Testimonials - What people are saying...

"I feel like Corinne is the best-kept secret in the Eugene community. So much so that I almost don't want other businesses to know my secret! That said, working with Corinne has been amazing. I've grown as a business leader tremendously and found new ways to look at issues that have helped to move my business to a whole new level. Her insights and thoughtful exercises have helped me as a leader for my team. I've appreciated her guidance through each step of this coaching process."
Anne Marie Levis 
President     Creative Director
Funk/Levis & Associates
www.funklevis.com

Corinne, Thank you for working with my team for the last 1 ½ years.  Together with your help we made huge strides in our communications as a company, without your help it would have been a very tough year.  We had to go through finding the right team members and work through our office being blown away by local tornados, which made it tough to keep our focus on work and all of our customers happy. With your help our communication skills improved and we came out of 2011 a strong and well communicating team ready to meet our goals in 2012. 

 
I started working with Corinne over 3 years ago.  When we first started working together, she asked me what my goal with our coaching was.  I told her my goal was to work her out of a job.  And, after the first 10 hours, I could have walked away with a whole new take on life, love, and sense of self.  When I started with Corinne, I was in a really tough place.  I had been through the ringer several times and my self-esteem had been torn to shreds.  She helped me look at all the great qualities inside me, not anything anyone else thought, just who I was and what I stood for.  I always say to friends, she brought the woman I am out again.  She taught me to love myself.  She helped me realize that I am a strong powerful woman, and that no one can take that away from me. 
After the first 10 hours, I was fascinated and wondering where else we could take this and if I could ever reach my “high dream”, you know, that one thing that you strive for.  That goal you have always wanted to reach and has sat in the back of your mind for years.  I have surpassed my high dream.  I have brought out the person I was meant to be.  I have focused on my values, my goals, my passion.  This was all possible because of the help, love and passion of Corinne.  She has stood by me through the ups and downs.  Every 2 weeks when I see her pop up on my calendar for our hour to talk, I have this high – it’s better than coffee!!  She reinvigorates me, she keeps me going and constantly reminds me of the wonderful woman I am. 
I am so thankful to Corinne for all she has given me.  I am in a fantastic place right now, and even being in a fantastic place, I want to keep her in my life.  I can’t even imagine where we might go next but I am sure it will be another ride of my life!
Christien Coors Ficeli 
Channel Marketing Director, On Premise
MillerCoors

Dear Corinne,
I wanted to write you this letter to express how grateful I am to have experienced coaching with you. Not sure where to begin so I will simply express myself from the heart. I look back at our first gathering at Eagle Quest. At that training I discovered something powerful and that was the “vultures”. The noise in my head that tells me I’m not good enough, smart enough, not deserving, and such. As you and I entered this coaching partnership little did I know that I would confront my vultures in a powerful way. Together we explored this and after a few sessions I found myself at a fork in the road. It was time to take a stand and make a choice. Through that experience I chose a path that would put my “vultures” at bay and allow me to move forward in my life. Through our coaching sessions I learned: I am indeed powerful. I have huge impact in the world. I choose to make a difference every day. Through my leadership I am making a difference in the world and at Whole Foods Market. And…I have gained the skills and insights to keep this alive. Because of your incredible coaching skills both you and I have agreed to an ongoing partnership and look forward to see what levels I (and you) achieve. In the end, you can count on a very positive reference for other clients should you need this.
Thanks again, for your coaching and helping me succeed and achieve the next levels in my journey!"
Mark “Flash” Dixon
President
Whole Foods Market-SW Region

Edge of Change has been instrumental for me as the leader of a non-profit organization that has gone through tremendous re-structuring.  A year ago, our locally grown, grassroots youth mentoring organization merged with a national social service organization, resulting in the need to develop systems for managing a new board governance model.  Corinne McElroy worked with the leaders of our staff and board to design an efficient and highly effective board retreat process where every board member walked away empowered about how they personally will contribute to the success of the organization.  As a result of this process, the agency has a practical road map for how we will work together as a team to reach our strategic goals.  We look forward to our continued leadership development work with Edge of Change to ensure our organization’s sustainable, healthy future.
Susan Walsh, Ph. D.
Evecutive Director
Committed Partners for Youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lane County
Eugene Oregon
www.committedpartners.org

It's hard for me to fathom that less than a year ago my goals were so elusive. I had just sold my business; after twenty plus years the challenges of running the business became routine. I didn't know where I was going next and I was aware that I might wander aimlessly without conscious effort and direction. That is when I turned to coaching and met Corinne McElroy. Throughout my coaching experience with Corinne I came to realize that I was driven by passion, curiosity and love for helping and inspiring others. I discovered that what I left behind is the foundation for my future. Onto bigger and better things! Corinne helped me discover what inspires me to move forward and gave me the tools to stay aligned with the virues that give meaning to my life. I have new perspective of my journey and a multitude of lenses in my bag that enable me to see my progress from every angle."
Lori Murphy
Blue Quill, LLC
Las Vegas, NV.

"I was approached by our President Roger Grochmal suggesting the management team should have coaching sessions...My first thoughts were that the others need it but not me. After all, being a 30 year employee of the company I have already done enough coaching with my staff. My first session was 2 hours long. After just the first session, I realized this coaching was different than anything we had done in the past. Corinne McElroy took the time to find out all about me, my circle of life and how all of this information fit into my work and family life. It didn’t take long to understand that this analysis is all part of her expertise. Every two weeks I look forward to my coaching session because I learn so much about what I am doing and failing to do. The difference is that I now understand the effects of what I am doing or not doing and how this affects those around me. Thank you Corinne!!  Your coaching skills have been both enjoyable and amazing. Our management team is a much different team today thanks to you and your efforts."
Dick Thomas
Vice President
AtlasCare
Oakville, Ontario

"...She was tough when she needed to be, she was quick to encourage me and she was very good at recognizing my successes along the way. The high point was when she had encouraged me to be passionate and to design an alliance with my entire division of over 200 people at an all division meeting designed to communicate and motivate the team through some tough times. I don’t believe I would have ever had the courage before to do what I did at that meeting but through coaching sessions with Corinne McElroy I felt inspired and a responsibility to do so.  She was always very in tune with what was going on around me in my life and making sure that we were talking about issues that would have immediate impacts. I believe she has the ability to tailor each coaching relationship to what each person needs. She has an amazing ability to listen and there were many times I simply forgot we were on a phone line and felt she was right there with me."
Patrick Goebel
VP, Sales & Marketing, Building Materials Division
Star Lumber & Supply Co., Inc.
Wichita, KS

At a transitional point in my life, having left a career of 15 years, I found Corinne.  She helped me find myself again at this pivotal time in my life.  Each one of our sessions got me thinking at a deeper and deeper level.  There was no hiding or slacking as Corinne would hold me accountable and keep me working hard.  I found that doing the one-on-one coaching and then concurrently with a 4 month Mastery Group session brought it all to a whole new level.  While the one-on-one coaching got me really to focus on myself, the Mastery Group was a way to further explore my values and put them to use with a very specific 120 day goal.  The Mastery group was powerful and the people I worked with are very supportive.  I am so glad to have invested in myself with coaching.  What a difference in my life it has made and will continue to make!
Kari Burg
S.H.I.N.E.
Leadership Training Consultant

How can I ever thank you for inviting me to participate in the most wonderful coaching program I’ve ever even heard of!  As you know, I’ve had a dream of opening up my own physical fitness coaching company for years.  With the guidance you have provided in the form of active listening, thought provoking questions, life and business planning models and of course putting together such an amazing group of people such as my teammates I can only succeed.
And, Corinne, the two very best things I’ve gotten from this program is that I’ve finally gained the courage to get big!  When we first started out – I was so afraid to even hand out flyers for one on one fitness training right here in my neighborhood – and here I am only four months later with the confidence to tell my husband’s boss at a recent holiday party that I am taking fitness training to corporations all over the country through a team of enthusiastic, educated and experienced trainers!  I am living ‘as if’ and it feels great!
The second most important thing I’ve gotten is the courage to be ever more honest with others and myself.  I’ve practiced standing up for myself in a professional and respectful was that has finally reflected the self-confidence I’ve known all along was inside of me.  I’m definitely a work in progress and I’m definitely making progress!
Thank you for believing in me and our team – The Action Buddies J - you absolutely make a difference every day.
Sincerely,
Gina Jonas
President/Certified Personal Trainer
Fit For Good – Your Fitness Coach
gina@myfitforgood.com
myfitforgood.com

I have worked together with Corinne for approximately five years and throughout these years she has encouraged and instilled so much positive energy that I am still spinning from all that energy.  Her dedication and devotion, her calmness and her wisdom, never seized to amaze me.  She has been very instrumental in working together with myself and my family in establishing our individual core values and our alliance together as a company.
 One of the latest coaching sessions I participated in was through the Mastery Group, and I was introduced to four very powerful women, and together we shared both professional and personal interests, ideas, experiences and practices.  I have gained so much knowledge and strength through Corinne’s coaching sessions and they have changed my life to a better way of thinking and living.  I thank you Corinne from the bottom of my heart, and I am grateful for having met you.
Iva Keatt
MARIS Machine Works Inc.
Brampton  Ontario  Canada

Are you curious? Call 541-344-8639 today to schedule a free 45 minute coaching session. If not now, when?  email Corinne@edgeofchange.com

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