Berney Associates, LLC

Dr. Liz In Situ

Berney Associates Testimonials

Team Facilitation

"Luckily we found Liz at a time when our firm was going through major restructuring and transition. Her guidance, facilitation, and leadership throughout the process was exceptional -- I'm not sure where we would be now without it. She helped us to more clearly define our ever-evolving vision and identify how we can best translate the change to our clients. Most importantly, she helped us to communicate with each other and give voice to many unspoken morale and structural issues that had been festering for quite some time and getting in the way of moving forward productively. Thank you, Liz, we are most grateful!"

"Liz Berney has presented at two of our staff retreats and we could not have been happier with her efforts. She led a session about Myers Briggs personality types and how to work better as a team; she led another session about how to balance work and life.

Liz is an engaging and entertaining speaker, and more importantly, she is extremely knowledgeable in her field. We received positive comments from every staff member about her sessions. I think it is most revealing however, that the staff continues to reference points/comments/suggestions that Liz made during her sessions over a year after the first one occurred. To have an impact like that on a stressed, over worked staff like ours is a true testament to her skills.

I unreservedly recommend Liz as a speaker to anyone looking for an entertaining, thoughtful and useful speaker."

"Of all the professional facilitators our organization has used in my 14 years here, Liz was by far the most talented and effective facilitator."

"Liz facilitated a staff offsite for the Baldridge Program, which manages the nation's premier award for organizational excellence – the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. The topic of the offsite was a daunting one—conflict management and negotiation techniques—both in terms of the subject matter and the time constraints. Yet, Liz made the day both productive and valuable through her high energy, positive attitude, and tremendous subject knowledge and facilitation skills.

While our staff can be critical, they described Liz as 'excellent', 'energetic', 'enthusiastic', 'knowledgeable' and 'very approachable'. Likewise, they spoke highly of the 'interactive exercises' and the 'variety of training approaches' that kept the day moving along. Liz made the day both productive and valuable through her high energy, positive attitude, and tremendous subject knowledge and facilitation skills."

Professional Development

"It is not often I find an outside consultant that is so willing to listen to the true needs of the client and fully incorporate them into the work. Your adaptability shined as you facilitated sessions with the employee teams and then the executive teams with ease. Your subject matter knowledge and your consulting style continue to be talked about!"

"I found Liz to be incredibly competent and thoroughly enjoyed the Change Management training and application she did with our senior group of executives for Wharton’s Executive Programs in Budapest. She is extremely capable of making the theories connect with real life experiences and was able to provide insightful strategies for our specific change-related challenges I our companies. She is very approachable and a lot of fun to work with."

"Liz is a wonderfully energetic facilitator, consultant and speaker! She is able to translate the complex and abstract into the understandable and practical. She brought warmth, integrity, humor and insight to our leadership development program at Fannie Mae. The leaders loved her high-energy delivery of the cutting edge material on win-win negotiation. Her session received the highest marks in our workshop!"

Speaking

"Liz Berney is definitely a speaker for our times. In her address to the entire national leadership of NCSHA, she energized the audience, helped them to reexamine their role in leadership, teamwork, and office dynamics in today's fast-paced society. Whether speaking to a large audience or a smaller group, she manages to bring the workplace into sharp focus.

Liz's professionalism and dynamism helped NCSHA figure out how to work better, faster, and smarter. We are a small office with huge output, and our work pace requires that all 21 people be working pretty much full speed all the time. With Liz's help, we worked hard to understand and explore the personal dynamics, teamwork structures, and individual work styles that can undermine or lift up our eventual work product. With Liz's keen insight and funny, fast-paced delivery, the time sped by. Liz Berney is one of those speakers who can make you laugh, make you cry, but most of all, make you want to be better at what you do."

"Liz's facilitation and speaking skills are exemplary. Her presentations are very interactive, entertaining, and high energy".

"Liz is an energetic facilitator with a very approachable and friendly presentation style. The personal and professional experiences she shared during the session truly helped bridge connections between theory and practice, helping the audience transform concepts into action items. Liz’s presentation was well-received by our audience, which was comprised of management staff. Liz sought to meet the learning needs of the varied audience by incorporating lecture, small group discussion, and case studies in her presentation in order to encourage understanding of the ideas presented. Liz really took the time to listen to our needs and build on ideas together in partnership, rather than simply suggesting one-sided, out-of-the-box solutions that may not meet your organization’s learning needs. It was a pleasure to work with Liz, and I hope to be able to build upon this relationship in the future. I strongly believe Liz’s diverse academic and professional background combined with her dynamic presentation style would be an asset to any organizational learning program across all industries!”