Testimonials

Mandy S., Cogent Media Group:
In today's busy and demanding world of starting several companies, "focus" always seems to be a challenge for me. Hiring Deseri to work with my companies specifically on this issue was a turning point for my bottom line. Deseri always brought a refreshing outlook and held my companies' leadership accountable for their actions, which keeps us on course.

Laura Borders, CTRS MS Ed, S.P.I.C.E. Team and Leadership Development Training:
One of the greatest gifts that I give myself is to work with a good group facilitator. Deseri is an outstanding motivational and inspirational team building and leadership training professional. She provides exemplary, outcome driven coaching and facilitation that translates vision into reality. Deseri demonstrates extensive knowlege of business development and knows how to lead teams to higher levels of success.

Ruth Purcell Jones, President, Leadership Ventures, Inc:
Deseri used the right mix of encouragement, guidance, and accountability. She helped me direct my energy and passion to regain a work/life balance and pursue my goals. She is a trusted friend.

Bill Meyers, Manager, Career Services , Career Transition Strategies:
I have worked within some of the same professional circles as Deseri for nearly a year and have met with her on several occasions to share business development and networking ideas. Additionally, I know many people who have worked with her directly, and her reputation as a dynamic, energetic, and (most importantly) effective partner is both appropriate and universal. Beyond her very real competence as a trainer and speaker, she brings an infectious enthusiasm to every encounter that is a powerful force. She is uniquely capable of energizing and empowering others to action simply by infusing her clarity of focus, imaginative approach to problem solving, and enthusiasm to all of her endeavors. Deseri is a unique, capable, and positive woman who is exceptionally skilled at helping others achieve more and grow. I recommend her, without reservation, both professionally and as a friend.

Tammy, High School Teacher and Coach:
First of all I can truly say that Deseri did all of the following in our coaching relationship and I do not believe that one was more important than the other: held me accountable, helped me identify my strengths, supported me while I tried new behaviors and actives, encouraged me to stretch toward my desired future. They built one on the other as we went through the process. As I try to put this experience for me in words I keep coming up with a quote from a book that explains this experience for me. She taught me the steps to live a more joyful life. She helped me evolve and see for myself how to move toward that "dream life." In other words she led me to my own answers and expectations. At first I could not grasp how what I was doing and working on was going to help but suddenly you see the genius in the approach she took with me. The quote that this experience reminds me of is from The Prophet by Kahil Gibran, Speaking of the teacher: "If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind." I hold this quote as the greatest compliment to Deseri and the experience that I had with her.

M. Newman, MBA, Licensed Mental Health Therapist:
Deseri began working with me as a personal coach this year. It has been the best year for me in a long time. I can best describe the experience as working with someone who can open up the flood gates. When the water starts gushing out, there is Des helping it flow into the right direction. Now, I know how to keep those gates open and the water flowing in the right direction all the time.
For many years I had been busy with a lot of things that were important but created more from reacting to circumstances around me versus creating my own experiences. In the beginning conversations with Deseri, my old ways of responding to questions kept creeping out. Des responded to the challenge and never let up. She stayed on track never budging from her goals of concentrating on me, my goals, who I was and where I was going. She tailored sessions to meet my needs. She found materials to read that worked for me. She found possibilities when I only saw the obstacles. As I continued meeting with Deseri, I began seeing my own personal and professional possibilities and how to get there. Before you knew it, she couldn't keep up with me!
Coaching is for anyone who is too busy, or isn't busy at all, for any profession because it is about you - who you are and what you are doing everyday. Working with Deseri as a personal coach was an invaluable experience. A time of growth that opened up a world of possibilities. There is nothing now I can't handle or create. I am mindful everyday of me in every experience.

Deseri Garcia
Vida Aventura
deseri@vidaaventura.net
317.362.4898