CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Chrissy Summers, entrepreneur

I am not exaggerating when I say working with Lynn has been life changing. I am more grounded, calmer, make better personal and professional choices, and am in a completely different place than I was two years ago. I am overwhelmingly grateful for her guidance, demeanour and advice.

BZ, biotechnology

Lynn’s compassion and honesty helped me understand the difference between perception and reality. With her support, I drastically improved my relationship with my VP, and moved from being a people manager to a manager-of-managers to a director role in three years.

SC, technology services

Lynn—Thank you so much for our last session, I had a heart to heart with my wife and we’re partnering closely, not allowing each other to get too off track. Keeping each other accountable for watching over saboteurs that we both struggle with. I can’t thank you enough for your help, guidance, coaching… This has been so absolutely meaningful and transformative.

KRS, health care research

So, it worked. I passed. I found out last night and I still can’t believe it! I’m so grateful for your guidance and support. I can’t even describe how I feel today…  but happy and light to start! And can feel the things I envisioned with you starting to become reality. Thank you, thank you, Lynn, for everything!

Hazel Kantayeni, CARE International

The project team kept talking about the sessions you facilitated for us. Not only did they enjoy them, but those sessions bridged relationship gaps between our organizations, and between staff levels. People now better appreciate how important each one of them is to the realization of our project, and that each person’s job affects the others.

The one-on-one coaching you did with me came at a time when I was feeling intimidated with the huge responsibility in front of me. Our sessions made me realize my capabilities, and built my self-esteem and confidence. They completely changed how I look at myself.

Our partner organization benefited most from your work, since you spent most of your time there. Their functionality tremendously improved. This will work to our advantage, since they are our strategic partner in nutrition. You made a difference to be remembered.

Beatrice Mateyo, Coalition for the Empowerment of Women and Girls

Lynn’s openness encouraged all team members to participate and contribute their views. Team members were able to recognize their strengths, and the importance of their contribution to our organization. They realized that everyone matters, and that individual failure would result in the organization failing as a whole. Personally, I learned the importance of providing positive feedback, and that I can take different approaches in managing different team members. Through these sessions, we have been able to better harness our team’s potential.

Bessie Ndovi, national coordinator, Civil Society Organization Nutrition Alliance—Malawi

Lynn brought a new wave of change into CSONA. She took time to study and understand our organization, and then proposed ways in which to support us. I knew she always had the best interest of CSONA at heart.

The interviews she did with our stakeholders made revelations that have enabled us to work better, and improved the functionality of our network. She facilitated team building sessions that created a deeper trust amongst members of staff, instilled in us a teamworking spirit, and left behind a warm environment.

Apart from being an organisational development advisor, Lynn was also my personal coach. I was new to my role prior to her coming, and faced difficult challenges. Lynn coached me through some of those, and also taught me how to deal with things from a managerial perspective. She instilled in me a sense of self trust, and increased my self esteem as a leader.

Daniel, NGO

As a coach and mentor, Lynn is nurturing, calm and patient. I found her sessions to be incredibly meaningful as we would explore difficult questions about goals and values but within a supportive environment. Lynn’s work is sure to help anyone looking for greater clarity about themselves and the work they do or aim to do. For those who are unsure if coaching is really relevant to their situation, I’d recommend a quick chat with Lynn first before deciding.

Yiely Ho, Leadership Development manager, Provincial Health Services Authority

Lynn’s style of coaching is inviting, warm and fearless. I felt welcomed to bring my whole self to the table. Together we were energized by what we shared, and created major breakthroughs in a short period of time. I trust Lynn to boldly lead a person or team into transformative success.

RM, crown corporation

Lynn is a fantastic business coach. I benefited greatly from her guidance through some challenging work situations. She has a talent for helping one achieve big results by helping them face difficult truths and navigate delicate relationships.

I highly recommend Lynn as business coach, and in particular for goals or problems that seem insurmountable.

Frank Martinez, global technology

I highly recommend Lynn Thorsell as a professional coach. I worked with Lynn for six months, and during that time, she helped me to be kinder to myself, build up my confidence, and improve my strategic communication skills.

Lynn is a compassionate and insightful coach who is skilled at creating a safe and supportive space for her clients to grow. She is also a strategic thinker who is able to help her clients identify their goals and develop a plan to achieve them.

I am grateful for the support and guidance that Lynn provided me during my time as her client. I am a more confident and effective communicator as a result of our work together. I would highly recommend Lynn to anyone who is looking for a coach to help them reach their full potential.

Meg McHugh
Meg McHugh
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Lynn is truly a magnificent coach, and human. My time with her has given me the tools, confidence and motivation to reach my potential. Lynn worked with me to create healthy and consistent habits; she helped me to better understand and address my anxieties around public speaking and communication; and she provided me with a ton of support and insight through multiple key transitions in my life. Her guidance has been a game changer. Lynn has a knack at giving you the perspective to turn your weaknesses into strengths. She holds you accountable, in a thoughtful and gentle, yet very effective way. I would recommend Lynn's coaching services to anyone who is seeking to reach their goals and become a better version of themselves!
Bari Zahedi
Bari Zahedi
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Lynn is an excellent coach. We've worked together for 6 years and I look forward to every new session. In the earlier years she helped me gain self confidence and self awareness, later we worked on leadership effectiveness and today we fine tune the more challenging behaviours, the uncomfortable habits that I've worked on for years that linger around longer than I'd like!
Ilya Kabanov
Ilya Kabanov
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Do you want to get a real impact? Work with Lynn!I worked with Lynn for over 5 months and, without any doubts, I declared those months as the time of most profound personal and professional growth.Lynn's sharp laser-focused questions make you think hard and deep, and look for answers you really need. She makes you feel and experience the future you want to build and be part of. Nothing won't stop you after it.
Kamal Deva
Kamal Deva
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I am writing to recommend Lynn Thorsell as a Leadership Coach. I worked with Lynn for six months as part of Salesforce Leadership program. Lynn has many strengths as coach, the most important one is active listening. Lynn actively listens as a coach and drives the conversation with open ended questions which makes you to think and come up with your own solutions. One of the other critical quality of Lynn is Empathy and her strong desire to make you successful. Lynn is great in understanding your situation, irrespective of the industry you work. Lynn does the initial homework by understanding your industry of work, your strengths, your improvement areas suggested by your peers and leadership. Lynn pushes you to define your success criteria during her coaching program and she enables you to walk towards your desired goal. Overall, I highly recommend Lynn Thorsell as a leadership coach. I believe her expertise and guidance can help others achieve their goals and improve the leadership skills. Don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or would like more information.Thanks,Kamal
I have been coached by many different people, and Lynn has something special.Lynn brings such an amazing warmth to her coaching, and creates a wonderful space to be able to explore. It allowed me to step up my game! Right from the start she put me at ease. I felt very comfortable to jump into sensitive and meaningful topics. Lynn has a great ability to gently move you forward and help you to get incredible clarity on things that were previously hard to grasp. And it’s fun! Highly recommend working with her. I have already referred several other people to work with Lynn.
D.M. Jones
D.M. Jones
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Lynn’s coaching engaged our senses, hearts, and minds. She unobtrusively guided discussion toward important issues, and prompted us to reflect in ways that fostered accountability. As partners in a loving relationship, we have become more purposeful, aware, and intentional; better able to thrive both as individuals and as a couple.
Mimari Hall
Mimari Hall
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Lynn's coaching helped me become more aware of my strengths, and how I can be intentional about utilizing my strengths to self-coach. Her thoughtful, awareness-provoking questions challenged my own thoughts and emotions to better understand why I felt how I was feeling and why I behaved the way I behaved. I felt safe to open up and was feeling I was heard. She is a great coach and I sincerely appreciated her as my coach!
Johanna Pico
Johanna Pico
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Lynn’s coaching was a blessing! Her kind, loving nature, commitment to others, and coaching knowledge are an enlightening gift. Lynn combines in-depth conversation, movement, curiosity, and a safe space to just be and do. I was very lucky to dive into this transformative experience, and deepen into my emotions throughout her powerful questions and guidance. This was an empowering experience in my commitment to create a bigger and more meaningful life for myself.
Katelon Starre
Katelon Starre
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I did eight coaching sessions with Lynn, and the entire experience was delightful. I greatly appreciated Lynn’s warmth, humour, creativity, acceptance, and wisdom.She helped me get through a very difficult experience I was having at the time, and work through issues I had been struggling with almost my entire life. Through her coaching I developed a stronger sense of self, and explored my purpose in life. She also helped me develop an array of tools for managing difficult emotions, working through relationship issues, and deepening my intuition.It was truly a transformative experience. I can’t recommend Lynn enough!
Anne Nkungula
Anne Nkungula
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Lynn pays attention to the details, and is constantly probing to help me explore my issues more widely and understand myself in more depth. Because of our sessions, I have greater clarity about my purpose, have been able to respond more effectively to challenging situations, and now have opportunities for career progression.
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