"Larry is one of the few people that I wholeheartedly recommend without hesitation for almost any project, especially those that require strategy, business expertise, challenging assumptions, and a wealth of experience in working with leadership and business growth issues. Larry's interpersonal skills matched with a very clear style allow him to build trust very quickly. A very quick thinker, Larry always ensures a result focus and is persistent in driving clear deliverables, and you can always count on his integrity and great network!"
"I've had many coaches over the years, and I say with no hesitation that Denise is the absolute best coach I've ever had. She is one of the most brilliant people I know, and my business has grown immeasurably by simply having her as a coach. The real power is when we are talking about something I'm trying to sort through, and she will ask a pivotal question that changes the way I think. Every coaching session with Denise has that Gamechanger moment that makes my brain explode and makes me think, 'Wow, why didn't I think of that years ago! I'm so lucky to have this person helping me.' All of this comes through in no BS, but a kind-hearted way. She has my best interest at heart and wants me to succeed. I look forward to each and every conversation I get to have with her. I can't thank her enough for all she's done for my business."
"Larry has a unique combination of business and interpersonal skills to cut through the false stories that CEOs have convinced themselves to believe and wake up to the reality of what's holding them back.
"Having a business with three locations (UK, USA, & India), traversing different cultures and times zones along with different business approaches, Larry and Denise have been an invaluable resource, providing a unique approach, support, and facilitation not just with us but with our Leadership Team as well. Their strength has been the ability to facilitate fierce conversations while providing solutions that meet both our needs and support the company's long-term goals. On a personal level, Larry & Denise have helped us challenge our ways of thinking and, as a result, helped shape the strategic direction of our business."
"I've had the pleasure to work with Larry Hart for close to 6 years. During that time, he has been an integral part of both the success of my company as well as my personal and ongoing growth as a leader. His passion for improving the lives of others through mentoring and coaching is clearly evident with the long list of lives he's positively impacted over his career. Our company was a small, growing locally-focused organization and with the help of Larry's mentoring, we grew to a national presence and navigated an acquisition to become a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies.
"Larry is truly gifted at quickly assessing a business, identifying barriers to success, and providing clear insights and specific strategies for success. I have seen him time and time again deliver the necessary KITA (kick in the 'pants') to get a CEO focused and on track. Sometimes, the CEO was me. Over my decade as a member of his CEO group I documented ten specific strategies that I gained from my involvement with him that accounted for over $5 million in total value to my business."
"If you wish to be on a new path to success and set your direction to consistently WIN, I highly recommend the coaching of Larry Hart. Larry has a proven process promoting sustained personal growth in leadership, business, health, and relationships. Larry has helped high-performing professionals to continue to raise their bar and achieve things they did not know they could. You can reach the next level by working with Larry on your team."
"Larry has been the single biggest factor in keeping my agency alive over the last 10 years. He once told me companies don't go out of business because they run out of customers, they go out of business because they run out of cash. When he told me that I started stashing away two months' worth of expenses. We hit a downturn in 2016 and had to use every penny. If Larry hadn't taught me that lesson, we wouldn't be in business and growing like crazy today."
"Little did I know the enormous impact this program would have on my life. Mindfulness, practical meditation, self-realization...whatever it might be labeled, the techniques Positive Intelligence (PI) teaches lay out the operating system on which many of your growth programs can leverage. I have experienced meaningful changes in my relationships, both personal and professional. My favorite part is that I can change my brain with short two-minute practices called PQ reps (sort of like mini-meditations). I do PQ reps while driving, in meetings, before presentations, and with my kids anytime I need a paradigm shift.
In short, Positive Intelligence has changed my life by calming my saboteurs (negative self-talk/thoughts) and activating my sage (who I was created to be). It closed the gap between my knowing what I need to do to actually doing it!"
"We are in the people-building business, everything else follows from there. For people to be able to realize their full potential and become the best version of themselves, they need to intimately understand who they are not. This is what Positive Intelligence does. It exposes the lies, the stressors, and the saboteurs in our lives, and converts this wasteful energy into a thriving mindset, the Sage. The leaders of the organization understand this and understand where their peers are on a deeper level, allowing us to cut through the noise and get to results faster and achieve new heights. This investment changes lives, and being a part of an organization that wholistically changes your life, induces a special kind of loyalty, both of which are priceless."
"I can honestly say Positive Intelligence has impacted how I think and manage my reactions and thought
processes in a very positive way, both professionally and personally. It
has definitely been a game-changer and helped me through several
critical issues."
"Positive Intelligence has empowered me to become more empathetic and give more grace. I now recognize everyone has saboteurs, and I appreciate that as well. I think the PQ reps are invaluable for getting staying in the moment."
"I spent years in therapy, and never conquered my saboteurs (as I now know them to be) the way I have going through this program. Denise is a brilliant coach, with the unique ability to humble herself and share her own saboteurs and experiences, so that you in turn are more comfortable sharing your own. More importantly, she has the rare ability to listen to you share the worst of yourself, and help you find and grow your sage powers. As a result, I can now better control my mind - slow down, think and recognize that any situation presented could be good or bad, and only time will tell. I find myself more capable of motivating my peers and team, rather than pushing and exhausting myself. I am able to more actively listen, making more informed decisions. I find myself less stressed and more focused.
I must add, the group setting is great. You learn and grow with a new network - of friends in my case. I was put into a group, led by Denise, of strong, intelligent women in similar positions to my own. I respect, trust, and value each of these women. I rely on them for their insight into situations presented, both personal and professional. PQ has been a game changer."
"I have shared Positive Intelligence with at least 20 people including my parents, spouse, friends, book club, and even strangers. I talk about PQ with my mom, spouse, and friends on a regular basis. It is part of so many of our conversations now. It has given us something concrete to reference our feelings and actions back to. It has changed the way my spouse and I handle our disagreements with each other. It has changed the way I see other people, myself, and life."
"Positive Intelligence has changed my life! I am able to identify and quickly reroute negative thinking. The more I use this tool the better and easier it has become."
"In my journey of personal development, the Positive Intelligence program has been one of, if not the, most insightful programs I have participated in.
Two of the most powerful learnings for me were, one, understanding the eight saboteurs that generate the negative self-talk in my head, then identifying MY top two habitual offenders and two, providing a language to articulate to myself, and others, how those saboteurs impact my thinking and self-talk.
Recognizing and identifying the problem is just the first step. The program went on to teach me to recognize and come to know my Sage and the tangible PQ techniques I can use to combat the negative self-talk of my saboteurs."
It has been so freeing and invigorating to have this insight into myself and the tools to recognize, combat and change these negative thoughts. For anyone struggling to break out of negative molds and habits, I can't recommend the program highly enough.
"This program is great at providing a lot of ‘whys' for people to explore, coupled with ‘hows' to change their paths for the better which creates an energy that facilitates the ability to grow in many different facets of both a professional and personal life. It is a necessary add-on to the development of any skill necessary to be successful and really serves as a foundation for ANY type of learning and development."
"Positive Intelligence has changed my entire outlook on life. I have used the tools we learned to coach my employees as well as my family. My attitude and outlook are contagious, and I have noticed a huge difference in the people I have daily interaction with."
"Leading is tough. We all have preconceived notions of ourselves - our good, bad, and ugly. And so do others. Rarely are we offered insight into the perceptions others may have, so too often we are leading with blinders on. This is where the Leadership Circle Profile and Larry Hart can help. Larry leads you through the Leadership Profile assessment. Not only will you evaluate yourself, but your boss, select peers, and members of your team will also be given the chance to share insight into your skills, influence, effectiveness, and other key competencies to help you grow. Once the assessments are completed, the data is compiled, and Larry will walk you through a 360° picture of yourself. This enables you to see your core strengths, and where you have opportunities for growth. This process gives leaders the opportunity to go from good to great!"
"The Leadership Circle Profile was the most comprehensive and insightful assessment I've ever participated in. The combination of 360 feedback from leadership, team, and peers, paired with the data collected from the thousands of other leaders who have taken the assessment was eye-opening. However, what really made the experience worthwhile was the yearlong coaching and discussion that dissected the assessment and brought to life how to lean into strengths and grow in areas that needed more focus. I learned a tremendous amount about myself that I continue to reflect on."
"Lackmond Products Inc. had been in business since 1994 and we had grown to a point where help was needed with order processing. Over the years, we kept adding safeguards to this process. As new problems arose from our growth and the number of orders received per day significantly increased, our process was taking too long and was being weighed down by too much paper.
We engaged Denise Foley with Knowledge Experience Value (KEV) to conduct a Process Triage to resolve the issue. All department heads were brought together to break down each piece of paper, person and procedure that was involved in moving an order from reception to shipping to billing. I was initially concerned about the process interrupting the daily flow of business but soon discovered it would not be the case. At its conclusion, I was presented with a map showing all touches of an order in our existing system along with a new map of the proposed new process with action points needed to be changed along with a timeline of priority.
At the end of the Process Triage we were able to act on 15 of the 18 changes needed. We eliminated 80% of the paper and cut touches down to 3. Additionally, because of the changes, 90% of mistakes were eliminated and orders moved through with ease. Collection problems due to errors in our process were all but gone. The time and expense was well spent."
"Since we began making products for the industrial control world 35 years ago, FACTS Engineering has always embraced continuous improvement. It is part of our DNA.
The Process Triage method that you facilitated for us is a very helpful new tool we now have in our tool box. As I suspected, we only needed one big new idea to come out of this to more than pay for the training. In fact, several new big ideas were realized that will significantly move the needle. With your help, we have identified several pain points, team members have taken ownership of them and they are implementing them in the order of those with the largest impact first.
The graphical map of our NPD process that you provided us has generated some unexpected benefits. For example, we have used it for training other team members. In addition, customers quickly see it as further evidence of our commitment to quality and continuous improvement. Originally, we were hoping this Process Triage would help us get new products to market quicker. It has done that as well as make the entire NPD process more efficient and less costly. Because of the effectiveness, we have now used this methodology on other processes. Getting all of the stake holders together to brain-storm solutions from the bottom up instead of taking orders from the top down has proved the value of Process Triage. Another big insight from all of this is that finding the correct priority to work on pain points has proven to be most effective when everyone has a "vote".
Thank you again for showing us all of this."