to you)."Eileen McCarthy, Planning Officer, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Toronto, ON"Great session. Very practical and grounded in today's issues."Don Alton, Assistant Director, Canada Revenue Agency, Toronto, ON"I really found this presentation very useful. I will try to be more introspective and possibly less busy, focus on priorities."Helene Rampersaud, Team Manager, Canada Revenue Agency, Toronto, On
"Thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening."Bob Millett, Team Leader, Canada Revenue Agency, Toronto, ON"Very inspirational, excellent presentation. If it is to be, then it's up to me!"Debbie Hotton-Maciel, Team Leader, Canada Revenue Agency, Saskatoon, SK"Excellent speaker, very engaging and knowledgeable. Extremely excited about his field and can share that information."Janet Bruch, Manager, Revenue Collections, Canada Revenue Agency, Scarborough, ON "I appreciate much more than the knowledge shared, the opportunity for self-reflection. It is a wonderful chance to assess one's performance as a leader."Frances Sauve, Manager, Canada Revenue Agency, Scarborough, ON"Very beneficial to managers in our environment. Practical information to use in our workplace."Winston Roberts, Middle Manager, Canada Revenue Agency, Toronto, ON"The session was inspirational. I have gained knowledge that I can apply in both my professional and personal life. Outstanding speaker."Julie Leclair, Manager, Canada Revenue Agency, Toronto, ON"Jim's session is excellent for any and everyone as we all struggle on many of the same negative feelings, self talk, etc. His session is an excellent tool for 'living' life."Paula Hendrickson, Judicial Clerk, Drumheller Provincial Court, Drumheller, AB"Very good speaker, excellent seminar. You can apply his leadership principals in your everyday life (home/work)."Dolorese Carruthers, Supervisor Judicial Clerk, Court of Queen’s Bench, Calgary, AB"It's positive, upbeat, excellent ideas and strategies to cope with this incredibly fast-moving world, both work and home."Heather Paziuk, Judicial Clerk, Alberta Justice, Vegrevill, AB"He is entertaining. His session is about life lessons; how we see things, how we deal with them, etc. It has made me think about how I deal with change and what my responsibility for choices are."Litsa Fourlaris, Judicial Clerk, Court of Queen's Bench, Edmonton, AB
"Motivating, real, inspiring, pragmatic, love the vernacular."Trish Moloughney, Director, Planning, Ministry of Children & Youth Services, Toronto, ON
