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"Linda
Leake knows business. Her
keen ability to focus on the critical changes needed by her clients, enables
them to accomplish operational excellence for maximum impact. Working with
Linda has strengthened my leadership skills, and her involvement with my
team has improved our cohesiveness, strategic direction and results. She
is amazing!"
Katherine
K Thomas
Manager, Economic Development-North Carolina
Progress Energy Service Company
"Linda
is one of the most objective people I ever met. Her
ideas and philosophies are well balanced between what is good for the business
and what is good for the people in the business. Linda is up-to-date and
futuristic on business operations and personnel issues. She not only knows
what is going on, she is always a step ahead!"
Billie
Redmond, President
TradeMark Properties, Inc., Raleigh, NC
"In high-growth mode, Morton + Beck approached execUchange to help
us assess where we’d been and where we were going. Linda was instrumental
in getting us focused on our common goals. The exercises we went through
as a management team required our understanding the baby steps required
to get to the giant leap we envisioned. We’re
now ranked in the top 10 marketing firms in the Triangle."
Becky
Risher, Director
Morton + Beck, Raleigh, NC
"I
had used a number of outside consultants in my various businesses, none
of whom can match Linda’s experience in, knowledge of, or enthusiasm
for the profit and growth-oriented company.
Most recently, Linda worked with me to develop creative solutions to meeting
the challenges my companies were facing in an unpredictable economy. Together
we established a blueprint for growth and stability."
Margaret Smith, Retailer
Domus, Los Gatos, CA
"I
would like to recommend execUchange to others.
We
contracted with execUchange in response to our need to hire many new employees
in a short amount of time. Specifically, we were looking to create an efficient
hiring process which would eliminate the costly expense of making wrong
hiring decisions. We sought to create a shared approach to hiring among
organizational divisions, and most importantly, a system which would give
us confidence that we were recruiting the right individual for the job…
We feel we have achieved these objectives and more by working with execUchange
and her "Hire Right!" process. We all benefited tremendously from
Linda’s extensive hiring experience and have taken her many hiring
tips to heart.
Rod
Brooks, Vice President for Administration
Exploris, Raleigh, NC
"We
used execUchange in two specific areas: First, we were short-staffed and
in emergency mode when we called Linda in to take on the assignment of searching
for and interviewing potential sales people. She
used her own system "Hire Right!" to provide us with the best
choices available for potential hiring. This
was a tremendous help to us. We hired one of the candidates she recommended.
Second, Linda helped me get through a particularly difficult growth phase
of our business. Her insight and perspective helped me to understand the
dynamics of our management team. I used that understanding to move our group
dynamics to a more functional level."
Judith Cantor, Co-Owner
The Computer Lab, Raleigh, NC
"Organizational
change is possible
when members of the organization demonstrate the capacity to change on an
individual level. Linda Leake’s involvement with this firm enabled
our employees to realize a fuller potential of ourselves and how that awareness
translated to added value within our organization. Through Linda’s
training and coaching, our investment has yielded a maturing culture that’s
organizationally faster, focused, and more flexible."
C.L. Guerdan, Director of Operations
Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., Raleigh, NC
"execUchange
is our resource for successful internal operations because as a professional
practice and service business we know our people are our most important
asset. We make no significant long range moves without consulting Linda’s
wise advise regarding staffing, management, and long term strategies. Linda
has assisted us in defining our target market and enabled us to have increasing
sales and cash flow.
We
recommend Linda to all high impact growing businesses and businesses who
would like to grow."
Mark Vitek, Principal
Mark Vitek & Company, CPAs, Raleigh, NC
"Of
the many consultants with whom I’ve worked, Linda Leake certainly stands
out as one of the best. Her
assessment skills, evaluative tools used, and action-oriented approach are
all superior to most other consultants… She
carefully evaluates strengths and weaknesses and assists the client in establishing
objectives to appropriately address problem areas."
Patti Fralix, Former VP Nursing and Special Services
Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC
"Linda
Leake functions as a catalyst eliciting ideas from the group then honing,
focusing, and prioritizing the change process.
Making
major changes is always painful, but with Linda, at least it’s successful."
Mary DeForest Cardoza, President
Cardoza Travel Services, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
"execUchange
helped us reorganize and structure our company so that it runs like a smooth,
well-oiled machine.
There is a person responsible and accountable for every task. Linda addresses
the total company rather than just a quick fix for a specific problem. I
highly recommend execUchange to any company that needs structure, accountability
and help with growth."
Carolyn W. Grant, Former President
Plants by Grant, Raleigh, NC
"Linda
is skillful at creating just enough healthy conflict to get a situation
off of dead center. She then uses her unique talent to bring focus to team
members, pulling
out the best from each individual participant during the strategic planning
process."
Dennis Rogers, President
Federal Molding Company, Sanford, NC
"Linda
is simply the best at taking a group of people who want to change their
program and getting the best out of each one. In my 35 plus years in business
I have never seen anybody with perfect people skills, but Linda comes VERY
close. She
is a big picture person with superior detail skills She
can take any situation and get the best solution."
Jim
Lofton, President,
President/CEO, Center for Citizenship, Enterprise, and Government
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