What our clients say about us...

"The progress I have made with Adam in six months of coaching has been remarkable. I saw notable and significant improvements in how I manage meetings, delegate work, communicate with colleagues, make presentations, and lead my division to reach our ambitious goal of $2 billion to help children survive and thrive worldwide. Adam’s coaching helped catalyze my leadership and management abilities necessary to achieve our mission.”
Robert Thompson
Senior Vice President, Development
U.S. Fund for UNICEF

“Heroic Conversations” was the highlight of my 2010 ACLEA Annual Meeting experience. Adam Vane brings high energy, innovation and powerful tools for managing difficult interpersonal relationships. It's something new under the sun, whether you find application at work, in CLE programming, school or your personal life!"
Sheldon J. Stark, Former Specialty Programs Director
Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(Education provider for the State Bar of Michigan)

“We hired Adam Vane to provide 360 feedback and Executive Coaching for our senior management team. Adam has the rare ability to deliver constructive feedback in a way that can both be heard and acted upon, and that was certainly our experience. We now manage time more efficiently, make better use of meetings and provide clearer direction and feedback both across and down the organization, resulting in better and higher quality results. I would highly recommend Adam to any organization seeking high level leadership assessment and coaching.”
Caryl Stern, President and CEO
US Fund for UNICEF

"Adam Vane facilitated an interactive workshop called 'Courageous Conversations' for our 2006 Annual Retreat. Attending the session were 72 of our top consultants, executives, and staff, many holding doctorates in the fields of clinical and organizational psychology. Adam’s ability to create an atmosphere of trust and openness for this highly experienced, mostly female audience was quite extraordinary. Important issues were discussed in a way that created new options for communication throughout the entire organization, leading to greater buy-in on our overall strategic objectives. I can strongly recommend Adam as both an interactive keynote speaker and high level facilitator of communication for any team wishing to discuss real issues."
Ilene H Lang, President,
Catalyst

"In Afghanistan, we go through many conflict management training sessions and so I came today absolutely certain I knew what conflict management was. But you taught me in one day how "not knowing" can be more powerful than "knowing" in dealing with conflict, and so I leave with a much more powerful tool than I had ever learned before. Adam, you reached my head and you touched my heart!"
Mirwais Ramaki, Management Oversight Specialist
United Nations Development Programme
Afghanistan

"Adam Vane designs and facilitates leadership, conflict management, creative problem solving and executive coaching programs for managers and directors from over 30 different countries (e.g. India, China, Paraguay, Uzbekistan, Niger, and Jordan). The feedback from this diverse group of leaders ranges from very good to excellent and he is always quite well received. We are pleased to have him as a part of our learning advisory faculty."
Tapan Mishra, Chief, Learning Resource Center
United Nations Development Programme

"Within a few months of working with Suzanne, I built a stronger relationship with my leadership and gained the courage I needed to face any issue head on. Her coaching has helped me to approach employee motivation, retention, and career development from a new standpoint."
K. Bennet, HR Manager
Yahoo

"Adam's coaching helped me to define my vision, get in touch with my values, and communicate more powerfully my strengths as a leader."
Alex Behrens, Vice President, Firmwide Internet Group
Goldman Sachs

"Adam's coaching on group facilitation helped me to engage a challenging group and to prepare a presentation, which influenced my audience. His in-the-moment techniques have enabled me to be a more compelling presenter in a variety of formal and informal situations in a large, matrixed organization."
Audrey Graber, VP, Training and Development
Citigroup

"We recently chose Adam Vane to facilitate meetings involving the directors of all five major Community Mediation Centers in New York. Participants included national leaders in the field of mediation and conflict resolution. The goal was to gain consensus on the formation of a new coalition of our respective programs, not an easy task. We made more progress in three meetings with Adam than we did in all our previous meetings combined. I would highly recommend him as a mediation facilitator as he produced significant results for our group."
Robert S. Thaler, J.D., M.A., Director
Queens Mediation Network

"Paragon led a strategic planning program for representatives of multiple departments at UJC. Each department worked through the stages of a strategic model to develop their own vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. Following the program, attendees reported, both in writing and in person, that the sessions were very impactful and generated excellent results."
Jessica Bell, Senior Director, Learning and Development
UJC Mandel Center for Leadership Excellence
United Jewish Communities

"Paragon did a great job in helping our three groups of staff and managers understand and acknowledge the background issues that were adding stress to everyday interactions. He helped us with communication issues and styles and significantly raised the organizational awareness of diversity and cultural backgrounds. This has significantly improved the way staff work with each other and the way staff and management work together to reach our departmental goals."
Jonathan Tamir, Senior Administrator, Dept of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center

"His workshop gave us tools to clarify our mission and develop as a team. In the process, we discovered new opportunities to for deeper and more effective communication. It was an extraordinary experience."
Robert V. Steiner, Ph.D., Director, Distance Learning Program
Teachers College, Columbia University

"An excellent trainer. Great pacing, skillful delivery, and his views on career development were of significant value to the group. I was very impressed."
Brian Molloy, Vice President/Training Director
Bank of New York

"I learned a lot from his workshop and appreciated his personal coaching. The information has already come to great use in meetings with other executives."
John Quick, Executive Vice President/ Managing Director
Ogilvy Public Relations

"His presentation on conflict management was outstanding. He took charge immediately and delivered a dynamic program that received very positive feedback. We would welcome him back anytime."
Warren Tuckman, Director of Internet Communications,
Project Management Institute, Long Island Chapter

"His communication training exceeded our expectations. Participants who are normally reticent about sharing in groups opened up in whole new ways. I would like to see this training offered in other educational districts."
Maria Flores, Director — Drug Prevention Counselors
Project SOAR — NY District 6

"Adam’s communication program is excellent. I am seeing changes in my staff’s ability to work through tough issues, which improves their effectiveness with patients. His follow up coaching is also of great value to me, both personally and professionally."
Troy Pinckney-Ragsdale, M.A., Director, Child Life Program
Montefiore Medical Center, Children’s Hospital