Client Testimonials

It is kind of amazing how Dominique can look at things the way she does and help others to find the focus and the heart of the matter. Thanks!
— Independent Professional

Clearly Dominique knows what she's doing. I liked the tools and appreciated her flexibility. I discussed things with her in a way I don't with anyone else. She is a real professional.
—Chief Operating Officer, Technology Management Services Company

Our organization secured a $50,000 grant through a personal connection made as part of my work with Dominique to focus more on networking. We're increasing our chances of long-term success because I'm building a stronger network - thanks to the disciplined approach that Dominique and I have worked out. We get more done because I work through others more often. People are less often waiting on me before proceeding on something. We're building capacity because people are doing more for themselves.

I have improved my time management skills and professionalism. Working with Dominique, we developed an email management system that enables me to act on what's important immediately. We've reduced my tendency to just "do it myself." I'm more conscious of the importance of working with my direct reports to get things done. While I've always known that I should do this, working with Dominique helped me to improve step-by-step in this regard.

I recommend Dominique because I think she does a good job of listening to the client to understand their specific challenges and needs. Then, she focuses her time on addressing what's most important. She has a good pace - doesn't waste my time. And she's good at following up on what was talked about before - that helps ensure that talk becomes action.
— CEO, Successful Non-profit Organization

Dominique's ability to tailor content to our business needs and cultural environment was exemplary, ensuring that our efforts would be well-received. Additionally, her expertise in many facets of professional and customer skills development was impressive, and her own professionalism in all situations really carried the day. Her facilitation style made training sessions both fun and informative, and we are very pleased with the outcome.

Dominique's willingness to truly partner with us made our project a great success.

- Americas Program Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

I just received the region’s customer service scores. The improved results are definitely due to coaching. Plus, I’m now fiercely executing other action items! Thank you! Thank you! Stay tuned for more!
— District Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company

Dominique has helped me to implement systems for time and process management that truly work for me. Not only have I seen an increase in business since working with her, I feel that I am providing better service to my clients. Every week I feel more confident and excited about what I am doing, and that must be contagious. I've seen my referral business double since working with her.

I would recommend Dominique to anyone who is ready to step things up a notch but hasn't been able to focus on their own. She is able to see my own unique big picture while helping me distill down my goals into actionable steps. Every session I feel like she is completely focused on me which motivates me to do the same.
— Independent Web designer

As a consultant, most decisions and actions are made independently. Coaching has given me the opportunity to discuss difficult situations confidentially with an outside advisor who has an objective and intelligent outlook.

Results are ongoing due to the tools that Dominique has given me. The measurable results include greater confidence making executive decisions, an increase in repeat customers from those decisions, and never forgetting about happiness outside the office.

I would recommend Dominique Fredregill to anyone who wishes to thrive in their career. She has an incredible knack for helping you develop opportunities out of seemingly impossible situations. In addition to her smart approach to business, her uplifting and gregarious personality leaves you with enthusiasm to move forward.
— Independent Graphic Designer

The coaching process allowed me to identify personal and professional behaviors that were preventing me from accomplishing my goals. With these insights, we re-examined my goals and designed new strategies to help meet my goals more successfully. After dragging my feet for months, I created an excellent resume that is ready to go when an opportunity appears. I researched four professional areas as I explored a potential new career. At the coach's recommendation, I read two books that provided valuable information to meet my professional and personal goals.

Dominique's motivational skills helped me to set and accomplish short as well as long term goals. Her coaching process is unique; it is non-judgmental, motivating and actually fun. I would certainly recommend using Dominique Fredregill as a coach.
— Job seeker

I got 3 simultaneous job offers during a down economy in one of the most depressed regions and job sectors at the time, and in less than 3 months!

I saw noticeable results, and quickly. Through the coaching process it was easy to identify how well I was tracking to the goals I'd had assistance clarifying. There was a marked increase in the achieved milestones leading to my job search goal, such as contacts made, resumes submitted, and interviews.

The three biggest benefits I experienced from coaching were 1) clear, prioritized focus on the tasks at hand, 2) the self-propulsion caused by not wanting to let my coach down by not fulfilling on promises made weekly, and 3) help in elucidating my goals, both by asking clarifying questions and also calling me on it when I was inconsistent. A fourth benefit was knowing I had someone on my side who was looking out for my best interests.

Recommending Dominique to others actually reflects well upon me.
— Senior Manager, Microsoft (Stanford MBA and former CEO of a successful start-up)

Dominique has changed the course of my career while benefiting my personal life. Without her guidance I would be years behind where I am. Without her challenging me these last 18 months things would be different. It's like I had a sports car but never drove it past 65, Dominique has helped me hit the accelerator and boy does it feel good! She has developed the best in me. She challenges me, pushes me, stretches me and I have been rewarded.

Through working with Dominique I have developed both professionally and personally. I have clear goals and action steps to achieve them. Working with Dominique has been the single most important development step that I have taken in my career. She does not let me settle, only my best will do.

I was promoted to Regional Director in a Fortune 500 company. My team's secret shopper scores increased from 88% to 94% in a few months. My planning skills have improved dramatically. My team has benefited from the clarity and focus I provide to them.

Dominique's coaching has changed the way I approach work and life. The feelings of being overwhelmed by work are gone. My productivity has increased. I work less hours and get more done. Planning, delegation, execution were on my development list and I am now coaching others how to be better at these skills.
—Regional Director, Starbucks Coffee Company

Many thanks for working so hard to clarify our Board of Directors' sensitive issues. Dominique hit the nail on the head. She created a breakthrough in our communicating and decision-making policies which will truly carry us forward.
— Director, Non-profit Board

Coaching helped me clarify my professional and personal long term career goals. Dominique challenged me as to what those goals were and why; how did they complement my short term objectives and how did they fit into the long-term picture. Dominique helped me to put an action plan in place to reach those goals that included both strategic and tactical elements.

One of the most important benefits of the coaching experience was learning how to focus on the important elements and to disregard the noise. I find I am now able to leave alone that which is easily accomplished, but not necessary, instead turning to that which is important, but tougher to tackle.

My company has a more focused and effective worker. Coaching helped me identify some of my own operating weaknesses, such as time management, and taught me how to sharpen my skills. My company benefits as a result. Dominique challenged me to implement specific problem solving tools and techniques, which I continue to employ today. The resulting decisions are better thought out by me and more readily understood and accepted by the organization.

I would absolutely recommend Dominique as a coach. One concern I had was how can someone who doesn't know my industry really help me navigate and conquer the challenges I face? Dominique is a quick learner and that is complemented by a breadth of knowledge and depth of intelligence that allows her to synthesize the information needed to be effective in her role as a challenger, ally and coach. She is extremely gifted in this role.
— CFO, Real Estate firm

I am much more focused on "the big rocks" - what matters most both personally and professionally. As a result, I was promoted to a new position with improved communication skills. Dominique is able to provide excellent insight into my development. She recognizes patterns or underlying issues. She offers great advice, recommendations of activities and holds me accountable to the goals I set.
— Individual Contributor, Starbucks Coffee Company

Thanks to Dominique for her work. We had a great board meeting on Saturday because of what we did with Dominique.
— Director, Non-profit Board

I feel lucky to have found Dominique early on in her career. She will be very difficult to get soon!

Working from home, Dominique helped me realize what was stopping me from becoming as organized and productive as I wanted to be and then coached me to develop a system that worked best for me. Her enthusiasm for what she does is obvious. I appreciate her genuine excitement at my steps forward and her constructive questions that guide me out of my quagmires.
— Attorney turned Independent Film Producer

I greatly benefited in my career transition, and would highly recommend Dominique as a coach.
— Senior Manager, Microsoft

Our session this morning was really helpful. Thank you as always for providing me the clarity I needed. My boss was impressed with my plan and some of the ideas we had. Overall, I felt prepared. When I focus with you for 45 minutes, it's incredibly beneficial for a long time. Thanks for providing that for me.
— Regional Director, Starbucks Coffee Company

The purpose behind me needing a coach was to create a more strategic method in making a career shift in a down economy . . . to provide guidance, structure and accountability. I knew that if Dominique assigned me a task that I would feel like getting it done. I also needed someone to call me on my whimsical ideas, and to rein me in and keep me focused. The second purpose was to be coached on how to manage my management team so I could last as long as I needed to while making this career shift. All of this was accomplished tenfold.

I would absolutely recommend Dominique as a coach! I believe she went far beyond expectations in our time together. I had been searching for a coach but I didn't know what to expect as they are different things to different people. She is trustworthy, pragmatic, curious, calm but extremely humorous and able to extract ideas and information into coherent tasks.
— Sales Executive, Qwest

The benefits I’m experiencing are primarily improvement in my abilities and confidence with time management, particularly weekly scheduling. I have less personal stress and more on-time delivery of products to clients. I also received guidance to begin to think about long-term personal and professional goals. I would recommend Dominique because she is a good listener, is knowledgeable about relevant resources, and provides useful specific tools and techniques to tackle time management problems.
— Independent Consultant, Education Sector

I now have clear, focused thinking in approaching all business matters. I am learning to create tangible goals and the right follow-through to attain them. I am gaining much more self confidence in the workplace. I have learned how to enhance the assets of my management style, and how to be direct when asking for what I need. Dominique helped me build my confidence enough to get out of an undesirable workplace, and begin to build my own company. She gave me dozens of workplace gems to pull out of my hat when faced with challenging situations.

Dominique helped me create an action plan that led to the successful completion of my documentary. I would recommend Dominique because she has helped me enhance my career. She has coached me with intelligence, enthusiasm and humor and given me winning solutions to all of my job dilemmas.
— Documentary Producer, ABC News and PBS Frontline

As always, after 40 minutes of working with Dominique I feel more confident when walking into a meeting.
— Sales Executive, Qwest

With so many areas of the organization needing my attention, I felt like I couldn't provide meaningful leadership to any one of them and that I was coming up short across the board. Dominique helped me identify what was most important so that I could focus my time there. She coached me how to hand off tasks more effectively than I had been doing before.

Could I have arrived at these breakthroughs on my own? Maybe I would have eventually, but my sessions with Dominique helped speed that change up exponentially.
— CEO, Non-profit organization

Coaching with Dominique was just what I needed in my career, and she has helped me so much. She is tremendous as a business coach. I feel more confident asserting my opinions, and I’m using my strengths more successfully. I am measurably better at planning, communicating, and holding my team accountable. I am better at influencing senior executives and driving the performance of my team. I am significantly more strategic in my thinking.

I always thought I was great at time-management. Now I realize what mastery looks like…and I’m almost there. I have more control of time and events, and a better work/life balance. I have a better understanding of how I can drive my own development. After the first six months, I requested another six month extension because we were getting so much accomplished and I was learning so much.

I have changed the way I approach interactions with my team. The result is more focused, effective leadership. I now plan for performance conversations. I handle under-performers more quickly and effectively. The results are amazing. I now have a decision-making model I use with my team.

Coaching kept me on track when my boss was unavailable. Now I feel like a leader, not just manager. I knew coaching was working when my direct report asked, “Have you changed something? You seem like a better listener and more open to feedback.”
— Regional Director, Starbucks Coffee Company

I felt really listened to and I thought Dominique offered a great sounding board for things that I was thinking about. Our goals were met. I feel more productive and a lot happier in what I am doing. I think some of the things I’m working on will be important to my business life but are also part of my personal life. One thing that I appreciated was Dominique’s understanding that these things are intertwined.
— Director of Student Activities, Bay Area Non-profit organization

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