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Client Comments Regarding Donald Levitt, Ph.D.
GLOBAL COMPANIES
- “It has been my pleasure to work with Don Levitt as
an executive coach. He has helped a number of our executives
to improve their leadership styles and enhance their personal
effectiveness. I would work again with Don any day -- especially
in the area of improving interpersonal effectiveness, wherein
I believe he has particular insight and expertise.”
- Rochelle Hanley, M.D.
Executive Director, Metabolic Clinical Development
Pfizer
- “Working with Don Levitt as an executive coach
over the past year has been illuminating, both professionally
and personally. Don’s thoughtful, probing style allows
you to uncover deep insights into your personal style and others’
perceptions of you, and to develop productive and efficient
strategies to emphasize your strengths as well as address your
developmental needs.”
- John McCue
Principal
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
- “It has been my pleasure working with Don Levitt on
an enterprise-wide talent management initiative. His expertise
in executive coaching, organizational development and change
management has been instrumental in retaining and developing
key talent. I look forward to working with Don well into the
future.”
- Joe Rose
Manager of Succession Planning and Performance
Management
Sprint Corporation
- “Don was engaged to help us, as a corporation and as
individuals, to improve our performance based on using better
leadership techniques. He not only provided us with excellent
communication and behavior tools, but with his psychology training
he provided superb individual “counseling” with
regard to interpersonal interaction. This was extremely beneficial
for the implementation of performance-based leadership, and
also helpful in other real-world situations. Don is truly an
excellent, and very importantly, a direct and honest, communicator.
I have noticed definite results from Don’s training.”
- Daniel Chao
Executive Vice President
Bechtel Enterprises
- “Don Levitt is a valuable resource to our executive
management team, facilitating discussion and definition of corporate
strategy, succession planning, and providing insightful feedback
and coaching to our executives about their individual management
and leadership styles. With Don’s considerable experience
and gentle advice, I believe we have improved our effectiveness
both as individuals and as a management team.”
- Tony D. Damon
Chief Executive Officer
SSOE, Inc.
- “Don was an effective consultant to my leadership team
in helping us to clarify our vision and implement a plan for
a major change project. His leadership in engaging employees
at all levels in the transformation was also a key factor in
our success.”
- Glen Hiner
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Owens Corning
FAMILY-OWNED AND CLOSELY-HELD COMPANIES
- “Our work with Don Levitt has resulted in a stronger
family and business team. He helped our Executive Team and Board
of Directors to gain a better understanding of our executives’
strengths and how each one can best contribute to the success
of the business. Don has helped our entire management team function
more effectively, particularly through the implementation of
strategic and tactical meetings. Don has also facilitated a
“family meeting” which included owners, spouses
and teenage children that provided us all with a better understanding
of the past, present and future of our third generation family
business.”
- Ed Brooks
President
Huron Automatic Screw Co.
- “Don helped me to ask the right questions – and
the solutions became apparent. Don has helped guide me through
some difficult choices.”
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- Tom Schmidt
President
Ed Schmidt Automotive Group
- “Don Levitt has helped us in our drive to become ‘the
tightest ship in the tire and oil shipping business.’
His tools for improving employee accountability and communications
– and for working more efficiently – have been particularly
valuable.”
- Joe Shrader
President
Shrader Tire and Oil
- “Management behavior and results are tied together in
today’s workplace. Don Levitt helped our management personnel
to develop real-world skills that they can apply immediately
to real work issues. Don’s style is results-oriented and
provides powerful tools for today’s changing environment.”
- Duane Jebbett
President
Rowmark
- “Don Levitt has been a very
insightful resource and an effective coach for our team members
over the last year, as our organization continues to work through
a very significant cultural change. Don has quickly gained our
trust and respect and maintained it, while offering ideas and
solutions that fit our rapidly growing (entrepreneurial) company."
- Brenda Simmons
General Manager & Controller
Clarke Power Products
- “Don Levitt has been instrumental in helping
us to identify and create plans to remedy critical problems
within the organization. His input will help both the board
and the executive management team become more effective and
professional. And throughout the process his feedback has been
balanced and considerate.”
- Bob Everett
Chairman
Hilgraeve, Inc.
- “We have been doing strategic
planning for ten years and needed to find a new facilitator.
Don came highly recommended. We were impressed with his process
for strategic planning, and pleased with the results. We will
continue to use his services.”
- Don Mennel
President
Mennel Milling Company
- “This year we changed facilitators
for strategic planning and began using Don Levitt. Don brought
a breath of fresh air to our process. His insights and coaching
skills have helped us to move to a higher level.”
- Peter Diehl
President
Diehl, Inc.
- “Don Levitt’s ‘Family
Business Checkup’ workshop was the most helpful of the
‘family business meetings’ I have attended. I shared
some of the ideas with my siblings in our annual meeting and
it provided some common ground for discussion.”
- Mark Makulinski
President
Lockrey Manufacturing
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
- "Don's executive coaching has not only helped me to be a more effective manager and leader in my field, it has also helped me to understand and develop a strategy for balancing life's multiple roles and challenges. Thanks to Don, I am now able to be proactive in the most important areas of my business and my life."
- David Egner
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hudson-Webber Foundation
- “Don is an outstanding facilitator. His knowledge, skills and assistance were instrumental in the University’s strategic planning efforts. Don’s personal executive coaching was invaluable to me as I led transformational change initiatives.”
- Bill Decatur
Vice President of Finance and Administration
University of Toledo
- “I found Don Levitt to be helpful as an executive coach. He gave practical advice and encouragement. He pushed me in areas that I didn’t necessarily want to be pushed – in a nice way. I also found that he had valuable insights which helped me to think about things differently. He was very good at praising me and others. I believe it was very helpful for me to have Don’s coaching.”
- Director
University of Michigan
- “An outstanding presenter who exceeds all expectations! Don Levitt delivers excellent content loaded with nuggets of good advice enhanced with pithy real life stories told in a clear and well organized fashion. Don Levitt adds value to any seminar.”
- Shel Stark
Specialty Programs Director
Institute of Continuing Legal Education (The State Bar of Michigan)
- “Don Levitt’s presentation on the sources and patterns of conflict in family business – and how these conflicts can be prevented or resolved – was very well-received by our members, most of whom work regularly with family-owned businesses. His passion for the subject, and his personal stories of helping these families, made for a compelling talk. His presentation was one of the highlights of our speaker series.”
- Dennis M. Mitzel
President
Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council
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