Testimonials

“We’ve used Workstone to prepare our relationship managers for their next roles. In 2014, we turned over our leadership and put into place the managers trained by Workstone, entrusting to that newly trained group $15 million in revenue. Our business has thrived: our clients are happy, our teams are engaged, our business grows . . . and we’re using Workstone again to get the next group of leaders ready. Workstone plays a critical role in our succession planning and leader development programs.”

- Managing Director, Life Sciences, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“The program has been of tremendous benefit. It provided us, as a leadership team, an opportunity to see the whole picture, a holistic view of what is going on from an account management standpoint.”

- Client Relationship Manager, $50B global pharmaceutical company

“I have shared my learning now a number of times with others. In fact, I have distributed the tools to other managers and have coached them on how to use the tools to help themselves and their people.”

- Sourcing Manager, $30B multinational health sciences company

“The groups were a very safe place to productively discuss issues and concerns. Our facilitator was excellent.”

- Business Manager, Consumer Products, $2B global chemicals company

“Succession planning needs to occur flawlessly. Workstone has helped us to learn what works and apply it.”

- Regional Director, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“The calls gave us an opportunity to bounce ideas, concerns and issues off of each other and solicit suggestions and solutions. They brought us closer together as a group of colleagues.”

- Account Manager, Fortune 50 medical sciences company

“The program has allowed me to stay on target and improve outcomes across all of my teams, enhancing my clients’ experience.”

- Account Lead, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“Out of our experience with Workstone, we were able to form a more unified sense of purpose. Above everything else, Workstone helped us see the difference between the idea of change and the reality of making changes that endure.”

- Sr. Managing Partner, $2.5B global law firm

“The most valuable thing was discussing everyday issues and having people to bounce my ideas and thoughts off of without any other agendas attached.”

- Workplace Services Manager, $4B worldwide facilities management company

“Recently, the skills I learned helped me to deliver a challenging employee evaluation that I wouldn’t have known how to approach before.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, $50B multinational health sciences company

“The materials and the facilitator gave me the ability to reinvent myself and how I think today.”

- Workplace Services Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone involvement has allowed my team to develop additional skills necessary to increase team productivity and to improve our teamwork, meeting structures and individual accountability.”

- Facilities Manager, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“Overall, if you utilize the knowledge and tools that Workstone provides through their process, the results are evident at the department level and contribute to the overall success of customer accounts.”

- Facilities Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“I was concerned about the time and effort it would take to complete the program. I quickly found that it is designed for busy professionals with busy schedules. The weekly sessions became a great time for me to get away for an hour and really spend time to discuss certain situations and handle them properly. The result of the program was that I, and my whole team, benefitted immediately as the concepts were passed along.”

- Facility Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“I have commented to several of my colleagues and customers on the advantage that Workstone has provided to us. Everyone I have shared my experience with cannot believe this is provided to us and would love to have the same opportunity available to them as well.”

- Facilities Manager, $5B consumer health sciences company

“I was hesitant about the program at first because I spend so much time on phone calls and I felt I really didn’t have any time to waste, yet this has helped me in so many situations.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“The program was immensely positive for me, and I am using what I learned all the time. I refer to my Workstone resources regularly—especially when I am questioning what to do next.”

- Sourcing Manager, $50B multinational health sciences company

“The program has been outstanding. I can’t think of anything that I’d change about it. The value for me has been exceptional. I have learned how to implement and use concepts that in the past I only knew of remotely.”

- Facility Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone is a solid vendor who has proven to be flexible and competitive in their delivery.”

- Regional Director, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“I now have a solid understanding of negotiating, and I can negotiate well with vendors and customers. I can also get things done better within the company.”

- Sourcing Manager, $50B multinational health sciences company

“There is nothing ‘foofy’ about what Workstone does. They are practical, tough-minded business people who are street-savvy and who can get other people on the move.”

- VP National Accounts, $1.5B global semiconductor equipment and materials company

“The Workstone program taught me how to be a coach and a role model, and it gave me the chance to explore ideas about how to work better with others.”

- Sourcing Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“I now look at management from a different perspective. The training has allowed me to manage more efficiently.”

- Facility Manager, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“Workstone defines the meaning of service. Workstone continually provides great, cutting edge ideas and solutions, and is thorough and fair in all its dealings.”

- Sr. Director of Health and Wellbeing, international HR benefits consultancy

“The program helped me with my direct reports as well as many others that are not direct reports. Using the tools, I surveyed my people and got a better perspective on myself and on them.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone has helped me to view situations from many more perspectives and has helped me to understand the people I am working with better.”

- Account Manager, $50B global health sciences company

“Workstone gave me the skills and resources to manage people well and be more effective.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“I recommend Workstone without reservation for individual and group development work.”

- VP National Accounts, $1.5B global semiconductor equipment and materials company

“The program provided my managers with a series of leadership tools that they use during their day-to-day activities. The sessions on time management, staff development and team building were especially valuable for me.”

- Facilities Manager, $4B worldwide facilities management company

“While many organizations boast of efficiency and effectiveness, Workstone helps companies by developing their people into the best versions of themselves.”

- Education Director, international sports conditioning association

“The best things about the process were the relationships and the mentoring that occurred weekly.”

- Facilities Manager, $5B consumer health sciences company

“The leadership and manager tools have been most important for me—especially the ones about teamwork and the ones about managing conflict.”

- Facilities Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone’s understanding of senior and executive leadership is unmatched.”

- Sr. Director of Health and Wellbeing, international HR benefits consultancy

“The worksheets and tools especially were helpful and eye opening. I used the tools to reach out to dozens of facilities managers in a structured way and gathered meaningful feedback for our talent development process.”

- Sourcing Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“I enjoyed the journey. It was very worthwhile and rewarding.”

- VP, Technical Services, $20B multinational medical devices company

“The sessions taught me things I would not have thought to do before, and I now have processes that help me to do my job better. I use the worksheet tools regularly and continue to refer back to them.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, $4B worldwide facilities management company

“Workstone has provided me with the insight to look at things differently and to see things that I may not have thought of before. I am very glad that I was able to participate in the program. It has changed my career.”

- Account Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“The Workstone sessions and the associated exercises have helped me stay focused and grounded. They have helped me navigate through some very tough situations and circumstances with my clients.”

- Account Manager, Fortune 50 pharmaceutical company

“Recording my personal stories in the narrative tools was extremely helpful, as was the character strengths assessment report.”

- Account Lead, $4B worldwide facilities management company

“The sales content should be shared with the entire company. It’s important that we speak the same language in these areas.”

- Business Manager, Global Agricultural Products, Fortune 1000 chemicals company

“The program has made me look at each situation differently and approach things in better ways. Workstone has given me the ability to view opportunities and situations at a much higher level in all aspects.”

- Account Manager, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“The principles upon which Workstone has built their disciplines and practices are behavioral in nature, helping managers do what is right by their jobs and their people.”

- Founder and Chairman, national medical technology and training services company

“The value of the Workstone program was phenomenal.”

- Business Manager, Global Distribution, Fortune 1000 chemicals company

“I recognize how fortunate we are to have worked with the solid team at Workstone. Thanks for all that you have done.”

- Director of Operations, $20B multinational medical sciences company

“The groups worked well and gave us the opportunity to learn from each other.”

- Business Manager, South America, $2B global chemicals company

“Workstone taught me how to help a lower performer raise their level of performance.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, $4B worldwide facilities management company

“Workstone has a great set of coaches that are interested in you as a person as well as in your business success. I always felt at home with their team.”

- Facilities Manager, $50B medical sciences company

“The experience exceeded my expectations. Selling and negotiation were particularly relevant topics.”

- Business Manager, Global Distribution, Fortune 1000 chemicals company

“The principles upon which Workstone has built their management development disciplines and practices have been highly instrumental in my personal and professional success. As a family man and father, as a manager and as a financially successful businessman who is often stretched and under pressure, I remain well-balanced in Workstone’s healthy management teachings.”

- VP National Accounts, $1.5B global semiconductor equipment and materials company

“The facilitator provided weekly insight into professional business management techniques with a great grasp of situational teaching. It was amazing to have a facilitator available weekly with extensive experience in business management who could relate to my current situation and provide tools to help us overcome issues or improve our performance.”

- Facilities Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone’s people have ‘been there.’ They’ve been in the business machine, and they now help other people not just survive but thrive in the workplace. Workstone is tough about business and trusted by the people they work with. It’s a real joy to work with them.”

- Principal, leading midwest management consultancy

“Workstone exhibits the highest level of professionalism in each and every business situation.”

- SVP HR, Fortune 500 manufacturer/distributor

“Because of Workstone, I have been able to manage my team better, and I have become more organized and accountable.”

- Facility Manager, $50B medical sciences company

“The founder of Workstone is a uniquely talented leader. He has a deft touch with people, and he possesses that rarest of people skills: he’s a remarkably good listener. As founder, leader and partner, he’s a force.”

- President, Fortune 500 advertising agency

“Workstone’s approach to managing people is both innovative and intuitive. Their processes, tools and overall acumen reach into the heart and soul of a company.”

- Education Director, international sports conditioning association

“The program provides valuable guidance with a focus on personal as well as business development.”

- Facilities Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“I hadn’t managed others much so the program really helped me get grounded. It solidified and ‘tweaked’ the skill sets that I needed. The experience has boosted my self-confidence greatly and has helped me build up the confidence of others.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, Fortune 500 facilities management company

“Many of the techniques have been valuable for me. One in particular was about understanding the customer’s expectations and changing my approach based on those expectations.”

- Facility Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone is a practical resource. Their programs are dedicated to helping managers get a better sense of their strengths and challenges and giving them the tools and structure that they need to excel.”

- Sr. Managing Partner, $2.5B global law firm

“Workstone has pulled together a wealth of real-life experiences, processes, tools and workplace wisdom to the benefit of managers and workers. With true hands-on experience, Workstone’s proven, grass-roots approach is great with people and relationships while it also keeps business ethics and profit objectives uncompromised.”

- Principal, leading midwest management consultancy

“The program made me a better manager not only at work but personally, too.”

- Account Lead, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“The sessions allowed me to break away from my extremely busy day and reflect on important situations. They allowed me to focus on real-time issues and find better ways to resolve them.”

- Facility Manager, $5B consumer health sciences company

“Workstone delivers top-quality management learning experiences in all phases of their unique programs. Most important is their ability to stimulate creative dialogue while guiding a group through an entire learning process and curriculum.”

- Regional Manager, Fortune 1000 real estate management company

“Excellent experience! Great training that will help with everyday issues that arise in managing teams.”

- Facility Manager, $50B medical sciences company

“When transitioned into new roles, a manager can be isolated and thrown into the deep end, often with predictable results. Workstone bridges the gap and provides invaluable help and guidance.”

- Facilities Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone has helped me to a great degree in two areas especially: negotiating better and managing my people better. In the area of negotiations, I was not confident before. Now I’m much more prepared and am making tangible differences in how I work with vendors, as well as with others on the job.”

- Sourcing Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“I learned how to hold my people accountable, and the tools from Workstone are invaluable.”

- Sourcing Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“The facilitator’s performance has been excellent. The sessions have been very productive and the conversations surrounding the sessions have been great.”

- Facility Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone has helped our managers stay on task and hit the numbers that they must hit in our very competitive business.”

- Regional Director, $4B global facilities management company

“The facilitator was knowledgeable, informative, patient and always approachable.”

- Account Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Personally, I love the coaching that I received from the facilitator. Having a professional resource available to discuss management strategies, personal management tools and personal development is critical.”

- Facilities Manager, $50B medical sciences company

“Most importantly, Workstone has helped us to make sure our clients experience no surprises. If a problem occurs, we need to communicate it and get out ahead of it immediately.”

- Regional Director, $4B global facilities management company

“The best thing, hands down, was having people to confide in without bias and sharing ideas about improving how I work.”

- Account Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Like all real business, Workstone’s work is a passion built out of struggle and finding real meaning in what they do for others. Lots of people spout theory or strategy. Action is what’s important. Workstone sees it, goes at it and gets the job done.”

- Principal, leading midwest management consultancy

“The materials share great principles that can be used in all situations.”

- Account Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone’s unique approach is well-founded in research and application and proven to work in today’s competitive workplace. I’d like to say that Workstone’s methods are holistic, but that might minimize the outright sense that their methods make in pure financial terms.”

- VP National Accounts, $1.5B global semiconductor equipment and materials company

“I have a busy job, and I was worried the sessions would eat up my time, but it was easy to prepare and the sessions were always beneficial.”

- Strategic Sourcing Manager, $4B worldwide facilities management company

“The positive effects of Workstone’s programs bring long lasting benefits which reach down throughout the company, providing improvement at all levels.”

- Facilities Manager, $9B multinational pharmaceutical company

“At first I had misgivings about committing to the program, but I am so glad today that I stuck in there. I am ever grateful for ‘the manager within’ that they helped me find.”

- Sourcing Manager, $30B multinational pharmaceutical company

“Workstone are great business coaches and fabulous team leaders—forward-thinking while keeping today’s job on the front burner. Workstone’s approach is both visionary and balanced by real know-how gained in the trenches.”

- Principal, leading midwest management consultancy

“Workstone possesses a deep understanding of the human dynamics present in the workplace. Their superior group facilitation skills combined with strong business acumen allows them to drive positive change within individuals and organizations.”

- SVP HR, Fortune 500 manufacturer/distributor

“There is too much confusion out there about what employee wellness really is. Workstone helps businesses get healthy, both functionally and financially.”

- Founder and Chairman, national medical technology and training services company

“I’m glad I had the opportunity to work with Workstone and will use my new knowledge both in and beyond the business arena.”

- Regional Manager, Fortune 1000 real estate management company

“Workstone’s approach is based their innate ability to understand the character of a person and assist in their growth and development.”

- Education Director, international sports conditioning association

“Workstone improved the productivity within my department, improved our teamwork, and improved our client relationships.”

- Facilities Manager, $50B medical sciences company