Martha Tilyard

Testimonials

“I've had the opportunity to work with Martha on more than one occasion. She facilitated a team exercise for me when I was asked to merge two departments in my organization. Her approach was not only effective in bringing two groups to a shared vision and sense of direction, but was creative and engaging. I also worked with Martha one-one-one as an executive coach several years later as my responsibilities grew. She helped me make sense of the fire hose of information I was receiving in my new role and reminded me to focus on my existing skills to navigate through new waters. Martha's calm manner, creative approach, and superb listening skills are very effective as a facilitator and coach.” (June 29, 2009) Barbara Demarest

“During the first year of our leadership program we found it challenging to get those in the class to mingle and engage one another. The second year of the program we made some changes. We hired Martha Tilyard to survey the graduates and the incoming class and then had her present our first session on “Communications and Team Building” followed by a networking reception with ice breaker activities. Martha’s impact was immediately noticeable and made all the difference! The new class was instantly talking, sharing and getting to know one another due to the survey discussion and team building activities. The reception was lively without being forced; and that’s saying a lot for our group! Sharing the graduate’s survey results with the other presenters in the program continued to produce exceptional results for our new class. Martha’s involvement is crucial to each class building lasting relationships with each other as well as learning skills they can take back to the office and utilize daily. In short, we can’t imagine not having Martha involved in this important program!” Tia Jones, Special Events Coordinator/Membership Liaison American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina

“I cannot thank you enough for sharing your time and talents with us again this year in the BRIDGES program. Your presentation continues to be the highlight of our weekend program. Participants were inspired and motivated and had nothing but good things to say about you and your session!" Annette Madden Associate Director for Professional Development at the UNC Friday Center for Continuing Education, Executive Director of BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women program.