Success Stories
Recent Public Leadership Workshop Testamonies – The recently sold out “Engaging Employees To Drive Results” Leadership Workshop held December 8-9 at Babson’s Executive Education Center, was received ringing endorsements from attendees, including:
“This interactive workshop is rich with practical, turn-key tools and best practices to engage employees and drive business results at any company. We walked away inspired, enriched and eager to bring the best practices and toolkit to life at our company.”
Linda Christman, VP HR, Beacon Communities
“This is the best overall program I have attended in my career.”
Tim Donovan, CEO and CFO, Beacon Communities
“The ideas generated can be readily applied on a large and small scale. Your leadership program covered more topics and provided more tools than any practicum I have ever experienced in 2 days!” �
Michelle Okimoto, AVP, TJX
“This was incredibly helpful to my success as an effective leader. I have attended many workshops, seminars and training sessions over my 28 years in banking and was amazed on how much I took away from your two day leadership seminar on ‘Engaging Employees to Drive Results’. I was mostly impressed on how you kept everyone engaged with such a diverse group of executives and professionals – bankers, retailers, construction, high tech, universities, consulting, real estate, etc., there was something for everyone. I will recommend this program to everyone I know!”
Tami Gunsch, VP Retail Banking, Berkshire Bank
“This is the best workshop I ever participated in.”
Andrea K., Director, Envirotrac
“This workshop was one of the most valuable I’ve ever attended. It provides the concept and tools for understanding how engagement programs can make a big difference to organizational performance. It highlights the role of teamwork and how employee management can help, or hinder, organizational development and performance.”
Annette Montminy, Director of HR, Operations and CPEC, MIT
“This was one of the best programs I have been fortunate enough to attend. The combination of outstanding presentation skills by Bob and Chuck and a truly amazing amount of useful content adds up to a superb value. I would be willing to bet that every attendee will carry some useful memory of this event with them for years to come.”
Bob Eubank, Executive Director, Northeast Human Resource Association
“This leadership seminar has caused me to rethink everything for this year, especially on how to engage employees more thoroughly. There is nothing that has as much leverage, and nothing that contributes more to performance. Bob and Chuck not only challenge your assumptions, but provide a fully stocked tool box for achieving results. Miss this seminar at your own peril!”
Greg Cross, Director of Human Resources, Stoneridge Control Devices
“The ‘Engaging Employees to Drive Results’ seminar presented by Bob Kelleher and Chuck Mollor was very informative and relevant to the challenges many companies are faced with today. Chuck and Bob are subject matter experts in the employee engagement and leadership arena and are abreast in its current trends. I would recommend this workshop to anyone who is trying to engage their workforce to earn higher results.”
Julie Fryer, CA
Other Success Stories
“Bob Kelleher is an entertaining and exceptionally well informed speaker and workforce subject matter expert. We had him present to several different member audiences and in every instance he got rave reviews. He is that rare combination of a person with significant leadership work experience who has a truly insightful vision about our profession. Time spent with Bob will leave you better informed, inspired, and with a smile on your face.”
Bob Eubank, Executive Director
NEHRA, Lexington, MA
“Bob has a unique and practical way to create a culture of employee engagement. I have experienced the results of implementing Bob’s approach in my own department which resulted in improved teamwork, increased productivity, and a stronger work ethic! Bob’s expertise in creating a culture of engagement is well recognized throughout the industry. His facilitation skills and ability to influence outcomes make him a truly effective change agent”.
Bill Methol, former HR Director
Sony, Los Angeles, CA
“Bob Kelleher is a superb communicator and a brilliant facilitator. He has a unique ability to motivate others while upgrading their knowledge and skills. His energetic workshops stimulate team spirits and creative ideas. He is able to make a vision and mission become reality!”
Eliza Ng, HR Director
AECOM Asia, Hong Kong
“When Bob presented, the audience of Gen Y’s suddenly became attentive and responsive, clapping, and often cheering. It was evident that this small “miracle” was not only due to Bob’s excellent presentation skills but first and foremost to the concepts he was presenting: clear, honest and totally focused on the best interests of the employees at hand. They actually left feeling that they were the company’s main assets!”
Claudio Viola, Managing Director
ENSR, Milan, Italy
“Bob Kelleher is one of the most passionate and enthusiastic proponents of Employee Engagement I have come across. In the presentation he shared at a recent meeting of the Council on International Compensation and Benefits, he excelled!”
Brad Bond, Manager
Customer Relations
The Conference Board, NY, NY
“Applying the programs and techniques that Bob developed to improve employee engagement produced “results you can see”. His presentation skills and the methods he employed, designed to “get people involved”, speak to his effectiveness and imagination for creating solutions for the most challenging issues. Two years ago our operations in Brazil suffered from a classic case of employee disengagement. Voluntary turnover was very high (over 30%) and the business just couldn’t get “traction”. With Bob’s guidance and direct involvement, we changed the culture of our business environment and are now achieving results unprecedented in our history, with voluntary turnover now in the single digits! Seeing is believing!”
Jim Barbato
Latin America General Manager
AECOM, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
“Bob’s passion for the concept of employee engagement and his fundamental belief that the concept is at the heart of any successful organization are clearly communicated in his hugely entertaining and thought provoking presentations. His presentations are exceptionally well received both when given to an audience of Industry leaders eager to drive an employee engagement culture in their businesses and also to staff within an organization in which the employee engagement culture is being developed. Lively discussion inevitably follows his presentations and carries on amongst an audience when they return to their organizations. Bob is clearly a leader in the field of employee engagement.”
Terry Williamson
Business Unit Director
Faber Maunsell, Belfast, UK
“I have invited Bob to speak to a large group of Professionals about Employee Engagement. He was masterful in the way he interwove theory and practice. The audience was spellbound by his vivid examples of real-life applications and the amazing financial impact these applications have for companies. Bob is both credible but gentle in his approach. You see his passion for the topic by his actions yet he takes the audience from where they are to where they need to be.”
Charlie Anderson, VP HR
Babson College, Wellesley, MA
“Bob’s presentation skills are PHENOMENAL! His Leadership workshops are dynamic, very informative, engaging for management and provides tools each manager can take away and apply directly to their management challenges – and see improvements.”
Damita Hayden, Vice President
AECOM, Seattle, WA
“By the skilled application of his will, personality, and well developed, well focused ideas, Bob Kelleher molded and transformed the management culture of a $ 500 million, multi-national consulting engineering company over a short few years. With close to 3,000 science and engineering professionals located in 17 countries, this company enjoyed a well established, positive reputation, and was well managed, however, it needed to reduce staff turnover and improve financial performance. Realizing that a preferred supplier in a competitive market place must start by being a preferred employer, Bob initiated and followed through on the establishment of an ‘employer of choice’ program that sought to favorably impact the work life and career of every employee. The company’s focus shifted from a client first culture to an employee first culture, which, in turn, benefitted and improved the quality and value of professional services to clients.”
Donald H. Rullman
Vice President- Sales and Marketing
ENSR
