Testimonials

Nicole is outcomes oriented without forgetting the people matter. She is deeply committed to individual growth  while seeking to enhance the functioning of organizations and structures. I have been especially impressed by Nicole’s ability to operate in difficult spaces of seemingly competing interests and individual needs in order to optimize a team’s work toward agreed upon goals. She uniquely blends a profound respect for people and the beliefs they hold dear with an easy, comfortable manner.
William Murphy

Vice President of Schools, South Louisiana IDEA Schools

I benefited from every encounter with Nicole. Her patience, knowledge, and critical thinking helped us think differently about things and be more productive. She created an environment of high level thinking and strategizing without making it seem like that is what we were actually doing.

Maria Love

Director, Office of Immigrant Relations, Santa Clara County

Our partnership with Nicole resulted in a strategic plan that is realistic for our unique organization and has flexibility to accommodate the changing constellation of our service partners.  Just as important, our group’s work with Nicole provided the opportunity for some much-needed community building within our collaborative that broke through some very solid, long-standing walls, enabling us to realize greater outcomes for our clients

Susie White

Director, Nextcourse

Nicole was excellent at gathering lots of information from numerous sources and synthesizing it in a way that moved us to our goals. She motivated us to get the work done, asked great and tough questions, AND made it enjoyable.

Hilary Kushins

Drug Court and Training Programs Manager, Dependency Advocacy Center

Nicole helped us arrive at more creative solutions and to communicate with more impact. She is able to get diverse people together to think something through, bringing fresh thinking to the table.

Dana Landis

Head of Leadership Assessment and Effectiveness, Google

If an organization is going through conflict or disagreement, Nicole could help different members come to the table.

Ginny Fang

Former CEO, Golden Gate Global

Nicole provides a secure environment to allow the client to be introspective and honest with themselves without fear of judgment.

Greg Garrett

MPH, Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer, Alameda Health Consortium

Nicole is great at thinking through problems and gently forcing us to identify and articulate our needs.

AnnaLisa Chung

CEO, Dependency Advocacy Center