Client success STORIES
Real outcomes, real change — how Erica’s work has shifted leaders, teams, and organizations.
You really changed my professional life and even my sense of myself. You helped me successfully address one of the most difficult situations of my entire career. I still look every day at the note you asked me to write—it has kept me focused.
— Susan P., CEO
Erica delivered information in a way that felt deeply personal to me. I saw myself differently after my sessions with her, and I believe it is because of her ability to balance my many needs as a leader. She helped me better manage myself so I could manage others with an equity and socially minded approach, grounded in empathy and accountability, always meeting people where they are. She leveraged their strengths and addressed areas of opportunity so we could all make our best contributions. Erica’s steady, strategic, and caring approach has made me a fan for life. I would encourage anyone looking to grow personally as a leader or to meet with her.
— Brian R., Senior Director
One thing that really surprised me was how deeply the process integrated emotional and physical awareness, what they call above the line and below the line processing. It wasn't just about problem solving or strategy. It was about tuning into what I was feeling, where I was feeling it in my body, and how that influenced my decisions and reactions. That level of mindfulness was something I'd never explored in leadership development before, and it truly opened my eyes. I've become so much more self aware, and whether it's with my team or my personal relationships, I feel better equipped to navigate tough conversations and move forward with clarity and compassion.
— Karinn C., COO
Erica’s calm and steady approach helped me to create a board deck covering a wide range of matters, including financial performance, bank covenant compliance, QAQC, safety, sales, customer retention, product development, labor, and efficiency. She applied a Lean management approach to segment my multi-day presentation into coherent sections along a clear story arc. From the moment of our first call, I felt that Erica was empathetic and positive; she immediately understood my needs and was on my team.
— Jonathan P., CEO
Follow the Sun provides workplace teams with the foundational groundwork to perform at their best. Erica has provided Versatope Therapeutics with a fresh perspective on engagement and effectiveness during the COVID pandemic to ensure the productivity and well-being of semi-virtual teams. She highlights the human element and leverages those qualities for down-toearth applications of improving team dynamics. Whether a startup or a larger company, Erica will be a value add for leaders and managers to improve the quality of their project teams.
— Christopher L., CEO
First off THANK YOU for being such an amazing person and moderator. The team loved what they learned from you, I'm so grateful we've crossed paths. I knew you were the right fit, from the beginning. I will make sure to fill out the calendar and followup with you. I've come to the realization that we stay stuck in these personnel issues, and have been for many years. It's theme, and it's a blocker - it has to change. And like you said, it has to come from individuals that want to unblock it.
— Kris K., CEO
...Because of her insight, she was able to help create a safe environment for individuals to speak up and motive the team to bring and own ideas that would eventually lead to a breakthrough that laid the foundation for the site's future. Under her guidance Manufacturing was able to reduce process deviations by 40% while increasing productivity by 70% and create enough free-board capacity to turn profitable. Her approach not only covered the technical lean skill sets like Value Stream Mapping, Takt Time, and Standardized work, but also human performance by coaching, mentoring, and developing individuals, myself included...
— Fernando R., Director
I appreciate the refreshing approach Erica took with the topic, focusing not on the process of innovating but rather the need to put ourselves in the right frame of mind, heart, and spirit to *begin* the process of innovating. I've always struggled with the idea that innovation is something we *do* and Erica opened my eyes to the fact that innovation happens based on how we *are* in the moment.
— Raman C., Founder
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