Even in an uncertain world, Sandra’s techniques led us into recognizing our innate courage and how we can apply courage to accomplish our goals. Whether caring for others or caring for ourselves, she demonstrated the importance of ‘stepping up.’ Thank you Sandra for providing us with hope and for rekindling our energy to continue doing what we do best.”

–Jill Elliott, RN, BSN, MBA, Health and Community Services Director, Rocky Mountain HMO

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“Our managers, many of whom were new to management, found Sandra’s classes to be extremely helpful in their growth as leaders. Sandra knows how to research her subject and is always well prepared. She presents in a dynamic fashion and keeps the atmosphere somewhat electric due to her enthusiasm, which is contagious. Her high-energy style makes any subject matter interesting.”

–Susan Pierce, Director of Human Resources, Intrado

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“Sandra blends her diverse business background and invaluable knowledge to her speaking, seminar leading, and coaching clients. From technology to telecommunications, lawyers to accountants, health care to government entities, women’s organizations to advertising agencies, engineers to manufacturing, clients acclaim her work ethics, character, dynamic presence, and uncanny insight into organizational issues. Applying the Enneagram and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® to her Courage Coaching abilities, she provided the human dimension to our high tech, fast paced environment. It’s no wonder she is known as ‘the courage to step up to the next level’ speaker. She’s the epitome of courage leadership.”

–Russell N. McGregor, President, Genrobot

 

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“Thank you so much for participating in the ‘IT Retention: Retraining, Retaining, or Detaining’ program. Your contribution helped to make the program a very successful and informative to organizations throughout the country. We accomplished our mission to educate our viewers on the ‘real story’ behind keeping good employees. Thank you for helping produce this unique program!”

–Diane Kunkel, Director of Programming, National Technological University

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WOMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS

“As the Executive Director of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and on behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank and praise Sandra Ford Walston for her perceptive leadership to conduct a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® seminar for our new board. She was sensitive to our personal dynamics, and tactfully guided and responded to us with considerable communication skills. I believe that Sandra has enabled our board to communicate with each other in a more positive and effective manner.”

–Dr. Antonia Joy Wilson, Executive Director, National Association of Women Business Owners

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“Thank you for your dynamic presentation: ‘Getting Results: Overcoming Gender-Based Perceptions in the Workplace.’ The participants valued the practical advice that you provided and enjoyed attending. Evaluations of the program overwhelmingly indicated a very well received program: ‘good presence, likable, good acknowledgement of group discussion, and very relevant material provided in hard copy.’ I will forward your materials to the convention chairperson.”

–Jeanne M. Coleman, Chair, Professional Advancement Committee, Colorado Women’s Bar Association

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ADVERTISING

“Ms. Walston conducted a seminar for our employees with the goal of achieving better communication with each other and also with our clients and vendors. She not only presented a broad overview of the varying personality types and generational differences which can have an effect on communication, but also addressed specific problems with which several employees were trying to cope. Her style and enthusiasm encourages participants to open up and become actively involved in the discussions. It seemed that several employees came away with new approaches to try regarding conflict and communicating with others.”

–Barbara Dawson, Manager, InLine Media

 

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LEGAL

“Ms. Walston helped give our law board definition, a method of planning, personality profiles, and conflict management tools and provided direction in achieving the business goals that were set. Ms. Walston is intelligent, gregarious, and articulate. She is an exceptional mentor, trainer, and speaker. I found her to have a high moral and ethical commitment to her clients, and she made every effort to ensure that she delivered above the standard expectations. I am continually impressed with her pursuit of additional knowledge through her completion of her book COURAGE and her various certifications that keep her on the cutting edge of personal and professional development.”

–Thomas L. Kanan, Esquire, Weinberger & Kanan

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“I was especially impressed with Sandra’s ability to lead a diverse group into observing how their Emotional Intelligence (EQ) levels support or undermine the ‘mood’ of the total work environment. The EQ program was both insightful and immediately applicable to a wide range of participants. Her exercises reflected a building-block awareness of each participant’s particular style in the workplace. Ms. Walston has many special qualities necessary to lead and involve any group. She is personable, well informed, and flexible. Her communication skills are entertaining and powerful, her sensitivity to the reactions of each participant and the group, in addition to a keen sense of behavioral manners allows her to reach and relate to everyone present. She strives for accountability in each participant and maintains high standard for her own performance. My high regard of this program led me to contract with Sandra to conduct EQ training for all of my departments of law.”

–Daniel E. Muse, Former City Attorney, City and County of Denver

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ACCOUNTANTS/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS

“Are you seeking a speaker, facilitator, or seminar leader who consistently receives comments like ‘enriching, thought provoking, entertaining, eloquent, energetic, trusted advisor, insightful, humorous, and playful?’ Do you want to look good when the evaluation ratings (highest rating 5.0) consistently reach 5.0? Stop now, and hire Sandra Ford Walston, you won’t be disappointed and neither will the audience. As a matter of fact, you will always want to hire her back-that’s what I did! Utilizing her diverse business background, Sandra has a keen insight about how to provide practical and applicable skills, and how to hold people accountable for the results.”

–Diane Sears Weiser, Account Manager

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“I believe Sandra has many special qualities necessary to lead others in developing their personal communication skills and style. Her ability to communicate her thoughts in a clear manner and her sensitivity to others’ reactions are extremely well developed. Her diversity of work experience enables her bring important practical considerations to the classroom. Sandra is an extremely capable woman with very high standards for performance. She is very personable, and has an uncanny ability to make people feel at ease.”

–Mark A. Vogel, Professor, Director, Graduate Tax Program, University of Denver

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ENGINEERS

“Our lively summer conference group certainly got into the ‘Hello Saturn! Hello Neptune!’ program, and they really participated. The evaluation forms reveal how everyone loved the program and how they gained a lot from the material presented. We will have you back to present some of your other topics. Thank you for much for the energy and enthusiasm you gave to the program.”

–Sondra S. Donnel, Executive Director, American Consulting Engineers Council of CO

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“The insights and truths you shared with such conviction during the program ‘With Courage, Your Passion Cannot Be Doused,’ at the Society of Women Engineers Conference, re-stirred the passions in me that had been lying somewhat dormant. I’m ready to dust off those dreams and put action plans in place to help me achieve my goals one step at a time. Thanks for the fresh words of renewal.”

–Regina L. Ross, Senior Manufacturing Project Engineer, X10 Manufacturing Engineering

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DINNER THEATER

“Whether Sandra is coaching, consulting, speaking, or training, I am continually impressed with her ability to convey, in understandable terms, the behavioral changes required improving job performance. One of the best decisions I have made was to hire her to conduct a customized team-building course for the long-term top management (and myself). Sandra utilized the comprehensive Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® to establish the team and individual communication preferences. Her wit, knowledge, and commitment to excellence moved our team to establish goals to take the business to the next level. Because of Sandra’s team building exercises and her expert analysis, we have grown into a more productive and cohesive management group.”

–John A. Rutter, Former Chairman of the Board, Country Dinner Playhouse

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ENNEAGRAM

“Sandra does not spare herself the extra trouble of counseling those who are lucky enough to retain her services as a guide to organizational development. She exposed me to the Enneagram system of personality classification. Both as a tool as self-knowledge and as a means of understanding the motivation of others and their preferred working styles and problem-solving techniques, the Enneagram is unique in its ability to be used almost immediately in everyday business and social settings for enhancing communications with others. I have found the Enneagram most useful for understanding my own adaptive style of life. Ms. Walston is the best kind of teacher. Her students learn how to teach themselves.”

–Thomas L. Kanan, Esquire

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NON-PROFIT

“Sandra always took the time to customize her presentations to the particular audience and she consistently received the highest marks in the evaluations of her seminars. She brings tremendous energy to her presentations; she is totally engaged with the participants 100% of the time; she is fully committed to each session she leads; she encourages participation; she listens to her audience; she ‘reads’ her audience so that she is flexible and able to adapt on the spot; and she has a can-do attitude that is contagious.”

–Betsy Cheroutes, Vice President, University of Colorado, Foundation, Inc.

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GOVERNMENT

“Sandra Walston has incredible finesse as a presenter. Her recognition as a national speaker is a credit, but I found her energetic, enthusiastic, and engaging style of presenting information to be just what we needed. You are a bundle of energy and a motivational speaker on numerous subjects. Sandra engaged the staff during the initial training session and was able to teach them to ask more questions and to better discern customer needs. We experienced a tremendous improvement in customer satisfaction as noted by comment cards sent in by the citizens.”

–Darlene Chacon Martinez, Deputy Director, Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division

 

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“I applaud you on your excellence in training and motivation. Your abilities to customize training to fit the individual unit’s needs have been an inspiration to not only staff, but they have served as a personal inspiration. I have attended many of your presentations and have had a shift of attitude and enlightenment that has touched my personal and work life-a paradigm shift that will stay with me forever. Your ability to communicate on all levels with a widespread group of culturally diverse participants, along with the ability to shift methods of communication on a moment’s notice, is an admirable gift that reaches all levels of staff from many different backgrounds.”

–Gloria C. Vasquez, Computer Systems Liaison, Business Management Division, Denver Department of Social Services

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“Sandra has been working with my staff in areas of communication, change, leadership, and conflict resolution. Her advice, insight, and console have proven to be genuinely beneficial to all participants and pertinent to current management issues. Her communication style utilizes a high level of energy and dialogue with our staff and leads them into a process of self-discovery and awareness. She has proven to be invaluable in developing the leadership potential of our staff.”

–Mark Brazwell, Organizational/Staff Development Consultant

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MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR®

“As the Executive Director of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and on behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank and praise Sandra Ford Walston for her perceptive leadership to conduct a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® seminar for our new board. She was sensitive to our personal dynamics, and tactfully guided and responded to us with considerable communication skills. I believe that Sandra has enabled our board to communicate with each other in a more positive and effective manner.”

–Dr. Antonia Joy Wilson, Executive Director, National Association of Women Business Owners

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“Women in Cable and Telecommunications Rocky Mountain Chapter were proud to contract with Sandra their monthly Breakfast Series and two annual board retreats. Applying the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® to the retreats, Sandra’s ability to organize and execute the presentations unified the Board. We implemented all her suggestions. This allowed the board the opportunity to reach a new level. She left us with benchmarks to obtain, visions to accomplish during our term duties, and professional as well as personal transformations. Her commitment continued with the monthly Breakfast Series. She designed, delivered, and facilitated high impact and results oriented workshops for over a year to our members.”

–Theresa D. Hart, Former President, Women in Cable & Telecommunications, Rocky Mountain Chapter

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SALES

“I first met Sandra at a health care conference. She was one of the most highly informed, organized, knowledgeable, and energized presenters I had ever experienced. I immediately contracted with her to present at one of my regional sales meetings. We asked her to apply her Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® expertise. My team valued Sandra’s ability to communicate the variety and value of different preferences during the sales exchange. She blended her diverse business careers to apply effective strategies to approach the people side of the selling process. I observed that my sales team increased their knowledge base and better understood their customers’ selling preference. I noticed an increase in sales.”

–Susan Van Dorsten, Regional Vice President Sales, NeighborCare

 

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NATIONAL SPEAKERS ASSOCIATION COLLEAGUES

“Sandra Ford Walston is a top professional. I had the pleasure of participating her ‘Meet the Pros’ presentation at the NSA Winter Educational Conference. Sandra’s presentation called ‘Break All the Odds, Defy the Rules: Do You Have the Courage to Launch a Book?’ was a great success. I expressed the same comments as fellow colleagues-creative, clever, and insightful. The fun personality test she designed revealed whether we had the courage to launch a book-it sure pegged me! Sandra excels in helping others propel their potential. She is warm, giving, encouraging, and very knowledgeable. She takes time to teach, inspire, and she tells it like it is.”

–Mary Beth Roach, MA, Speaker & Presentation Coach

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“Here’s an author and speaker you will want to know about-Sandra Ford Walston. She has written a beautiful book for women on courage. When I picked up COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman/Reclaiming the Forgotten Virtue, I felt wisdom ooooozing from each page. It’s substantial and lovely. Her keynote would be great for any conference.”

–Barbara Pagano, Speaker and Facilitator