Testimonials

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"Way beyond team building, RealChange showed us the way to build the trust and maturity it takes to grow both the business and people."
- Greg Steltenhpohl, Odwalla Founder, USA

"New Leaf Paper hired Christian to facilitate our company retreat less than one week before the event. We had our most productive and impactful company retreat ever and his participation was critical to our success. Our management team continues to work with Christian to help us follow through on the outcomes of the retreat, and to help me work through leadership challenges as New Leaf Paper is evolving into a sizable corporation. Christian is honest, wholistic, and level-headed in his work."
- Jeff Mendelsohn, CEO, New Leaf Paper

"Without Real Change, we would have wasted a lot of time and money, wrestling with the wrong issues. Very quickly Christian and his team moved us from a place of chaos to one of clarity, focus and real excitement about the future. We went from "good idea" to "thriving business" far faster than I would have expected and that's due, in large part, to our work with RealChange."
- David Bernard, CEO, Mythmaker, USA

“An incredible experience, a quality excerpt of the American vision that motivated me to take my goals for performance and sustainability to a new level. LEAN for GREEN!”
- Jean-Yves Krumenacher, Director of Purchasing/Procurement, Evian-Volvic Sources

”Real Change provides an unusual and interactive program for forging high efficiency teams in a safe and rapid learning environment. Real Change helped me to build several highly efficient project teams at Bayer Corp. and Genentech Inc. We applied the methods taught by Real Change throughout the projects and increased team productivity substantially.”
- Frank Menkel, Ph.D. Associate Director Strategic Planning Supply Chain Management Genentech, INC

"I experienced that radical change is possible, that some companies are going through it, and that tools exist; it is up to you to make it happen."
- Jean-Marc DEVAL, Senior Vice President, GEC ALSTHOM PGD, FRANCE & U.K.

“RealChange has been instrumental in the development of not only an effective management team but a more engaged and inspired membership organization. Thanks to the guidance of Christian and Crystal Forthomme, Social Venture Network (SVN) operates at a much higher strategic level. In addition, our team now has the tools to make better quality decisions and is able to work more effectively and efficiently. We have a deep sense of gratitude for the essential work that Real Change is doing with SVN and in the world.”
- Pamela Chaloult, Co-Executive Director, Social Venture Network

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“Working with Christian has made our organization transform overnight! Our group was at the point of near extinction when our board met with Christian. By working through the process of reinventing our mission and identifying our most important goals and action-items for the year – Christian’s guiding hand revitalized our board and consequently our membership. Our club is now seeing the highest participation levels in its history, our membership has grown by 30%, our programs offered to our members and the community has tripled. Our board now moves in the same direction together as a team which results in a very successful triathlon training season with camaraderie, a sense of achievement, and enthusiasm for the coming year. I highly recommend any company or organization to take advantage of Christian’s expertise – it has been extremely valuable for ours!”
- Sherri Goodman, President, Santa Cruz Triathlon Association

"[I have learned] to be more aware of what changes do to me and to others. [I have learned] how I can deal with the reactions and how I can positively influence that by changing attitude and getting away from habit."
- Theo VAN DANKERSGOED, OVERTOOM INTERNATIONAL BV, the Netherlands

"Christian Forthomme facilitated a two day session with our Board of Directors and Senior Staff. Christian’s skills to move our group with multiple ideas to create a central focus, and establish clear priorities, while assuring everyone's inclusion, was a very positive experience, with concrete results."
- Jeffree Lee, President Above The Line - Group Home Society, Inc.

“Christian has the potential to change the world, and the will to make this unique gift available to many. We enjoy this unique combination within SiliconFrench (www.siliconfrench.com), to educate ourselves and others about sustainable development and how we can all contribute to it. Christian's passion and group leadership trigger very lively and creative discussions, as well as foster stakeholders' participation and creativity. Christian has an exceptional ability to mix out-of-the-box thinking with a structured and pragmatic approach, maintaining an interesting and invaluable balance between short and long term actions. An amazing and powerful "engine" to implement organizational change!”
-Jean Pommier, VP Methodology- ILOG, Inc.

“Crystal's approach to leadership coaching truly works for me. She bridges the gap between awareness of an issue and making real changes in behavior. I have an tendency toward skepticism, and I am delighted that I find no place for it in my work with Crystal. She doesn't aspire to understand every nuance of my life looking backward, rather, she helps me center and empower my life today. It is this focus that makes our time together effective.!”
-Jeff Mendelsohn, CEO- New Leaf Paper.

“As a part of a change in our company at the European level, I brought the managers from our subsidiaries to a RealChange Learning Expedition in San Francisco. It was the breakthrough that we needed. Today, we are organizing the fifth expedition of this kind for the rest of my management teams. Christian Forthomme has been supporting us in the follow-up to ensure that the changes are put in place upon our return. Bravo to the whole RealChange team.”
- Jean-Pierre Guichard, Chairman of the Board, MANUTAN INTERNATIONAL

“Thanks to RealChange and Christian Forthomme, we have created a real team spirit at the heart of a multicultural company, developed a shared vision, and experienced a moment of genuine well-being: a crucial moment for constructing the future of our enterprise in the USA and in Mexico.”
- Jacques Rocher, President of the Yves Rocher Foundation, Groupe YVES ROCHER

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“Thanks to your knowledge of Californian society and your excellent networks, we have been able to make huge advances in understanding the behavior of the “bioneers” and can thus better plan for the future. We are in the process of internalizing our trip and understanding just how valuable it was.”
- François Lemarchand , President, Natures et Découvertes

“Remarkably organized, this seminar provided an efficient sensitization to the San Francisco Bay Area’s head start in integrating the environmental aspect of the economy. In this region, green business is not only a show of solidarity or a philanthropic endeavor. It is first and foremost the mining of a valuable resource: green gets gold!”
- Jean Favarel, Director of Sustainability, BNP Paribas

“Four days of an educational journey that we cannot regret because we came back with many good ideas to be put into practice in our business for concrete sustainable development. California is a region where we find the same enthusiasm for sustainability that we found ten years ago for information technologies and the Internet. For the participants, this intensive expedition in California is, in the end, more of an investment than an expense."
- Patrick Widloecher, Director of Sustainable Development, Groupe La Poste

“You must experience this week! What a difference it made!”
- Francis-Charles Pollet, CEO, PROMOD *

“Bravo to everyone! An excellent, rich and varied program. Energizing jolt. A door to the future, regained confidence. A commitment to act. Exemplary combination of professionalism and human warmth.”
- Bertrand Martin, Former CEO, NEW SULZER DIESEL *

“A very rich week, as much on a personal level as on a professional level. Thank you for helping us take a step back and plot our strategic direction as a team."
- Patrick Delecroix, Chairman of the Board, AFIBEL

“Excellent for getting away from the ordinary, taking a step back and getting things back into focus. Strong group dynamic, mutual enrichment. Excellent for benchmarking world class companies. "
- Patrick Gruau, Chairman of the Board, GRUAU Constructeur.

“Beyond flawless logistics and judicious choice of speakers and business visits, you brought great value to our trip through your extraordinary pedagogical methods, group leadership, debriefings and simplicity.”
- Guy Sallavuard, Director of Development, TOTAL *

“Four years after the seminar…behavior and relations with others are no longer the same: we are more attentive, more willing to listen, more aware of our environment. Over the course of one week,the global approach on the individual, business and society changes your perspective on life."
- Jean-Claude Buchenaud, Senior Executive at EDF-GDF

“Very good preparation, very good organization, very good reaction to events, 100% service orientation.”
- Vincent Gadenne, Director-General, LAMY LUTTI

“I went to find models for success, and discovered, above all, a way of seeing things from the customer’s perspective -… - Intense moments that left me feeling recharged, rich with a new confidence in the ability of human beings to always invent new ways to progress. There is still and enormous amount of room for initiative and creativity."
- Jean Luc Biche - GEOD

“A definitive adventure on the the societal role of business and a new demand for social responsibility.”
- Philippe Detrie, CEO, Groupe INERGIE

“A strongly-enriching experience, capable of bringing meaning to everything that we do and must continue to do in order to progress"
- Vittorio Zambrini, Director of Environmental Quality, Evian-Volvic

“Enriching collaborative approach and a source of personal development.”
- Nicolas Rolland, Director of Organizational Development, Evian-Volvic Sources

"A very beneficial experience for me and for the Auchan team.”
- Manager, Auchan Romania

"Confidence in myself and in my colleagues."
- Manager, Auchan Romania

"I feel more well-prepared to satisfy the needs of the company because the vision has been shared and also because I have a strong team surrounding me, of which I am proud to be a part."
- Ioana Tosa, Store Manager, Auchan Romania

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