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DunkinWorks - Clients - Testimonials
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“Working with Tim Dunkin has been inspiring and informative. Both as a coach in the individual setting and as a trainer in the group setting, he is a wonderful combination of teacher, comedian, organizational wizard and all-seeing sage. His years of experience with project management, combined with a keen understanding of leadership, have contributed greatly to my work in non-profit management. ”
Jenni Martin
Director of Education
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
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“The guidance and coaching I received working with Tim enabled me to develop my department into a high performing organization. Individual coaching and group training enabled all staff, from managers to line employees; to focus on common performance outcomes and put into practice mutually shared principles.”
Alette Lundeberg
DEBS Administrator (Retired)
County of Santa Clara
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"The combination of Performance Leadership, executive coaching and group process work with the Board of Directors and staff, has been instrumental in our effectiveness. To better service our community, our YMCA has gained the insight and accountability it needs to be successful with staff and volunteers."
Mario Vargas
(Former) Executive Director
East Valley Family YMCA
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"Tim Dunkin's services have been invaluable to the development of our team. We’ve used his excellent facilitation skills to guide process, freeing us to focus on content. The common language developed has been very powerful to help us achieve alignment and ultimately form a true team, sharing conflicts openly and productively.
We've used the Performance Leadership model as a framework to discuss the spectrum of management issues with the leadership team and staff, especially those seeking promotional opportunities.
In addition, Tim's personal coaching has been transformative to develop my thinking processes to meet the inevitable challenges with leading and managing large groups of people and working effectively within a large organization."
Lorrie Gervin
Environmental Division Manager
City of Sunnyvale
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"Tim's ability to explain the essential relationship between leadership principles and the performance of a work group is outstanding. He effectively communicates the various skills and tasks essential for an organization to meet or exceed performance expectations using his strong interpersonal skills and his understanding of organizational dynamics."
Tom Connelly
Captain (Retired)
Los Altos Police Department
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"Clear, encouraging and supportive - as a team builder and facilitator, Wandzia is unsurpassed."
Within the first 10 minutes of the training, all the participants were captivated by Wandzia's unique and professional blend of warmth, expertise and professionalism."
Priscilla Murphy
Principal
St. Lawrence the Martyr Elementary and Middle Schools
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"Tim facilitates strategic planning sessions and other group processes vital to our success. The enthusiasm, smarts and color he brings to our leadership group is magical. When he works with us, we always achieve our goals and have fun doing it!"
Mary Patterson
(Former) Executive Director
Project Cornerstone, Santa Clara Valley Consortium
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"Tim is one of the best trainers I have had the pleasure to work with. He is very engaging and can quickly and easily get people involved, even those who are shy. He has many years of experience training groups from 5 to 250 participants and can easily adapt his style to the size and demeanor of the group. He invites participation and can quickly revise his training strategies to meet the group's needs and interests. I always receive many positive comments from staff after they attend training by Tim.
I have used Tim as a coach for the past 3 years and highly recommend him. His years of experience have given him keen insight, coupled with his ability to see and understand interpersonal dynamics allows him to pinpoint issues and strategies quickly. I have found his advice invaluable. Plus, he makes me laugh!”
Elizabeth Hunt, MSW, MPA
CEO
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
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"Tim's efforts have resulted in a significant culture change; improving the quality of the work environment and overall performance. Integral to developing a department-wide mantra and performance-based culture, was Rhonda Hilyer's Success Signals communications training that Tim delivered in a spirited and engaging way. Now staff is better able to understand fellow employees, clients and managers in their day-to-day interactions.
For the management staff, Tim provided Performance Leadership training and 1-on-1 coaching so managers could integrate the skills into their professional environment."
Denise Boland
ESB Administrator
Santa Clara County
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"Our agency invited Wandzia to facilitate a retreat for the management team. She began by determining our specific needs. In working with her, she demonstrated her strong ability to flush out core issues and keep us all engaged and participating. Wandzia is extremely flexible, and yet, is able to keep a group moving forward in a productive manner. One of her great gifts is the ability to listen - truly listen to people.
Wandzia is able to understand the soul of an organization and provides the skills to help others become leaders. We have since hired her for several other leadership-based workshops."
Jacqui Diaz
Assistant to the City Manager
City of Pleasanton
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"Working with Tim has helped me to become a more enlightened manager. He has provided me with tried and true tips for winning employee cooperation while promoting team work. His vast experience assisted me to navigate management obstacles and be a successful leader."
Dorn Driggs
Division Maintenance Manager
City of Livermore
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"Tim has "come to my rescue" many times over the years by providing quality training, individualized coaching for my staff and executive coaching for my professional growth. I appreciate his no-nonsense approach to all problem resolution."
Don Johnson
Chief of Police and Fire Services
City of Sunnyvale Public Safety
Individuals
"Tim's drive to change clients' lives is acutely unique. While previous therapists encouraged me to explain my woes, Tim ultimately cared if I was happy with my life and what daily changes I was planning to improve it. Through pragmatic goals and an emphasis on personal choice and responsibility, Tim makes regaining control of one's life a navigable journey."
By working through Tim’s process, I found myself accepting control of my life, for he made me realize that everything was based on my own choices. In truth, that realization liberated my life. After a few months, I had not only developed a plan to finish school and a goal for my first career, but many of the external factors that suffocated me were gone.”
Brendan
College student
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Cheryl Vargas
Executive Director, Associated Students
San Jose State University
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"The Performance Leadership series has been an invaluable tool. Through the models, methodologies and practices I learned, I have already been able to affect change within my office."
Randy Saffold
Manager of Campus Recreation ASI, SJSU
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"Tim is an insightful mentor and life coach. He has the ability to peel back the layers and guide, prod, provoke, inspire and teach responsibility for all aspects of one’s life. The tools he has given and taught me have helped me at home, during work and made the transition into retirement a well planned adventure for the next phase of my life."
Marty Wright
Sunnyvale DPS Battalion Chief (Retired)
"Working with Tim Dunkin over the past several years has been one of the best experiences in my YMCA career. Tim is an exceptional multi-dimensional person who has used his extensive knowledge of leadership and team development, and his outstanding facilitation and coaching skills to help transform our leadership staff into a higher performance-oriented team. Tim works well with diverse people and environments. He is a man whose character and values have been greatly aligned with ours. He's great fun, too! I am thankful to have found Tim and recommend him with the highest enthusiasm."
Dave Thorton
President & CEO, (Retired)
YMCA of Santa Clara Valley
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"In working with Tim through personal coaching, I have enhanced my management ability and style, preparing me for higher levels of responsibility within our organization. His techniques have been instrumental when demonstrating my capability for more accountability to my leadership team for future opportunities."
Dave Burns
Distribution Systems Superintendent
San Jose Water Company
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"The coaching I received from DunkinWorks has helped me discover better ways of leading my family and professional career which has reduced my stress level by 50%."
Young T Vu
Department of Information Technology, City of San Mateo
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"Jill is an exceptional guide, coach and project manager that develops a laser focus toward your desired outcomes. She is able to refine writing pieces to fit your voice and audience. To achieve this, Jill listens intently and provides constant reflection and feedback to ensure the highest quality outcome to meet your deadline."
Doreen Hassan
After School and Enrichment Specialist
YMCA of Silicon Valley
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The Poniecki Foundation benefitted from Jill's advice and project management skills while constructing our business web site. Jill has a particular talent for staying "on top of things" to keep a project moving to completion. In addition, she has a gentle, but firm way of coaxing other members of the team (both internal and sub-contractors) to complete their responsibilities, too. We'd work with her again if the opportunity arose.
Czeslaw Jan Grycz
Executive Director
The Wladyslaw Poniecki Charitable Foundation, Inc
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