Testimonials

“The program hit many core conversation issues that we deal with. Learned techniques that I will put into practice immediately.”

"Wow did I learn a lot!"

"Great, clear, concise, motivational!"

“Hi Doug, I would like to take the opportunity to tell you how much I value your input and coaching.  You have been a tremendous sounding board and helped me think through some rather sticky situations.  Having your time and attention to discuss issues and troubleshoot resolutions has been invaluable.  I very much appreciate your perspective and keen advice.  I feel extremely well supported by you and look forward to our next interaction. Thank you and all best wishes.”

"Thank you Doug for sharing your knowledge and expertise at our training session yesterday.  I saw the “light bulb” go on during the activities and lecture.  Now we just need to practice what we learned.  As a trainer myself, it is important that we keep the momentum moving forward and allow what we learned from you to become the norm as we try to improve our culture.  Your training will be the springboard for these improvements. I want you to know how much you are appreciated."

"Doug has done fantastic work with me as my business coach. His guidance is always very insightful and on-point. I feel he is a major key to the success of my business. I would recommend Doug to everyone who wants a consultant who can help them achieve their best results."

"Doug is a fantastic coach and works well with people at all levels of an organization. We have used his service for individual coaching, team building and business operation ideas. He is enthusiastic and truly cares that his help is appropriate for the situation. I have used other coaches and Doug is clearly the best of the lot. As a past TEC member I know I receive greater value from Doug while expending less time."

"Doug's sales training program was enlightening and a great reminder of sales techniques. It was a shot of new energy for me to go after business. And the techniques will be fun to work with."

"Valuable information; relevant and easy to understand"

"This program has helped me communicate in the work place and in my personal life."

"Informative, entertaining, engaging. I like your style."

"I REALLY have appreciated each of the weekly topics and how they relate to me as a leader, to my career, and to what has currently been going on at work. Week by week each class builds upon the other creating a foundation of leadership skills. The "foundation" points I have learned actually run through my head during work situations. I find myself engaged during work moments and cognizant of my behavior/ bodylanguage/ paraphrasing, etc. I THANK YOU Doug for helping me become a better leader!"

"Great content and participation. I hope we all practice what we learned, especially respectful communication and behavior."

"Excellent topics and very well organized. Tools I can go back and immediately begin applying."

"Really beneficial to me. I have learned a lot of things that will be very useful to me and to my team. I would like my staff to attend also. Great program....thank you!"

"Doug's program really helped me change my mindset and it will serve as the push needed to do/approach my sales calls differently."

"Excellent, fantastic! Enjoyed real world examples, implementable tools & a sense of humor."

"The meeting was very good. We covered many topics and came to consensus on most. Many great ideas were exchanged."

“Very enlightening. I hope the info is used to further progress our group.”

"Very informative and inspirational. I bought one of your dvd's and can't wait to go home and refresh all I learned."

"Excellent, helpful for my everyday performance in how to engage with employees and for personal situations. The program helped me to become a better leader."

"As my personal business coach and advisor, Doug has provided many services for my company. He has been an invaluable resource for my marketing campaigns and has always provided me with great ideas, feedback and solutions. He truly has coached me to success in my business.”

"Doug has the uncanny ability to present a topic in straight forward, easy to understand language. Many people find themselves moving from a worker role to a leadership role with little formal training. This book lays the groundwork for a new leader to rise to the top. Fundamentals presented in a straightforward manner makes this one of the best books on the subject available today. I highly recommend it."

"Doug's program on Working Agreements is helping our communication tremendously"

"Very positive attitude, energetic, clear in content and presentation, good at redirecting when getting off task."

"The presentation was informative and encouraged lots of new ideas"

"Very applicable to my daily professional and personal interactions. I will use these methods and tools on a regular basis."

"Thank you for a great day of training.  The material was both informative and engaging.  I appreciate the material you delivered and am amazed that you are able to keep your energy up for an entire 8 hours the way that you do.  I spent 2-3 hours with you years ago and the same energy you had for that 2-3 hours was shown for the entire 8 hour training yesterday.  Thank you for the great tools offered and I look forward to implementing both the Working agreement and also more focused meetings starting with the 15 minute standing meeting."  

"Very informative and motivational"

"It was a great program to motivate and build stronger teams"

“Hi Doug, Thank you again for all your time and knowledge shared during our sessions. The tools discussed are invaluable and ones I will use for many years. The sessions have challenged me to raise the bar as a leader and in my own personal development. Thank you!”

"Great, useful information that was easy to understand, in a very casual environment!"

"Doug provided us with excellent tools to build a great working relationship."

"Really useful tactics, not only for customers, but co-workers and other personal situations."

"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."

“What a fun and enlightening experience! Gave us a really insight into one another that we can move forward with.”

"Your session on Working Agreements is a common sense approach to improving communication and collaborative relationships. Very effectively presented!"

"Content was relative, presentation was very good. Doug kept all of us involved and interested"

"I agreed and valued every part of this training. Really."

"The program offered so much useful information regarding working together as a team."

“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.”

"Very good information. Makes so much sense!"

“Lots of useful tools to be applied daily. PCT and coaching methods were very helpful. Working agreements = awesome!”

“Lots of energy, easy to understand and extremely informative!”

 "I went to Doug's seminar when he was in Kansas City. I was so impressed that I spoke with him about customizing a program for my sales employees focusing on leadership and sales. We worked on a program together and he came into Kansas City. The seminar he put on was invaluable. The tools he showed everyone and the way he interacted with my employees was top notch.  I have challenged him many times since about how to handle certain business situations. Each time he has given me great ideas. I have seen and met many consultants over my career. He is far and above the best and the most helpful. I would highly recommend him and I wouldn’t say that if I did not mean it." 

"Really Really Good!! You do a wonderful job!!"

"Very informative."

“Thank you for all of your work with our team. The initiative was a complete success. Your unique team building activities and the individual coaching sessions made a tremendous difference in our team. You helped create a positive and productive work environment. The individual coaching sessions were especially meaningful. You not only helped in my management development, but you helped make me a better person. Please feel free to use my name as a reference. I would be happy to speak with anyone regarding the quality of the work that you do.”

"Interesting and very appropriate at this time in my organization."

“Hello Kay.  I cannot imagine you picking a better presenter for your keynote address than Doug Van Dyke. Cardel employed Doug’s services for a high-end Realtor event held at my model home in MiraBay.  We focused on a small group of Realtors who focus on sales in excess of $1MM.  There were about 15 in attendance and each left feeling their time was well spent.  I received feedback from each Realtor after the event asking if they would have another chance to hear Doug speak. A few weeks later, Doug gave a presentation to a group of real estate and building professionals at the Tampa Bay Builders Association monthly meeting.  There were over 100 people in attendance and the presentation was on selling to millennials. The presentation was lively, fun, educational, and interactive.  Doug made a large room feel very comfortable as he was able to address specific questions and concerns of those in attendance. It is with pleasure I recommend Doug to you as a presenter for your group of professionals.”

"Great program, very informative. Doug creates an atmosphere that allows people to open up, face their fears, and triumph without fear of failure. The constructive feedback from the group is so well structured."

"Interesting, effective, makes you think, makes you aware of the strengths you have already, but haven't utilized or realized."

"Doug is a great presenter and full of energy. Learned so many useful tools with real life examples."

"I thought it was a great tool to address the disconnects our groups have had. It has made significant inroads into righting the ship."

"The Leadership Development Program provided valuable insights, skills and habits that will continue to raise my bar."

"Well paced program. I appreciate that the content involved group participation and sharing of ideas."

"Doug is an excellent coach. His program was easy to understand and on point to what I needed."

"Great Value!"

"Good ideas to implement and to make me a better leader."

“Certainly added tools that I need to be a better leader. Also, reinforced some concepts that I had forgotten from other leadership lessons. Reminds me of the influential leaders I’ve had, and the value they’ve had on my development.”

"Terrific Strategic Planning session - very concise, informative, stayed on task."

"Working with Doug Van Dyke over the past few years has been a great experience. Doug's training and coaching has strengthened each of the individuals in Profit Management as well as the overall team. He has given me tools to improve my communication skills and leadership abilities. This has had a positive impact on my entire team. This coaching process has proven to be an integral part of our team moving forward. Doug possesses an energy that is stimulating, motivating, and fun. I look forward to working with him again in the future."

“I appreciate the valuable information that I can utilize both in the workplace and with personal life to build stronger relationships.”

"Best class ever. Day flew by!"

“I thoroughly enjoyed the training this week with Doug Van Dyke. It was the best training session I have attended since being a Gevity colleague. I left feeling as if my time was utilized efficiently and I was highly motivated. It is the best money Gevity has spent on training!!!”

"Great job pushing people to open up, providing a great foundation and solid toolbox for professional speaking. Very creative in providing constructive feedback allowing people to learn and grow."

"Excellent presentation, delivered exceptionally."

"Key points I took from Doug: the importance of communication with peers and teambuilding through planning."

“Doug, you really know how to inspire and instruct. What a great session we had on July 24. Sales Simplified is simply the best! It was helpful, informative and inspiring. Keep up the great work. We all appreciate you.”

"I have been involved in several similar trainings, but this was by far the best, most concise leadership program I have attended. Very well done. I learned several new things as well as refreshed several others. Thank you!"

"I love Doug's enthusiasm and his great examples; takeaways that I can implement right away."

"Doug is very personable and works extremely well with collegues and clients. He has an uncanny ability to target the challenge, and then effectively impliments strategies that improve and motivate staff and management to reach their maximum potential."

"Constructive/Informative. Doug demonstrates a very comfortable presence about him, something to emulate!"

"Enjoyed the program very much - very informative. Lots of great 'usable' information."

“I thought it was very informative and learned a lot of new techniques I can apply daily to my job functions.”

"The course was excellent. I need to go review all the concepts since it is content-heavy and put them into practice one or two at a time."

"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."

"Good to sit down and draw out expectations  of one another"

"I felt this was a robust program. I found you to be direct and engaging. You listened to our challenges and then introduced tools to help us succeed."

"Very informative. Well presented ideas on fostering a better company through communication and leadership."

"Good open dialogue sessions. Activities are great and key takeaways are on point."

"This program is so amazing!"

"There were so many valuable tools that I can implement immediately."

"Doug's strategic planning session was very good for our team. We moved along. The exercises were applied to help give construct."

"Timing is everything. Could not have been a better time for this as we navigate through uncharted waters...together!"

"Doug, your speaking style and content is well disciplined. The format was effective in covering specific content."

"This was one of the most informative, thought-provoking, and collaborative training sessions I have attended. I am a life-long learner and this has given me the tools to reassess my leadership abilities by cementing the good and to question and/or change the bad."

"Doug, I just wanted to thank you on behalf of Nielsen for the wonderful Lunch & Learn session you provided for nearly 170 associates today. Judging from the evaluations, you really struck a chord by providing ideas and information that helped each of them have a valuable take away. Again, thank you very much for your very professional and engaging session. We've started the year off on the right foot with our Lunch & Learn series and your've set the bar a little higher for all who follow."

"Doug is an outstanding instructor and speaker. He gave me deeply impactful tips on how to be an effective speaker."

"You were a big hit with our group. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with such expertise. I have received loads of positive feedback. Thanks again."

"Great program. Common sense that is summarized neatly in an easy to use tool."

"Great insight and new tools for selling my product, progressing a sale and communicating."

"Sales Simplified is a positive and effective program, full of influential group actions and great examples."

"This was fabulous! Thanks!"

"Doug's Customer Service Workshop for the Manatee County YMCA was terrific. We learned great skills for handling dissatisfied members. I feel the training will also be helpful dealing with the staff."

“Doug, Just wanted to thank you for the session on collaboration and Working Agreements.  I used your Working Agreement template here at my new position at L-3 and I’m getting recognition for my efforts by the President of Aviation Recorders. I followed the process by the “book” and it went extremely well.  I hope you have a happy holiday!”

"Very informative, helpful, interesting and fun. Loved the interactive activities!"

"Excellent, very engaging, kept the audience involved and entertained. Great information!"

"Very helpful. I am always in learning mode and appreciate when my expectations are met."

"Great reminder of what top performers must continually practice to WIN!"