Testimonials

Executive Coaching

The UNITE Group plc
Geoffrey Maddrell – Chairman @ The UNITE Group PLC

I frequently refer to your successful intervention with our board, which has served us well; particularly as external market conditions have inevitably raised the temperature of concerns and activity in our board discussions. It would have had a hugely negative impact if our board had not been able to address difficult issues so robustly. Thank you on behalf of the UNITE board.
Exelon
Sonny Garg – Senior Vice President and Chief Information & Innovation Officer

CfHP has delivered outstanding results for us. Following a very large M&A, Lucia and her team worked with our new executive IT leadership team to collaboratively develop a multi-year strategic plan. What was most important beyond the end product, from my perspective, was that the process they used built trust among the new leadership team and forged the bonds needed both to develop a plan and execute it.
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Robert Lindeman – Managing Director

Lucia takes a complex area and simplifies it with practical tools, processes, and concepts that can be readily applied at work (corporate, team, or individual level).

Keynote Speaking

Sodexho
Sandy Shaw – V.P. Talent Development

Susan is a dynamic speaker, and she provided 50 of our senior executives from around the world with substantive ideas they could take back to their own teams. The data she presented from her study of high-performing workgroups was particularly enlightening.
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Robert Lindeman – Managing Director

Lucia takes a complex area and simplifies it with practical tools, processes, and concepts that can be readily applied at work (corporate, team, or individual level).

Executive Education

TDC
Carsten Hojer – Finance Manager

Lucia is exceptional in pulling out value and good points of the material. Even basic things are seen in another light after the sessions.
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Rod Foster – Managing Director

Ms. Annunzio is one of a very select group of extremely talented and effective teachers and communicators. She’s great at keeping the environment fresh and interesting with energy and passion.
Medcor
Sharon Moise, MD – Chief Medical Officer

In times of challenge, Lucia has helped me navigate deftly and reach successful resolution. You have helped me to help my team be more successful and to navigate challenging people. I am eternally grateful for the role you have played in my life and career.

If you are considering working with Lucia, my advice is run, don’t walk, to work with her while she has spots. You won’t find a better, wiser, and more experienced coach than Lucia.

Books

Hill Holliday, New York
Brian Carty – President

…a completely fresh take on how to change any organization for the better…data-based action steps that can be implemented immediately.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Ellen Knapp – Vice Chairman and CIO

eLeadership tackles the difficult question of how old economy leadership teams can transform their companies into twenty-first-century enterprises. Through an intriguing combination of entertaining stories and an easy-to-follow structure, eLeadership translates the patterns of success into practical, actionable guidelines. Well researched, well written—and exceptionally well timed!
Investor's Business Daily
Cut Costs, Not Corners by Adelia Cellini Linecker

Susan Lucio Annunzio, author of “Contagious Success” and CEO of Hudson Highland Center For High Performance, said research shows that successful companies “understand the link between internal environment and sustainable growth.”

Annunzio wrote that senior leaders at many top-notch firms her group studied “are baby boomers who have realized, after years in negative environments, that there is a better way to run the company — and make more money at the same time.”

Research shows that creating a work environment where people are valued and have the freedom to come up with new ideas is key to a company’s long-term success, Annunzio says. “These companies get financial results the right way,” she said. “They are not afraid to defy conventional wisdom, and they are likely to sustain profitable growth.”