PERFORMANCE COACH, TRAINER AND SPEAKER

With Mandy’s support, I was able to reach deep and recognize how my interpersonal interactions and communication style impacted my effectiveness as a leader. I attribute many of my successes and accomplishments this year to the highly effective coaching I’ve received.

Before working with Mandy, I was ready to give up a bunch of long time clients because I was feeling overwhelmed with my workload. Since working with Mandy, I have not only regained peace of mind enough to stick with the clients who have been loyal to me, but also the confidence to take on even more work without feeling stressed.

With her constant support and fresh ideas for solving old problems, I met my previous challenges head on: I got my bookkeeping in order; regained focus and excitement for the direction I wanted to be heading; found clarity concerning my work relationships.

I am ever so grateful to Mandy for her careful listening and her easy ability for solutions. She helped me listen better myself to my own needs and dreams for my business and reminded me of my favorite part of having my own business—getting to be the creator! Thank you, Mandy.

I am setting up a completely new business in a new field. I am a business “virgin”. I knew I wanted and needed business coaching. Initially I was attracted to Mandy because of her obvious and compelling honesty and no nonsense style. She is clearly passionate about what she does but in my view passion alone is not enough. There has to be purpose and professionalism in the passion – and Mandy has all of these qualities – and more.

Mandy has excellent coaching skills – she is a great listener. But she doesn’t stop there! She really encouraged me to think big, to go as far as I think I can, to think of other ways to draw in clients and develop a client base. It is exciting and creative to work with Mandy. But above all what I am grateful for has been Mandy’s great coaching and ideas in the arena of planning and scheduling and on pinning everything down with clear, well structured, well thought out schedules and plans. Mandy provides the framework for me to work with. This has focused my efforts, lead to less time wasting and more action.

Also I find Mandy to be an excellent role model. She is clearly very organized herself and has worked on developing great systems to run her own business. She is very generous in sharing all sorts of useful contacts and ideas.

I have still got a long way to go but I feel confident that thanks to Mandy Schumaker’s solid foundations I will have a good chance of achieving my goals. Without this support I would not be feeling as optimistic as I do, nor as determined, nor as well equipped for the hard work that lies ahead.

Meeting Mandy at a networking event was a stroke of great luck for my business. I was beginning my sixth year of operation and felt like I was losing steam with sales down 5% the previous year. I wasn’t a new business anymore and I felt I had exhausted my contacts and my inspiration. Mandy was so excited about the technology I offer and clearly had the intelligence and experience to be of great service to me. With Mandy’s help and insights, I contacted people on my chicken list. That led to successes which spurred me to work with more focus. She taught me how to find the “low-hanging fruit” and increase my sales with minimal effort. In a year that has seen job loss and foreclosures, my business has increased 15%. I’m happy for the gains and am excited for the future as my newly honed skills become solidified.

If your business isn’t quite where you want it to be and you’re not sure what to do about it, call Mandy. I recommend her enthusiastically, without hesitation or reservation.

Perhaps the greatest lesson Mandy taught me is to look inward, to trust myself. Having a vision has never been my problem. I am a big picture person. For me, the challenge is having the confidence to go forth – and the commitment to take action. From my first coaching session with Mandy, I began taking steps toward achieving new heights in business.

My company, HOMER, an ed tech start up based in New York engaged Mandy as a Leadership Coach for our executive team a little over a year ago. Since that time, Mandy has received universal positive reviews from every one of our Managers. Her coaching has had a measurable impact on the team's ability to have direct conversations, create structures for accountability, and think strategically. All of which has positively impacted company performance. Coaching has been one of the most worthwhile investments HOMER has made to date.

I recently took an amazing seminar – “How to Overcome Your Fear of Sales and Get More Customers NOW!” – lead by Mandy on behalf of Maine Center for Enterprise Development. In a very clear, concise, and interactive method, Mandy presented some very valuable take-away tips to help attendees with their business development strategies. I was fortunate to have a follow-up session with Mandy where she quickly grasped my business development obstacles. In a very empowering manner, Mandy worked with me to develop a strategy that I felt I could stick with. I highly recommend Mandy to entrepreneurs and executives who need a coach to help them with their business challenges.