Testimonials
“I have worked with Gary for several years and have relied on his keen insight as well as his knowledge of the Child Welfare System to help me in planning services for families and children as well as the direction of The Raise Foundation. His consultation, advice and support have been an invaluable resource to me personally and to the Foundation.”
- E.B. Executive Director Non-Profit
"Gary embodies the best of coaching – he’s warm, supportive, challenging and holds people accountable with great empathy. As a project director, I’ve watched him coach top managers to reflect deeply about their leadership, their impact on organizational culture and the results they hope to achieve. I’ve seen those same managers grow in skill and confidence to reach their self- defined goals. Gary’s abilities as a coach and his years of personal leadership experience give him the right combination of know-how and versatility to be helpful to any executive or leader.”
- V. C. Non-Profit Project Director
“Gary , I would like to share my news with you. This week I started a new role. My organization is a global software engineering group. My role is as their CFO. I would like to thank you for helping me to obtain clarity of thought. You helped me focus on more viable and, for me, desirable opportunities. In turn you helped me better express what I can offer and help in each opportunity”.
- J. C. Accountant/Attorney
“Gary Taylor's coaching services were rich and rewarding. As an executive leader in child welfare, I found his coaching sessions encouraged me and challenged me. We worked on communication styles and ways to ask more questions and say less. I use these techniques and strategies as I work with my team. It was refreshing to have a coach who not only understands child welfare practice, but also the culture of child welfare."
- T. B. Director of Large County Child Welfare Agency
“It has been my pleasure to work with Gary. He helped me explore a personal challenge through careful listening and searching questions over a number of weeks. He always maintained a keen focus in our very enjoyable sessions to ensure that we were meeting my objectives. As a result I was able to achieve good clarity of thought and overcome a fair degree of procrastination. Above all Gary is a kind, real human being with excellent empathy and understanding. I would recommend him as a coach to anyone.”
- CFO International IT Company
“I had a discussion with Mr. Taylor regarding my dilemma and confusion in dealing with an aging parent and moving. I did not know what to expect from our talks but Mr. Taylor really helped me to open myself up to the questions I was fearful of saying out loud. It was very hard for me to let my guard down and speak about my inner silence but Mr. Taylor never pressured or pushed me to answer. I was very surprised that he was able to get my answers pulled to the surface, I am a private person, but the skills he used in asking the hard questions made me feel comfortable and relaxed in our discussion. Mr. Taylor’s hard questions made me look deep within myself where I found the answers to the things I was questioning and searching for. I walked away feeling relieved and content on my choices made and to be made. Talking with him has given me a sense of empowerment in dealing with this life issue.”
- S.G. Baby Boomer With Aging Parent
“My husband and I are so thankful for Gary! He was an amazing coach/mentor to work with. We needed someone who could help be a neutral party in working with our teenage son. Our son needed someone to help him see things in a different perspective and Gary was able to help with that. He was able to help my son set some goals and address important issues in some of the issues he was going through in life and to make some difficult decisions. I was also included in a discussion session pre-coaching with my son and Gary which was comforting and put me at ease around trusting Gary and how he would enter the coaching relationship with our son. Gary is a great listener, friendly, professional and knowledgeable. We highly suggest Gary for his professional services! He was amazing to work with."
- N.S. Caring mother
"I’ve known Gary in a few capacities and one of my favorites is when he coached me as a New Executive Director of a large and complex governmental agency. I have most recently worked with him in the capacity of providing consulting, strategic planning and conducting DISC debriefs to my team as individuals and to us as a team. This proved to be eye opening and revealing in which styles are most prevalent on our team as well as which styles may be needed more to aid our functioning as a team. Gary offers longevity, strong relationship skills and the ability to transfer in his consulting skills to a variety of institutions and small businesses."
- L.N. Executive Director of Large Nationally recognized Philanthropic Organization
“Mr. Gary Taylor was recommended to me as a coach for executive leaders at a time when I needed support in developing several new leaders. I wanted a coach with a strong diversity, equity, and inclusion lens. Within a few short months, I heard glowing reviews from each one of the leaders Gary worked with. Not only did they talk about how comfortable they were with him and how much they felt they got out of each session with him, but I saw them using what they learned in our leadership meetings and elsewhere. I often heard, “I was working on this with Gary and I wanted to try it out here….” We saw such significant results that we kept Gary on to coach an additional 3 leaders. No one wanted to give Gary up! I think this alone is quite a testament to his skill and engagement with these staff.”
- B.M. Executive Director of Public Agency
“I found your coaching useful in helping me getting my novel writing project back on course. Thanks to your use of open questions and inquiry.”
- M.W. Author
"The following are some of the reflections that I have on working with Gary Taylor as a consultant. He is a true colleague, always listening and patiently awaiting the time to respond and voice an opinion. And his reflections are always a product of his vast experience as a direct service provider and career administrator in Child Welfare. He is assiduous in his understanding of the needs of the children/youth/families and the communities, always considering the complex matrices of lives and how the social determinants of health come into play.
His knowledge of how communities might provide optimum care is deep and delicate.
He first listens and renders considerations with poignancy and from being circumspect. Needless to say, we have worked together on projects and his medicative stance is always hearing and his responses are always well thought through, while also providing consideration to that which he hears, that might be different than his judgment and yet that is done with quiet diplomacy and with informed/knowledge based information.
Gary Taylor is a person who is a go to person on both ad hoc issues and on deep systems issues. I always feel that he makes me look good in the work we do together and likewise with communities. He is uncompromising and thorough when it comes to the needs of children/youth and families, but he also always takes into account the abilities and real time circumstances of the community."
- A.V. Behavorial Health Consultant
"Gary Taylor's skills as a life coach helped me to add structure and organization to my life as I tackled the job of restoring my garage back to a garage after years of it being a go to storage room. Gary helped me outline a step by step process that included people to reach out to for help, categories for eliminating items, and the importance of creating a schedule and a timeline for completion. His approach was very understanding and considerate of my personality. His advice included monitoring progress with before and after pictures and has helped me with other aspects of my life. I'm very grateful for this advice."
- V.H. Former Database Analyst for Metro Atlanta School System