Testimonials
- Mark Shannon
- Vice President of Sales, Crossville, Inc., Crossville TN
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“During our start-up, we experienced tremendous communication challenges. Sandy Smith came in with his remarkable listening and teaching skills and worked with every employee on every shift. It changed our company. We have not looked back and that was 20 years ago. Sandy has become part of our Company.”
- Cindy McConkey
- Vice President of Corporate Communications, Scripps Networks
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“I have worked with Sandy in a variety of ways over the last 20 years. He has served as a keynote speaker at company functions as well as developed fun, effective curriculum for staff retreats. He is knowledgeable, versatile and credible. In particular, his understanding of today's organizational challenges combined with an energetic, interactive teaching style make him an asset to any work environment.”
- Phil Stalcup
- Owner, Cermark, Seattle, Washington
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“Sandy Smith's training style should be a model for all educators. He is focused, relates extremely well to his audience, and is masterful in the way he illustrates a point.”
- Larry D. Jones
- President and Plant Manager, Rohm & Haas Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
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“Sandy's unique personal touch and engaging style make people comfortable, yet he offers a powerful, penetrating message.”
- Dr. Reinhold Mann
- Associate Laboratory Director, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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“Sandy Smith's experience with building high - performance teams helped us realize our potential as a group. He catalyzed a constructive process that continues and spreads further through the organization.”
- Christine Coate
- Manager, National Events, WorldTravel BTI
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“Sandy spent his time prior to speaking getting to know our clients and our leadership. By the time he took the stage, you would have thought that he had grown up in our industry. His content is germane to any group trying to deal with change, stay on top of their game and get the job done at the same time. Our attendees appreciated the departure from traditional meeting content and told us to bring him back! Sandy was the highlight of our event.”
- Sandie Baron
- VicePresident-Global HR, E-Z-EM, Inc.
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“Sandy Smith's distinctive style demonstrates the ultimate in diversity and communication style shifting. Sandy's soothing southern drawl resonates from our corporate office in New York to a local satellite group near Oxford, England and then to a large manufacturing plant in Montreal, Canada. Sandy wows them all with his ability to be totally in the moment and uniquely combines a soft touch, focus and clarity to engage his audience.”
- Roger Brooksbank, MD
- Regional Medical Director of Emergency Services, Team Health, Knoxville, Tennessee
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“Sandy Smith has the skills and training to provide a dysfunctional group with diverse backgrounds with the tools needed to begin the team building process. Sandy has the unique ability to get to the heart of the issues and guide each individual to a better understanding of their personal interactions and contribution to the overall process.”
- John Mahoney
- President Master Tile East
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“The fact that we have used Sandy Smith continually for the past ten years to speak at our annual employee conference speaks for itself. Sandy is not just a ‘Motivational Speaker;’ he's more a ‘Motivational Thinker’. Our team leaves invigorated, inspired and more importantly, THINKING! He works with us to develop a program designed around our needs.”
