The Next Steps course was fabulous! I don't think people take enough time in their life to look at themselves, what they want out of life, what they are about in life or how they are perceived. This course provides a process and methodology to do just that.

It also allows you the time in the course to do the activity and really take those steps towards defining who you want to be, and what you want to be known for. I think any course that brings the material and the actions back to the individual are great!

Especially during these times of change and reinvention — we are constantly needing to stay on top of the change, while constantly reinventing ourselves. This course provides the tools to do that.

I felt that the course changed the way I do life — and business...This class taught me about removing the personal, looking at others as well intended individuals, and focusing on what I could change — ME. I'll continue to use these tools the rest of my life — both personally and professionally. Awesome experience!

Sue Walker
Worldwide Communications Manager
Hewlett Packard Services

Great, great, great!

Workshop was a "real" work-shop!

It was outstanding!

This is not training, It's a powerful intervention for people at a crossroads.

A renewed energy for my role in HPC, currently. As for the future, the sky's the limit!

Increased self-awareness and self confidence in my uniqueness.

Gave me an approach for selling (and packaging) my ideas.

Clearer sense of self, strengths.

I can immediately apply [what I learned] to my relocation/repositioning of my job within HPC.

Absolutely beneficial to others. If everyone could get only one thing from this class, imagine the shift it would create!

Helps make career self-reliance more real, actionable. Helped me clarify my value and how to apply it at work and home.

Value to everyone as we need to reinvent ourselves in a changing organization.

Excellent value — personally and professionally.

Useful for people not coping well with organizational changes AND for high performers who are getting frustrated. Promotes self-efficacy and personal responsibility.

This is really BIG stuff!! Great Stuff! A little bit every day, I'm going to start integrating it today.

I have a subordinate who's often 'negative.' But I realized I'm often waiting or watching for this person's mistakes and attitude problems. Instead I started 'expecting the best' and managed the issues not the person. I saw immediate improvement !!

Course was confirmation of HP's value of the individual being on the path.

I am ready to go out and make a difference at HP.

...I know how to market my skills, and have a better focus on what I want to do.

I would recommend this course to others...everyone could use some new energy in their job.

...helped me to identify my skills and position them to find a new job in this company.

I would recommend this course to others because it will give other people the freedom and vision to change their lives.

...helped me develop self confidence in presentation and interview.

I would recommend this course to others because we too frequently get stuck in the mold and stop producing."

Excellent tools for coping with change.

This course has a much broader application than I expected.

This course can help people who have "issues" in their work environment.

It helped me to clear my head of the overwhelming tasks that I manage. I was able to step back and see what I could do to balance my load and my life

It helped me change my view of my current job situation.

It gave me time to think about my career. It gave me useful strategies for dealing with people, and myself!

When I attended this class I was at Loveland still in Finance. But this class helped me pursue a job in an area I was interested in and I got it! Thank You!

Next Steps definitely convinces a person to create the career they want right where they are instead of thinking 'the grass is greener on the other side.'

This class gives you the tools to identify your purpose. When you know what your purpose is, you can seek the job that would best utilize your unique skills.

It provides the tools and enablement to take control of your own future. Sometimes that may cause people to leave. But it will also cause others to stay and make decisions that will make them happier in their careers.

...helps the individual incorporate their personal goals with their career goals. For an employee who was considering leaving because they did not feel 'fulfilled,' they may opt to stay once they discover that the fulfillment is within, and that there could be other job opportunities within the Company which would be a better match.

...helps one to think about how the skills they do have could be used within the company in different assignments than one is currently in.

...causes organized thinking about goals — allowed me to focus on changing jobs within the company.

Next Steps is helpful in retaining talent by focusing on my talents and natural abilities to seek a job that satisfies me is very uplifting.

This class has been a wonderful journey and ultimately has resulted in a life-changing experience. I really recommend this class for anyone who wants to find out who they really are and want to explore where they want to go next in their personal or work life that will make them happy and fulfilled.

Joan Rodriguez
SBCLD,PB/NB
Joint Marketing

I took this course 3 years ago and it enhanced my entire life. I am doing volunteer work now that is incredibly fulfilling, I bring to my job greater creativity and passion, and I am on a career track that is highly obtainable and sustainable. I think any department would benefit by having it's managers go through this process. I attended this series in the spring of 1997 and I am still using the information I learned, still using the workbooks provided, still motivated and inspired by and taking action on the things I discovered about myself — 3 years later! No other class has ever done that for me.

Joyce Costaz
Consumer Sales Development
SBC

For me the transition's been internal. I'm surprised to learn that the best job for me is the one I already have. By taking the time to identify what I do want (rather than what I don't want) and by gaining knowledge of my skills and passions, I discovered that I would choose what I have! What is different is my perception and understanding of who I am, and of how my current job complements that. Just having options freed me to appreciate what I have.

Rosalie Sanz
Product Director
Consumer New Product Development, SBC

The Next-Steps Coaching Series helped me to take a lot of high-level ideas about what I wanted to do in life and bring them to a place where I specifically defined what I wanted to do. And then, most importantly, it helped me develop a specific plan of action to make the goal a reality. It helped me to move from 'wishing for someday to come' to 'what can I do today to move me towards my goal?'

John R. Sherrard
Customer Service Manager
Operator Services, SBC

Next Steps has given me hope and courage to find the ultimate dream job within my own company. It is difficult to take the time out of our lives to figure out what we should be doing with them.Through the 7 step process I realized that I'm the only one that can make my life the way I want it and I took those steps to change. I am now more satisfied in a job where my own contributions are well used and benefiting the company.

Kathleen McNicoll
Associate Director
Customer Contract Pricing, SBC

The On Your Mark workshop came at a timely point in my life; I suddenly found myself in a new job with a huge learning curve. It helped me realize that I'm capable of achieving anything I want as long as I approach my challenges with the right tools and mindset. I've appreciated the support, coaching and the opportunity to give myself the encouragement I need to realize my own potential.

Vickie Lopez
Project Manager
Pacific Bell

I suddenly realized that I had reached a point in my career where I would no longer simply be "discovered" by a more senior manager and pulled up and out to a new job. Advancing my career would now require me to articulate my value to others — not just to demonstrate my value...[Next Steps] taught me the real meaning of 'responsive,' rather than reacting to the next opportunity that came along, I could create opportunity in line with clarifying my own goals, objectives, skills, aptitudes, and personal values.

When you consider that most opportunities that come to us are from external sources, this course is an excellent retention tool — as well as productivity improvement tool. Imagine the productivity if every employee could clearly see how they can be on a path toward living their dream.

Gwen Edwards
President
Pacific Bell Network Integration

When I signed up for this class, I thought I might get some interesting ideas about possible job options. Instead, I found myself doing some major soul-searching that helped me understand it wasn't a job I wanted, I wanted to enjoy my work, whatever it was. [Next Steps] caused me to reassess what made me happy, and what didn't — I was surprised to find that the reason my 'dream' job was making me miserable was that I wasn't exercising the parts of myself that made life fun. This learning was worth the price of admission, and has caused me to seriously reevaluate my career strategies going forward.

Julie Anne Arca
Director Reengineering
Pacific Bell Directory