We are extremely proud of our track record in helping businesses and people discover their real potential and succeed despite the many challenges of today’s business environment. But we could not have experienced this level of success without the passionate involvement of our clients.
If you need a reference for on management consulting, executive coaching, employee selection, or training services—particularly if the services we provide really work—look no further than the testimonials directly from our latest clients.
Management Consulting
Strategic Planning, Business Planning and Other Consulting
“Activate Group’s leadership and expertise has helped our organization to re-think our present and better imagine our future. The rigorous strategic planning process has been a catalyst for positive change in our organization, and has led to better business decisions.”
Beth Boone
Artistic and Executive Director, Miami Light Project
“Activate Group took our company through a tremendous journey that resulted in over 30% growth in our net margins. We thought the journey was for the company, but in actuality it transformed our leaders.”
Vince Carrodeguas
Partner, Goldstein Schechter Koch
“I was very reluctant to bring on a consultant, but Activate Group, Inc. came highly recommended. After working with Activate Group, we created a strategy to increase our profit percentage and revenues. Within seven months we doubled our profit percentage and blew our revenue number out of the water. Now we are implementing strategies with Howard to create new revenue streams and hire new “A” players in our organization.”
Arron Rimpley
President, Whitley Collection
“Howard has been instrumental in aligning our team towards a common focus. His knowledge and out of the box thinking on what needs to be done has helped us to identify strategies towards growth in our organization.”
Desmond Falla
President & CEO, DRT International
“Howard Shore has been an excellent guide and coach in our transformation into a professional, fast growth company. Our quarterly meetings with him always leave us feeling that we’ve taken care of strategy and are doing the right thing with the people, time, and resources that we have.”
Floyd Marinescu
CEO, C4Media Inc.
“I have had Howard facilitate the strategic meetings for the senior management at HPP on several occasions. He helped get us refocused on things that matter most for success. We redesigned our internal meeting schedule around the Rockefeller Principles which greatly improved internal communication. He helped us install a commitment to measurable metrics; especially leading indicators. I am personally grateful for the work he has done with us.”
Jeffrey Schillinger
CEO, Hospital Physician Partners
Sales Force Development
Evaluation, Selection, Training, Coaching
“Activate Group, Inc. was instrumental in helping my staff and I focus on our goals and selling skills. We are happy to report our sales are 30% ahead of last year.”
Jill Daley
CEO, Office Interiors International
“My work with Activate Group earlier this year has truly enhanced my selling skills and process, AND made me a better rainmaker for our business. While I was great at forming relationships and connections, with my coach’s help I was able to leverage what I already did well and take it to another level. He helped me to better identify and target the areas that I needed to improve upon, focused my efforts on increasing my ‘speed on the bases’ and as a result, I found myself having much more effective meetings with prospects—and spending less time with those who really weren’t qualified. But the best thing has been the results that I’ve been able to achieve in the last six months. We landed our biggest client ever in the history of the business as well as several other “big fish”, which was one of my goals when I started. I feel more confident and am better prepared in my meetings and I expect that I’ll only continue to improve with the tools and the process that I’ve learned.”
Cheryl Beth Kuchler
CEO, CEO Think Tank
“My coach is great when it comes to recognizing, adjusting and developing new sales strategies to fit our service and the current marketplace. I have been in outside sales for more than 22 years and my coach brought new ideas to help me deal with the every day trials of selling a non-tangible service, mostly by phone. I would recommend him to any company that wants to grow their business from inside, with the talent they already have.”
Philip WassermanUnited TranzActions
“Activate Group, Inc. provided sales coaching services at my company. With our coaches techniques and new approaches my sales team gained the change needed to improve sales in their territories. I also received valuable coaching and have been able to manage my reps’ sales pipelines more effectively and have been a better coach myself. I would recommend any company to utilize their services.”
Alan Gartner
United TranzActions
Employee Selection Services
TopGrading, Assessments, Interviewing
“As an entrepreneur, I must admit that I had not paid enough attention to hiring practices until the business was going through a rough patch. We reluctantly agreed to use Activate Group’s TopGrading selection tools and hired our first ‘A’ player shortly thereafter. What a huge difference! Not only did we find that a true ‘A’ can perform the work of 2 or 3 employees in the same capacity, but they also become a model and motivation for others to improve. Now that we are seeing the successful results, I would not ever think of hiring anyone without the use of these tools.”
Otmara Diaz-Cooper
President, Diaz & Cooper Advertising, Inc.
“Activate Group, Inc. has been instrumental in helping our company. By using the tools such as Topgrading, we have hired key employees that have helped our company to turn around in growth mode. Through assessments and budgets created around our Gazelles one-page plan we now have a true blueprint for success.”
Desmond Falla
President & CEO, DRT International, Miami, FL
“It has been a privilege to work with Activate Group, Inc, in assessing our sales talent and capabilities. They bring in industry expertise and provide valuable insight to our organization. I’m looking forward to continuing to work with our coach Howard during 2011!”
Andrea Gunther
Director Global Talent Management, Assurant
Employee Performance Services
Executive Coaching, Training, Teamwork
“As the Chief Administrative Officer/SVP of HR and Communications for VITAS Healthcare Corporation, I have had the privilege of working with Howard on various projects, including Executive Coaching. Howard is insightful and has the ability to help his clients come up with thoughtful solutions to challenging issues. Howard’s business intelligence combined with a clear sense of purpose and emotional intelligence makes him the perfect coach and business strategist.”
Kal MistryChief Administrative Officer/SVP, VITAS Healthcare Corporation
“Howard’s Leadership Training has helped us develop greater skills to deal with clients and employees while moving our company forward during a difficult economy.”
Todd Cooper
Owner, Diaz & Cooper Advertising
“Howard has taught me more in a few short months than I have learned on my own during the past 7 years of owning my business.”
Fred Adkins
CEO, FRED
“Howard is an excellent business coach! He has helped me in the areas of practice development and management and I would recommend him to others.”
Mitch Stein
Director at Goldstein, Schechter, Koch
“We hired Activate Group, Inc. originally to facilitate a strategic plan for our firm. We completed the plan and it has worked out very well for us. Howard was able to make us reach decisions that would have been very difficult for us to accomplish without his facilitation. We have since hired Howard as a coach for a couple of our key employees and he has been working as a coach for one of our partners for some time. They all feel that Howard has helped them improve themselves through his coaching.”
Zvi Gold
Partner at Goldstein, Schechter, Koch
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