What they say
"Mines and Associates is a national psychology firm that has a health psychology division and an organizational psychology division serving over 300 organizations and over 200,000 families. MINES retained Ms. Crawford to work with our senior leadership team on strategic issues and its own group dynamics. Ms Crawford worked with our senior leadership team for one year.
"In that year we accomplished all of our goals. We had top line growth of over 40% while maintaining our bottom line profit at over 10%. The leadership team reorganized the firm with the goal of being scalable for future growth. This goal was accomplished 3 months earlier than projected. Group dynamics were significantly improved in terms of better communication, increased effective conflict management, increased cohesion, heightened awareness of the subtleties of our organizational culture, and week-to-week goals and accountabilities were met at higher levels of success than previously.
"Ms. Crawford did an outstanding job of facilitating our meetings and intervening where it was needed. She has a great blend of insight into the group process combined with a direct communication style for confronting group problems. She also was able to join on an individual basis with each member of the team and was then able to coach them as needed on individual issues and goals.
"I highly recommend Ms. Crawford to you for consideration as an organizational consultant. Even though MINES has an organizational psychology division with its own organizational development consultants, we thought it was important to have someone objective to work with us. Therefore it would be fair to say that Ms. Crawford was the consultant to the consultants.
"Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding Ms. Crawford's strong qualifications and skill sets."
Robert A. Mines, Ph.D.
CEO and Licensed Psychologist
"I have definitely
found working with Victoria to be beneficial. Each of our managers
commits to goals and then reports on them and rates themselves. The
process takes over once you get into it, and we have found that the
monthly goals get more meaningful as the year progresses. It took awhile
for our team to understand how serious we are about holding each other
accountable and that their performance or lack thereof really impacts
others on the team. The result has been that each of us understands a
lot more how what we're doing affects the others and that if we don't do
it the whole team gets impacted. It has take a lot off my shoulders too,
and I'm getting respect from the team because of the disciplined
follow-through, etc which is always challenging for a multi-tasking
leader such as myself! :) "
Elaine Ralls, Ph.D.
CEO HMI Marketing and Advertising
"Victoria helped
our team in honing in on our goals. In our industry, the many
opportunities available to act on, demanding deadlines and the "wearing
of many hats" by all on our team continually create a fast-paced
environment of moving from one challenge to the next. With Victoria's
help, our team was able to identify mission critical goals and create
measurable ways of determining success. The team came together to
discover the best ways to achieve individual and collective goals.
Setting these strategies worked profoundly for our team."
Kathy Sacks,
Editor-in-Chief and Co-Owner
bizAZ magazine, www.bizaz.com
"Rarely do I work
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can be certain in working with her, that the direction she can take you
will be directly aligned with your goals and aspirations. Her ability to
be a constant in the chaotic business world is what truly sets her apart
from other professionals. Her honesty and integrity throughout our
working relationship has been exemplary. I can without hesitation
recommend her as a consultant and practitioner in the her fields of
expertise."
Kathleen J. Hagfors,
Former Director
COX COMMUNICATIONS
Southwest Area Training and Organizational Development
"Victoria, your
business support program has been a great success. It's increased our
effectiveness and cohesiveness, plus it's been fun!"
Lyn Cook CPA
Lyn Cook and Associates
Working with Victoria
has been a wonderfully positive experience. She guided me through an
examination of my personal values and goals, then helped me develop a
focused, specific plan to lead me toward achieving those goals. I ended
up with a plan that was unique, with specific steps to keep me on track.
Victoria's positive attitude and support made the process both rich and
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Randy Stokes,
Attorney
Lewis and Roca Law Firm
"I had the pleasure
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Sandy Kolberg, Ph.D.
Stategems LTD.
"Victoria's
insightful direction of the BYY program resulted in some true
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Bob Puhlman
Partner, Ryley, Carlock and Applewhite Law Firm.
"Word so often get
in the way of who we are and what we have to offer. Victoria offers
sacred space, listens with an open heart and offers wise insights."
Elizabeth Tarpley
