Testimonials

TESTIMONIALS

What Clients Have Said

Jan is someone with whom I can confide my troubles, without prejudice, and more importantly whom I rely upon to provide me with sound judgment in how to approach and tackle some of my personal challenges.
Director, Non-Profit Agency - Los Angeles, California

Jan is extremely insightful and intuitive. He was able to identify opportunities in my career path and provide invaluable guidance.
Attorney- Los Angeles, CA

From my perspective you are extremely focused, always attentive, and you listen to everything. That quality is outstanding. You seem to use your intensity as a tool and apply it well towards your creativity. You proved how successful you are at sharing your energy closely with another. Not many people have the love, enthusiasm, creativity and talent you have… Total professional.
Teacher - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Recently I have had to endure the challenges …involving the custody of my young child with my ex-husband. Although I had an attorney working on the case, and a pretty clear picture (so I thought) of what was happening, it wasn't until I spoke with Jan that I got clarity on my situation. Jan's a gifted listener, who really made me feel like he cared about me and my situation. Of course I wanted a cheerleading section in Jan, and that I got. More helpful though, was the balanced and neutral approach he took in providing me with the guidance I needed to just get through this difficult period of my life.
Single Parent - Los Angeles, CA

Jan helped me crystallize my thoughts and put them on paper.
(He) is a good listener and very good at articulating my vision.
Jan has the passion and drive to help me make my goals happen.
(And he's) a great writer and very good at putting my design profile together
Interior Designer - Venice, California

Two and a half years ago after having ended a successful wedding flower business (too much stress & no sleep!) I took some time off to figure out my next career… I met with Jan to discuss starting a cat accessory business … We engaged in an ongoing dialog.. I am an artist and a cat lover and knew that I needed to connect them for a business… Jan has fantastic creativity, intuition and makes the journey fun. He completely inspired me by knowing how to take my ideas and give me concrete steps to reach my goals. He is a talented coach, which I highly recommend to anyone. He made coherent the wildest of my ideas and helped give me the tools & stepping stones to make this concept a reality. He puts his whole mind, heart and soul into listening and formulating concepts - no matter how wild…His creativity is unmatched and I believe just what is needed when one embarks on a new endeavor. It is always hard to change careers and trust your wildest ideas. Jan makes the journey fun and his serious suggestions and step by step aid makes one know where to begin.
Small Business Owner - San Francisco Bay Area

When first setting up my referral service, Jan's coaching was a valuable contribution. He assisted me in laying out a clear, step by step approach to launching this business. He enhanced many of the ideas I had already begun with, as well as helping me devise some excellent strategies that hadn't even occurred to me. It was great.
Entrepreneur - Los Angeles, CA

What Colleagues Have Said

You are a great coach because you are insightful and observant. You have a capacity for taking a very light hearted approach to life's challenges, and at the same time you are deeply serious and sensitive. I think your kindness and warmth would inspire both parents and adolescents. You have a sharp intellect and are very articulate.
MFCC - Orange County, CA

You have a funny and engaging style, sense of humor, tempered by compassion. You are perceptive, analytical, and articulate, … important coaching qualities. You have the intelligence to analyze well, the perceptiveness to focus that analysis and the ability to clearly and succinctly communicate your views.
Mental Health Administrator - Torrance, CA

You are capable of reading the subtle messages…and of empathetically responding to those messages…(you) see when your client is in trouble and needs a pat on the back or wallowing in self-pity and needs a kick in the ass. You are willing to work through your own issues to achieve you goals, thus providing a role model, example, if you will, to any person you may coach, " I know its hard to change, but I did it, you can too."
MSW - Irvine, CA

"You are able to combine genuine insight into personality, with empathy
for people's situations, while at the same time being logical, thus avoiding
facile solutions to problems and helping people instead to chart a
successful course."
Professor - Carnegie Melon, Pittsburgh, PA

"You have the gift of empathy, which makes your work profound
as well as effective. Without pretension you communicate…in a
matter-of-fact, often funny, always clear way."
Author - Cambridge, MA