TESTIMONIALS
What others are saying about Josh Alwitt Leadership
Through our work with Josh, our organization’s engagement has increased and our ability to work together to solve problems has substantially improved. My leadership team is more willing to share their ideas and is much more fluent in thinking about impact, purpose and why they need to work together to achieve our goals. Josh shares so much knowledge and wisdom about leadership in a way that is relevant to me and my team. His feedback and insight has helped me work with my leaders on developmental issues and create a culture of candid feedback focused on growth. We have an improved culture, an ability to set ambitious goals, and a more scalable and empowered leadership structure.
To formulate and active GM’s purpose, we sought deep expertise, tools and counsel on how to design and guide our process. Josh was a collaborator, acting as a sounding board to help us further develop our ideas while weaving in both his formal knowledge and practical experience. He’s part academic, part consultant, part psychologist, and makes the work feel like a partnership.
I wanted to work with Josh because of his combination of extensive knowledge in coaching and his approachability and understanding energy. My goal was to stay more present and avoid allowing others to take me out of my place of calm. Through our coaching, Josh has helped me better understand my own emotions as well as those of others around me. When we started, I was concerned about making measurable change, and I’ve now learned numerous techniques for both seeing and feeling my progress. I really appreciate how present Josh is during our coaching and helps me hold myself accountable for change.
“As CEO at Publicis Sapient, I needed to align the organization on a common strategy to drive growth. With Josh, we enabled ourselves as senior leaders to work as a real team, renewing our focus on helping clients. We worked more interdependently and brought people throughout the organization along on the journey. Thousands of people were enlisted, feeling more connected and motivated. Working with him is a constant learning journey – he has a genuine sense of curiosity, caring and flexibility, and bases his work on proven results and behavioral science.”
I was looking for someone who could help me unlock my potential by understanding me as a person first, and professional second. Through the leadership development program, Josh brought out my best by helping me see myself more clearly and to see my strengths and potential. He has a keen sense of observation about individuals, their body language and group dynamics.
I wanted to clarify my role and learn how to deal with difficult situations with a client. Josh helped me pay attention to my own feelings and think about the others’ feelings, even those who are not expressing them openly, without judgment. He helped me see how to bring people together around a common goal that we are all excited about. As a coach, he listened and he cared. He has an unhurried way about him that I find really helpful and comforting. It begets openness.
I wanted to improve my consulting and my business performance as an executive. Through my work with Josh, I was able to see how much effort we were putting into activity, without sufficiently considering the potential impact and desired outcomes we wanted. He’s an attentive and empathetic listener, and has a good ability to contextualize and reframe one’s thoughts into something more impactful. Josh has the highest level of integrity – very trustworthy!
Since working with Josh, I have had multiple direct reports tell me that I am the best boss they ever worked for, and the culture of our organization is exceptionally strong. I draw a direct line between the coaching work I have done and these results. I was worried that coaching would take up too much of my time, and what I found is that it did take time, but saved even more time because I was able to proactively manage situations. Josh is always there when I need him and has a knack for focusing in on the right areas to get the most out of our coaching sessions while staying flexible in the moment.
I was looking to improve our value to clients and empower our teams. Through coaching, I’ve learned to more clearly convey my vision and pride in what we are creating. I was concerned I would only change while being coached, but I continue to improve using the foundation I learned during my coaching. I have a new curiosity about how people lead and are able to scale, and I continually reflect on my own thinking and approach. Josh helped me create a frame that has allowed me to build a stronger, more connected team and business.
Josh helped us reframe how we think about client work, from selling projects to helping our clients having meaningful impact in the world. Our people owned the mental shift themselves, even though Josh was also held accountable by our CEO. I’ve seen a major shift in our leaders’ thinking – it’s amazing what happens when you focus on impact first.
I’ve been able to take a more strategic view of my desired impact on my team and clients, and learned that my vulnerabilities can also be my biggest strengths at times. Josh’s ability to tune in to my mental state helps us to engage positively so we can make progress in each session against my goals. I continue to recommend him as a trustworthy coach.
Josh leads with a genuine, human approach to helping others grow; it’s more about trust and the interpersonal rather than business theory and jargon. His calm, understanding, and ability to unpack complex issues have helped me more effectively empower people and focus on my desired impact before moving to action. The chance to work with Josh has truly been a gift.
