“What I love about working with you is that you have a way of hearing what I haven’t said and still understanding what I’m trying to say.”
Debra Mariniello, Vice President Operations, Copyright Clearance Center

“LeahGrace and her team have worked with several entities with which I am involved, from a real estate investment company to a private charitable foundation to a hospital company. She was able to help us focus our strategic planning at each entity (all of which are significantly different and all of which had disparate personalities who needed focused involvement). She helped us deal with issues, personalities and situations that ranged from the mundane to the extraordinarily stressful. I would highly recommend her to those who need that guidance.”
Jim Rappaport, Chairman at New Boston Fund, Inc.

“We’ve worked closely with Kagan Associates for nearly a decade, during which time LeahGrace has been a highly effective facilitator of our strategic discussions, and instrumental in helping develop our leadership team. Our significant achievements as an organization would not have been possible without her insight and supporting role in our growth and development. I’ve had the pleasure of working directly with LeahGrace at an executive level. Her personal integrity, clarity of thought, and communication style have helped shape and evolve our global culture. I recommend her services without reservation.”
Peter Mertz, CEO, Global Forest Partners, LP

“You have a remarkable understanding of how people and organizations think and behave. You simplify complex problems and mobilize people with different perspectives into coherent, results-oriented teams. You do all this with a quiet, unassuming manner that belies your outstanding, clear thinking and common sense. You have inspired confidence and performance at all levels of our organization.”
Louis Grossman, Chairman, The Grossman Companies, Inc.

“We just won a major construction job and I wanted to let you know that the latest Leading With Grace session played a prominent role in our victory. The session reinforced the importance of collaboration in our marketing efforts and how we, as a team, need to practice all the techniques – deep listening, validating teammates, no discounting – in preparing together. We did so consciously in our prep sessions, which resulted in “Lennon and McCartney moments of collaboration” that yielded great marketing pieces, from proposal to winning presentation. Thanks so much.”
Gregory Zenk, P.E., Director of Construction Services, GPI/Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

“Over a decade-long relationship, LeahGrace’s strategic planning work for the Board of the Boston Security Analysts Society has been invaluable to us. It’s inspiring to watch her work with a highly diverse board to bring them to a common understanding of the issues, help them express a shared vision for the future, and end up with their full commitment to an agreed-upon set of goals and plan of action. LeahGrace is a real talent and absolute pleasure to work with. Her work is exemplary”
Kitty Kennedy, former CEO of the Boston Security Analysts Society

“I’ve seldom learned so much that has stayed with me for so long as I did with the HorseSense program. I had several “aha!” moments in observing my team members interacting with the horses. Some issues I’d been struggling to understand in their behavior before the program became blindingly obvious to me and to them in ways that allowed us to work together constructively, both during the training and afterwards, to make long-lasting and positive changes. The insights were tremendous and relevant.”
Debra Barker, M.D., Global Head, Clinical & Medical Services, Novartis

“This was the best retreat I’ve ever been to in my life.”
Rick Palmisano, Trustee, MountainOne Financial Partners

“I continue to grow both personally and professionally with Kagan Associates and consider LeahGrace Kagan a trusted partner in my personal and professional growth. Her systems, tools and expertise have benefited our company and myself greatly. LeahGrace Kagan gets my highest recommendation.”
Craig Robbins, President/Client Services, Colliers International

“LeahGrace, I can’t thank you enough for producing and directing the best trustee meeting in my 11 years here. You pushed us in all the right directions and then held us accountable. We now have something positive and constructive to build on in the future. Thank you!”
Len Fishman, former CEO, Hebrew Senior Life

“There’s a greater depth and sensibility than I have ever experienced with other consultants.”
John C. Law, Executive Vice President, MountainOne Financial Partners

“Since our strategic planning program with you, in a nutshell, we surpassed our revenue last year by 33% from the prior year, we’ve grown staff by 36%, and our innovative proposal and technology led to us winning our largest contract to date. That’s just for starters. Maybe not the cover of Rolling Stone, but we’re excited! As always, thanks for asking us to stretch…”
Christer Ericsson, Branch Manager – New England, GPI/Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.