Testimonials

What Folks Are Saying About Kathy's Impact

Discover the transformative impact of our strengths-based coaching through the voices of those who have experienced it firsthand. Each testimonial below shares a unique story of personal and professional growth, illustrating the profound effect of unlocking potential with Kathy. Join us in exploring these powerful journeys and see how you, too, can achieve exceptional results.

You Wooed Me

Thank you very much! Your class was one of the best classes I’ve attended in 30 years! I would like to keep in touch to possibly hire you to teach a class for my team. You Wooed Me and my classmates! Get it?

Michael Parks

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans, Texas A&M

Such A Hit!

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Kathy to our bi-annual company all hands meeting in Austin, Texas to help our team understand their own personal strengths and how to best work together so that we can achieve our company goals more effectively. Feedback from our team has been overwhelmingly positive. Kathy is humorous in her delivery; she customized her workshop for our business needs, and the workshop was such a hit that everyone wanted to get their own personal assessment after the workshop was completed. I highly recommend any growing business to bring in Kathy to help maximize your team’s working quotient.

Cindy Y. Lo

CEO & Owner - Red Velvet and Strong Events

Value Is In Understanding

Being in the hospital setting, I have done similar assignments in the past, but I have never gotten any real value out of it. You presented the information very well and made it clear to me what the value is in understanding this system. Thank you very much! I really enjoyed your presentation and meeting you. So much light shines from you!

Ryan Griffiths

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans, Texas A&M

Engaging, Captivating Energy

I want you to know that you have a truly wonderful gift. You have the most engaging, captivating energy, great communication skills and ability to bring light to any room.

Emma R.

AWS Leadership Academy Participant

Excellent Communicator

I have attended two of Kathy’s StrengthsFinder workshops and it was one of the most rewarding experiences I ever had. She not only talked about each individual strength, but helped us to understand how we can utilize and leverage these strengths.

Kathy made sure that the audience was engaged in the activities, which helped us in knowing more about ourselves and about our teammates.

She is an excellent communicator and illustrator—able to deliver a complex topic in a very efficient and effective way. She made sure to answer every single question and gave actionable advice that can lead to both individual and team success.

Hussameddine Kabbani

Thermal Engineer - Meta

Best Strengths Finder Session…Ever

The best strengths finder session I have ever participated in – thank you Kathy Kersten! I learned so much about my new teammates!

Mary Joseph Miller

Vice President, Global Product Marketing - Demandbase

Spot On Insights

This is our second year working with Kathy to help our small team learn to collaborate better. We had such a good experience the first year, she was our first call when we were booking our annual retreat.  Her insights were spot on and she was a big help facilitating our conversation.  Thanks Kathy!

Kacie Swartz

Managing Partner - Black Barn Financial

Secret Ingredient

I’m hesitant to write this recommendation, because it’s kind of like sharing the secret ingredient to my winning recipe. I have been a client of Kathy’s for several years now and in that time she has provided invaluable coaching that has enabled me to:

align my teams around our strategic priorities
identify effective ways to motivate individual team members
tailor both my coaching methods and the ways in which we celebrate wins…

so that they are more likely to produce the desired results. I highly recommend Kathy for any leader looking for guidance on how to help their teams attain peak performance – just please don’t book all of her time as I still need some!

Christopher Schneider

Agile Coach

Knowledgeable & Empathetic Coach

Kathy has consulted as a Leadership Coach at Meta (Facebook) for several years, and I had the good fortune of benefitting from her coaching. When I joined Meta’s Infra Silicon ASIC team, I realized that Meta’s unique work culture was very different from that of a typical semiconductor company (which defined all of my past experience before joining Meta). Kathy helped me adapt to this new environment through the use of several techniques on how to be successful as an engineering manager at Meta. She also helped me understand my “CliftonStrengths” report and how best to capitalize on my unique combination of strengths in my day-to-day work. I am happy to recommend Kathy as a knowledgeable and empathetic coach that can help you become a more effective leader.

Himanshu S.

Engineering Leader - Meta

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