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“Over two years, Adam’s innovative blend of one-on-one coaching and training helped me develop my EQ abilities and harness my effectiveness as a CEO of Alphaserve, a very successful technology company. He was also helpful as a team coach for our executive team in setting a vision and mission and ensuring we hashed through important communication issues. The impact was tremendous as it not only helped to develop the business but also led me to reach goals in my personal life I might not have expected. I am honored to have worked with him and recommend him highly.”
Arup Das, CEO
Alphaserve
"Adam is a gem. He helped guide us through a major growth spurt by quickly winning the trust of the team. His unique blend of coaching and training helped each executive team member cultivate their unique leadership traits. Over the three-year engagement, we achieved 990% income growth and went from near start-up to #468 on the Inc. 5000.
I highly recommend his work."
I highly recommend his work."
Daniel Siegel, CEO
Safe Passage Neuromonitoring
“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’s individual and team coaching proved invaluable to our senior leadership at an important juncture in our history. His deep understanding of and coaching around the psychological principals necessary to support a C-Suite of a fast growing organization were of great value our entire team. In addition to coaching and advising the CEO, CFO and myself over a three year period, he made annual presentations to the larger leadership team of 65 senior executives that were highly innovative, supporting both team cohesion and, in one presentation, using a tool called Liberating Structures to identify pockets of cross-sell innovation necessary for increasing sales nationally. Given his unique blend of coaching and consulting, it’s been said about Adam that he has a tool for every challenge, which I found to be quite true. I recommend him highly as both a leadership training professional and C-Suite coach.”
Janis Simat, CHRO
Risk Strategies Company
“Adam facilitated an interactive workshop for our 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 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
“Adam conducted a workshop for my CEO group on the topic of "Heroic Conversations." Dallas CEO's are historically a tough group to please. This workshop was very effective in that it offered practical advice and step-by-step instructions in a highly interactive format which made everyone very comfortable. Adam is a uniquely knowledgeable and talented facilitator. Most important of all, several members have applied the technique with great success.”
Ed Burke, Vistage Chair. Dallas
Founder/President, Analytical Coach
“Our senior team found the Heroic Conversations training to be thoughtful and provocative. It is an excellent tool and a useful road map which we have since used at work with colleagues and supervisees. I also used it for a very demanding family situation where it worked brilliantly.”
Ruth Messinger, President and CEO
American Jewish World Service Former Manhattan Borough President
"Adam presented to two groups of CEOs and business owners, and both workshops were impactful and generated strong take-away value for the participants. His style is lively, engaging and very interactive. I would have him present to another group without a moment's hesitation."
Alain Othenin-Gerard
Vistage Chair, Los Angeles
"It is rare for me to recommend a speaker. Adam Vane did a phenomenal job with my tough Manhattan group of CEOs. His workshop on Heroic Conversations resulted in one member having an epiphany and a breakthrough. Adam teaches negotiation to world leaders at the United Nations and provides a model that every person can use in the tough conversations that CEOs have or should have on a regular basis."
Mark Taylor,
Vistage Chair, Manhattan
“Adam eased me into a new coaching technique, Havening, by taking me through the science of the model as well as the hands-on experiential process. His direct, empathetic and encouraging manner helped me ease into accepting information with which I was unfamiliar. He made the unknown, as well as the issue we were addressing, less challenging and anxiety-producing, and he eased my skepticism. His follow-up and genuine concern for a positive outcome are also commendable. He exposed me to a technique and tool that I expect will benefit me for years to come.”
Sandy Kazinski, Executive Director
JPMorgan Chase
“Adam’s individual and team coaching proved invaluable to our senior leadership at an important juncture in our history. His deep understanding of and coaching around the psychological principals necessary to support a C-Suite of a fast growing organization were of great value our entire team. In addition to coaching and advising the CEO, CFO and myself over a three year period, he made annual presentations to the larger leadership team of 65 senior executives that were highly innovative, supporting both team cohesion and, in one presentation, using a tool called Liberating Structures to identify pockets of cross-sell innovation necessary for increasing sales nationally. Given his unique blend of coaching and consulting, it’s been said about Adam that he has a tool for every challenge, which I found to be quite true. I recommend him highly as both a leadership training professional and C-Suite coach.”
Janis Simat, CHRO
Risk Strategies Company
“Adam’s coaching program 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 and facilitator in a variety of formal and informal situations in a large, matrixed organization.”
Audrey Graber, VP, Training and Development
Citigroup
“Adam’s teaching methods were inspirational and his class changed my perspective on how I manage conflicts. He is a knowledgeable leader, a mentor, and I would sign up for any program he teaches in the future.”
Amy Esposito, Vice President
Morgan Stanley
“I've had the pleasure of taking a management class taught by Adam Vane and have been most impressed by his knowledge of the subject matter as well as his ability to demonstrate it. Mr. Vane is clearly an expert in his field and able to add tremendous value by smoothing out the corporate communication process. I am already seeing the consequent results in my office in less than one day! I am confident that the managerial techniques that he taught me will lead to an increase in employee productivity. My experience working with Adam Vane has been first-class and I would highly recommend his services.”
Wendy Buzzeo, Director of Digital Advertising
TD Ameritrade
“I have taken many seminars over the last twenty years. Of all of them, Adam’s negotiation training and follow up coaching have offered the most value and have benefited every aspect of my life.”
Jim Bush, Senior Vice President
Fulton Financial Advisors
“Adam's workshop on change greatly exceeded the expectations of our supervisory team. We found the information on leadership and communication thought provoking, enlightening and are working to implement the strategies learned from the session.”
Ernye Simmons, Senior Operations Analyst
JP Morgan Chase
“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
“Over two years, Adam’s innovative blend of one-on-one coaching and training helped me develop my EQ abilities and harness my effectiveness as a CEO of Alphaserve, a very successful technology company. He was also helpful as a team coach for our executive team in setting a vision and mission and ensuring we hashed through important communication issues. The impact was tremendous as it not only helped to develop the business but also led me to reach goals in my personal life I might not have expected. I am honored to have worked with him and recommend him highly.”
Arup Das, CEO
Alphaserve
"Adam is a gem. He helped guide us through a major growth spurt by quickly winning the trust of the team. His unique blend of coaching and training helped each executive team member cultivate their unique leadership traits. Over the three-year engagement, we achieved 990% income growth and went from near start-up to #468 on the Inc. 5000.
I highly recommend his work."
I highly recommend his work."
Daniel Siegel, CEO
Safe Passage Neuromonitoring
"I recently attended a leadership training program led by Adam Vane. Having received extensive management and leadership training in the past, as well as having served as a Six Sigma/Qualtec Team Leader and Total Quality Manager myself, I very much appreciated Adam's learner centered teaching techniques. His expertise was never in question, but unlike so many seminars and classes I've attended, he engaged the group extremely well and steered the course to meet the needs of attendees. By creating this relevancy, Adam made the material immediately applicable. I highly recommend Adam to anyone seeking a highly qualified and credentialed consultant who also possesses a keen ability to deliver information in an effective way using excellent communication skills."
Chad Hargis, Director of Consulting
Lockstep Technology, Inc.
“Adam led a terrific workshop on conflict management. His insights and hands-on approach really enabled all of the students to get the most out of the sessions. If you are stuck in a conflict and need the best expert assistance, Adam is the first person you should call. He is a master of interpersonal communication and the conversational model of conflict management.”
Douglas Picirillo, Director, Delivery Services
DivIHN Solutions
“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
“This week I took a three-day class on conflict management with Adam Vane. I found him to be honest, straightforward, creative and humorous in his approach to teaching. His ability to adapt to various personalities provided him with the edge he needed to clarify particularly difficult topics. The few times that my classmates asked for more time or clarification on those topics, they were carried out quickly and cheerfully. Adam's in-depth knowledge of psychology came through in his presentations and discussions offering his students more insight and information to walk away with in dealing with people and ourselves. I look forward to challenging myself the information provided by Adam and was very pleased to be working with him.”
Kristy Jo Winkler, Global Artist Relations Manager
Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG
“I recently attended a management program taught by Mr. Adam Vane. He is an excellent trainer/coach with varied styles of presentation which makes it interesting and easy to relate to for a wide spectrum of trainee personalities. His strong background in psychology helps him lead people to recognize their fears, motivations and limitations. It also helps him make them realize how to overcome these obstacles by guiding them with right questions. At the same time, he provides them with tools and methods that work well in practice with some pertinent examples from his own vast and varied experience. Personally, I learned a lot from his seminar and I enjoyed this learning experience. I strongly recommend him as a trainer/coach/business consultant for management and conflict resolution areas.
Bhaskar Marathe, Senior Engineer
Ford Motor Company
“I recently attended one of the seminars coached by Adam. He is a wonderful person. The best thing about his coaching is he lets us share our experience and does the breakout session based on our experiences which gives us instant solution to our problems. I was able to identify the root cause of my issues and how I should deal with those issues. Thank you Adam for giving us such good insight of "Conflict Resolution”
Karnika Dalal, Head of Statistical Programming and Analysis Team
Bayer
“Adam’s instruction (content & style) is fabulous. I’ve taken leadership courses before and was not nearly as impressed. Adam provided so much insight & really helped us “get it.” His whole style kept the interest level very high & the energy level up. The content and delivery was excellent but I think that the instructor was key in this course being so successful and the group dynamics so positive.”
Kristin Schroeder, Senior Engineer
Keyspan Energy
Coaching with Adam resulted in removing the internal blocks to strong and powerful leadership. As a result, I'm able to confront and master the natural difficult conversations that come with running a complex organization. He’s also a lot of fun to work with and has access to some of the most cutting edge technology for dealing with stress as well as an amazing network of professionals to solve just about every personal and professional problem. If you want to take a deep dive into the power of influence, call Adam.
Tom Newman, Executive Director
American Psychoanalytic Association
“Adam is the ultimate professional coach. I was amidst a significant career transition, and Adam was the only “constant” in the process. No matter what the question or hurdle was, Adam could lead me to the best approach or resolution. He did so by helping me think through the process. He taught me a method of problem solving for myself, rather than just handing me the answers. He can truly coach through any need. In particular, I felt I really learned a lot about collaboration with those who have different leadership styles, change management, difficult conversations, leading and facilitating meetings and discussions, and negotiation. However, truly the list of the lessons I learned from him is quite extensive. Beyond all of this, Adam is a very likeable person who you will develop a friendship and alliance with over your sessions. It is very evident that he is a professional coach for the right reasons. He truly is passionate about helping others grow as leaders within their fields. He made a lasting impact on my life, and I am extremely grateful for his knowledge and expertise.”
Nicole McCoin, MD Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Ochsner Medical Center
“Adam helped me develop a concrete, actionable strategy around professional goals and communication strategies Even just the video on his website provided invaluable insights and is well worth the time to watch. I now have new ways to approach work and work interactions that far surpass the ones I had developed through the school of hard knocks. His work was highly recommended by one of my respected mentors - I can't recommend him highly enough.”
Candace McNaughton, MPH MD PhD, Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Everyone hopes for a magic prescription for eradicating interpersonal issues in the workplace. Adam’s team effectiveness program is the next best thing. He helped three groups of staff and managers understand, acknowledge, and communicate around difficult problems that were adding stress to everyday interactions. This significantly improved the way staff works 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
“Adam custom designed and led a one-day seminar called Managing the Front Line for 150 staff members from a variety of departments. Attendees learned customer service, conflict, stress, and time management skills. Over 98% of the written evaluations were extremely positive with particular emphasis on Adam’s fine tuned perception of what really goes on in healthcare institutions, coupled with a sincere appreciation of the challenges of the work environment. Adam is an engaging teacher encouraging an interactive approach to learning. He also shares a positive outlook and offers solutions to a variety of scenarios. We welcome him back and are looking to expand the program to include the broader team at The Mount Sinai Hospital.”
Maria Vezina Ed.D., RN Director of Nursing Education and Recruitment
The Mount Sinai Hospital
“From the moment Adam began our management seminar, the room stirred with an added air of excitement. We all hailed from different industries, but had a common thread of wanting to be more effective managers. Based in theory and practice, Adam’s seminar was jammed with takeaways, such as the Priority Matrix, the DISC personality theory and a conflict/compromise model. He infused personal insights from his corporate consulting into lessons that demonstrated the efficacy of various techniques and engaged the room in group and one-on-one activities to stimulate our strengths and offer rapid resolutions to pressing concerns. We all left with fresh insights, an action plan and new acquaintances. I would definitely recommend you or your employees attend his seminar(s). You will never forget it!”
Lisa Chase, Senior Director Of Marketing
Mount Sinai Health System
“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 M.A., Director, Child Life Program
Montefiore Medical Center, Children’s Hospital
”Managing the Front Line for Nurses was an excellent program. I feel I have learned new ways to better communicate with my colleagues and also in my personal life. Adam did a great job – he is very knowledgeable and a calm thoughtful person. I would recommend the program to my colleagues and managers in the hospital and think we could all benefit from this program to make our hospital a better place to work.”
Maureen Stewart, Lead RN, Critical Care
Good Samaritan Hospital
“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
UNICEF
“Adam designs and facilitates leadership, conflict management, critical thinking and creative problem solving programs for managers and directors from over 85 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. He is one of our preferred vendors and we are pleased to have him as a part of our learning advisory team.”
Tapan Mishra, Chief, Learning Resource Center
United Nations Development Programme
“Adam Vane led a highly practical session of “The Artful Facilitator” for a group of novice facilitators on my team. The two-day session was personally enlightening thanks to Adam’s “in the moment” coaching, and his results-oriented curriculum. All of us left the training with actual skills which we have been able to use ever since. Before each session that I facilitate I make sure to review the handbook Adam provided us in order to prepare.”
Sabine Durier, Principal Knowledge Officer
IFC World Bank
Adam has been coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music on a quarterly basis for the past year to work with our director level employees on a leadership training series. Our time spent with Adam has been invaluable and our director group has never been such a cohesive team. We all feel the progress and look forward to our quarterly sessions. Adam has found a way to not only share important management techniques, but also help us relate to each other more effectively We are a stronger team than we were a year ago and our knowledge base has substantially increased. We could not have asked for better results in this period of time and plan on continuing our relationship with Adam into the future.
Ilene Karmel Farkas, Director of Human Resources
Brooklyn Academy of Music
“Adam's leadership training & coaching deliver many practical tools for solving important problems. Already, I've utilized one of the techniques to negotiate a challenging situation involving the reduction of Small Arms proliferation in return for the provision of alternative livelihoods, resulting in building community, cohesion, reducing armed violence and possibly saving lives. I highly recommend his work!”
Frederick Ampiah, Resident Representative
UNDP Nigeria
“Adam is a very effective coach who got me focused on the results I was seeking. He customized his approach/methodology to fit my purpose and guided me through feedback and practical exercises in a way that made the learning easy to apply! I learned quite a bit in a short period of time and thanks to his help, not only achieved my intended results but also am able to apply the skills to my every-day personal and professional life.”
Agi Veres, Country Director
United Nations Development Programme, China
"I have engaged in many training programs during my more than twenty years with the United Nations. I can truly say that Adam is among the most effective teachers of leadership, persuasion, and negotiation that I have ever worked with. Having have been with nearly ten different parts of the UN system, including agencies, funds and programs, development, humanitarian, and currently with UN peacekeeping, I can state that Adam's coaching and training will produce results across the board. I highly recommend his work”
Douglas Keh, Country Director
United Nations Development Programme, Afghanistan
“Adam Vane is amazing and brilliant. He coached me in areas of leadership and coordination. He was able to immediately identify and zoom in on my particular needs, coach me and give very practical tips that were spot on. His approach is engaging and encouraging. Thank you Adam!”
Randa Aboul-Hosn, Country Director
United Nations Development Programme, Egypt
“Adam is not just very supportive, but he is obviously an expert in his field, someone who speaks out of experience, not just theory. He is also a lively and interactive coach, with communicative enthusiasm, and deep insights, being open to suggestions and letting you decide for yourself what is most useful to explore.”
Stephen Kinloch Pichat, Deputy Resident Representative
UNDP Chad
“I thought Heroic Conversations added a great dimension to the Roundtable and I for one have already started using aspects of the model to address some staff management issues here. Very useful stuff for me.”
Michael Emery, Chief of Recruitment United Nations Development Program Organizer,
UN Career Development Roundtable
"Throughout HR/Call Center management days, I had experienced many seminars on "holding difficult conversations" with staff and colleagues - but a few years ago, Adam Vane took me through his "Heroic Conversations" session, and it was truly one of the best of them all. His insights are great!"
Anthony Giunta, Director of HR
92nd St. Y
“The learning through your leadership coaching was invaluable and it will live with me forever. Thanks for your guidance and support.”
Aboubacar Koulibaly, Country Director
UNDP Central African Republic
“I had the pleasure of working with Adam at UNDP when we hired him to facilitate negotiation skill-building workshops for global staff. Adam set himself apart with his knowledge, humor and wise counsel - not to mention his clear, powerful, principle-based messaging. Adam is a passionate professional and a joy to know!”
Elizabeth Soltis, Founder
Bridges Global
"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
UNDP Afghanistan
“Adam is an insightful coach and trainer. I have worked with Adam for two years, benefiting from his coaching and training experience. He has guided me through transition and coached me on leadership techniques. We have recently explored a new coaching technique, which is transforming. I highly recommend Adam and can see why his style and demeanor works well with senior professionals.”
JeanMarie Campbell, Managing Director, Clients
Orrick
“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, Distinguished Visiting Professor
University of Detroit Mercy Law School
“It has been months since Adam’s Heroic Conversations lecture and our law journal editors are still praising how useful it is in resolving difficult situations. Our Editor-in-Chief in particular was able to resolve a difficult situation with an assistant that resulted in greater productivity for the team. Having seen Adam in action both at our law school and at the ACLEA conference, I can strongly recommend his work.”
David Quiles, Assistant Director
Fordham Law School
“His workshop gave us tools to clarify our mission and develop as a team. In the process, we discovered new opportunities for deeper and more effective communication. It was an extraordinary experience.”
Robert V. Steiner, PhD Director, Distance Learning Program
Teachers College, Columbia University
“Adam's course on conflict management really impacted my life in a positive way. This course is not just about management, but about life, ideology and psychology and Adam delivered some extremely powerful tools. My first day back at work as a Director of two core facilities, I had already to resolve, yet again, a complex conflict, and using some of the tools he demonstrated, it went well. I would strongly recommend Adam as a trainer and coach”
Andreas Holzenburg, Director and Professor
Texas A & M University
“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 group facilitator as he produced significant results for our group.”
Robert S. Thaler, J.D., M.A. Visiting Assistant Professor and Attorney-In-Charge
Hofstra School of Law’s Mediation Clinic
“Adam taught the mediation module of my Collaborative Negotiation course at Baruch College on two occasions. My students for this course consist primarily of professional managers from financial services, media, and healthcare organizations. Each time, upon my return, the feedback was so overwhelmingly positive that I am planning on attending next time, just to see what he did. “
Elaine Rosenblum, J.D. Collaborative Negotiation Instructor
Baruch College / NYU
“I was delighted that you were able join us for our Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Enrichment Retreat. Your program was perfectly focused and addressed the needs and challenges our Rabbis have. Thanks for being an integral part of the program.“
Rabbi Marc Wolf Senior Director of Community Development
Jewish Theological Seminary
"I recently took a two-day leadership seminar for which Adam was the presenter/facilitator. Adam did an excellent job of drawing people out and helping us all get the most out of the seminar. The life skills that Adam was able to nuance and get to the heart of will be transformational for me (and I believe for the others in the class as well). Adam's insights from his business, coaching and teaching background made the course relevant - and his style made it fun!"”
Douglas McKean, AIA, RLA, LEED ap Director of Programs
Columbia University
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