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| Deborah Jude-York PhD |
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"My experience with Deborah was life-altering. At a time when I needed to transition from old-style to new, she helped me see what was needed and effectively motivated me to make the changes necessary to succeed in my new environment. I would whole-heartedly recommend her as a career coach. Plus she's a really nice person!"
Debora Obley, Associate Vice President
Budget & Capital Planning
University of California, Office of the President
"Deborah has been a great asset to me at two different employers where I used her skills to help guide the people working for me through change. She has a wonderful way of working with people to get them to accept the change that must occur to advance the business goals of the organization. Deborah was always available if we needed her and she came up with great ideas to help us manage through very difficult times in the organization. I highly recommend her both for general organizational change and for executive coaching work."
Judith W. Boyette, Partner, Hanson Bridgett Law Firm
Former Associate Vice President, Human Resources and Benefits
University of California, Office of the President
"Deborah is an excellent facilitator who added significant value to several internal reorganization/redesign efforts which were undertaken over a period of 3-4 years. She was very thorough and on time with her deliverables, and worked well with all levels in the organization. She also was engaged in executive coaching with successful outcomes as part of several of these projects. I highly recommend her."
Bill Neff, Former Executive Director of Labor Relations, University of California, Office of the President
Former Vice Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco
"Deborah is an excellent management consultant and executive coach. Her background experience working with sophisticated and complex organizations, and the people who run them, allows her to help professionals succeed during highly challenging transition periods. Her insight, advice and perspective have been exceedingly helpful to me. She is world-class and I highly recommend Deborah."
Brad Pruitt, Director of Compensation
University of California, Office of the President
"Deborah York’s consultation and services were vital to the success of our reorganization and team formation. We could not have succeeded without her involvement in applying a rather innovative cross-functional team structure with all of the core HR functionalities utilizing fewer resources due to severe budget constraints.
Deborah was expert in assessing our culture, resource capacity, and employee talent. She applies creativity, her vast knowledge and experience, as well as keen insights into the structure and ideas for process streamlining and improvement. She was also extremely flexible to our needs. With her expertise we were able to reach an optimum reorganization. I recommend her highly."
Deborah Larson, Human Resources Manager
University of California, Office of the President
"I've twice had the pleasure to work with Deborah in leadership teambuilding processes for very diverse participants in product management and marketing functions. She was professional in drawing out and understanding our issues, then designing a process to achieve our desired outcomes. She is personable and straightforward, and quickly gained credibility with even our most skeptical participants. A peer-to-peer feedback was included in the teambuilding processes, and Deborah created a safe environment for participant expression. She effectively and sensitively managed the process throughout so that participants gained both insight into their styles of interaction, as well as tools to increase team and personal effectiveness. I strongly recommend her."
Elizabeth Yount, Business and Finance Consultant, Hewlett-Packard
Former Director, Compaq
“York Consulting was there for us from day one. They took the time to teach me everything I needed to know about working better with my management team. In the end, we saved thousands of dollars by improving our communication and increasing our efficiency.
York Consulting and Deborah Jude-York were very professional every step of the way. They patiently answered all my questions and accommodated all my requests. They shared their knowledge and willingly co-operated to find the right solution. They don't shy away from the extra work and they made sure we were satisfied."
Bill Locker, CEO
Boys and Girls Club of Camarillo
Former Executive Director, Sierra Nevada Children's Services
"Deborah was instrumental in the training and development of our Marketing & Sales Leadership team. Her expertise in organizational development and hands on approach ensured excellent results."
Sue Knox, Vice President National Field Sales, Open Range Communications
Former Vice President Sales, Cingular Wireless
"I hired Deborah to assist me in developing the specific tools and actions that would make my high performing group of direct reports at Pacific Bell/SBC a high-powered effective TEAM. She brought so much insight that I, as the results oriented leader, could not see; turned a light on the blind spots, and enabled me to understand so much more about each individual's communication styles/expectations and the resulting group dynamic. She is extremely skilled, professional, sensitive, and pragmatic. My experience with Deborah was one of those most profound 'ah ha' moments in my career. My own skills took a major leap forward with her coaching."
Gwen Edwards, Principal, GCE
Former Sales Vice President, Health Care Markets Group, Pacific Bell
"In July 2008 I found myself thrust into an expanded management role within UCOP Human Resources and Benefits. While I knew all my 'new' direct reports, having been their peers for several years, I also knew I would need help in navigating and operating at this 'next level up' in management. From our first meeting I could tell that Deborah was going to be a valuable coach, thought partner and business confidant. The more we worked together the wider and deeper my admiration for her skills grew. Deborah helped me think through and analyze business issues as well as performance management issues. I can honestly stipulate that Deborah's assistance to me was invaluable in helping me manage through the HR reorganization and put the blueprint in place for what became the UC Retirement Administration Service Center. Without reservation I recommend Deborah as a top notch organizational design and business consultant."
Joe Lewis, Director, Retirement Administration Service Center
University of California, Office of the President
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| Robert E. York, Jr., MA |
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"Bob York has excellent skills in team building and discerning the need for team improvements. Bob understands how organizations work and how to ask the right questions. He does an excellent job of clarifying team objectives and priorities.
Bob also relates well on a one-on-one basis using his warm personality, quick rapport, and excellent feedback skills.
Bob is effective leading and presenting to large groups. He has exceptional 'platform skills'. His depth of experience and thoroughness of his preparation are apparent."
Merrill Hall, Director Volunteer Serve Ministries, Twin Cities Church
Former Human Resource Executive, Bechtel and General Electric
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| Gary Hawthorne |
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"Gary represents the highest level of both creativity and integrity of any expert I have ever hired. You tell him what you need your database to do and he makes it work. Gary's solutions not only work but work elegantly. Gary is very easy and pleasant to work with and ongoing support is just a phone call away."
Martha Carlson, Owner
HipHype Inc.
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