"Shirley Anne Fortina facilitated a two day strategic session for us. The group was very diverse ranging from Board members, executives to senior management both from Australia and overseas. Her ability to keep this group focused on the key outcomes was exceptional. Using practical examples and some theory we achieved more than anyone had expected. The development of the team, who had all come together for the first time, was also very good.
I would recommend Shirley Anne to any organisation."
CEO Sundance Resources Limited
Giulio Casello
http://www.sundanceresources.com.au
"We both came away from the coffee saying how good it is to talk things through with you as you are competent in so many areas and really help us clarify our thoughts and what questions we need to be asking ourselves to make decisions. So thank you..... we love your energy."
A happy SME Client
"Shirley Anne has mentored me through some challenging career related decisions. She is generous with sharing her knowledge and her time to invest in relationships – particularly when ‘the going gets tough’. I recommend Shirley Anne on either a one-to-many or one-to-one consulting basis, whereby she motivates you into action plans and achieving results.”
Clare Oborne
" Shirley Anne (SAF) is a person I trust and respect professionally and am fortunate to have as a friend. A chat or meeting with SAF is never a dull, uneventful experience – her enthusiasm, engaging manner, insightful thoughts and ideas (which she shares readily), challenges (which she throws out every time we talk!) and extremely high levels of intelligence, nouse and EQ make that impossible. What is even more important is that she tops that off with accessibility, reliability and responsiveness – deal with her and you will soon learn about follow-up and follow-through! She is the ultimate mixture of great technical skills and personal attributes one dreams about. I learn something every time I talk to SAF and love working with her. How nice to read all the other comments above/below which I can only endorse."
Edge International
Sean Larkan, Partner
Personal Branding Workshop: "I
thought it was great, her delivery was really good and I think the time the
training took was just right, it kept everyone engaged for the whole
time". "Shirley Anne demonstrates that she practices what she
preaches and that comes across well. Her willingness to offer help and support
beyond the training course was noted and appreciated'. "Overall it was
worthwhile and beneficial and something that I would promote to the rest of the
business".
Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty
Limited
http://www.hudson.com
Effective Relationships Workshop: "Working in a customer orientated industry, I found the Effective Relationships workshop beneficial, reminding us of the core competencies required that need to remain at the forefront of our thought process when it comes to maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship with our clients both short and long term.”
Commonwealth Bank
Damien Otto, Executive Manager Corporate Financial Services WA
Marketing Strategies for Professional Services conference: "The Ark Group team would like to pass on our sincere thanks for your involvement in the Developing and Executing Marketing Strategies for Professional Services conference this week. Your contributions and insight helped to make the event the success that it was, and we very much appreciate the time and effort that you put into preparing for and being involved in the conference." Participant feedback: "Brilliant. Practical, real tools; Excellent presentation and content. Good use of case studies vs. theory."
Ark Group Australia Pty Ltd
Kylie Chambers Events Director
"Shirley Anne Fortina (SAF) is an amazing energiser of people. In the 2007/08 financial year whilst SAF was working with us as our Client Services Manager Business, Development, our revenue increased by 36%. SAF contributed significantly to this increase in revenue by:
- thinking about and implementing new ways of interacting with our clients; and
- 'gently prodding' partners and lawyers to do what they said they were going to do.
The skills that SAF brought to bear as our Client Relationship Manager will stand her in good stead for this next exciting chapter and I would be happy to discuss SAF's skills and abilities with anyone considering engaging POD Consultancy".
The Making of Me Seminar: "Thank you so much for your valuable contribution to The Making of Me on the 18th June 2008. Your session on personal value proposition was a winner and a reminder for me again to personally work on my own as well as our business pitch. I know that this was the same for many of our attendees."
CompetitiveEDGE Events
Emma Lovel General Manager
Personal Development Workshop: "Thank you for presenting at our workshop. I felt that the session broke up the day and had me thinking about some things that I haven't thought about for a while. The new concepts presented to me like the Circle or Influence & Currency Account made a lot of sense and I can see how that fits into both work & personal life. I am definitely going to use the Wheel of Life to help with setting some short term & longer term goals. The time management was a good reminder of some traps that I do find myself in and to make me think about some changes to make."
HWE Mining Pty Ltd
Environmental Workshop Participant
Business Networking Workshop: "Overall the feedback was very positive – well done! The course material was useful and the handouts provided to participants were/are also useful. Gained a better insight as to what you should be looking to achieve at a network event. The need to put more conscious thought into my networking plan. I look forward to the follow up session so that I can reflect on my goals set."
PKF Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers
Lucinda Dalla Riva Senior Manager Human Resources
Client Reviews: "The Pod Consultancy recently undertook one on one key client reviews for Authentikos - I understand Shirley Anne immediately connected and won trust with our clients and therefore obtained invaluable feedback which has been like gold to us by way of useful information."
Networking Presentation: "We hung on her words. I am developing my skills for building client relationships and SAF provided great insight in easy to understand portions. She also shared some simple tips and tricks that I could use straight away - useful especially with the Christmas season coming up! It exceeded my expectations!"
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