“Jeff is a leader who inspires through action, challenges the status quo, and builds strong teams through empowerment and encouragement. He helped me find my voice and welcome feedback to help me grow.” (Senior Vice President, Human Resources)

“Best facilitator I know! Jeff has a magical way of connecting with his audience (even virtually!). Truly fantastic.” (Senior Vice President, Human Resources)

“Your ability to frame the issues, draw out meaningful comments from the participants and distill our input into actionable chunks was incredibly helpful. You allowed us to maintain our style while keeping us from going way off track into distracting conversations. You helped us establish a solid foundation for us to build a strong, healthy, and sustainable team that will put our customers first, consistently deliver results, and care for the growth and careers of our people. The team left energized and engaged and optimistic about taking on the challenges ahead of us, and doing so together, as a team.” (Chief Revenue Officer)

“Jeff has an amazing skill of engaging audiences and being agile on the fly to pivot where the discussion lands while still landing the key messages and on time. It's a masterclass of facilitation and we're lucky to have Jeff.” (Human Resources Business Partner)

“Can I go higher than a 10? Jeff has a never-ending source of knowledge, inspiration, and collaboration. We want more Jeff!” (Vice President & General Manager)

“Jeff has a very engaging, story-telling style to make his points. This causes one to pause and reflect and try what he is recommending. Jeff is wonderful in what he does and gets a pulse on who he is working with quickly and adapts to his audience very well so as to achieve the desired results. I am thrilled to be working with him.” (Senior Vice President, Engineering)

“Jeff is the finest facilitator of uncomfortable but necessary conversations I have ever met. Having come to trust his attunement and deftness at facilitating difficult discussions there, I called on him to facilitate a workshop for members of my church who were navigating, not only a pandemic, but also a significant act of embezzlement that left us in uncharted waters organizationally. He did an amazing job drawing out the concerns and conflicting perspectives in ways that helped us find a path forward and feel deeply connected again. I could not be more impressed by not just Jeff's work but also his character as a human being.” (Marketing Consultant, Former Marketing Executive)

“Jeff has been one of the best Learning and Organization Development partners that I have worked with in my career.” (Human Resources Business Partner)

“Jeff is a master at listening, dissecting what's most important and focusing on the necessary steps for continuous improvement. He is outstanding.” (Vice President, Consulting & Engineering)

“Jeff is a profoundly good human at his core which shows up in his elevated emotional intelligence, optimism, genuine relatio nships and selfless community involvement. Professionally, he's a multidimensional thinker, problem solver and appreciator of the diverse human experience. He doesn't react to superficial symptoms but seeks to understand root causes and foundational human interactions to enrich his approach to driving improvements and how to motivate needed behavior change. I've witnessed countless times his ef fective communication and facilitation skills foster intellectually honest discussions, surface critical insights, and lead to durabl e solutions.” (Vice President, People Operations)

“I’ve been impressed with Jeff’s work facilitating leadership meetings which have produced uncommonly positive outcomes. I’ve known Jeff to step into an assembly of loosely connected acquaintances and using a well-prepared plan facilitate a number of exercises that jump-started productive relationships and galvanized the newly formed group into a well -knit team focused on clear objectives and accountable for specific milestones to achieve the prioritized goals.” (Senior Director, Engineering)

“Content was spot on, participation and inclusivity by Jeff to hear voices also top notch. I liked how Jeff is able to contribute and add additional color to learners’ participation. It's as if he knew exactly what they were going to say. He creates an open and trusting environment where people are open and vulnerable to share.” (Senior Enablement Manager)

“As the head of HR for EMEA, I felt extremely well supported by Jeff and his team and we made progress on learning and leadership development during his tenure. Being based in US, he was very sensitive to cultural diversity, and very responsive to our needs, our team and clients in EMEA. I strongly recommend Jeff.” (Senior Director, People & Purpose, International)

“I believe four words describe Jeff: ‘consummate partner and contributor extraordinaire!’ His professionalism and modesty convey an energy that encourages others to bring their passion and insights to the work - challenging “what has been” in favor of “what could be.” He is laser-focused on outcomes, quietly tenacious, and drives execution with clarity of “getting it done!” The strong and trusting partnerships that Jeff forges leaves colleagues confident that he will meet if not exceed commitments made. He deftly engages others through his excellent listening skills blended with his wry sense of humor.” (Leadership Development Partner)

“Jeff drove the successful evolution of our talent and performance management practices as well as our ability to assess and act on our "climate" by gathering voice of employee information and driving our subsequent action planning. His global responsibilities had him facilitating discussions with my senior staff as well as with the CEO staff.” He was consistently innovative, credible, and well-received with a focus on business impact.” (Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development)

“Several members of the team, who’ve been at Adobe for many years, indicated that your session was ... ‘the best EQ session they’ve ever attended.’ Frankly, I concur with that sentiment.” (Director, Associate General Counsel)

“Jeff’s strategic vision of what could transform and impact the culture and leadership of the Engineering organization always had the result intended. Jeff's experience, intellect, and leadership drove the activity that set us up for developing our talent into a world-class team. Jeff's style and personality is down-to-earth, practical, with a sense of humor in difficult situations. He has served as a coach and mentor to both senior leadership and individual contributors. Jeff's leadership and willingness to create new, and different approaches to solving business challenges made him invaluable to the team.” (Vice President, Human Resources)

“Jeff is talented, creative, progressive and fun to work with! He is very knowledgeable about our business and all aspects of developing organization and talent management. He developed and delivered quality programs that had the business asking for more! His knowledge and enthusiasm is contagious.” (Human Resources Business Partner)

“Jeff’s content and how it was delivered was transformational!” (Senior Staff Member)

“We have been ‘Jeffed’ by JJ twice in the last 24 hours - Oxford definition: Jeffed: (verb) Reaching a state of clarity from confusion in a couple of hours!” (Senior Director, Site Operations)

“Amazing session. My text notification is going off the charts with messages from attendees saying how much they appreciated and valued the session.” (Director, Global Marketing)

“One of the demons that I battle all the time (every day) is cynicism. And when topics such as mindfulness and compassion are presented in monolithic manner, and I detect, well, a phoniness to it, cynicism rears its head, and I’ll tune out. Your very genuine, knowledgeable and inclusive style is perfect and nipped that in the bud.” (Director, Customer Success)

“Jeff’s facilitation was flawless – he kept us on track, ensured all voices were heard, created an inclusive environment, and got us to “commit” or “disagree and commit” every step of the way. The step-by-step plan he laid out of us to accomplish everything above was very effective and the team (IMHO) was 110% engaged the whole time. My team was wow’ed by Jeff and I received so many comments about how great Jeff was but most importantly how much they got out of the session – they left with clarity, energy, trust, new tools for feedback and feeling empowered to lead their teams through this change – and THAT is really the best compliment.” (Vice President, Marketing)

“After going through the session with my VP, I knew that I had to bring it to my team too. It changed my mind set on feedback from viewing it as a critique on performance to being fuel for our personal and team growth.” (Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships)

“Folks are still buzzing about your content, and I’m excited to incorporate our learnings into how we operate as leaders and teammates. Kudos to you as always for showing up as your authentic, fun and thoughtful self to these sessions. The connections you helped foster will last us for a long time to come.” (Director, Strategy & Business Operations)

“Your training was the single best use of my time invested in my personal development since I started my career 5 years ago. You have a wonderfully consultative approach to engaging with your audience. Great storytelling, impactful content, and a compelling why behind each of your points. I have a LOT to ponder and implement and am looking forward to sharing some of my takeaways with my team.” (Senior Manager, Business Development)

“I admired your grace under pressure when your Teams froze and were you able to move the conversation forward and reboot without skipping a beat. The feedback from the broader teams was that that was one of the best sessions we've had for our 50+ managers.” (Director, Business Consulting)

“Content was spot on, participation and inclusivity by Jeff to hear voices also top notch. I liked how Jeff is able to contribute and add additional color to learners’ participation. It's as if he knew exactly what they were going to say. He creates an open and trusting environment where people are open and vulnerable to share.” (Senior Enablement Manager)

“Jeff is an exceptional speaker with a remarkable ability to engage his audience. Jeff masterfully combines technical insights with relatable, non-technical examples, making complex concepts accessible and impactful for everyone. Jeff’s presentation style is both captivating and motivating, and he knows exactly how to tailor his message to resonate with a diverse audience.” (Senior Software Development Engineer)

“I have worked with many people in roles similar to Jeff throughout my career, but Jeff is the first one who has shown a true ability to adapt to what is happening in the room in order to ensure that participants are getting useful insights that apply to them specifically, vs. just applying the pre-canned coursework.” (Director, Product Marketing)