“The Empowerment Institute is the most powerful, results-oriented training program I have ever encountered. I have integrated the empowerment architecture into everything I do, from development of community leadership in my work to relationships with my colleagues, family and friends. It’s now like breathing.”

—Jeff Nugent, CEO, Development Training Institute

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“The Empowerment Institute provided me with powerful tools to introduce and facilitate transformation with the people and governmental organizations with which I work. These versatile tools have also transformed the way I lead meetings, build teams and interact with colleagues.”

—Montserrat Meiro-Lorenzo, senior health specialist, World Bank

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“David and Gail’s masterful facilitation of the Empowerment Institute enabled me to transform my vision of creating empowering work cultures into reality. The empowerment process, taught and modeled with integrity, is a powerful instrument in harnessing employee potential. In using this process with one organization, the General Manager said, the behavior changes she witnessed from the workshop participants were dramatic. Now she wants more!”

—Elizabeth Soltis, Organizational Development Consultant

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“The Institute provided me with the skills, knowledge, time and space to create a vision for my classroom and my teaching and to bring it into reality. My classroom is a different place to be. Thank you!”

—Debra Breger, sixth grade science teacher

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“I just love the empowerment life coaching program. The way you have designed it enables real transformation. I am amazed by the immediate results it achieves in people’s lives. I am building my clientele fast. I got 13 new clients and earned back my investment three times over within several months. Of course, it is through my own enthusiasm and belief in the excellence of this program that I created these results.”

—Isis Saris, Life Coach and Organizational Consultant

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“Even though I was already a coach, the Empowerment Institute was a wonderful addition to my practice. It propelled me forward in mastery and has enabled me to propel my clients forward to even greater levels of growth.”

—Pat O’Connor, Life Coach

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“Empowerment Life Coaching took my coaching practice to a much deeper place and allowed me to help my clients make significant changes in their lives. I recommend it to any coach who is thirsty for more tools and techniques on the transformational process.”

—Sue Lawley, Executive Coach

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“The Empowerment Institute expertly guided me in creating an executive coaching program which I utilize regularly now with executives in corporations, universities and government. In the first year I sold 10 (6 month) programs. The level of engagement and commitment by the sponsors and the coachees was the highest I have ever seen in executive coaching. The Institute’s deep expertise in empowerment coaching and in program design were instrumental in creating the program and its success.”

—David Gruner, Principal, Career Directions

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“This certification is a must for all social change agents. It is a true cutting-edge technology in community empowerment that really works. Thank you, David and Gail, for your work. The communities I serve are better for it.”

—Netrisa Dockery, community organizer

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“The Empowerment Institute provides a priceless road map for societal transformation. It is refreshing to find a body of work that really delivers. I have been blown away by the effectiveness of this model!”

—Rha Goddess, artist, activist, founder, The Next Wave of Women & Power