What People Are Saying About Bill Hawkins
Sam Mitchell – CEO Valvoline Oil Company
“Bill Hawkins has done outstanding work for Valvoline Oil Company for many years. His high-energy leadership classes consistently receive excellent reviews from our managers. Bill’s insight and experience, combined with an open, trust-building communication style, make him very effective.”
Jim Farley – Chairman and CEO – Ford Motor Company Europe
“Bill’s approach is personal and objective. Focusing on a few opportunity areas, we were able to make meaningful progress regarding my effectiveness measured by peers, team, family, and leaders. Bill is so personable the opportunities never felt like liabilities. Thank you, Bill”
Dr. John Heaton – President Clinical and System Operations – LCMC Health
“Bill’s vast experience with executives is combined with a proven method and the innate ability to relate to both the subject of his coaching and the team they work with. These attributes lend themselves to a coaching process that is impactful, relevant, and finely tuned to the needs of the executive. His ability to assemble information into insightful, actionable knowledge catalyzed improvement in performance that extended to our entire team- not just the subject of the engagement.”
Mark Jesty – Chairman – Institute for Management Studies Toronto
“The field of coaching and executive development is cluttered with those who ‘think they can.’ Bill Hawkins brings a credible, tested, interesting, and informative approach to this core skill. He has the ability to deliver the subject matter in a way that keeps people engaged and results in behavior change. That is what we value.“
Jim O’Brien – Chairman and CEO – Ashland Inc.
“Bill is an invaluable resource for our company. Our leadership programs have been successful due to guidance over the past fifteen years. Bill has also been a personal coach to many of our executives. They have made considerable progress on their personal development plan under Bill’s tutelage which, in turn, makes them much more effective leaders.”
Steven Daniel, Ph.D. – Director of Program Planning – The Institute for Mgt. Studies
“We first worked with Bill in 2003 and have never looked back! He is a superb educator with uncommon flair and breadth of experience. Our audiences derive great value from Bill’s work because it is practical, insightful, and relevant for just about everyone.”
Melendy Lovett – President, Education Technology – Texas Instruments
“We are changing the focus of our business from being a math and science handheld company to being a math and science classroom solutions company. Bill recently worked with a group of key leaders, helping them adjust their mindset and behaviors to aid them in improving their leadership abilities toward this new direction. He helped them individually with their follow-up outside the formal sessions. Finally, he presented to the full Texas Instruments Education Technology team of 350 people. He did a wonderful job of sharing research and putting the aspects of great leadership in front of the organization to move us ahead. Bill Hawkins has contributed greatly to TI Education Technology’s leadership development and organization development.”
Jim Moore – Former Head of Leadership Development – BellSouth & Sun Microsystems
“Bill is an outstanding teacher. His sessions are practical, fast-paced, engaging, and fun. I have utilized him on many occasions with middle managers and executives. His programs are always highly rated, and he is effective in helping to make them more effective leaders.”
Gail Turner – Director of Management Development – Boston Scientific Corp
“As Director of Management Development for Boston Scientific,
Sonja Hochreiter – Texas Instruments Business Manager
“We invited Bill Hawkins to Germany to work with 70 leaders from all over the world to help them cooperate and collaborate across functions, regions, and cultural boundaries. The people were impressed by his real-world experiences and communication style that involves a cross-cultural audience. Bill’s style is exciting, challenging, and highly interactive. He gives hard-hitting advice that you can put to work tomorrow. He is excellent.”
David Furstoss – Director of Sales – Pactive Corporation
“What first comes to mind when I think about my experience with Bill Hawkins was how I entered into the coaching experience feeling the goal was to help me learn to leap over the career obstacles and launch me to the top. What I found out as the experience unfolded was that the biggest obstacle was not the company, employees, or boss, but rather Me, Myself, and I.
The second item that comes to mind is that Bill helped me understand the impossible is only impossible because we tell ourselves it is impossible. Therefore, I took the fact that Bill and I were not creating a new me rather we were building a better me. In all Bill allowed me the opportunity for true personal reflection and guided me through the constructive process of utilizing that reflection as a pathway to future potential. Now I can self-guide, self-reflect, and self-improve in ways that benefit the company, my employees, my boss, and myself. Bill opened the door to a continuous evolution of my skill set and the endless potential of personal success simply by teaching me to get out of my own way.”