Testimonials
…Ed has been a game changer…
Ed Evarts has helped us look beyond our walls and has given us a perspective we may not seen otherwise, all of which has helped us evolve and improve as a company. Ed has done it in a way that is not combative, destructive, or critical, but one that allows for open and honest communication between all party’s and results in real action steps with real accountability. Ed has been a game changer for Peregrine.
“…everyone needs a coach…”
Everyone needs a coach! I’ve had a terrific experience working with Ed in an effort to understand how my colleagues experience me in the workplace. We conducted a really engaging 360-feedback process from where I identified 2-3 areas that, should I do a little bit differently, would have a tremendously positive impact. To date, despite all the extra workplace complexities that come our way, these efforts have and continue to improve my relationships and the contribution of my team to the organization. Ed’s sound coaching advice and advisory helped make that happen.
“…helped me drive conversations that needed to be had…”
As my role and responsibilities at STAG Industrial have been evolving, especially over the last few months, I decided that it would be great to work with a leadership coach to help ensure the leadership skills and behaviors I was already undertaking were known by others, and new leadership skills and behaviors I needed to do were on my radar. I chose Ed to work with me as I felt his experience working with senior leaders and his style and creativity would help me make great progress. My assessment was correct. Ed helped me identify areas that needed organizational visibility, behaviors that needed attention, and he helped me drive conversations that needed to be had. I hope the opportunity arises to work with Ed again in the near future.
“… significant improvements in how we run our business…”
Ed Evarts provided Ansatz Capital with significant improvements in how we run our business. Among several accomplishments, my partners and I implemented best practices for leading effective meetings, reducing the time spent at meetings and making those meetings more effective; we created a project planning dashboard to update each other on major firm-wide projects; and Ed helped us make progress in organizing our financials and sharing them with the partners. If you are looking for someone who can listen and help you take action for your business, I would strongly recommend Ed!
“…focused on helping me raise the visibility of my sales successes…”
Working with Ed was fantastic! At the start of our coaching engagement, we began “Project Stephanie,” focused on helping me raise the visibility of my sales successes and build a personal board of directors who can help me make better decisions on my career. I truly love my work, my clients and my organization, yet at times, I felt lost and needed direction. Ed and I developed some powerful steps to help me be the driver of my career.
“…thoughtful, consistent & practical leadership skills…”
I first met Ed through a leadership program I was enrolled in and quickly learned that my career direction had been changed forever. Ed provided me very thoughtful, consistent & practical leadership skills ideas to move an otherwise stagnate federal career forward. Ed provided me monthly exercises to really have me become more proactive in my career and leadership challenges. He also was instrumental in connecting me with someone who had similar interests, as I do, to further help me better align my thoughts and ambitions for the future. I highly recommend Ed as a Leadership Coach. As a person new to this type of guidance, I can say that my last six months have been an amazing experience.
“…accessible, high-leverage approach…”
Since meeting Ed at a team coaching conference, I have been consistently impressed with his accessible, high-leverage approach that can make leadership more meaningful, less mechanical, and result in greater impact.
“…top notch professional development coach…”
I chose Ed as my leadership development coach because I thought he would be the most pragmatic in his philosophy and approach. My instincts were good: Ed offered me some of the most practical advice I have ever received, on navigating my professional relationships and helping me identify and work to achieve my professional goals. He helped put me in the driver’s seat, with his advice that I should be the driver of my career, not the passenger. If you are looking for a top notch professional development coach, I highly recommend Ed Evarts!
“…an amazing cultivator of leadership…”
Ed Evarts is an amazing cultivator of leadership and helped propel me to the next level of it. I work in a global pharmaceutical company with its associated complexity of social groups and processes. Ed was my leadership coach for a year. He helped me develop MY PERSONAL BRAND OF LEADERSHIP steeped in the sharing of vision, enabling others to act, and modeling the way. He very successfully analyzed the root cause of my struggles in the company and guided me (sometimes not-so-gently) to a heightened sense of awareness. He accomplished this through critical discussions with team members and managers, targeted reading, thoughtful analysis of my daily interactions and team meetings, and his tremendous insightfulness. I highly recommend Ed Evarts.
“…caused me to think…”
I found my work with Ed to be very helpful in making a positive impact on the newest stage of my career. In addition to helping me navigate some in-the-moment business challenges, Ed caused me to think about important areas such as how to be more proactive in leading meetings and how to speak up and share important information when the need arose.
“…proactive coaching style…”
In his leadership role, Ed provided tremendous value to our executive team in the Digital Services business line. He is a quick study and builds effective relationships across executive teams. I benefited personally and professionally in my relationship with Ed through his proactive coaching style which is genuine, balanced and business centric, with an easy going approach and a great sense of humor.
“…trusted advisor…”
Ed has been a true partner, counselor and trusted advisor. He has the unique ability to not just listen, but truly ‘hear’ what someone is saying and ‘see’ the big picture from a business perspective. He takes all of that, and translates it in a way that puts it into a clear perspective, with meaningful insight and a path forward. It is a process that begins with ambiguity and uncertainty, and ends in clarity and confidence. He is truly skilled in his field.
“…crisp analytical thinking…”
Ed has advised and coached me over the years and I can always count on him for crisp analytical thinking and a dry sense of humor, which makes his advice and counsel easier to accept and implement.
“…everyone walked away with increased self-awareness…”
Our team recently worked with Ed to help us better understand ourselves and how we interact with each other and our internal customers. Ed facilitated activities that raised awareness of our own personality preferences and how others with different preferences might view things differently or interact in different ways. Everyone walked away with increased self-awareness and tools to increase effectiveness individually, within our team, and with internal customers. Ed is an engaging facilitator with a significant real world experience and insight, and he was able to draw out all participants and quickly build rapport.
“…fantastic experience working with Ed…”
I had a fantastic experience working with Ed and I learned a lot of information about myself. My focus was to build my self-awareness of how my colleagues experience me at work and through an in-depth 360-feedback assessment and ongoing 1:1 coaching conversations, I feel I know more about how to engage and lead my team and organization more effectively.
“…Ed has become an invaluable consultant…”
Ed has become an invaluable consultant and coach since we started working together in 2021. When looking for a leadership coach, my primary goal was to establish myself as the operational leader of our small business. At the time, both my company and I were surviving on hard-work and determination. Ed helped me to elevate into a role where I am focused on providing guidance, direction and oversight to our team and clients. We have since created a work environment where everyone knows what is expected of them, while feeling supported and appreciated. This allows our team to provide the highest quality and consistent service to our clients. I cannot thank Ed enough!
“…provided invaluable ideas, insights, accountability, and motivation…”
I have begun to create a new business called Partnership to Prosperity. We are creating productive relationships between educators, employers, and learners and this is a unique focus in the workforce development industry. I needed help organizing my ideas and thoughts and create actionable next steps to ensure I was making meaningful progress. Ed Evarts has provided invaluable ideas, insights, accountability, and motivation to help me ensure I am making progress. In working together, we have produced a number of actionable items including a logo, a board or advisors, and a strategic plan that I can use in connecting with, and motivating others. If you need help pivoting your organization to the next level, contact Ed.
“… level-headed, practical, empathetic, easy to get along with, experienced, and insightful…”
Everyone can benefit from Ed’s leadership coaching. As I continued to grow into a senior-level role, Ed helped me define my leadership style and goals and provided concrete steps to get there. He was an exceptional listener—listening to understand. He responded with probing questions that cut to the heart of the matter and helped me gain clarity around tough issues. He is level-headed, practical, empathetic, easy to get along with, experienced, and insightful. His coaching not only helped me flourish more in my role but by extension helped my team function more productively as well. Thank you, Ed!
“…a samurai executive coach…”
Ed is a samurai executive coach who helped our team at Girl Be Heard reach higher levels of performance and success by transforming what seemed like insurmountable challenges into bit size nuggets we could digest. His coaching brought clarity, a depth of humanity, and a level of trust and understanding that is the bedrock for any successful team.
“…challenges me to achieve my goals…”
I began working with Ed over three years ago and we continue to meet monthly. Ed has helped me work on strategic business situations and coach me with leadership skills and exercises. Also, Ed provided coaching sessions to our sales, account management and senior management employees of our organization on ways to raise their visibility and value as well as our organizations. Ed delivers tremendous value and challenges me to achieve my goals. I look forward to continuing to grow our professional relationship.
“…insightful, organized, respectful and supportive….”
I recently had the honor of working with Ed as my professional leadership coach. Ed is insightful, organized, respectful and supportive. He is extremely intuitive and quickly learned my leadership style, helping me polish my strengths and improve upon my weaknesses. Throughout our engagement, Ed coached me on how to sharpen my skills to become a more effective leader. Ed listened intently and always kept my personal and professional goals at the forefront of our conversations. He examined what was at the root of my challenges, analyzed my obstacles and then helped me craft a plan to work towards achieving my goals. I highly recommend working with Ed – our coaching engagement was so helpful and truly enjoyable.
“…a better, more effective leader…”
Ed’s structured approach and use of simple yet powerful diagrams helped me to clarify issues and identify their root causes. Our coaching sessions revealed new insights into my current behaviors and opportunities to practice new behaviors to become a better, more effective leader.
“…a thoughtful process…”
When I selected Excellius Leadership Development, I made the right choice. Ed Evarts is able to assume several roles throughout a coaching engagement: sounding board, guide, critical friend and genuine partner. He has the capacity to understand a wide variety of data on both a macro- and a micro- level, and has the skill to meld that information so that it can be used to formulate clear direction. Working with Ed is a thoughtful process that yields solid outcomes.
“…unparalleled in his skill…”
Ed is unparalleled in his skill to build relationships quickly and effectively. When I think of the competencies of an effective coach, which include establishing trust with others, listening actively, being intuitive, communicating clearly and effectively, being accountable, and illustrating and holding others to a high degree of ethical standards, I think of Ed.
“…passion for excellence…”
Ed’s passion for excellence coupled with his ability to develop others provides the right combination for success. Ed has worked with teams as well as individuals to drive higher levels of sustainable performance.
“…a great partner…”
Ed is a great partner in a business environment. He actively engages in bringing resolution to any issues in which he works, and he effectively and genuinely balances the needs of an individual with the needs of the organization.
“…absolute delight to work with…”
Ed is extremely focused and brings a high level of energy to all of his professional relationships. His best attribute is his ability to listen yet advise the business confidently and with the utmost professionalism. Ed is a true advisor to the business and is an absolute delight to work with. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.