program testimonials
“With Lisa’s Success Is a Balancing Act, HSBC Bank Canada launched our first national program to support our female employees nationwide. With our vision to build an inclusive environment at HSBC where women can go as far and as fast as their talents and aspirations will take them, Lisa, as facilitator and coach helped us begin our journey. She has a high degree of credibility and integrity, and her passion for individual and organizational success is contagious. She quickly won over more than 400 employees across Canada with her sense of humor and her knowledge on how to increase their productivity and grow their careers at HSBC.”
Sue Hutchison
- SVP Commercial Banking, BC Region and Head, Women’s Network, HSBC Bank Canada
“We brought in Lisa to help us better understand the challenges and opportunities facing our talented women. She did a terrific job of uncovering key issues and worked directly with our high-performers to support them to improve their leadership skills and effectiveness. Lisa also facilitated an excellent session with our partners and leadership team that resulted in better communication between leaders and top talent, and the development of new, targeted retention and advancement initiatives.”
Cheryl Manuel
- Associate Partner, Deloitte
speaking testimonials
“Lisa was organized, energetic and focused. Our Division has had other speakers in the past, but I can’t recall any who produced such overwhelmingly positive feedback from our staff. We highly recommend Lisa Martin as a presenter for your organization.”
Tim Stiles
- Director, Corrections & Community Justice Division, Justice Institute of B.C.
“Lisa recently spoke at our inaugural Smart Savvy Society event and she really knocked it out of the park. Lisa was the last of 12 speakers to share career ‘hindsights’ with a packed room of overachievers. And, she had everyone riveted to their seat. Lisa encouraged the crowd to ensure they — “Create value security. Yesterdays’ world was about being employed, today’s world is about being employable.” She also shared that people should “Seek success, not perfection as perfection can be a career killer.” Thanks for investing the time with us Lisa.”
Peter Reek
- Smart & Savvy Associates
coaching testimonials
“My coaching relationship with Lisa was over a decade ago. I am still harvesting the benefits of her guidance and the insights we discovered 11 years later. The certainty, balance, and self/other awareness that Lisa helped me to find have been foundational to my success and my ability to survive and even thrive during some very trying circumstances. Talk about Return on Effort! We did the work, and I enjoy the returns daily.”
Marty Avery
- Chief Catalyst & Founder, What if
“Thank you for helping members of my team and me with strategic skills development to maximize our leadership potential. Team members enjoyed your positive approach and learned valuable communication and career-building skills. I personally have increased my productivity, enhanced my influencing expertise and become a better leader as a result of your insightful and inspiring coaching.”Thanks for investing the time with us Lisa.”
Charles Haugabrook
- Vice President, Strategy & Sales Channel Development, Time Warner Cable