Testimonials

Corporate leaders

SVP, National Healthcare Corporation

"Coaching sessions have had a real impact on my life, both professionally and personally. Our time together has allowed me to create a much crisper strategy and plan for my business operations. Many of the individual tools leveraged during our coaching sessions have been invaluable as I work to coach and mentor my own team. The approach and execution of the coaching sessions really provided for a crisp set of goals and objectives, which we achieved. Our time together has given me new insight into my own personal values and motivators, which has positioned me as a much more effective leader. It has also helped me work with very different styles and 'see' how to meet others goals/objectives. Bottom line, Pam: You were GREAT!"

SVP, International Technology Corporation:

"I worked with Pam Butterfield, president of Butterfield & Associates, on several strategic planning initiatives meant to service my division. What I appreciated most about Pam was her independent objectiveness and forthrightness in sharing her perspective about future directions I did not always wish to hear. Pam became my most trusted advisor, keenly aware of how best to communicate with me so that I could hear and understand the message she delivered. I thank Pam for being sincerely interested in the well being of me, my organization, and the future of this firm."

VP, Human Capital Resources, National Research Corporation:

"I began working with Pam to gain, as well as regain, perspective in my role as Vice President of Human Capital Resources for my company. Since 2000, as an organization, we have experienced tremendous downsizing. Personally, it had been difficult for me to execute the nonstop downsizing initiatives. Pam has been instrumental as my executive coach in helping me maintain my humanity and regain the much-needed focus I must have as a corporate executive on maintaining the health of the company. My stress level has decreased significantly, and my decision-making has become clearer. Pam has a way of getting to underlying issues quickly and with a lightness that fosters open communication. Many thanks, Pam, for helping me with perspective. The timing has been perfect."

Chief Administrative Officer, National Investment and Financial Corporation

"We have had three consulting firms come in to work with us (the senior management team) during the last several years. Each firm told us we needed to improve how we work as a senior leadership team. They have prescribed team building as the solution. It wasn’t until you (Pam Butterfield) facilitated one three-hour session, that I finally understand what they were trying to tell us. Now I understand!"

VP, National Technology Corporation

"The last seven years have been a roller coaster ride for our company – tremendous growth, profitability and success, followed by a client base that has contracted quickly, requiring the pruning away of unprofitable lines of business, products, and services. Pam Butterfield has worked with us to facilitate the much-needed changes to remain viable. With calmness, objectivity, and some appropriate sense of humor, she has helped my team make tough but prudent decisions."

Senior manager, National Financial Company

"My situation: I was a highly compensated, senior manager in a national financial company. After numerous company layoffs, my responsibilities had nearly tripled, and my staff was cut in half. My days were filled with fighting one fire after another. In short, my job was killing me, but there was much to lose if I chose to leave the company. It had come to the point where I felt my career was not going in a direction that would ultimately make me happy and also allow me to do what I do best. What to do?"

"Business coaching - With Pam’s help, I had the opportunity to refocus my work efforts around my natural strengths and abilities. By recommitting myself to being the best I could be in my current situation, I was able to stop problems before they occurred."

"Pam provided an experienced set of eyes, probing and helping me look at things from a different viewpoint. Executives at a higher level in the company, noticing the performance improvements I began implementing, asked me to create job description for a new organizational position, one that would allow me to continue using my natural talents to benefit the company. I don’t think I would be considering writing my own job description had it not been for these sessions."

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