Track Record
"We hired Dorrier Underwood when Dansko was at a crossroads. We didn’t want to lose our
unique culture in the transition from a personal, “Mom & Pop” style to a more corporate
structure. Dorrier Underwood’s consultants gave us the right questions to ask, and then
got us to really grapple with them. We told each other truth about what the company needed
to go to the next level.
~ Mandy Cabot, President
Dansko
"My goal for the retreat – which we accomplished – was to prepare for operationalizing
our future, and we actually articulated some steps for how we’re going to get there.
Plus you gave us a new tool, the Breakdown Technology, to deal with obstacles and we’re
already using it. Here’s the thing: we’re not arguing anymore about the vision.
The “victimhood” of the past is officially over. The future is more organic because
it’s being built by the team."
~ Jesse Milan, Jr.
Vice President and Director
Community Health Systems
Altarum Institute
"Our executive leadership team is amazing. They promote and model a culture of
total professional honesty and openness. They work together for the good of the
whole. There is no politicking, maneuvering, or posturing. They support each other
wholly, and embrace the challenges of growing our business as a team. We have an
incredible edge and are unlike any other company our size, and we owe much of that
to Dorrier Underwood."
~ Kathleen Schindler
Sr. Manager, Marketing & Operations Support
Constella Health Sciences
"The Mastery Program guides seasoned leaders through the process of self-exploration in
order to make positive and decisive differences in their personal leadership. It’s one of the
best leadership development programs I have experienced in my 38 years as a professional."
~ Dr. Tom Jones
President Emeritus
Armstrong Atlantic State University
"I have found the work of Dorrier Underwood to be the most effective of its kind in
25 years of professional life."
~ Tom Allen
Former President & General Manager
CBS Television Station
"I use Dorrier Underwood's consulting approach in order to have partners for
creative thinking and innovation. It provides me with an opportunity to be in
a conversation that has no other agenda other than to promote my growth as a
CEO along with the growth of my company's most important asset: its people"
~ Don Holzworth
Chariman & CEO
Constella Group
"My commitment was to sell a specific service to our biggest client, and frankly,
I had just about given up. I was re-energized by my work with Dorrier Underwood
and developed some very specific strategies and tactics. Three months later we
completed the sale of $500,000. Within two weeks we were close to an adjacent sale
of $200,000 and a month later we had completed a $1.1 million sale of this same
service to another entirely new client, reviving a deal that we thought was dead."
~ Andrew Friede, MD, MPH
Vice President for Health Affairs
Constella Health Sciences
"Dorrier Underwood's transformational work is great. It's invigorating. You're living life,
and you're living your business life on the edge. Dorrier Underwood is definitely
the wind beneath our wings"
~ Elaine Lyerly
President
Lyerly Agency
Award-wining marketing & communications company
"I contribute my level of success today to my experience with Dorrier Underwood. I'm
"standing in" and I am realizing my commitments articulated during our sessions.
I have achieved my goal as HR Manager, a tremendous breakthrough."
~ Madison Brown
Human Resources Manager
Domtar
"My work with Dorrier Underwood was a gift that allowed me to focus on my
own vision and my own leadership development. A large part of my job it
to motivate, energize and inspire the people who work at our institution.
Turnover is always one of our biggest concerns. We need to keep people happy,
growing and fulfilled, to keep our positions filled and to accomplish our mission.
It is very difficult to motivate others when I am on auto-pilot, and not doing
the work to inspire and energize myself. Deep thoughts and insights that can
transform my approach and our organization don't just happen. It takes a program
like this to bring them out.
The Dorrier Underwood Mastery Program delivers on its
promise. I have brought our senior management team together in one cohesive unit
and we are dealing with the real issues of leadership, and what we want from this
organization and this community in the challenging years to come. This is a big
change from our old style, which was to manage the minutia and to avoid the issues
of the future. The culture of our medical center has become a culture of real
responsibility and vision.
~ Susan Murphy
Director of the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center