Client Case Studies
Client Success Stories
Leadership Development
Managing Director
""We were looking for a total immersion experience as part of our intensive performance Leadership Program. Lori and Sophie provided an amazing experience using The Organization Workshop for our roughly 300 leaders over six years. We witnessed our leaders become more collaborative, more effective in their organizations, and more strategic in their alliances using a systems perspective while experiencing heightened ambiguity and complexity." — Private Equity Consulting Group"
CFO
""I can safely say that I would not have been promoted into a new position without the skills and approach that I learned with James. This has been the single most impactful engagement that I've had in my career!""
Executive Coaching
Anita Lee, Sr Director S/W Quality & Program Management
""I learned to be a more strategic and assertive leader with an enhanced sense of empowerment so more of my potential can be expressed in the workplace. My coach Nicole was a phenomenal listener. The insights I have gained in executive coaching have benefited my whole life. I am so glad I made the choice to work with her.""
Executive Coaching
Jim Myers, VP GM
""Lori demonstrated a good understanding of the complexities facing executives in NG. Her broad-based experience helped her quickly understand the culture within the sector and what that meant for me as a leader. She helped me better understand both my leadership style and the needs of my key stakeholders within the sector. Ultimately, this work resulted in a promotion to a GM role in a $1B sector." — Aerospace Company"
Team Coaching
President/CEO
""Lori’s greatest strength is that she reads a situation and personal dynamics extremely well…she thoughtfully and carefully acts on her perceptions to maximize the growth of others. We were recognized by the LA Business Journal for Best Place to Work in Los Angeles because of her work with our Principal Group." — Professional Services Firm "
Technology Company
Vice President
""My team’s active engagement in the business has rocketed up. We are not only a more creative team, but we are also producing a record-level performance for our business.""
Executive Coaching
VP Global Sales
"“I recommend Lori to anyone looking for a leadership breakthrough.” — Entertainment Company"
Vice President of Large Aerospace Company
""This was the best coaching I received in my entire 30-year career." "
Team Alignment
Former Sr Director, Alumni and External Relations
""We were looking for a workshop to provide a shift in culture in our department. Lori and James provided an amazing experience with a Team Alignment Workshop for our team of six. We witnessed our team become more collaborative, more effective in communicating with each other, and more effective as an organizational system.""
Executive Development
Brandon Hall Group
""The Heffelfinger Company in collaboration with Western Digital and Abilitie won a Brandon Hall Group Silver Award for excellence in the Learning and Development category, for the coaching and executive development program delivered to WDC’s top global executives as part of the WDC Executive Development Program.""
Team Coaching
Kane Brenan, CEO
""When half of our leadership team at TIFF turned over, we needed to build new layers of trust, create a climate for healthy debate, and create mechanisms for healthy conflict. After vetting a number of similar firms, we hired The Heffelfinger Company. They didn’t push their own agenda and listened closely to what we needed —a custom teaming program, not something off the shelf. We hired Lori and James because they were flexible enough to design something customized and had the skills and experience to deliver it. I can tell they truly cared about supporting what we needed." — TIFF Advisory"
Michael Fischer, VP of Global Talent Management
""I think ‘listening deeply’ in consulting is just table stakes. Lori Heffelfinger transforms listening to an entirely new level. She hears what’s being said—and what’s NOT being said. She has the courage to say what needs to be said and do it thoughtfully, carefully, and honestly—in ways you can hear. So she can spot blind spots. She also notices body language and how it supports—and sometimes contradicts—our words.""