Testimonials

"Just dropping a note to say hello. I enjoyed meeting up with you at the Simmons Conference is Boston in April. Your book “My Get Up And Go... Got Up And Went” has inspired me and helped me through a difficult transition. Here are the phrases from you book that helped me get through it:

Breeeeeeeeeathe!
Music rules the heart
Don’t cry over something that won’t cry over you
Learn something new
Go for a change

I have read only to page 48 so far and I am looking forward to reading the rest.Your presentation at the Simmons conference was as GREAT as I knew it would be!!!! I was in tears (good tears!) at the end and so were my friends. You really have a gift for public speaking. Thanks for the inspiration! Keep on doing what you are doing!"

– DIANE WHALEN

Simmons Leadership Conference

"Wonderful! It was a great day and some of the participants have made real changes as a result of attending the event! That is what NEW is all about making a difference in people’s lives!

Thank you Eileen for customizing your workshop and keynote address for our event. It is speakers like you that collaborate with our regional committees to create our exactly what our members request that make our events so successful. We greatly appreciate your support for our mission!"

– NETWORK OF EXECUTIVE WOMEN

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"...thank you for the powerful comments and insights you shared on the closing panel!"

– THE MINDKIND INSTITUTE

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"There were great awakenings and engagement with the audience. You could tell, by people’s body language that they all seemed to be eating out of your hand. Everyone seemed to identify with what you were saying, and your integration of the ‘Microsofteze’ that you incorporated in such a short time was incredible!!!"

– MICROSOFT GLOBAL PARTNERS MEETING

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"Thank you so very much for being such an integral part in making our Stein Mart Manager’s Meeting a great success. Congratulations on a superb presentation for our Keynote Address. You inspired, educated and entertained our audience of over 300 people. I especially appreciated the time and effort you spent prior to the meeting getting to know our organization and then customizing your remarks to meet the specific needs of the audience. Your energy, positive outlook and enthusiasm for life made a lasting impression on all of us. Having your presentation early in the meeting energized the participants for the sessions that followed. Eileen, you were terrific as our Keynote speaker. This year’s annual meeting was widely considered by our General Managers to be one of the best we’ve ever had and you made an important contribution to that success."

– STEIN MART

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"Eileen WOWed the officers and senior enlisted from the US Navy, US Marines, US Air Force and US Coast Guard. Her diligence, research, and creativity created a program that was BRILLIANT. Our client wanted someone who was relate-able, an expert on work/life balance and who was able to facilitated discussion among several hundred career officers (all women). SHE WAS PERFECT! She kept everyone (in our office and with the client) in the loop, she did a tremendous amount of research and then followed up with the client and our office. I HIGHLY recommend her!"

– PEGINE ECHEVARRIA

MSW, CSP

"I want to take the time to thank you for all the time you spent in helping develop and deliver an excellent presentation. I was impressed with the fact that you took the time to understand our company and our people well in advance of the meeting we conducted in Orlando. Your message and the style with which it was delivered were exactly what our sales people and our distributors have asked for."

– STO FINISH SYSTEMS DIVISION

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"There are speakers who run in and deliver. There are speakers who say "customize" and then do little of that. You delivered a message that just plain exceeded our expectations. I appreciate that you actually took the time to learn our language, arrived early, paid attention to what the other keynote speakers said and wove it into your speech, picking up on the key themes. This makes you a rare breed."

– PRUDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AND RELOCATION SERVICES

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"The team started to think for each other. We built the foundation for a transformative team. We now understand how we operate and who we are as individuals. We learned how to have the difficult conversations without being difficult. Eileen pulled us together and got people to tell the truth. She also made it fun. There were plenty of laughs along with very serious moments. I've seen a real improvement into the team's thinking. It's a complex business model and how she pulled it together was very powerful.
 
She hit every single issue she thought we had. She distilled it down. She has a unique ability to gather data and say, 'This is what matters.'

We spent the last day talking about action steps and made commitments-which she gave us back in writing-about what we said we would do for each other. She gave us a small black book to track our progress and two months later, we all checked in via video conference to see exactly how we are doing."

– ROB KOWALSKI

Head of Global Regulations, Novartis

"It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I am writing to endorse Eileen McDargh.

As a keynote speaker for the annual Fusion conference, with over 1,700 in attendance, Eileen was a dynamic speaker who inspired and encouraged the attendees from the The Institute of Financial Operations with an energetic speech on time management, personal enrichment, and taking control of technology. Her highly personalized keynote, sprinkled with details about the people she had met at the conference and interactions she had observed, received a standing ovation.

In her keynote address, Eileen stated that it's all about the choices we made and that we should replace 'have to' with 'choose' and see how it changes our outlook. She also said that all leadership starts from the inside out and you have to have energy to live and lead. She urged the audience to scope out things that suck up their time, encouraging each member of The Institute to become a "push-back zealot" instead of just blindly accepting work assignments or other instructions that don't immediately make sense.

Based upon the feedback from the attendees and my first hand experience I would highly recommend Eileen as a speaker for your organization."

– KEN BROWN
VP EVENT SERVICES, THE INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS

VP Event Services, The Institute of Financial Operations

"I had the honor of meeting Eileen at the DRJ Fall World business continuity conference. Her topic was "Business Resilience". I tend to show up early, and Eileen came over to me and engaged me in some light professional conversation. The signal for the conference to start ended our conversation, but not before she said, "I think you're going to like what you're going to hear".

​Eileen shared about how "Business Resilience" is based on "Personal Resilience". One of her anecdotes was about the "9/11 sniffer dogs" and their handlers. These dogs will dig and keep digging until they find something. She relayed that the task was so huge and overwhelming, that sometimes one of the handlers had to pretend to bury themselves in the rubble so that the dog could "find" something, so that the dog wouldn't get discouraged.

​Eileen didn't know this, but my own personal and professional situation has been like that of the sniffer dog. I nearly cried during her talk. It was like her talk was just for me. Her ensuing message of hope, and how each of us can learn to be more resilient, can help us as leaders to make our organizations more resilient. That's valuable! Since that talk, I have found new hope and strengthened personal resilience, and have passed her message forward to others.

​Eileen is a speaker who will share important topics and in a way that will connect with your mind and with your heart and make the message memorable and make a difference. For me, I will remember that morning for a lifetime. If you can get on Eileen's calendar to bring her to your organization, I am very confident that you will be very glad that you did."

– ALAN YUE, PMP, CISSP, CBCP

CISSP, CBCP

"Thank you for providing the outstanding session, Work For A Living and Still Be Free To Live, at ERC’s Global Workforce Symposium which was held in Washington, DC this past October. To many of our attendees, your session was the highlight of the Symposium, and received a rating of 4.4 on a scale of 1 to 5 (4 = Excellent and 5 = Outstanding). Thank you again for bringing such a positive message to our Symposium. ERC deeply appreciates the time and effort you put into tailoring your session to provide meaningful content to our members and making the meeting a tremendous success!"

– EMPLOYEE RELOCATION COUNCIL

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"As a meeting planner, I was so surprised and excited by your ability to become part of a very complex and highly demanding group. While you were speaking, I felt like you had known the audience for a long period of time because you connected with them so well!"

– PROCTER & GAMBLE

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"On behalf of the nearly 1300 military women and men who attended the Joint Women's Leadership Symposium...a heartfelt thank you.

Your presentation on The Art of Balancing an Unequal Life was inspiring and informative. The reaction from our attendees has been overwhelmingly positive and your contribution has made a difference in their professional lives... You are truly appreciated."

– CISCO SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE

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"It was certainly a pleasure not only to meet you, but to hear your presentation at our Annual Sales Meeting. I received numerous comments on how much everyone enjoyed listing to you, as well as receiving useful tools to help us all in our everyday life, at both our workplaces and our home lives. I believe there were several portions of your speech that each and everyone of us could take home in the hopes to get a better “grip on life."

– RUBBERMAID

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"Thank you for coming to Sacramento to present Becoming Resilient Change Masters-Personally and Professionally to the supervisors and managers of the Sacramento District Office. The feedback from the course was overwhelmingly positive. Most of the time folks are frustrated that they wasted time away from their desk and never think twice about what they may have gotten out of a course. Not this time. Even today they are still talking about being a high I or C, etc. They truly enjoyed the course and walked away with a lot of useful knowledge."

– STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND

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"It was clear, both from the feedback from our members and the standing ovation you received at the conclusion of your remarks, that your presentation was well received and that you made a real connection with our members. In my 25 years in the association business, I have never seen a keynote speaker take as much time and effort to research an audience – including attending sessions and talking to NCPA members on-site to get to know their personalities and interests. Even your advance preparation, in reviewing background material and speeches and in our conversation about NCPA’s issues and objectives, you went well beyond the level of commitment I’ve seen with most speakers."

– NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION (NCPA)

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"Thank you again for your assistance in making our Human Resources Conference such a great success. Upon the completion of the conference we issued a survey to garner feedback on the content of the agenda and the conference overall. I am happy to tell you that 81% of the survey respondents stated that your talk on Change Management exceeded their expectations and 78% said that the breakout session—Work for a Living, But Still Be Free to Live exceeded their expectations as well. Thanks again for your role in the conference."

– CINGULAR

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"On behalf of Ajilon, I would like to thank you for your participation in our Orlando Manager’s meeting. Your subject matter and presentation style were exactly what we were looking for! Having gone through a particularly difficult time, our managers needed a “lift”, encouragement and guidance to prepare for the New Year. Your presentation was right on target—the perfect combination of humor and constructive comments."

– AJILON

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"The way you energized and captivated our audience at our Global Payroll Management Conference in San Francisco was magical! From the moment you made your spectacular and surprising entrance, and throughout your often hilarious, yet compelling presentation, you held us in the palm of your hand."

– AMERICAN PAYROLL ASSOCIATION

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