Testimonials
"This Sales Training was Informative and easy to follow along. Effective tools provided as well! Thank you, Doug!!"
Deborah Vaughan
Vice President and Branch Manager
CenterState Bank
Sarasota, FL
"Really Really Good!! You do a wonderful job!!"
Lyssa Gambling
AVI-SPL
Tampa, FL
“Dear Doug, Thank you so much for your outstanding presentation during our Sales Boot Camp event! Our attendees could not have been more enthusiastic about your professionalism, your engaging presentation style and the quality of your content. Not only did our attendees learn how to sell better and more productively, they also learned how to manage their time and life more effectively! I also want to thank you for all of the pre-event assistance you provided and for being an easy speaker to work with. Not all speakers are, and it is such a pleasure to work with a professional who understands what will be needed and provides it. I will certainly look for an opportunity to have you back to another PRISM International event!”
James E. Booth
Executive Director
PRISM International
Garner, NC
“Very good information – presented in an easy to understand format with great examples on how to utilize”
Anita Carpenter
Nielsen Media Research
Tampa, FL
"The Phase II Leadership Program material is an imperative tool. The focus on developing each leader to become savvy and the attention to detail was impeccable. Thank you for your due diligence Doug."
Illyaas Brewer
Electrical Department Group Leader
Pierce Manufacturing
Bradenton, FL
"I really enjoyed the program. I will be doing a lot of public speaking & presentations in my new role at Trustmark. Your insight, wisdom, and tools are of great value. Thank you."
Matt
Trustmark Insurance
Chicago, IL
"Doug offered a new way of thinking about working with colleagues at all levels and at different stages."
Jackie Dryden
Homeless Emergency Project
Clearwater, FL
"Loved it! I wanted to hear more!"
Carol Schoff
Corban One Source
St. Petersburg, FL
"What a great way for us to open up about our issues in the workplace."
Heather Huhn
AVI-SPL
Tampa, FL
"Good, presented a different perspective that I have seen before."
Scott OBrien
Gardner-Gibson
Tampa, FL
"The 10 sessions of the Leadership Development Program have provided more meaningful training than other year-long coaching scenarios."
Eric Plummer
President
Metrotech
“Starting a new restaurant or any business involves many critical factors and one of the most important is a solid business plan.
DVD Consulting not only made the process enjoyable, their skill and professionalism far exceeded my expectations.
Many thanks to Doug Van Dyke for creating a plan that is comprehensive, intelligent and most of all, honest!
I will certainly use your services again in the near future.”
Michael L. Merino
Merinos Italian Restaurants Inc.
Tampa, Florida
“Lots of useful tools to be applied daily. PCT and coaching methods were very helpful. Working agreements = awesome!”
Phil Lavoie
MyUS.com
Sarasota, FL
“Steel In The Air retained DVD Consulting for the purpose of evaluating a number of potential business ventures that had presented themselves to the organization and were causing deep division in focus. Doug Van Dyke (the facilitator) created a one day event to assist us in weighing the merits of each venture and in ferreting out the real “expense” to the organization in both time and money. Doug thoughtfully and expertly led discussions, keeping them from derailing off track or getting too heated, funneling the creative process in a productive manner. At the end of the day, we had a road map to follow, one decidedly different than any of the management members expected going into the event. This roadmap eventually proved to be successful and we won a large contract. What truly impressed us was the way in which Doug guided conversation without ever steering the decision making process. He asked thought provoking questions and managed our sometimes heated discussion with tact. Doug then presented us with a thorough copy of notes from the discussion and a game plan crafted from the meeting.”
Ken Schmidt
President
Steel In The Air
Ft. Myers, Florida
“We want to thank you for the great job you did Saturday! This was ShelterBox USA’s first national meeting and my Board and our Regional Representatives were impressed with the material presented. We hope that you and your expertise will continue to be a part of our development as a national volunteer organization.
Thank you for sharing your professional knowledge, we are deeply grateful.”
Beth E. Palmer
Executive Director
SHELTERBOX USA, Inc.
“Doug Van Dyke and Leadership Simplified have conducted numerous leadership programs for the Clerk's office and the results have been remarkable. His one-on-one coaching with my management staff has helped these leaders perform at a higher level and lead their teams with confidence and clarity. His ability to effectively interact with a wide-array of personalities simply amazes me. Doug has also performed his 360-degree peer review for many of my leaders and their teams, which provided important feedback to both management and staff. This resulted in better communication, a common vision, and less workplace conflict. Doug’s teambuilding training has increased collaboration and productivity in multiple departments at the Clerk’s office. I am very pleased with Doug’s work. He is a wonderful coach, educator and mentor.â€
Richard B. “Chips†Shore
Clerk of Courts & Comptroller at Manatee Clerk of Circuit Court
Bradenton, FL
“Very informative and opened my eyes to areas of leading that I have been neglecting of late.”
Josh Haley
SouthTech
Sarasota, FL
"With Doug's guidance, I was able to move past my own self-imposed barriers. Great techniques and useful examples are provided to assist the participant."
Matt Lange
Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
Sysco Food Services
West Coast Florida
"It made me aware of the different types of management techniques and coaching styles. It was very beneficial."
Kimberly Feldkamps
University of Kansas
Kansas
“He introduced tools that are immediately implementable. I am thrilled”
Wendy Rodriguez
Nielsen Media Research
Tampa, FL
"I appreciate that Doug gave me organic tools and solutions to effect change, i.e. 16-45 days to create a habit. I needed to hear the input from my co-workers and the CEO and this forum brought out information I wouldn't have thought to ask about."
Molly Cooper
Steel In The Air
Fort Myers, FL
“This will be extremely beneficial to my continued growth as a leader.”
Martin Salazar
Receiving Manager
MyUS.com
Sarasota, FL
"Very good program, opened up communication between employees"
Brian Langille
Clearwater Gas System
Clearwater, FL
"Very helpful. I am always in learning mode and appreciate when my expectations are met."
Barbara Inman
CEO
Pinellas Habitat for Humanity
Pinellas Co., FL
"Doug - You are an extremely effective coach & mentor for me and my organization. Your ability to read strengths and weaknesses of individuals is uncanny, and you use your reads to recommend an effective approach to aid in individual development. Constructively, I would like you to dig deeper to keep me on-task, and continue to force the uncomfortable conversations and decisions. It was an interesting read on our team's strengths and the harmony thread. We are an operations organization - Sometimes we need to rock that boat! I look forward to another year!"
Bo Gorham
Vice President
American Express / Serve Virtual Enterprises
St. Petersburg, FL
"I agreed and valued every part of this training. Really."
Dillon
Tidewell Hospice
Clearwater, FL
“Very informative and is relevant to my work as a team leader”
D. Pilar
Nielsen Media Research
Tampa, FL
"Great content, learned much as usual, dynamic speaker and presenter."
Amanda Burrow
Tervis Tumbler
Venice, FL
“This program is very effective. I learned a lot of new things that will help me move forward in my career. Great class!”
Tomas Hernandez
Chris Craft
Sarasota, FL
Doug,
Thank you again for the sales training you provided for us. It was phenomenal! I’m really ‘pumped’ to implement the bevy of techniques you shared with us.
Also, I sincerely thank you for the laughter my associates and I experienced throughout the training! I love my job, my career in banking, and having the opportunity to work with my company, but this is a very serious business and we sometimes don’t laugh enough while we’re on our journey. The weight our Senior Leaders carry for us, our clients and the bank sometimes gets in the way of them being able to actually enjoy laughter throughout the day too. When I looked around the room and saw everyone laughing and truly enjoying you and your comments and jokes, it brought joy to my heart for all of us!!! And we all know we learn and retain so much more when we’re having fun in the process!
You are a very Special Person and Leader. I’m looking forward to our meeting again in the upcoming weeks and learning even more from you!
Have a wonderful day,
Deb
“A Big Fan”
Deb Adams
Branch Manager
Brandon, FL
“What a fun and enlightening experience! Gave us a really insight into one another that we can move forward with.”
Kim Dalglish
Manatee Chamber of Commerce
Bradenton, FL
"After going through the Working Agreement process with Doug I have become more aware of my habitual body language, tone and words, and how they affect my working relationships."
Robin Liberty
Manatee County Clerk of Courts
Bradenton, FL
"Doug: I thought this was extremely valuable! Thank you for introducing some new things and reinforcing things I know but I have not been utilizing... Many thanks!"
Amy Rettig
VP, Public Affairs
Nielsen Media Research
Oldsmar, FL
"The program really helps you think about the way you lead and manage people. A lot of useful tools and techniques shared to help you improve yourself."
Eric Wright
Pierce Manufacturing
Bradenton, FL
"Fantastic! Informative. Doug's material and delivery is creative. I am now able to see and observe things that were not obvious to me before. I can use these techniques in my professional and personal life."
Ahmet Tezcan
Safran Electrical & Power
Sarasota, FL
"Leadership Simplified will be the start for our team to communicate, have fun and be more productive."
Carl Weeks
President
Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County
Bradenton, FL
“The program has been very helpful for me. It involved so much detailed information. Doug did a great job. I find myself utilizing steps from the program daily – with great results. I learned things that I never would have thought about in the past. It makes work easier with regards to dealing with people and situations.”
Ashley Bagley
Vanguard Advanced Pharmacy
Bradenton, FL
"Thank you so much. I enjoyed the format of the Leadership Innovation Retreat – it made for a very positive experience and you were an excellent facilitator."
Rhonda Veasey
Senior Property Manager
Parkway Realty Services
Orlando, Florida
"The program was amazing. Many useful tools and techniques resonate with me. I am confident and know I will continue to be a successful leader."
Very Reyna
Supervisor County Civil & Family Divisions
Manatee County Clerk of Circuit Court
Bradenton, FL
"Loved it! Thank you for all the inspiration and motivation. Very knowledgeable and professional, funny too."
Sarasota YMCA
"I thought there were many great ideas and takeaways. If we are able to implement even one idea it will benefit us greatly. I appreciate the content and will use it to grow as a leader."
Christina Vignalats
Conmed Linvatec
Largo, FL
“Excellent communication and engagement! Very detail oriented and great explanation of the material and concepts.”
Justin Pepper
MyUS.com
Sarasota, FL
"Very impressed that Doug could keep us so engaged/entertained through an entire day. I am excited to put what I have learned to practice."
Sheridan Boyle
City of Clearwater
Clearwater, FL
"Doug is an excellent coach. His program was easy to understand and on point to what I needed."
Paola Reyes
Sales Representative
Nueterra Healthcare
"Very informative and inspirational. I bought one of your dvd's and can't wait to go home and refresh all I learned."
Kelly Bowley
Client Services Specialist
Ad-Vance Talent Solutions
Bradenton, FL
"Very good and productive! Great information on holding effective meetings."
Pat Foley
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
"Very informative. I learned new tools and techniques that will help me grow as a leader and as a professional."
Dianna Wiedlocher
Senior Manager, Web & Online Marketing
Gevity
Bradenton, FL
"I wanted to extend my gratitude again for your coming to provide training for the SDMC HR leadership team at Day Springs. Your ability to work with the crowd and flexibility was appreciated. There was great feedback from the team - they all seemed to find something meaningful to use with their work."
Dr. Sarah Brown
Chief of Human Resources
School District of Manatee County
Bradenton, FL
"Good to sit down and draw out expectations of one another"
J.J. Carter
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
"Valuable information; relevant and easy to understand"
Cary Stiff
Vice President
Chi Chi Rodriguez Academy
Clearwater, FL
"Thank you Doug,
You are a wonderful facilitator and I truly believe you have helped us develop a great working relationship between the conservation, sales, administrative and conservation teams. Looking forward to possibly working together during our annual meeting as well as with other internal departments."
Lyn Cacella
Residential Growth & Retention Manager
Florida Public Utilities
West Palm Beach, FL
"The program covered many topics that were lacking in my MBA program. Useful strategies to deal with difficult situations, people and decisions were in every meeting. The practical applications were imediately useful in business and non-business situations."
Joe Kennard
Clinical Staff Development
Dade City, FL
"Very inspiring to improve my personal leadership skills. The different levels of communication and presentations were great. This will excellerate my leadership skills to a higher level."
Rick Sweitzer
F-Line Supervisor
Pierce Manufacturing
Bradenton, FL
“Helped with an overall understanding of the challenges that leaders face and provided useful tools to approach/attack those challenges. As a young leader I was able to take particular lessons and utilize them in the workplace. I didn’t always succeed but was able to analyze the failures and reflect on Doug’s lessons to revise and improve my approach in the future.”
Tim Krebs
Labinal Power Systems
Sarasota, FL
"The program made me think about and examine the way I handle certain situations. It has provided insight and has changed some of my perceptions and attitudes."
Shirley Fieber
Tax, Construction
Kerkering Barberio
Sarasota, FL
"Good open dialogue sessions. Activities are great and key takeaways are on point."
Jeff Taylor
AVI-SPL
Tampa, FL
I recently had the pleasure of attending one of Doug's interactive presentations at my company's leadership conference. I thought Doug did an incredible job engaging the audience and reviewed topics that were relevant to us and our businesses. He was extremely informative and made the group think outside of the norm that we were used to. His thoughts on digital marketing and media were fantastic and I would recommend him to anyone wanting to hire a speaker for their employees. Thanks Doug, myself and my team appreciated you speaking with us!
Andrew Glazier
Comfort Keepers of Central Ohio
Columbus, OH
"The energy of the presenter and engagement of participants was outstanding. The program was well paced and balanced."
Nick Delihas
Shaw Development
Bonita Springs, FL
"Leadership Simplified has been a valuable resource for both our sales office and me. Through well-coordinated team exercises, our sales team was able to refocus our strengths and achieve greater results using the talents of each associate. I have been managing a large sales team for over 15 years, and have been through many seminars and coaching sessions, but none at the level provided by Doug. He provided enormous assistance in becoming a stronger leader and sales facilitator."
Denny O'Connor
Sales Manager
Assurant Employee Benefits
Cincinnati, Ohio
"Great job! Amazing presentation"
Randy Keirn
District Chief
Lealman Fire District
St. Petersburg, FL
“Doug is a wonderful person who is genuinely interested in developing leaders at all levels. His positivity and enthusiasm in the material is contagious and makes an 8am (sharp) start engaging. As an aside his flexibility and understanding made completing the class possible for me- I will forever be grateful for that. I highly recommend the Leadership Simplified programming for any lifetime learner looking to sharpen, grow, or develop practical leadership skills.”
Jill Gass
Step Up Suncoast
Sarasota, FL
"Very rational way of enlightening groups to see eye-to-eye or at least understand where the other party is coming from."
Dayna Bates
Conmed Linvatec
Largo, FL
“Doug, as our coaching sessions have changed over the past couple of years, I find myself more engaged each time. I enjoy using you as a sounding board as well as receiving your feedback.”
Charles O’Keefe
Director, Architecture & Engineering
Serve / American Express
St. Petersburg, FL
"On behalf of Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Tampa Bay we thank you for sharing your knowledge, tools and techniques to help our members achieve success in their work place.
The feedback we received from today's program was wonderful! The program was very enlightening; an important topic with valuable information and useful strategies.
Thank you again for sharing your wealth of knowledge and I hope we can work together again in the near future."
Jane S. Watters
Administrator
Partnership for Philanthropic Planning
Clearwater, FL
"Excellent takeaways. I received some great ideas to help improve my organization."
Kathy Bouchard
Suncoast Workforce
Sarasota, FL
"The Leadership Development Program provided valuable insights, skills and habits that will continue to raise my bar."
Lennie Pici
Bright House Networks
St. Petersburg, FL
"The program is very informative and effective. I can apply it directly to my job to be better at what I do. The real-life scenarios were very helpful."
Penny Stanisavljevich
Serve Industries
St. Petersburg, FL
"It was interesting and did make one think about topics discussed."
Curt Long
Conmed Linvatec
Largo, FL
"What fresh, new ideas about leadership. It was terrific. Different style, great instructor!"
Janelle Winkler
Supervisor
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas City, Kansas
"I found this program to be both enlightening to me and my group, as well as personally."
Michael Montini
Conmed Linvatec
Largo, FL
"Very engaging. Doug kept us involved, listening, and interacting!"
Leslie Bailey
Prevent Blindness Florida
Tampa, FL
"Great program!! Served a valuable purpose. Nice job."
Randy Haynes
AVI-SPL
Tampa, FL
"Doug provided us with excellent tools to build a great working relationship."
Gaby Lopez
Tidewell
Sarasota, FL
"Doug's presentation to our ABWA group was fantastic. I enjoyed it very much. I am now head of a group of women from 39 churches, so this was timely and meaningful."
Alberta Adams
American Business Women's Association
Sarasota, FL
"Doug is a terrific presenter. He had quite a challenge addressing our group since we had "newbies" all the way to seasoned speakers. He handled it very well!"
Holly Thomas, CFP(R)
Vice President
Raymond James
National Speaker's Association member
St. Petersburg, FL
"Doug has an innovative and interesting presentation style. I liked how the action items blended into discussion items. Fantastic program."
Dottie Fischer
Aging Wisely
Clearwater, FL
"Doug's Sales Simplified program was very helpful to me. I learned how to have more productive and engaging conversations with my customers. I liked the interactive nature of the presentation."
Tracy McKinney
Trustmark Insurance
Wisconsin
It was informative. I would highly recommend this training to other businesses. Great insight into team building skills and customer service techniques.
Belinda Franks
Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court
"This information will be very helpful moving our company forward with the management changes we have been working through."
Beth Casale
AVI-SPL
Tampa, FL
“I love Doug’s energy. He kept everything interesting and relevant!”
Kari Collier
City of Sarasota
Sarasota, FL
“The program hit many core conversation issues that we deal with. Learned techniques that I will put into practice immediately.”
Alan Somogyi
FCCI Insurance Group
Sarasota, FL
"Engaging and relevant. Easy to understand and implement."
Matt Yee
Nielsen Media Research
Tampa, FL
"Sales Simplified is a positive and effective program, full of influential group actions and great examples."
Ryan Paddack
Trustmark Insurance
Illinois
"Doug Van Dyke, CEO of Leadership Simplified delivered a wonderful and information presentation to our team. His talk on '10 Tips for Leaders to Motivate Employees' was exactly what we needed to hear. He customized the presentation for us, and we hope to invite him back soon. We believe that Doug Van Dyke is the right fit for organizations seeking to advance leadership and cultural change initiatives. Again, thank you!"
Kate Shockey
Human Resources Manager
Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court
"Thank you again for presenting this course in a nontraditional sales format. Your focus on the human, relationship and psychological element is very effective. I have received many positive comments in this regard."
Marie Cornish
Tidewell Hospice
Clearwater, FL
"Doug's program on Working Agreements is helping our communication tremendously"
C. Pacheco
Conmed Linvatec
Largo, FL
"Loved the interaction, the 'team' atmosphere we created and the skills we learned to implement. Excellent program!"
Danielle Soto
Sales Department
Tervis Tumbler
Venice, FL
"The program was great! Doug provided an abundance of takeaways that can be used not only in the workplace but in my personal life as well."
Ashley Shepherd
AVI-SPL
Tampa, FL
"This program is so amazing!"
Yantee Hines
Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court
Bradenton, FL
"Great information. I can't wait to get your book."
Jim Williams
Vice President for Fund Development
Goodwill Industries, Suncoast
St. Petersburg, FL
"Very good session - High energy - Fun - Very well paced - and very Effective"
Stephen Thompson
Firm Principal
Najmy Thompson, P.L.
Bradenton, FL
"Good way to start communicating, collaborating, and solving problems!"
Melissa Pritz
Conmed Linvatec
Largo, FL
"All of the concepts were relevant and useful. Doug is an engaging presenter."
Chris Wilson
AVI-SPL
"Wonderful, useful & fun. You did a great job, Doug! I appreciate learning your techniques. Now I need to IMPLEMENT!"
Judi King
Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County
Bradenton, FL
"The program was excellent. I will use this knowledge in my everyday communication."
Deborah Davis
Nielsen Media Research
Tampa, FL
"I like that communication channels have been opened."
Judy Mundy
AVI-SPL
Tampa, FL
“I think the class is excellent and I am very happy to have received some new tools to implement into my skill set.”
Ralph Hawkins
MyUS.com
Sarasota, FL
"Simple ideas but very underused tools"
Claire Enick
Wells Fargo
Pinellas County, FL
Doug, your presentation to the ABWA on How to Deliver Tough Messages was terrific. Very valuable content. I'm so glad I purchased one of your books because I would like to learn more."
Valerie Misa
Marketing & Development Mgr
Suncoast Humane Society
Englewood, FL
"Great program. It is already making a difference with our team."
Darin Nearmyer
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas City