WHAT CLIENTS SAY:

"You stimulated our people to think strategically....We continue to see a payoff..."
- Jim Cary, VP, Pfizer Inc. Animal Health Group

"You brought out from the managers of our division what they see as being critical to success. There wasn't any doubt that we needed to be doing something differently, but there was no methodology to bring it together. As a result of your involvement, this group has come a long way, and are now very focused and heading down the right path."
- Jerry Thomas, Group Manager, Container Division, Union Camp (now part of International Paper)

"Many consultants have 'the answer.' They just want you to ask the right questions. Gillett can listen to your real questions, and work with you on them."
- Peter Habley, VP, Group Personnel Services, Pfizer Inc. Hospital Products Group

"For over ten years Darwin Gillett has been an invaluable advisor. I have relied on his business acumen, experience, empathy, and heart. I trust him. He broadens my perspective of situations so I can fine-tune my approach. He balances business and spiritual requirements, never losing sight of what matters most."
- Barbara Williams, CEO, Image Content Technology

“Thank you for adding to my personal development. You were as much about the means vs. the end results. As one acquires wisdom (technical knowledge + experience) do they realize what is true leadership in business? I model much of my consulting capabilities around your approach to creating a 'learning organization' for clients."
- Brian Yanni, Jefferson Wells International

“Your enthusiasm is so important, because when people feel that things won’t go well, they need that sense of practical enthusiasm that you use to ‘lead’ people to what is possible.”
- Mary T. Eckert, project manager of a business planning process redesign team at Union Camp (now part of International Paper)

"You have been an incredible mentor and friend. The conversations we shared will be cherished for a lifetime. I appreciate your insight, thoughtfulness and guidance. You are an answered prayer."
- Brian Laughlin, CEO, Applied Wholesale (CA)

SERVICES

Our executive coaching and consulting services help clients address – and solve – the major issues facing their companies. This assistance takes the form either of direct consulting assistance, executive coaching or training through our seminars.

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Sometimes, bringing in an outside management consultant provides just the perspective clients need to see new possibilities, to shape new strategies and to find more effective ways of implementing existing strategies. By utilizing internal resources even more effectively – and achieving even greater results than planned, and doing it fast, clients find that the cost of consulting help becomes an important investment in a successful future.

We help you and your team address the business and people issues that are key to your success–issues such as:

  • Corporate purpose and values
  • Business strategy
  • Employee morale and commitment
  • Customer attraction and retention
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Collaboration – (at any level)
  • The Management process
  • Implementation
  • Measurement

...all focused on helping you surmount problems and achieve breakthroughs in growth and profitability.

We utilize the principles of Noble Enterprise in this consulting. Thus clients can not only solve pressing problems, but begin to introduce – and successfully use the Noble Enterprise principles that can then contribute to lasting progress

Our management consultants have either run successful businesses and/or helped other business owners and executives do likewise.

Our consulting assistance includes these dimensions:

  • Problem definition
  • Intended results clarification
  • Improvement strategy development
  • Involvement of people in developing solutions and action plans
  • Measurement of progress
  • Learnings from the process

A Collaborative Approach: We work with the client organization in all these phases rather than working separately and then (merely) present a set of recommendations. In this way, the wisdom and perspective of the client organization is drawn forth and utilized.

High Impact: We aim high – to make a major difference on both the immediate problem or issue facing your company – and on your company’s subsequent capacity for surmounting similar problems in the future.

EXECUTIVE COACHING

When you have your goals and strategy developed, your organization in place, and the action plans designed, we can help you stay on track, anticipate and deal with problems along the way, and accelerate progress.

We serve as your own personal counsel. We “meet” regularly (sometimes in person and in between by phone and/or email). We serve as a sounding board, an organizer of thought and plans, a connector of dots – and as an encourager to stay focused and on message.


Set up a free initial coaching session to discuss your needs and goals.

Here are the kinds of executive business coaching and mentoring we provide.

COACHING CEOS & SENIOR EXECUTIVES

If you are a new CEO, we help you navigate the waters, determine your approach to being CEO with an emphasis on the many roles that effective CEOs play.

If you have been brought into a stagnant company to revive it and set it on a successful course, we help you think through the strategy for doing that, determine the actions you will take, and what you can do to involve and inspire your organization.

If you have already accomplished much in your CEO role, and are now contemplating what else you can do to build and grow your company, we help you tackle that as well.

Our team of coaches have “been there” – as new CEOs once, as turnaround CEOs and as revitalizers of stagnant companies. Not only have they succeeded, but they are dedicated to helping other CEOs succeed – and not merely by replicating what they did, but by helping clients think through their own challenges and to develop and implement their own unique approaches to make progress on them.

COACHING FOR BUSINESS OWNERS

Building and running your own company is an exhilarating and sometimes scary ride. While there is lots of help out there to address individual problems and issues facing the privately owned business, not only are these sources potentially expensive and time-consuming, they typically focus on just one or two issues.

Our coaching business owners focuses on the total picture — all the pieces of the business and how they all tie together (or don’t) to make your business what it is.

Our coaches have launched and led successful businesses in a range of industries. They share a passion for helping other business owners succeed.

LEADERSHIP COACHING

If you are a leader who seeks to expand your leadership skill and impact, our coaching assistance can be an invaluable resource. Our coaches help you address issues of motivation, commitment, communications, collaboration, innovation – and growth

Our coaches are successful leaders themselves and have become effective coaches helping other leaders expand their leadership capabilities and achievements.

If you would like to explore a possible coaching relationship, please call or email us to set up a free initial coaching session to discuss your needs and goals.

SEMINARS

NOBLE LEADERSHIP: The Inner Secrets of Highly Successful Leaders

Why the "Nobility Factor" is needed and works in today's business world. Noble leaders act differently from traditional leaders, and in the process achieve far more. This talk (and seminar) examines the inner qualities of a Noble Leader and the seven roles they play to raise their organizations to higher levels of performance. Participants are encouraged and guided in tapping their own nobility to expand their leadership effectiveness.

THRIVING IN AN EMERGING "REAL WORLD": Three Trends Reshaping Business

While most of us concentrate on changes coming about in the marketplace, in technology and/or in our profession and industry, there are other, deeper changes that are already beginning to rewire business, work and leadership. Learn to recognize and understand these three trends and thereby achieve greater success in your work life and in your leadership.

POSITIVE CHANGE: Oxymoron or Recipe for Success?

When change is all around us, how do we know which changes to embrace and when to hold back before leaping? This presentation will provide a guide for doing just that, with examples throughout history and currently of changes that have and are reshaping our world-and how to embrace the right ones.

REVITALIZE YOUR COMPANY: Steps You Can Take to Re-energize your Company

Why is it that some organizations do not reach their potential while others do? Recognizing the energy blocks in your organization-and what causes high positive flow of energies-is the focus of this talk. When the presentation is over, you'll walk out of the room with 10 steps to re-energize your company. In the seminar version, we work with your team to help them apply these principles to achieving breakthrough success.

THE NEW WORK ETHIC: Build a Culture that Boosts Employee Morale-and the Bottom Line

Groundbreaking research shows that it's not the traditional motivators that energize most employees. This keynote examines what the most powerful motivators are and what you can do to build them into your culture in order to generate superior business performance.

SPIRITUAL CAPITAL: Tapping Human Energy to Generate Competitive Advantage

Business has long focused on the intellectual dimension of Human Capital - developing their Knowledge Workers, creating a Learning Organization and building Intellectual Capital. But successful companies also tap Human Spirit. Learn how to build this powerful source of competitive advantage and how to unleash it to achieve far more than most people expect is possible.

We Make Selecting the "Right" Topic For Your Group EASY!

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