Leaders Edge

I have never offered to provide a testimonial for anyone. In fact, Tracey Burns, was surprised when I suggested it. It was my emotional response to what began as practical business training and quickly became the genesis of a self-awareness I wish I had achieved years ago. I have been a successful leader of multi-million-dollar organizations for the better part of 30 years. I have enjoyed moments of celebration with a variety of teams and realized fiscal success for several companies. I had this “management thing” down to an art... or did I? Were my conclusions and my ego both ...

I’ve never worked with a coach before and admit to having to put my biases on hold, but the experience has had a substantial impact on my development as a leader in our organization. Through my work with Tracey, she has helped me realize my strengths, unique abilities and how to be aware of my reactions in specific situations. She has also been instrumental in helping me develop an action plan which has been invaluable in moving our business forward. Overall, my time with Tracey has had, and continues to have, a positive impact on my leadership abilities and better ...

Tracey was already on board as a coach to our Management Trainees at Schnitzer Steel when I began overseeing the program. As Tracey worked with our team and the trainees I quickly learned how skilled she is at what she does and the impact she was making to the program. We heard from trainees and managers alike that Tracey's coaching was delivering the desired results. Trainees were learning and applying new skills and adjusting work behaviors to become even more successful in their roles. Personally, I found Tracey to be an excellent partner, bringing integrity, accountability, candor and creativity to ...

Tracey is an awesome coach. She worked with me to clarify my dreams and turn them in to achievable goals. And, then, persistently encouraged and nagged me to move in the direction of actually achieving those goals. I'd highly recommend her to others.

Tracey's intuitive listening is razor sharp. Nothing through previous self-reflection prepared me for the powerful observations of my habits and thoughts she brought to my consciousness. Tracey's coaching exercises and compassionate guidance directed me to own and evaluate these in order to make swift and empowering new choices to create the life I want rather than the one I felt resigned to living. With an enormous "duh!" cleared out of the way I'm moving forward again with focus, a regenerative spirit and the confidence to keep the momentum rolling.

Working with Tracey has been a gift. She is faultlessly supportive and entirely engaged in guiding one toward the best possible results.

Tracey has helped me in both my career and personal life learn, how to open doors which I did not even know were there. I am working towards accomplishments that I never dreamed would be possible in my life. I have learned how to set goals, view my future life and put a plan of action in force to reach those goals and vision.

My experience working with Tracey for the past six months has been insightful, inspiring, and especially productive. Tracey has helped me navigate and remove the barriers I believed prevented me from progress in several key areas of my life. Her wisdom, compassion, and ability to guide my attention to my own barriers and empower me to move through them has been instrumental for my growth in business and as a person. Further, the style of coaching Tracey uses makes it possible for me to apply the skills I’ve learned for ongoing success. Thank you Tracey!

I had always felt and told people that family was very important to me. That remains my truth to this day. Well, a while back my relationship with my eldest daughter was a disaster. I was not and had not connected with her in a healthy manner for as long as I could remember. I thought that the relationship was as good as it could get and that it would always be guarded, heavy and tense. My patterns with her were engraved; I could not alter it on my own. I didn’t even know it needed altering to create a ...

Over the past ten years I have been coached by four different people, so I have some perspective on this whole coaching thing. Tracey Burns is my current business coach and I can say unequivocally that I won’t be leaving her any time soon. Why? Because it works! Her coaching is powerful and her approach is definitely “no – nonsense.” With rigor and compassion she sets you up for big wins in your life. I started with Tracey two short months ago and my life has literally been turned upside down. I now have a business that works and is ...