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
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
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
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
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, TELUS
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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