"Richard Needles is a seasoned business executive; he understands business principles and strategy; he establishes great rapport with executives across the organization to get at the important, critical issues."

"The methodology used to build the right competencies and flexible personal style in our human resources leaders was exactly what we needed."

"I was amazed at Richard Needles' ability to instill emotional intelligence concepts as part of a corporate leadership development initiative. Richard is an energetic facilitator; he has a strong personal commitment to developing the next generation of leaders."

"Richard is a wonderful workshop facilitator and a skilled one-on-one coach. He focuses on practical results and he knows how to bring out the best in people to achieve these results."

"I have become a better Human Resource executive due to the direct coaching I received from Richard Needles; he models the right behavior and asks the right questions to show the way."

"The Birkman Method and the coaching definitely helped me in my transition from CFO to COO; I see the need to focus on emotional intelligence and a flexible style to get better results and develop better people skills throughout our organization."

“Professional and attentive, Shelly [Strosnyder] is someone who realizes that achieving her goals will be the result of ensuring her clients success. I highly recommend her to anyone that desires career coaching or the advice of a true professional in the human resources field.”