Testimonials
Michael Loken - Director, Strategic Services Branch - Ministry of Mines.
Having Emma as a coach coincided with a period of great change and development in my career. During this time, Emma always seemed to direct our conversations the right way, allowing me to make effective and impactful changes. Simply put, a great coach doesn't tell you exactly what to do - they guide you along the way.
In addition to her coaching skills, Emma is a warm and engaging person who genuinely cares for her clients. I have grown significantly as a leader with her coaching, and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to work with an executive coach.
Adam Bell - Associate Vice President, TYLin
Emma's coaching sessions were exceptional and played a pivotal role in my successful transition to executive leadership. Her expertise and guidance were instrumental during this crucial phase. Beyond our sessions, Emma offered further value by providing action plans and a curated selection of resources, including books and articles, which also contributed to my growth. I recommend her services to anyone seeking to elevate their leadership skills.
James Duggleby - Director, EMM Consulting Pty Ltd.
I highly recommend Emma to anyone seeking to elevate their day-to-day performance and to those seeking to gain clarity of thought to help work through the various challenges that leaders are routinely tackling. Emma takes time to develop a keen understanding of individual needs and has an exceptionally supportive approach. I enjoyed our sessions and always felt energized coming out of them. There's no doubt that Emma has helped elevate my performance as a leader.
Caitlin Vanderkooy - Director, ESG, Infrastructure Ontario.
It was wonderful working with Emma to find strategies to improve my career prospects! By working together, I was able to gain perspective and a promotion!
Adrian Sheppard - Program Director, WSP in Canada
My sessions with Emma were and still are enjoyable, relaxing and searching. Emma prods and probes, asks questions and leads me through scenarios that persuade me to think differently. The solutions are often so obvious and yet it is not always easy to see them when engrossed in running a project or managing a business with a hectic set of daily commitments. By totally immersing myself in that hour with Emma, I always come away with ideas and new approaches to try. I cannot recommend Emma highly enough to those of you who are searching for an experienced, sympathetic, challenging coach to address those leadership issues I am sure you are facing and need time to discuss.
Quentin Chiotti - Technical Director, Matrix Solutions Inc.
Highly recommend Emma for anyone in a senior level (or other level for that matter) position who is looking for a career coach. The key to being a good coach is the ability to listen, support, and guide the client through the complex demands in our job, and help take us to a position of focus, clarity and positive outcomes. This pretty well describes my experience with Emma. I valued Emma's coaching skills so much that I signed up for another gig. Looking forward to working with her again and moving collaboratively forward towards a better managed and adaptive future.
Gillian Harris - Director, Diameter Services
Emma helped our department's management team through a delegation and time management workshop. With increased and conflicting demands, having the best tools and resources in this area is becoming more and more important. Emma's style allowed the team to have an afternoon of of not just learning and developing these skills, but also gaining a better understanding of their peers workloads and demands - all while having fun. The team provided positive feedback after the workshop and all felt as though they left with great takeaways. I would highly recommend Emma for leadership development workshops for your team.
Mike Terry - Senior Manager, Circular Materials
Emma is a patient listener who helped me gain perspective on challenges I face in the workplace. Through insightful questions, candid feedback and an earnest investment in my well-being, Emma helped me see myself more clearly and gain confidence and self awareness in my abilities and intellect. She encouraged me to strive for advancement in my role and helped me see I can do more, and I have a lot to offer as a leader. Thank you Emma for a valuable coaching experience.
Robert Pye - CAE, Watersheds Canada
The conservation community and leaders in the nonprofit world need to stick together, and my valuable chats with Emma makes me proud to be involved in both. Emma hears what keeps leaders up at night, and she plays back the self reflections she hears between the lines of her great Q&A's. Emma understands. She brings out new "ah-ha" moments and lets a solution reveal itself. I recommend Emma for colleagues and friends in the environmental field.
Rebecca Schillemat - Executive Officer, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Home Builders Association
I chose Aspire because of Emma’s experience as well as her calm approach. Emma helped me work through decision making processes and built up my confidence as a leader.
Lisa Padgett - Director, People & Culture, Circular Materials
Our organization experienced massive growth over the last year, more than doubling in size. Many new managers were hired or promoted from within. With so much change and growth, we knew these new managers would benefit from professional guidance, support and an opportunity to learn from one another. Emma’s manager coaching sessions more than delivered. Her insightful demeanor helped set a calm, open tone for our coaching sessions, encouraging managers to be honest about their needs and challenges. Emma’s advice and stories helped managers see things from a different perspective. Managers who might not have connected with one another naturally found each other facing similar problems, broadening their support network internally. We’re grateful Emma’s sessions helped our managers grow and connect, and we’re stronger for it.
Stephanie Holko - Director of Project Development, NGen Canada.
Emma is full of empathy and encouragement. I worked with Emma for much of 2023. In a year of personal change and growth, it was invaluable to have a space dedicated to my career support. Emma is an excellent listener and encourager, and she is gifted at reflecting your strengths back to you. She helped me tease apart the nuance in my various situations and then would summarize the discussion and progress. At the end of our time together, Emma showed me the progression of our discussions and demonstrated the effects of the work we'd done together.
Alex Kent - Electricity Lead, The Transition Accelerator
Emma is adept. In even short sessions she helped me draw out thoughts/questions that were sitting in the back of my mind and then efficiently worked with me to contextualize those thoughts into career planning and professional development plans. Emma is also very well read. In my conversations with her, it is evident that she has internalized and synthesized a large body of leadership philosophy, both old and new, into her own process and that she uses to help clients on their own leadership journey.