Steven Salta
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Ascentium Corporation
“Twenty-First Century Leadership is the best course in leadership that I have ever taken. I had great insight into how I lead, experienced incredible learning and participated with world-class people.”
Mark Roenigk
Chief Procurement Officer and Vice President of Operational Excellence
eBay
“In this course I changed my approach to challenges in my life. Wow! There has been huge value to me and in sending my key managers to this course over the years.”
H. William Taeusch, MD.
Chief of Pediatrics
San Francisco General Hospital
“Why should a business/corporation put out all this dough for employees to take the course? The answer is obvious–participation is key to learning. Most of us don’t have the discipline to teach ourselves well without help. The teaching approach is novel and has been honed over many years. I use their techniques at my hospital.”
Jackie Reid, MBA, PMP, CSM
Vice President, Project Services
Kiwi Collection
“Every company I have worked with in the past decade had smart people and dedicated people. Almost all, however, lacked people willing to really show up as leaders. Leadership is not a title; it is a way of being. Twenty First Century Leadership teaches this way of being.”
Jill Crisafulli
Executive Director
Downtown Seattle YMCA
“Extraordinary Learning has been a catalyst for huge professional and personal growth in my life. I have personally attended Twenty First Century Leadership and the Facilitator Development Program. I have also sent many staff leaders to the course, recommended the courses to many people, and contracted with Phil and Lori for in-service training for my employees.
For a not-for-profit leader, resources are limited for training and growth opportunities. We have chosen to invest with Extraordinary Learning because of the excellent return on investment. Course participants consistently return clear in purpose with intense motivation and excellent follow through to achieve professional and personal goals they have set. The courses are particularly strong in helping individuals shift beyond behaviors and beliefs that have gotten in the way of achieving quality relationships and effectively navigating conflicts.”
I highly recommend the courses and would be happy to speak to anyone with questions.”
Shannon Bowen-Smed
President & CEO, BOWEN
Member, Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ Hall Of Fame
“I believe leadership is an attitude, not a position. I knew I was a leader. I just wasn’t clear how leadership should look for me. Today, I know!”
Patrick Maiorano
Senior Director Of Distribution
Blackhawk Network
“My time at Twenty First Century Leadership was life changing. I am connected to the ideals that were locked away in my mind. I am grounded and fully confident that I am achieving the most important goals in my life.”
Tom McMail
Strategic Collaborations, Microsoft Research
Microsoft
“I obtained the powerful tools and principles that helped me advance in my career and even in my family life.”
Caroline Haskell
Director Counseling & Psychological Services
California State University, Monterey Bay
“This course is designed to produce results. No other program I know of brings you so ‘up close and personal’ with your self and provides insight on how to use your unique talents., skills and contributions.”
Fadi Bishara
Founder and CEO
techVenture, Inc.
Executive Board Member and Vice Chair
MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
“Twenty First Century Leadership was a pivotal learning time for me. I made honest distinctions of what is truly important to me, and consistent with my values, as I charted my life forward. Since then, the support of the organization and network of graduates, along with the professional coaching of Phil, have been significant keys to achieving great results in my life on both a professional and personal level.”
Fred Kaustinen, Major (Canadian Army, Retired)
Executive Director
Ontario Association of Police Services Boards
“In 40 years of continuous learning, this is the most life-altering and practical program I’ve ever attended. My people shall be well served!”
Pat Vos
Founder and President
Intercon Messaging Inc.
Councillor, Brazeau County, Alberta
“Participation in Twenty First Century Leadership was a vital component of my journey toward a more peaceful, fulfilling and financially rewarding life.”
Steve Peha
President
Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc
“No single learning experience has ever been more valuable to me. As an educator, the course has double benefit. The learning is – no pun intended – extraordinary. And, watching Phil and Lori teach is also extraordinarily valuable to me in my work.”
Jeff Stusek
President and Chief Executive Officer
Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan
“My Twenty First Century Leadership experience was unlike any other educational experience I have ever been a part of. The course set the foundation for the way I now lead in my life – both personally and professionally. I strongly encourage all of my people to participate in this unique and life-changing experience.”
Allan Johnson
Senior Vice President Marketing and Business Development
Wireless Business Unit
HelloSoft
“This course is an outstanding place to clarify and create my five-year plan. Five years ago I attended this course for the first time. The leadership commitments I made then and have since completed are my proudest accomplishments.”
Fraser Dods, Dip. Sports Physical Therapy
Owner, Physio Logic Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Clinic
Owner & Developer, Regenesis Rehabilitation and High Performance Training Center
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
“The personal insights and inner strength, communication skills, meaning and contentment that I have achieved in my life, I credit to my positively life-altering relationship with Extraordinary Learning.
My existence is much, much richer for having had the experience of Twenty First Century Leadership.
I think that a fellow Extraordinary Learning participant – a 60-something grandmother of 5 – may have said it best when, at the end of the Twenty First Century Leadership course, she turned to me and said, ‘this is the single most important thing I have done in my entire life’.”
Michael Boudreau, P.Eng.
President & CEO
Technology Brewing Corporation
“The value of people understanding themselves and others cannot be understated. I have created huge value through the application of knowledge I gained in Twenty First Century Leadership and related courses, as have my family, friends, and employees who have taken these courses. Today in one of the worst economic times in recent history our business is thriving and growing as a result of hard work, strong relationships, vision, and understanding. Twenty First Century Leadership helped me advance all of these attributes. I wish I had done it earlier in my life. I strongly recommend this program.”
Dave Corredor
Owner
Ripjack Inn and Ripjack Real Estate
Playa Grande, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
“The value I’ve gotten from Twenty First Century Leadership and the other courses I’ve done with Phil and Lori has been evolutionary to me as a person. The work has helped me to become a successful individual, businessperson, spouse, father, and community presence over the years. It’s as simple as good work done with sound principles producing concrete results in my life.”
Henry Vos
President, Peace Pedigreed Seed
District 1 Director, Board of Directors
Canadian Wheat Board
“I took this course five years ago. Retaking it was a great refresher of my leadership skills. I experienced a great return on my investment.”
Sam Hughes
Lead Program Manager, Bing Maps
Microsoft
“It’s been a few years since I attended Twenty First Century Leadership and I’m still reaping rewards from the lessons I learned and my continued relationship with Phil and Lori. If you’re really looking for a good investment of time and energy, you can’t go wrong with the Cadillac of leadership courses. You’re not just buying a week of training, but years of getting more of what you want out of life.”
Marcia A. Grant, Ph.D.
Academic Planning Head of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan
“I learned to see things through a different lens and only wish I had attended 20 years ago.”
Keith Hanna
Founder & President
Venture Guiding, Inc.
“I have retained Phil as my life and business coach for the past 10+ years. I have known Lori for the same period and have had the pleasure of doing several courses under their fine facilitation. I’m a results guy, and results speak, so here they are. First, I’m still married–14 years and counting–and happily too. Lots of ups and downs but in the end I really got the hardest lesson of all: when there’s an issue, it’s about becoming a better husband and not looking for a “better” wife, since one does not exist. Two, even though I’m now middle aged man, I’m much fitter and healthier than I was in my twenties. Three, I have excellent relationships with my teenaged, almost-adult children; I have largely avoided the classic parent-child issues. Four, I have a pretty substantial net worth, the product of getting control over my consumption, debt and taxes, although I have a distance to go on that one. Five, my cash flow is approaching 500% growth in 10 years; I’m in the top 1% of people in my industry. Six, I have a number of very functional business partnerships that I’m using to lever my time and expand my impact. Seven, I have a roster of great, high profile clients that I have maintained through the recession and other crises. Eight, I have begun giving significant portions of my income to charity. That’s eight cylinders and all eight are firing. Phil and Lori are great mechanics and they are essential supporters in keeping me on the track”
Noel Murphy
President
Noel Murphy Seminars
“In Twenty First Century Leadership I learned to lead others. I am now clear that people love to follow leaders who knows themselves and who look for the “gold” in each person. Twenty First Century Leadership is the most valuable executive development experience I know of. I think anyone serious about results would seek the best, and this is it.”
Susan M. Hammer
Attorney at Law
Dispute Resolution Services
Past President of the Board of Governors of The City Club of Portland
Past President of the Board of Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette
Member, Board of Trustees, Willamette University
“I am grateful for Phil, Lori and Twenty First Century Leadership for helping me know myself better, prioritize and focus on what is most important. I continue to use the tools I learned to guide me. I recommend this course to anyone who yearns to fulfill his or her potential and make a difference.””
Thomas Olsen
President
Olsen Management Group, Inc.
Managing Director
The Shore (Tofino, BC)
“In my experience in business management and in life I’ve found the effectiveness of an organization is based on the effectiveness of its leader. Further, for me as a leader to be effective, I must know and understand myself, including my passions and my shortcomings. Twenty First Century Leadership has provided me with self-awareness that has helped in my effectiveness as a leader and has been a key to unlocking my highest potential.”