Testimonials — The Lost Art of Collaboration

"Bob's capacity to distill complex and challenging issues into systematic approaches to solutions is near genius. Over the 25 years I have known Bob professionally, he has consistently achieved measurable improvements in staff development and productivity, team focused direction, and success where success is hard to derive."

Teresa Herrera, General Manager
Silicon Valley Clean Water
" A short time after I began applying these tools, I felt a positive shift in my outlook, and in the way others perceived me."

Todd Phillips, Reception Supervisor
Pacific Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital
“Bob has crystalized these into a specific recipe for anyone who wants to become a truly inspiring leader.”

John Schwarz, Founder
JHS Consulting
“… all these attributes which can now provide any leader the instructions necessary for their successful collaborative power grab, if they merely follow the instructions provided”

Todd Beecher, P.E. Founder
Beecher Engineering, Inc.
“During Bob’s presentations I found my head moving up and down in agreement and mentally holding on while experiencing a tour de force of tried-and-true concepts and rules for the road of becoming a super employee and an effective human being.”

Ray Busch, Facility Manager (Ret.)
City of Hayward, California
“His collaborative approach helped us find ways to make this complex project work for both wildlife and people. When we ran into problems with a contractor Bob used his skills of dealing with difficult people to help us solve our problems. We couldn’t have done it without his help.”

Mendel Stewart Chief of Budget, Performance and Workforce
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
“He has a large toolbox of strategies on how to get a team working together. He does his homework and comes with a plan that works. I don’t recall ever second-guessing his methods or the outcome.”

Mike Joyce, Principal
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
"Bob Donaldson is a tough and fair-minded person with years of experience in negotiating and representing the public good. California Wildlife Foundation has witnessed first hand his ability to take a complex issue and multiple party interests and bring projects to successful completion, on time and on budget."

Janet Cobb
Executive Officer, California Wildlife Foundation
Bob is able to condense the best from decades of study and his own experience with transforming and organization and individuals, and deliver it in concentrated, immediately usable packages."

Ray Busch, Facility Manager (Ret.)
City of Hayward, California

" A short time after I began applying these tools, I felt a positive shift in my outlook, and in the way others perceived me."

“Bob has crystalized these into a specific recipe for anyone who wants to become a truly inspiring leader.”

“… all these attributes which can now provide any leader the instructions necessary for their successful collaborative power grab, if they merely follow the instructions provided”

“During Bob’s presentations I found my head moving up and down in agreement and mentally holding on while experiencing a tour de force of tried-and-true concepts and rules for the road of becoming a super employee and an effective human being.”

“His collaborative approach helped us find ways to make this complex project work for both wildlife and people. When we ran into problems with a contractor Bob used his skills of dealing with difficult people to help us solve our problems. We couldn’t have done it without his help.”

“He has a large toolbox of strategies on how to get a team working together. He does his homework and comes with a plan that works. I don’t recall ever second-guessing his methods or the outcome.”

Bob is able to condense the best from decades of study and his own experience with transforming and organization and individuals, and deliver it in concentrated, immediately usable packages."