Career, Executive, Business, Life Coach Reviews – Wanda Ropa

Wanda: I wanted to share this promotion to partner with you as soon as possible — I could not have done this without you.  You helped me find what it took to hang in there when I was ready to give up.

Thank you so much!!!

M.R. – Law Partner – Top East Coast Law Firm

Wanda helped me when I was at the crossroads in my career.  She was there to guide me through the decision making process to begin to trust my intuition while obtaining more verifiable data to make a significant informed decision.  Her support was perfectly timed as she challenged me to ask the right questions before moving forward.

L.T.  – CEO – IT industry – West Coast

Wanda has a unique gift when it comes to working with people.  Wanda TRULY wants to help people succeed.  She has the unique capability to focus on the needs of the person with whom she is speaking.  She is not trying to shift the conversation to be about her; Wanda listens and totally engages in the needs of the person.  Wanda is intelligent, witty, flexible, hard working, caring, intense, and fun.  People flock to her; she has a “pied-piper” ability to draw people to her, and handles this gift with respect.

I am so lucky to have her as my coach.

M.G. – HR Executive – Financial Services – Midwest

Last September, I felt lost, I had a lack of confidence in my own abilities, and seriously wondered if I was the right person to engage my organization and propel it to the level of which it deserved.  I had tried several different ways of pulling the organization together, but ultimately lacked the grand plan and ability to execute.

It was then that I decided to reach out and get some assistance.  I knew that I had the right abilities, but needed someone to get me back on track.  I had interviewed 4 potential coaches, and once I met Wanda Ropa on the phone, we had an instant connection.

She has this intuitive sense and was able to dig in deep with me much faster than I expected.  She challenged me every time we talked, gave me ideas to expand upon, and within about 6 weeks, I could see the progress and that change was occurring.

Fast forwarding to where we are now, I feel like I am a different individual.  I have literally “stepped into the shoes” that she has been challenging me to do since we started.  I have a vision for where the company and my team are headed.  As a management team, we are engaged, with clear and unified purpose, and my communication with them is an order of magnitude better than ever before.
Wanda taught me a lot about myself, how to engage others, and how to realize and capitalize on the strengths that I own, not ones that I want to have.

The culture in the organization has never been as strong, nor has the vision.  I feel that I was transformed over the last 3 months.
Randy Scott
President/CEO
ISC BioExpress

For me, the last session that Wanda and I had was not the end. What we worked on together was merely the precursor and footwork for my ideal life that is building on a daily basis.  I am realistic about the fact that I will have setbacks, but Wanda has given me the tools to bounce back – bigger and better than were I started. Overall, my growth over the course of these thirteen weeks has been amazing and invaluable to my life. To steal from one of the credit card commercials, the experience has been “priceless”.

Thank you Wanda, for guiding me through this process. Your enthusiasm, insights and appreciation for all life holds are contagious, and I am so glad that I had the opportunity to catch it.

R.P. – HR Leader – Biotech Industry, West Coast

During the course of this amazing journey, I have discovered or perhaps rediscovered me.  In the words of the Oracle at Delphi “Know thyself”.   Wanda has helped me uncover and help me through the path of completely transforming how I approach life and career success.  Anything is possible has become the mantra of our discussions.  Most importantly, Wanda has helped me to recognize situations and responses I have had that have limited my true potential and she has given tools and discovery techniques that unleash the creative potential within me.

While there has been so much progress to date, I still feel the journey has only just begun.  I am so excited for the future and what it brings.  I feel tremendously confident that skills, knowledge, and awareness I have gain throughout this process will catapult me to where I want to be in the future.

D.C. – Marketing Executive – Leading Hi-Tech Company – Mountain Region

Things are going well.  I am more energized about practicing law than in years. I appreciate the time you spent helping me with the office issues.  If I need help in the future I will let you know.

However, right now I am ready to go take on the world.  Thanks a lot.

A.P. – Practicing Litigator  & President– Law Firm – West Coast

The most noticeable thing I’ve gotten from my sessions is that I feel calmer, more at ease.

Through coaching, I realized that I needed to take care of myself first. It seems like such a simple concept but it’s so easy for me to lose sight of it. I appreciated and even enjoyed learning more about myself and my strengths and weaknesses through the personality tests. It was interesting for me to hear you say that no, I didn’t have to learn how to be outspoken and funny, that I could just be myself. What a load off! When I was out with friends or new people in a social situation, I could just relax. Every time I thought to myself “say something funny, quick!!” I remembered that “hey, it’s okay, you don’t have to say anything if you don’t want to.” You have no idea what a relief that was. Ultimately, it’s made me more relaxed and then I think it’s easier and more natural for me to engage in conversation from that point, when I’m not internally, quietly judging and critiquing myself.

Thank you for all of your time and help. You are a wonderful life coach.

J.P. – ER Physician – West Coast

I have spent many years trying to solve the problem of my life through over-planning, goal-setting, and hyper self-management.  I have completed a million tasks.  The more I seemed to accomplish, however, the more distant and rigid I felt about my life.  The notion of living through my dreams was replaced with living through accomplishments…even if these small successes were based on other people’s desires and ideas of what was valuable, or my own desperation to feel purpose.

It is frightening to decide to change your life, and even more so to trust that the world will be supportive of change.   It is so much easier to imagine “what ifs” than to step into the unknown.  Through coaching, however, almost imperceptible internal changes are making my external situation more suited to my hopes and dreams.  Deep down, I’ve always known what was important to me, and now I am finding the space and courage to let them finally materialize in my external life.  Thank you for being there to accompany on this amazing journey!

S.S. – Producer, Director, Actor, Author, Entrepreneur – East Coast

One of the most valuable insights I received through coaching with Wanda was to take small steps. Yes, the end goal might be a ways away, but taking small steps is much easier, than trying to climb the mountain in one fell swoop. One step at a time, just like in software projects. Or in any project. Going at it this way, I realized I had the strength and the courage to make the transition. Nothing I was feeling was crazy or out of place. It is normal. Other people have been through this and felt the same. Getting the guidance in the journey was key. I am happy in what I am doing. Now that’s a change.

P.L. –Career Transition from Software Engineer to Entrepreneur – West Coast

It was a pleasure to work with Wanda.  Sometimes a person needs an outside observer to help them take a look at themselves more objectively.  My future plans have solidified with help from Wanda.  Thank you.

T.S. –Career Transition from IT Project Manager to Entrepreneur – Midwest

Thanks Wanda.  The confidence that I felt when writing my testimonial came from a solid, powerful place.  I am really pleased with my progress and more pleased with having shared my journey with you.

As I stood at a major crossroads pondering my next career direction, I decided to map out a plan that would be conscientious in its development and methodical in its execution.  I knew that I had all the tools to make the necessary shift and transition toward the next level of professional responsibility; however, my ability to see and recognize my authentic self was clouded by a lack of clarity.

Choosing to work with Wanda, a creativity architect has been a solid investment in managing my career development plan.  She gently nudged me to a place of self-appreciation and gratitude for my amazing natural talents. The fun part was merging my accomplishments in the international, diplomatic, and protocol arenas with Wanda’s unlimited resources and her infectious engagement in life.  Her amazing intuitive spirit provided uncanny connections to creative sources and possibilities that aligned me with my strengths, goals, and interests.  This adventure-packed journey of self-discovery has put me on a solid path of amazing results.  Without Wanda, I would still be wandering somewhat aimlessly with no clear path.  This has been an amazing journey!

M.F.  International Diplomatic Relations Officer – East coast

When I started with a coach I was unable to focus and I didn’t know the steps to take next.  I had lots of thoughts and ideas but didn’t know what to do with them.  Through the coaching process I learned how to focus on specific ideas and I learned how to find the next step and how to take it.

I could always see the big picture and through the coaching process I learned to see the individual steps needed to get to the big picture. I now have enough confidence in myself to now do it for myself, not just for my coach.

K.O. – Emerging Entrepreneur & Idea Engineer – East Coast

In the course of working with Wanda, I was laid off from my employer due to financial conditions within the company. Although not a complete shock, it was still a shock to the system. Wanda helped me better focus my resume through ideas about what a resume was really for. She also assisted me with creating the first cover letter for me to use to help get my foot in the door for an interview.  Given that I had just received confirmation that I’m a fairly tenacious individual, I worked relentlessly to get applications out. I ended up with a handful of interviews and finally settled on a new position within three weeks.  What I found helpful was that Wanda confirmed the approach that I was taking was not so far off the track and was fairly well though out.

Overall the changes have been gradual. The accumulated affect of all the exercises and working with Wanda has been to bring me out of my shell and back into the business world. For the first time in my career I have a direction I want to work towards. I understand that I may never reach the actual goal, but I know what it is and what it will take to get there. I feel that I now have a few more tools at my disposal that can help me understand situations I’m thrust into. These same tools can be used to create new situations and experiences. It’s my hope to increase the number of new experiences and situations that I can be exposed to. I’ve also come to the realization that this is business, not personal. People are people regardless of where they are. However introduce the ‘responsibility’ function into the equation and they’ll generally change to fit into that situation.

If you can show them what’s in it for them, you can win them over to your thoughts and ideas (be they right or wrong they’re generally a start).  This can apply outside work too.  I feel that I can finally be myself for the first time in a long time. I have to temper how much of ME others get, as not everyone is looking for a personality that appears bigger than real life.  I’ve also learned that not everyplace is like the environments that I’ve been exposed to.  My final lesson, and it’ll be one that I work towards the rest of my career, is to keep my eyes open and keep looking down the road and up. Something new and fantastic might just be waiting for me if only I realize that its there.

C.H.  Project Manager – IT industry – Midwest

Wanda was an inspiring coach who used creative tools and helped me to add amazing techniques to my own toolbox. I have benefited greatly from the guidance, information and creative problem solving that has be the foundation of this process. I would highly recommend the process to anyone who is searching for their next steps in life or in their career.

R.F.  Training Executive – Midwest

I was lacking clarity in my career and unable to move forward. Wanda helped me refocus and identify what is truly meaningful in my life and career. As a result, I’m at the top of my game and have never been happier.

M.G. Marketing Executive in Silicon Valley, CA