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Testimonials

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"Carmela is cheerful, kind, and patient, and she will not rest until she sees results!

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As a high-level executive, I was expected to be an effective leader and communicator in a new culture - writing emails, delivering presentations, negotiating, and conducting Town Hall meetings. Leading in a foreign culture proved to be a great challenge. Carmela not only coached me on effective business writing, presentations skills, and leadership in the US, but also invited me to experience American culture firsthand at her family holiday celebrations and through carefully planned NYC outings. She helped me with my confidence and my executive polish.

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Carmela is truly a coach that goes above and beyond."
 

— Masami Yagi, Senior Vice President, Prudential International Insurance

"Carmela and I have been working together for more than 20 years.

Always an excellent coach, trainer, and facilitator, she exudes passion and commitment as she guides international executives to become better communicators and leaders.

Carmela is the best of all the many coaches we have worked with during the years.  
Our collaboration continues as we share this amazing Journey together."

— Vince Varallo, President, Varallo International

"Being a Chinese immigrant, I struggled with my pronunciation, effecting the clarity of my message and causing me to be self-conscious during meetings and presentations. Despite working with several other coaches, my challenges persisted. Carmela was the only coach who successfully identified the issues and provided me with practical tools/exercises I could use independently whenever I needed. After working with Carmela, I feel confident when I present and get praise for my impactful delivery. I had a wonderful experience working with Carmela and would recommend her to any non-native English-speaking executive."

 

— Angel Chow, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

"Carmela's coaching and guidance has provided me with a new perspective on my role in business
as a leader and my everyday life as a person, and I have been reinforcing my new communication and leadership skills at every opportunity I get!

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As a foreign executive living and working in the US, it was important to me that people understand my culture and background. Carmela not only understood it but also helped me make better connections with the US culture and communication style, which I appreciate very much. During the time we worked together, she was not just a coach, but a mentor and a friend who was always available to listen, to give me expert advice when needed, and to help me come up with customized solutions to effectively address various issues and make an impact. More importantly, I now understand myself better and more clearly -my strengths and weaknesses and the career direction I need to focus on. Carmela truly made me a better person for which I am grateful."

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- Yanyan Xu, Director of Analytics, Prudential International

— Kristin Reeves, Actor

"...PQ needs to be in the water! I will continue to practice it and pass the knowledge on to help empower women-physicians and prevent burn-out!”

— Head Physician and Executive Coach, VA Hospital, US

"I love the app feature. Makes sustainable behavior change easier. PQ exercises helped me quiet my internal turmoil related to the project I need to complete. Feeling more empathy - surprisingly, not judging myself actually helps me be more productive.

— Senior Leader, U.S. Military

"While PQ is a simple operating system, it is powerful and eye-opening. I never knew how hard I was on myself and my loved ones. With my clients, I am a great listener, am super empathetic, patient, and calm. Going through the PQ program has helped me become more aware of my saboteurs and quit their voices. My husband says that I have been nicer!"

— Psychotherapist/Couples Therapist, CA, U.S.

"I have more self-awareness, more control over my emotions, and clarity to focus on most important tasks. ...I approach conflict much more collaboratively and calmly, and the outcomes are amazing! Even my kids noticed the change in me. There seem to be less tension both at work and at home."

— Senior Leader, Standard Charter Bank, Singapore

 

"It was a pleasure to work with Carmela over the past 4 months as I embarked on a journey to improve my communication skills. Coaching with Carmela was a life changing experience for me. Carmela's ability to ask tough questions, her openness and honestly often put me outside of my comfort zone, where I was able to grow as a person and a team member. Outside of our coaching sessions I was often reflecting on the questions Carmela asked and implementing changes into my daily routines which massively improved my well being. Overall, I am extremely pleased and grateful for the opportunity to have worked together with Carmela as now I feel more confident and equipped to tackle my day to day both at work and home. Thank you, Carmela!"

— Strategic Partner Manager, Facebook

"The clutter in my head is gone! I am much more self-aware, have the tools I needed to for my thought process to be more focused. I am more self-aware and deliberate in my communication now. If you want to change how you think and how you behave for the better, this is it. This coaching has been invaluable. I can confidently say that I have achieved what I wanted. In the past, if someone wasn’t keeping up with me, it was on them. Now I organize my thoughts and feel more confident in my delivery. It’s not up to them to translate my thoughts – It's up to me to be clear.”

— Director of Strategic Initiative, U.S. Military

"I always come out of these sessions with more positive outlook. I am starting to see patterns in our 'hard conversation' topics, and we have made progress on it. 'Hard conversations' are just becoming conversations."

— Technical Lead, International High Tech Co.

"What a wonderful 12 weeks of conversation and self-learning! The journey has opened my mind to the notion that it's great to think about change, terrific to want change, and helpful to discuss different ways to approach change. However, Carmela made it clear that it was up to me to take the first step and action to initiate the change. We covered a lot of territory, guided by my drivers for each session and not Carmela's agenda. That was amazing!

There were times I was so focused and engrossed in the conversation, I couldn't verbalize my thought process as clearly as I wanted. Carmela has the gift of being able to hear the meaning beyond words and was able to paraphrase my thoughts and feelings as I meant them, as well as guide me to the next step.

As the sessions progressed, her guidance and knowledge around effective coaching moved me along to be concise and clear. Her coaching supported my efforts of a more streamlined thinking and accomplishing tasks in both personal life with my family and professional world at GE. Six months later, I continue to practice new ways to reset habits and create better ones."

Carmela, thank you for walking the path with me and opening my eyes to a new way of thinking and embracing new ideas and ways to approach opportunities."

— Valerie Serafin, Neurology Account Manager, Northeast Field Sales Trainer, GE Healthcare

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