References

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"Tony is well known for his coaching on developing executive presence and building strong relationships. Tony's authentic way of facilitating group discussions leads to alignment of teams and positive outcomes."

- Todd McRae, Partner, Risk Technology & Data Leader, Deloitte

"Tony is an authentic and inspirational speaker. He has been a great coach and mentor to me over many years. I continue to work with Tony to help me enhance my executive presence and leadership skills."

- Steve Clarkin, Enterprise Sales Leader, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

"I hired Tony to provide me with Career Coaching to help me refine my career goal plan and continue to enhance my executive skills. Tony is very personable, supportive, and easy to work with. He provides highly practical advice based on his extensive leadership and coaching experience. I specifically benefited from our time spent enhancing my communication & presentation skills and overall executive presence. If you are looking for a skilled coach who can quickly provide value, I recommend you connect with Tony."

- Mona Sookram, Director of Finance & Accounting (contract) Canada Pooch Ltd.

“I have worked closely with Tony over many years and find him to be an authentic leader with a genuine focus on coaching team members to enhance their own success.”

- Mary Mordue, Owner, Mordue Consulting Inc.

“I hired Tony as my executive coach at a key transition point in my career. Tony is an excellent career coach; he is highly professional and helped me focus on my short and long-term goals. Through facilitating a comprehensive 360 feedback process with my colleagues, he provided me with candid focus areas for improvement. Tony effectively builds trust through the coaching process, enabling you to think deeply about your skills & behaviors; he also challenges your thinking to help you understand different perspectives. I would not hesitate to recommend Tony as an executive & career coach.”

- Sumbul Syed, Assistant Director, Business Systems and Analytics, 

Schulich School of Business

“If you are looking for an Executive Coach who is very experienced in Leadership Development within the Consulting industry, I highly recommend Tony. He is very professional and provides significant insights from his many years as a BD Leader at EY. I specifically benefited from our sessions, which focused on presentation skills and the power of effective communication. As an experienced leader, I appreciate Tony’s focus on helping me make impactful incremental improvements in my leadership skills and behaviors to enhance my professional development.”  

- Dennis Dai,  Senior Manager - Enterprise Risk Services, MNP

 “I find Tony’s articles on Leadership very insightful and valuable for my continued executive development. Tony has also provided one-on-one coaching to help me reflect and focus on my career goals. I would not hesitate to recommend Tony as an Executive & Career Coach.” 

- Rudy Sannuto, Senior Manager, Initiatives, Risk Strategy & Optimization, RBC

“Tony is a skilled people leader and coach and was very successful in working with me to build the right teams to pursue large client opportunities in a complex globally matrixed organization.”

- Diane Sinhuber, Corporate and Philanthropic Director (Retired EY Partner)

"I selected Tony to support my career development based upon reading several of his LinkedIn articles on leadership development and recommendations from senior people in his network. Tony's practical approach to executive coaching, grounded in his extensive experience, has been incredibly valuable. He conducted a thorough 360 interview process with colleagues I selected, which resulted in a detailed feedback report. This report highlighted key areas for my growth and has had a significant impact on my development." 

- Karan Brar, Enterprise Account Executive, Exavalu

“Tony has provided me coaching and counsel over many years on leadership and team building and I certainly value our continued relationship.”

- Rob Bennett, Chief Financial Officer, SOCAN

“I hired Tony as my executive coach based on his insightful LinkedIn articles on leadership and career development. I have been working with Tony for several months and have been very impressed with his coaching knowledge and professionalism. Tony has had a tremendous impact on my overall business communications, including my presentation and interview skills. I have also been working with Tony to help me develop a short and longer-term career plan. I enjoy my coaching sessions with Tony as I always gain valuable and practical insights that I can immediately apply in the workplace. If you are looking for a seasoned executive coach for career development, I would highly recommend Tony.” 

- Antonio Massina, Bilingual Analyst, CMLS Financial

“Tony is a fantastic coach and mentor; he has provided me great insights on executive presence and new ways to increase my success as a leader.”

- Biswajit Das, Partner, Financial Services Consulting, EY

"I have been working with Tony over the past six months to enhance my leadership skills. Tony conducted a confidential 360 interview process (with colleagues I chose for him) to gain feedback on my current leadership skills and behaviors; this process was highly valuable for me to understand my strengths better and identify areas for improvement. Tony has a warm and open coaching style that provides both effective challenge and support. Tony also has extensive experience in the consulting industry and has provided me great insights."

- Yi Hui Qin, Manager, Strategy and Business Operations, KPMG

"Tony is very skilled at coaching individuals and teams with various personal styles.  He has a unique ability to make people feel comfortable with the positive changes they need to make to increase their leadership effectiveness."

- Angelo Venditello, Account Director, Telus 

"Tony was a lot of fun to work with. I enjoyed his wit and encouragement"

- Dr Anna Dowbiggin, President, The Nantes Group Inc.

"I have developed great trust in Tony as an executive coach. As a people leader, I always aim to be authentic and genuine with my team. Tony has given me great coaching insights on team building, particularly in active listening and questioning methods. His advice has helped me build stronger relationships with my team, and I highly recommend Tony to anyone looking for a skilled and insightful coach." 

- Tabish Gill, Partner, Canada Risk Consulting Leader, RSM

“Tony effectively coaches others in a supportive and authentic way. He always listens intently to fully understand the real issues and has insightful perspectives and a knack for getting to the heart of a situation. His guidance has been invaluable to me over the years.”

- Georgia Steed, Senior Manager, Strategy and Operations Consulting, EY

“Tony has provided me valuable executive and career coaching for many years. Tony delivers his coaching in a personal, practical, and results-oriented way through his experience and executive leadership skills. I also appreciate Tony’s insights from his LinkedIn Blog series “Leadership Lessons I Wish I Learned When I Was Younger.” I look forward to my continued relationship with Tony.”

- Andrew Beattie, Business Development Executive, Accenture

"Tony was highly recommended to me for his executive coaching abilities. Since I had never used an executive coach prior, I was not sure of the value I would get out of the process. I can now say it took only a couple of sessions with Tony to begin to see the significant value I was receiving from our highly focused 1 on 1 meetings. Tony has provided me new strategies to approach my business interactions in a much more effective manner, this has lead to a significant increase in my win-win outcomes. If you are thinking of hiring an executive coach to enhance your leadership skills, I would urge you to contact Tony."

- Neda Huda, Sales Director, Enterprise Sales, Ataccama