Words from Other Clients

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  "My professional goals weren’t going the way I wanted them to, and I had a suspicion that I was pounding my head against the wall trying the same tools or switching the tools differently and just needed a fresh perspective on them. I enrolled in The Pinocchio Principle Unleashed program after receiving encouragement from people who work with Diane who raved about their interactions with her and how impactful she’s been in their life. Diane is energetic, vibrant, engaged, open-minded, and thoughtful. The experience was just revolutionary for me and really changed the way that I look at personal things and professional things. It’s helped me better influence and connect to others, decrease my stress, and get much more done. I’m more mindful and have replaced old, ineffective tools with new ones – it feels great, it’s really refreshing. The program is awesome, and I highly recommend it." - Dr. Anthony Sciscione

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  “The Pinocchio Principle Unleashed program was life-altering for me – there wasn’t one area of my life that wasn’t impacted. It’s helped me question things that have been embedded in me my entire life by highlighting what was unconscious to me so that I could work through it. It was really eye-opening for me. The program helped me to pause – I didn’t think I ever had time to stop, and I’ve taken a lot of time in the past few months to pause and question whether there is an easier way to do things and to question what I was believing so that I didn’t go down the same paths that were burning me out. In a time when it would be so easy to be in fear, judgement and anxiety, I have operated in my genius during this time more than ever before at any point in my life. I have you to thank for that and I am truly grateful.” - Porsha Caddell

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  "I have more tools in my toolbox of well-being and how to view any particular problem, whether faced with it on a personal level or on a professional level. I feel like I'm on a new plane of consciousness and I have a more optimistic and wider view of my own capabilities and life. I've been able to connect to my own intuition more readily and more often by practicing what we've done in The Pinocchio Principle Unleashed program and spending time talking with Diane. I think it's very powerful. My leadership has opened up." - Scott Munger

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  "Diane’s book “The Pinocchio Principle” was my introduction to Diane’s many gifts. She generously gave me the opportunity to participate in a group session 2019 and then provided me with the best executive coaching experience I’d ever had. We have been colleagues ever since. Diane will change your life.. She shared her gifts of empathy, clarity, generosity, and 100% selflessness as she guided me through some very challenging times. Diane empowered me with understanding around my choices, reactions, priorities, goals. Diane helped me better understand myself quickly, clearly, and she did it without drama or regression. Diane makes self-discovery fun, rewarding and “weightless.” I even learned how to appreciate my failures…I literally benefit from Diane’s coaching every single day. “The Pinocchio Principle” is must-read. If you can participate in any of her small group programs, jump on the opportunity!" - Lisl Dutterer

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  “I underestimated the ability of an executive coach to positively influence my life. I think many of us in leadership positions feel that we have it “all figured out”, we communicate well enough, certainly don’t have time for something like coaching, but we find ourselves struggling day-to-day with anxiety, the pressure of being perfect, and fatigue from overextending ourselves to get everything accomplished. Diane has helped me to take a step back, become aware of who I really am, and gain tools to truly work through difficult tasks/interactions, struggles, pressures, and anxiety. Her online program is so eye-opening. I have learned to become aware of situations so much better and have a totally different mindset when approaching my day now. I have new intentions and curiosity when it comes to dealing with conflict and struggles. My anxiety and pressures have drastically decreased because of how I view what my purpose is in my profession. Diane can turn a daunting task into something that you can approach with such elegance over time. This is such a powerful investment.” - Dr. Megan Jones

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  “Diane Bolden’s coaching style and methods have been invaluable in my professional development as a leader. She helped me prioritize what was important to me professionally and personally. The most important thing that I have gotten from the coaching sessions is identifying my purpose or my “Why”. Diane helped me realize that my purpose as a leader is not just to support and achieve the strategic goals of the company, but also to develop top talented individuals that are knowledgeable, confident and aspire to do and/or be more – and create an environment that people want to work for and demonstrate servant leadership. I no longer worry about working towards elevating my professional status. I am now more driven on how I can improve the work environment for my teams, my professional strengths as a leader and my home life relationships. I am truly in a good place today professionally and confident the work I do today will set me up for opportunities for tomorrow.” - Robert Terrian

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  "As a newly minted Vice President, I realized making the transition from senior management to executive required a new set of skills as opposed to only relying on the ones that got me to this position. The 360 interviews conducted by Diane provided a wealth of real “data” and specific examples of where I was excelling and where I had opportunities to do things differently. These were far better than the typical survey approach that we’ve all done because they allowed people to speak to examples in addition to grades/scores. Diane does an excellent job drilling down to the next level to ensure inputs are not left as surface level inputs. As a result, the process provides an excellent jumping off point for the coaching relationship and opportunities to address. Diane is a strong listener, and couples that with a blend of real-life experiences of others or herself, along with tools that may apply. This allows the mentee to self-define the right solution path while using well thought out, objective, and genuine guidance from Diane. I recommend working with Diane to anyone that is motivated to challenge themselves on improving the quality of their performance, whether motivated by desire for promotion or other reasons such as job satisfaction." - Rob Reid

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  "I walked away from every session with Diane with deeper personal insights, and new ways of looking at some of the challenges I’m facing. Diane is a great sounding board. Her style makes it very easy to talk about your executive challenges, and her questions guide you to possible answers and solutions. But, like every good coach, she leads you to discover the answers yourself versus providing them for you." - Anton Steenman

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  "The things Diane has taught us through her coaching and programs have taken on a life of their own in our organization and given rise to some business practices that are helping us to get to the next level of organizational success. Diane has helped us to increase our self-awareness, gain insight into how we could be more effective, take inspired action, and build on our successes as leaders. Now we are finding ways to do that across our entire organization. We have put several of our people through her online program, starting with our C level team and continue to make it available to key leaders in the organization. Thank you so much Diane for assisting to make CACU a better place to work chalked full of balanced, healthy and motivated people – we have needed you and your skill set and you exceeded expectations for me personally, and more importantly, for the team’s transformation for the better!" - Pete Pritts

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  "I had the amazing opportunity to work with Diane over the last few years as an executive coach. Diane is an amazingly insightful coach and can help anyone that is committed to achieving their full potential break through barriers that may be holding them back. I highly recommend Diane." - Robert Ferreira

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  I have had the pleasure of working with Diane as executive coach over a number of years. She is an inspirational, insightful and thoughtful coach that possesses keen insights that assist her clients to navigate complexity in their professional lives. Her super power is her ability to keep the engagement candidate centered through which the awakening of existing capability is identified, harnessed, and unleashed in transformational ways. Diane does not pursue a tried and tested tools and models approach that may or may not fit the candidate - she uncovers the unique capabilities that the candidate possesses but are yet untapped, and that creates possibilities that are unique to the individual and their personal journey. That is magic in action. The coaching experience is a time of necessary reflection away from the distraction of our busy lives and the real magic occurs when we lead ourselves to an understanding and clarity of vision of the possibilities that we can create for ourselves. This is what Diane achieves in a masterful way." - John Healy

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  “The (Transformations in Leadership) workshop is nothing shy of excellent – an incredible opportunity to unravel yourself and resolve personal and professional issues that you might not even know you have, and a launching pad for the rest of your life.” - Doug King

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  “Our software team has an ambitious goal. We’re transforming computing around the world, across multiple devices and operating systems. Your coaching is helping us improve our results, teamwork, and innovation: very important, and much appreciated!” - Alan Crouch

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  “As the Chief Academic Officer for Scottsdale Healthcare I was not quite sure what to expect from Diane Bolden’s Transformations in Leadership program. What I discovered was that “transformation” can truly occur in only 2 days! Diane helped me overcome my own “cognitive blindness” (not knowing what I don’t know) by freeing me from the self imposed barriers I had so cleverly and unknowingly constructed for my self! I highly recommend this workshop as an absolutely “must do” for all leaders! You will become personally engaged in a transformational process focused on who you are as a leader–then who you can become! - Dr. Michael Foley