coaching testimonials

Cliff Utley
Owner and sole proprietor / Cliff’s Pest Control
San Bernardino, California

“Managing employees, growing my business base, and shepherding resources over the last eleven years has been challenging. Every major decision has evolved through deliberation, conversation, and questioning with Garry. The benefit to me has been the drawing out of answers locked within, which, when verbalized, seem natural and consistent to the charting of direction for my company. Over the period Garry and I have worked together on my business, my annual revenue has increased by a factor of 6. My income has grown as a percentage, and as an absolute number. This is not to say that I abdicate the direction or running of my company. I make the decisions in my company, and I alone am responsible for the results. That said, however, Garry provides the safe harbor from which I may consider options for my company, and Garry’s questions and challenges cause me to consider alternatives and reflect on past decisions when facing new situations.”

Jose David
Chief Financial Officer / Authentic Specialty Foods
Chino, California

“Creating or increasing corporate value in the food industry is often fraught with challenges both within and without the company. As the CFO of a major international food and condiment supplier, I found my external challenges to be significant and only surpassed by the internal challenges of the company .

Garry assisted me in identifying and successfully navigating the rocky shoals of the political landscape to increase market share and grow corporate earnings. I found our coaching relationship to be fulfilling and of value in providing a collaborative partnership from which I found perspective in guiding the strategy and financial direction of the company.”

Linda Barlow
Certified Financial Planner / Owner and sole proprietor
Anaheim, California

“The management of a financial services business lives and grows or withers and dies on the strength of the personal relationships created between clients and me or my representatives. Choosing, training, and growing the skills of employees is a critical element in developing a healthy and expanding business. I have found the counsel and wisdom of Garry, as my business coach, to be invaluable in the analysis and discussions of employee decisions. Additionally, I have found the option expanding conversation with Garry to be helpful in most of my business decisions. I can recommend Garry as a confident, business partner, and counselor in the development and leadership of your business.”

Patricia Blaylock
Author and Owner / Blaylock Industries International
Salton City

“As an author, sole proprietor, general contractor, builder of homes, and dreamer, I found the costs of medical care in the United States appalling. Garry partnered with me as my business coach to put flesh and muscle on my skeleton of a dream.

Through our collaborations, a business plan was conceived and drafted, players were identified, and countries outside the US were contacted. Today, a plan is moving forward, funding is secured, ground has been broken, and my dream in on it’s way to becoming reality. This would never have been achieved without the insightful and gentle coaching I received from Garry. He is a partner, confidant, ally, and friend.”

Richard Ruthsatz
Owner and Operator / Ruthsatz’ Photography
Torrance, California

“As a successful sole proprietor of 27 years, I am intimately familiar with the fragile nature of operating a business entity. My studio is located in the demanding and highly competitive LA/Hollywood area, and my clients depend on my services being offered in a pleasant, and familiar location. My lessor notified me that the building in which I had done business for 27 years had been sold, and my physical plant needed to relocate.

I engaged Garry, and collaboratively, we explored my alternatives. Ultimately, I am relocated, with improvements in facilities, and close enough to my original location so as not to upset my ongoing clients. All-in-all, a win for me when many alternatives could have spelled disaster.

I am comfortable in recommending Garry as a business coach to anyone looking to explore and expand alternatives in an out-of-the-box fashion. His questions permitted and elicited me to previously unexplored alternatives.”

speaking testimonials

Roxann Andersen
Co-Owner of The Marriage Dance
Facilitator, Speaker and NSA Member
Riverside, California

“As members of the same Toastmaster Club for the past 12 years, I have had the opportunity to hear Garry speak in many Toastmaster settings as well as in professional business venues. Garry delivers messages in an organized fashion with anecdotes to support each point. Additionally, Garry draws upon business experience which lends authenticity to his speaking and allows him to be received as an authority on business subject matters.

I recommend Garry as a speaker on business topics to anyone looking to grow their company and/or industry in business-enhancing procedures and insights. His preparation and delivery will be well received. His coordination with the meeting planner to prepare what he/she has in mind will be spot-on for the event.”