Testimonials
“Naomi is a very charismatic and strong role model who manages to initiate and steer the dialogue towards a constructive and positive discussion on what issues a female professional experiences in her day to day work or in pursuing longer term career goals. She has the ability to naturally engage female professionals without stigmatizing them or their male counterparts and sponsors. Our discussions have been helpful in identifying matters where the female protégé would benefit from support from a sponsor while directly empowering the female professional”.
Matilde Segarra- Chief Financial Risk Officer/Managing Director
[Asset Management Sector]
“My conversations with Naomi contributed to my awareness of what sort of issues female protégés deal with and what I can do to help them in tackling those, or what I should be mindful of when engaging with female professionals to ensure I don’t become one of them. Naomi was very pleasant to speak to. She has strong charisma and is very well spoken. She is able to clearly articulate her ideas but is also a good listener and doesn’t impose an agenda on her counterpart which I feel is very important for the acceptance of the coaching. She has inspired me to reflect on my beliefs and through our discussions I probably became more deliberate in proactively seeking ways to spur diversity on my team, be an advocate of diversity in my organization (to the extent that it contributed to out of the box thinking and superior outcomes, not as a goal per se) and to ensure I was a support for high potential protégés that could benefit from my sponsorship”.
Daniel Notermans-Managing Director, Investment Risk Management
[Asset Management Sector]
“Naomi's interactive presentation was engaging and impactful creating awareness around how we should all take action to ensure our gender lens are tuned to bias and look to improve. Naomi is not only knowledgeable but her keynote was interesting and ensured new ideas and approaches were presented”.
Kimberly Cole- Head of Solution Sales & Business Development, Financial & Risk, Reuters Thomson Asia 2013-2018
“The theatre-led learning experience Naomi and the team hosted was a great way for the audience to capture both sides of a real-life scenario that happens to many of us, or those around us. The acting was honest and used colloquial language which provided a very relatable view into the characters. It was easy to be absorbed into this improv style and allows the audience to control the narrative and “see what happens next”. This is powerful because the suggestions are all made by corporate professionals like myself. We often get inundated with Powerpoint presentations telling us what concepts are but never really allowing us to see it in practice. This theatre style method is both engaging and accommodates audiences across many industries, countries, and experience levels. I would definitely recommend anyone to attend this new way of workshopping!”.
Ada Ho - Director, Marketing Planning and Operations, Asia Pacific, Equinix
“I listened to Naomi's insightful and thought provoking session at the Gender Equity Conference and came away with quite a different view on sponsorship and how to facilitate it's success in a corporate setting.I have always been of the view that sponsors are earned through long term relationships however based on Naomi's research and work in helping corporates set up internal sponsorship programmes, I can now see there is a method of accelerating this. Great work Naomi and thanks for sharing!”
Kirti Lad - Executive Director at Meraki Executive Search and Consulting
Today, two years after my first Female Leadership training of Naomi, I still use the training on a weekly basis. Naomi is a very inspirational trainer. She motivated me to directly apply the new learning both during the training and afterwards. With this direct implementation, the training really changed my way-of-working. Resulting in years of benefits! Thank you Naomi.
Inge van den Ende – data scientist Micompany
Naomi was one of the most inspiring trainers I have met. She has delivered two amazing days on training about Female Leadership in the workspace. What I enjoy the most in her trainings is the balance between hands on practice and theory and also the extra-effort to invite external speakers related to the discussed topics. She really motivates people by constantly keeping in touch with new exercises and she is always ready to offer her help with any initiative!
Eliza Casapopol- Artificial Intelligence Engineer at MIcompany | Co-founder of Romanian Science Festival
Over the past year I have had the chance to work with Naomi at several conferences and events where she spoke as a headline speaker and panelist. Her presentation of Why High-Potential Female Professionals need a Sponsor at the Gender Equity Conference was enlightening and gave a different perspective. At the Male Advocacy Panel organised by Women in Finance Asia, Naomi also shared more about the importance of Male Ally networks to ignite change. I really like Naomi's approach and presentation style - she always makes sure her audience understands the topics well and she takes a practical approach.
Marie Herreman-Swarbreck- organisor Gender Equity Conference Hong Kong