Lisa Martin Gets Results
Whether you need to improve an under-performing business unit, improve employee retention or want to become a better leader and enjoy a greater sense of fulfillment and harmony between your career and home life, Lisa Martin creates and delivers solutions that are both highly effective and efficient.
Improved Leadership Skills and Effectiveness
“We brought in Lisa to help us better understand the challenges and opportunities facing our top talent. She did a terrific job of uncovering key issues and worked directly with our high-performers to support them to improve their leadership skills and effectiveness. Lisa also facilitated an excellent session with our partners and leadership team that resulted in better communication between leaders and top talent and the development of new, targeted retention and advancement initiatives.”
Cheryl Manuel Associate Partner, Deloitte
Fostered a Community of Support
“We brought Lisa in to support our women so that they will continue to grow with our firm. The dialogue Lisa creates around work-life balance is key to her success. Through stories and lots of humor, Lisa gave our women permission to be vulnerable so they could assess their situation honestly and come up with their own solutions. She also helped us foster a community of support within PwC so our women didn’t feel alone anymore.”
Hazel Claxton National Human Capital Leader, PwC
Return On Investment Was Tremendous
“Deloitte’s success depends on attracting and retaining top talent. Lisa has helped us to better understand and support our working mothers. Providing these employees with a forum where they can explore and define a better balance shows that we value them. Our return on investment has been tremendous.”
Sean McConkey Associate Partner, National Talent, Deloitte
Passion for Individual and Organizational Success
“With Lisa’s Success Is a Balancing Act, HSBC Bank Canada launched our first national program to support our female employees nationwide. With our vision to build an inclusive environment at HSBC where women can go as far and as fast as their talents and aspirations will take them, Lisa, as facilitator and coach helped us begin our journey. She has a high degree of credibility and integrity, and her passion for individual and organizational success is contagious. She quickly won over more than 400 employees across Canada with her sense of humor and her knowledge on how to increase their productivity and grow their careers at HSBC.”
Sue Hutchison SVP Commercial Banking, BC Region and Head, Women’s Network, HSBC Bank Canada
Increased My Productivity and Enhanced My Influencing Expertise
“Thank you for helping members of my team and me with strategic skills development to maximize our leadership potential. Team members enjoyed your positive approach and learned valuable communication and career-building skills. I personally have increased my productivity, enhanced my influencing expertise and become a better leader as a result of your insightful and inspiring coaching.”
Charles Haugabrook Vice President, Strategy & Sales Channel Development, Time Warner Cable
Provided a Strong Foundation
“Lisa provided valuable input and co-facilitation for an initial team building session with a diverse group of Faculty communicators. Her involvement led to a positive outcome and provided a strong foundation for this group working more collaboratively in the longer term. As a facilitator and communicator she brought a unique skill set to the group which was very helpful.”
Linda Bartz Director Communications Faculty of Medicine, UBC
A Great Success
“Lisa, your workshop on Winning Work With Confidence was a great success. The feedback we got from participants was that it was informative, thought-provoking and impactful. Your material was superb and everyone made commitments to become better at business development and building long-term client relationships. Thank you for your leadership and strong contribution to our learning and growth. This is our third time working together…each engagement is better than the last. I’m looking forward to the next time.”
Shannon MacDonald Atlantic Practice Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Gleaned Great Insight
“I’ve gleaned great insight from your book and newsletters…actually, it’s probably time to re-read the book again. Your Monday Mentoring tips are a real treat and help me start the week off right. Thank you!”
Kristin McNulty
Positive and Practical
“Lisa Martin’s Success is a Balancing Act seminar helped our group understand that small changes can make a big difference. Her presentation challenged us to really understand what our core values were and what our current value gap was, while giving us a framework to develop actions to move towards those values. The seminar was both positive and practical in giving us the tools to self-assess the difference between our needs and our wants, using this as a first step to allow us to achieve our own personal balance and success.”
Curt Walker, CMA Director of Finance, Whiski Jack Hotels & Resorts
Thought-Provoking and Relevant
“Lisa was an inspiring speaker who really connected with the audience. Her stories were funny – yet touching, her ideas thought provoking and relevant, and her personality down to earth and completely delightful.”
Anja Lanz Women in Engineering (Vancouver Region)
Inspiring Message/Powerful Delivery
“We appreciate your wonderful speech, the inspiring message, and the powerful delivery. They were words of wisdom from which all attendees could benefit. You are to be commended for an excellent presentation in every respect. Thank you for enriching our knowledge with your greater knowledge.”
Nancy Pannia Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP
Overwhelmingly Positive Feedback
“Lisa was organized, energetic and focused. Our Division has had other speakers in the past, but I can’t recall any who produced such overwhelmingly positive feedback from our staff. We highly recommend Lisa Martin as a presenter for your organization.”
Tim Stiles Director, Corrections & Community Justice Division, Justice Institute of B.C.
Superb Material
“It was indeed a pleasure having you join us a our keynote speaker. Your professional presentation and superb material left many of our delegates talking about your time with us throughout the remainder of the Conference.”
S. Woodward, CMA, FCMA On behalf of MMGMA & MGMAC Planning Committee
Highest Good-to-Great Rating
“Thank you very much for your wonderful session. This event had the highest good-to-great rating among all the events we had this fiscal year.”
Sachie Morii BSc., MBA, PMP Project Manager, BC Hydro
Meaningful and Measurable Results
“Lisa Martin is an exceptional executive coach. The expertise, knowledge, compassion and dedication she brings to her relationships with others are invaluable. Working with Lisa means you get meaningful and measurable results for both the individual and the organization.”
Patricia Bartlett, Chief of Staff, Major American Museum Complex and Research Organization
Rave Reviews
“We offered Lisa’s workshop to our women’s network across Canada. More than six hundred women participated and gave rave reviews about the valuable work-life tools that were shared. In fact, 100% of those attending said they would recommend Lisa’s workshop to others at TELUS. For our TELUS women’s network this was a big win.”
Jill Schnarr VP, Community Affairs & Executive Director of Connections
Helps Women Change Lives
“Lisa Martin’s dynamic, insightful and pragmatic style immediately engaged our audience of high-potential businesswomen. Participants raved: really excellent session; excellent presenter; and one of the best yet. Lisa is an informative and inspirational speaker who helps women change their lives.”
Leslie Rapp Program Vice President, Menttium Corporation
Retention Tool With Impact
“Lisa’s program is retention tool with impact…as it gives women a real feeling of increased support. My biggest gain was recognizing I can’t be all things to everyone in my life and discovering boundaries for myself. I wish I had done this 15 years ago.”
Catharine McMaster Partner, Deloitte
A Big Hit
“Lisa’s presentation was a big hit, with 94% of our audience giving it top marks. Our membership really connected with her humorous and heartfelt work-life balance stories – not an easy feat with over 400 guests on a webinar.”
Janice Turner Project Manager, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Canada
Valuable Insights and Tips
“The women at BMO Capital Markets operate in a very fast-paced, competitive environment. Like many professionals, they are constantly striving to actively manage their careers while developing an optimal work-life balance. Lisa’s seminar was highly informative and provided valuable insights and tips.”
Lynn Kennedy Managing Director, Foreign Exchange, BMO Capital Markets
Made All the Difference
“Lisa helped us assess our balance, visualize it and identify an action we can take to improve it. The process helped participants clarify what they can start doing to being balance and success to their lives. That’s made all the difference.”
Lisa Ryan Talent Development Specialist, Best Buy Canada
You Were Outstanding
“Everyone I spoke with LOVED your practical and personal work-life balance presentation and thought you were outstanding. Thank you again for such a fantastic presentation!
Kate Blair HR Generalist Women’s Leadership Forum, EMC
Enabled Me to Continue Working
“As a full-time working mother and wife, I have obtained a balance in my life I would never have found without Lisa’s help. The skills I gained enabled me to continue working at IBM when I thought it was not possible.”
Pam Wessel Sales Executive, IBM
Loaded with Good Ideas
“I absolutely love your book! It is loaded with good ideas for working professionals and others, whether they are moms, dads, or childless.”
Patrick Duffy, Trial Lawyer
Great Ideas
“Lisa- I wanted to thank you for your presentation to the Menttium group yesterday. It was a nice to take the time to focus on myself for a little while. You provided some great ideas on how to set realistic expectations and make incremental changes to make a difference in our lives.”
Stephanie VanDerBeek Sr. Project Manager, UnitedHealth Group Division, Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
New Level of Productivity
“I’ve been meaning to write this email for a while. With your program I feel validated and have the courage to really go after the things that are most important to me (and my family). I have learned new tools to use to let me feel “ok” in the chaos of balancing the demands of my family and work. Not only that, I have been able to achieve a new level of productivity in my work that I have not yet been able to in the past. Because I am not trying to do it ALL each week, I actually see closure and achievement in my work. I have the time I want with my family and do not feel guilty about my work. It is a very peaceful feeling. Thank you!”
Sharleen Hoar Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge
Great Product
“Thank you! I love this book so much that I will be getting further copies for new moms with whom I work. What a great product!”
Julianne Sylva Deputy District Attorney, County of Santa Clara
Excellent
“I started to read your book, and think it is excellent. I will get a lot of value from it and so the other mothers that work with me. Thus, I have put your website address and the name of the book and author (yourself obviously) on our bulletin board at work. I hope this is in order, but I felt I needed to share this book with the other working mothers in our company. I was fortunate enough that my sister introduced me to the book. Lucky me – I have a great sister! 
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Reinette Wessels, HR Service Delivery Manager, British American Tobacco South Africa
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