About Testimonials
Ken Frieze
After our retreat with Jim, we had the tools and courage to address our tough issues. For the first time we were able to create a foundational partnership among our divisions, grounded in candor and authenticity.
Scott Jaffe and Lou Tilchin
In two days of intensive work together, Jim guided our partnership to a soft landing during a period of conflict by helping both of us ‘stretch’ our thoughts, actions, and hearts toward one another. We also have a new set of go-forward principles that guide us.
Mark Wiseman
Jim worked with me on several occasions at my prior role as CEO of CPPIB in Toronto. With his assistance our senior management team became more cohesive and greatly improved our communications. Our authentic conversations led to greater productivity and a more enjoyable work environment.
Chandra McClelland
I first connected with Jim in my mid-twenties while juggling work, grad school, and living in New York—close to burnout and not quite sure how to let go of some outgrown relationships. I learned the tools to find my balance, take a step back from drama-prone relationships, establish authentic footing at work, and regain my drive.
Loy Teik Ngan and Chong Kweikee
Our next-generation family forum has given our three daughters and three young adult relatives the awareness, clarity and maturity to strengthen their sense of self and explore their unique giftedness. They have grown to be confident, centered young adults.
Loy Guang Wen
Adam, inspired me to explore my inner workings, affirm my desires, and to embrace who I am. I could always see the door, but Adam provided the guidance and motivation I needed to step through it.
Maurice Collada
Four years out of law school, I joined a peer support group led by Adam and Paul. Without the structure of school that I had known for so long, I found my approach to life more reactive than proactive, allowing certain aspects of my life to slip away. Although progressing forward in my professional and personal life, I felt a nagging sense of becoming unmoored. Within the structure of my forum, I learned to be intentional about where I focus my energy. After two years, I now have clarity around my sense of direction and purpose. My relationship with my wife, my family and my friends are also stronger because I am aware of and can openly communicate my needs and motivators. With the support and accountability of this group, I am confident that I will achieve a full life, well lived.
Freddy Daues
When I was 22 years old I joined a peer support group led by Adam and Paul. I truly feel lucky that I have had exposure to this unique dynamic. In an open environment with absolute trust, I have had the opportunity to be myself, speak my mind, learn from others that I respect, and get useful feedback on different aspects of my life. I can wholeheartedly claim that with support of this group I am taking full advantage of my life, living out my definition of success, comfortable with who I am, and confident in my path.
Michael Kiolbassa
After 22 years of working in and running my family’s business, I was making mistakes, frustrated, and worn out. Jim challenged me to refocus my efforts from working in my business to working on my business … and the change has been dramatic.
Michael Kiolbassa
Jim's chapter-retreat theme of "Get Connected" re-energized our chapter and was our highest-rated event of the year. Due to Jim's impact we are now one of the healthiest YPO/WPO chapters in the U.S. with significant presence at the GLC and other International events.
Yung Wu
Each member of our group had a deeply personal – in some cases life-changing – experience during our time with Jim at the retreat. In all cases, there was unanimous agreement that with Jim as a catalyst, we were able to achieve the most meaningful forum experience in all of our years together. Jim IS the gold standard for forum retreat facilitators.
Steve Fazio
Jim Warner is an experienced pro and knows how to migrate with the participants’ needs and score a '10' each and every time. I recommend Jim and members of the OnCourse Team for any group development work, conference planning, forum moderating, or life-transition dialogue.
Mike Abercrombie
At our Presidents’ Retreat Jim inspired 75 YPOers to address the challenging issues we had avoided. We grew closer as a chapter by walking a path of self-discovery together. When you are prepared to actively engage your chapter in a process to create lasting results, Jim’s your resource.
James Vance
Jim is an incredible facilitator. He possesses the strength of character for leading dynamic and high-powered groups into deeper levels of commitment and purpose. He has a unique ability to sense important moments and to boldly ask the tough questions. He then carefully guides us through intimate moments of self-discovery.
Ashok Melwani
It has been several years since I attended the Transition Seminar with Jim, yet I can still hear my key lessons in Jim's own voice as clear as a bell. Jim guided me in both evoking the emotions I needed to explore and inspiring me to take action.
Reade Fahs
Jim takes YPO groups (big and small) to new levels. I have worked with Jim in multiple settings and he always delivers. He is a font of information, inspiration, and innovation.
John Kinney
Jim brought both magic and enduring value to our YPO forum retreat. The retreat was a true life-changer for me, and our forum leapt to a wonderful, unexpected level as individual insights were unveiled. We now have the mutual support and respect to sustain this momentum in our regular meetings.
Lou Tilchin
Jim has guided me to be in integrity with myself and those around me. He has helped transform me from an emotionally closed person to a loving, feeling, and emotionally open person. I have deep gratitude for Jim's wisdom, patience, and persistence in helping me reclaim my life.
Brian Bouma
Jim was the catalyst for taking our forum to new depths of intimacy, authentic relationships with each other, and a level of bonding we had not experienced in our four years together. I strongly encourage any forum to work with Jim.
Arvid Albanese
I had a successful business and a lot of fun, but my relationships were shallow. When Jim invited me to explore a ‘life beyond myself’ I was intrigued. I knew there was a missling link. Today, with Jim’s guidance, I’m a much more grounded person.
Chris Haase
Jim has helped me shape a vision of how I'd like my life to turn out, how I'd like to be remembered someday by my family and friends, and what really matters most. He's also helped me piece together a map to that place. I now have a reliable compass for choosing a route that best suits my personality and value system. Our work together has been a real blessing.
Michael Brown
Crazy as it sounds, my first three-day retreat with Jim changed my life. With what I learned from Jim, I have a whole new framework to think about my life purpose, the relationships in my life, and how to be truly happy.
Khaled and Shaden Bushnaq
Jim helped us in identifying how past events in our lives left marks that influenced our behavior and the way we now perceive ourselves, people, and actions. Realizing the root causes provided clarity to many issues.
Frank Buonanotte
To say that my work with Jim has been life-changing would be an understatement; life-saving would be far more accurate. Jim's thoughtful guidance has created the opportunity for me to shift into a completely different life – one filled with joy.
Dick Simon
Jim's Marriage at Midlife program really helped Patty and me to improve and deepen our communication, think about and structure our next life stages, focus on priorities, and face our 'shadows' head-on. We have a much richer relationship as a result. An absolute '10' life-changing and enriching experience.
Jim Barnett
Jim has had a transformational impact on my life. The combination of his talent, experience, and commitment have made him the perfect guide for managing both my personal and business transitions. With Jim's guidance, my life has moved to a completely new level of joy and aliveness.
David Barlow
Jim has been an inspiring guide to me through all of my life transitions, large and small, personal and professional. His vast wisdom and practical experience – especially having run his own business – helped transform my relationship with myself, my approach to my life calling, and the world around me.
Roman Brunner
Jim's first retreat with us laid the foundation for us to go deep and to grow. The following two retreats cemented our relationships and strengthened the bond among us in a way that we never thought would be possible. As a moderator today in a new Forum in a different country, I am using Jim's tools to reach a sustainable quality and depth.
Melinda Hudson
Jim's and Judy's guidance at our spouse forum retreat has inspired me to seek deeper and more authentic relationships, not only with my forum, but with everyone in my life, including myself!
Steve Lockshin
Jim and his associates have been instrumental in our firm's development around the most crucial area of business – communication. Day and day again we put into practice the elements developed during our OnCourse training. I'm proud to say these techniques have also had a positive impact on my personal relationships outside of work.
Scott Lynn
Jim Warner offers a wealth of ability and experience for navigating life's rough water. His unique ability to confront in a caring manner encourages each of his clients to address their critical issues, and to be accountable for the results. In the serious pursuit of understanding and growth, you will find no better guide than Jim.
Andrew Daly
My personal transformation retreat with Jim allowed me to explore my strengths and shadows in a focused, supportive environment. I returned much better prepared for my next great opportunity. Jim’s support has continued beyond the retreat, anchoring the effectiveness and value.
Sam Goodner
Jim Warner facilitated our YPO Presidents' Retreat in 2010. To say that our group is demanding and hard to manage would be an understatement, yet Jim received our highest speaker ratings of anyone in the past several years. The general consensus was that Jim was both thought-provoking and delivered great take-home value.
David Stoup
Jim’s intuition is excellent and his delivery is awesome. The Personal Transformation Retreat is a ‘must do’ for anyone who wants to understand themselves and their relationships with others
Sabrina Kay
Jim Warner cares deeply and helped me clear the fog in my life. A two-day retreat with Jim jump-started my personal journey of self-discovery and reflection.
Robert Mulderig
Jim Warner has been a tremendous addition to a number of our YPO and WPO Forums. He has an amazing ability to get us to dig deep, seek the truth, and confront the destructive behaviors that hold us back from clean living. Jim is a warm, empathetic, great guy, and has become a friend in addition to a valued resource.
Ken Shubin Stein
Jim is world class! And, he’s a triple threat. He is very smart, very caring and very helpful. With a rare combination of compassion and directness Jim works tirelessly to help his clients and friends lead better, more successful careers and lives.
Rob Follows
Jim understands high achievers, how we interact, and what motivates us as people and business leaders. His work yields penetrating insights into what makes up and sustains a high-performance team.
Bobby Sager
Transitions are filled with opportunity. But you need to face yourself and be true. Jim Warner's intuitive, practical, and challenging guidance yields a return on investment that is beyond anything you ever knew.
Jim Ellis
Jim's presentation to our San Gabriel Valley WPO Chapter was spellbinding for our members. The dinner conversation afterward was as animated as I have ever seen it, ringing with thoughts from the talk. A truly memorable evening for our chapter. It was outstanding – not soon forgotten.
Bob Buford
I have known Jim Warner for over 25 years. He has first-rate skills in all phases of personal development -- individual, corporate, and couples.
Pat Christen
Living a fully engaged and joy-filled life is absolutely possible. Jim Warner's wise and energetic counsel with leaders and teams is exemplary. I have experienced firsthand the power of his work. He is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking a transformative path.
Ken May
I was blessed to be able to attend a two-day Personal Transformation Retreat with Jim. I can honestly say it changed my life. Jim allowed me to look at my life and the direction it was taking through many new lenses. Being able to reflect in midlife set me on a new course.
Hamid Moghadam
Working with Jim Warner was of tremendous value to our senior leadership team. We were able to identify and work through the obstacles that were getting in the way of our making and executing important organizational decisions. I am forever grateful to Jim for his work with our company.
John Donahoe
Jim is the most effective facilitator I have worked with. His combination of experience, judgment, and empathy allowed us to achieve real breakthroughs.
Wayne and Lisa Cooper
The “Empowering” program brought us close as a family and our early-20's children gained new insights for navigating early adulthood. Both young adults and parents, we urge you to attend this program. You will gain incredible value in just a few hours.
Rami Malhas
The “Empowering the Rising Generation” workshop is direct, real, raw … and transformational. Jim and Paul “held the space” masterfully as facilitators, guides, and coaches. As a result, Ramzi and I now have the tools and intention to navigate our differences and respect each other’s passions with encouragement and love.
Brian and Jill Moss
The Couples Retreat facilitated by Jim Warner and his team was the single most valuable YPO experience we’ve shared in more than 6 years as members of YPO. For any chapter looking to forge deeper connections, Jim’s experiential approach is unique, effective and worth very serious consideration.
