Testimonials

  • “Thank you so much for your incredible coaching support over the past number of months. During our final session last week it was fascinating to revisit all that we’d covered and how things changed over the time we spent together. You helped me discover many important things about what excites me at work and what is important to me – you made such an impact.

    I am so grateful to have been coached by you."

    Jennifer Heynen, AVP Talent Management & HR Strategy, Financial Services

  • “Lara is an incredible people and organizational leader — the best I've met throughout my career. She has always provided sound and strategic counsel to management in dealing with issues and challenges. She is committed to talent management and providing the resources to help people grow and develop within an organization. She is also my coach — a tremendous listener who is not afraid to ask tough and uncomfortable questions. She provides me with the right amount of guidance, direction, and perspective, to stretch myself, my thinking and my understanding of what I have to offer and my potential as a leader."

    — Cristina Corragio, Executive Director, Advancement and Community Engagement

  • “Lara is a natural coach. Her values-centred guidance helped me focus on defining my priorities - both for my career and for my personal life - and establish actionable strategies to achieve them. Lara is a gifted listener and is able to weed through the business politics and emotional stress in order to distill what she has heard into valuable and credible insights. I always looked forward to coaching sessions because of Lara's uplifting, positive and fun personality, and I always left every session feeling empowered and motivated. I regularly draw upon the strategies and lessons she has provided me as my career and life evolve. She has not only been an amazing coach but also a caring mentor."

    — Jody Jacobson, Director, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

  • "Lara Koretsky is a gifted communicator, coach, and collaborator. She brings to her work with individuals and teams effortless grace, wisdom, and structures to create teams that work together, collaborate together, and move organizational strategy forward. Whether you are building a new team, reinventing former teams, or simply imagining a new and better way of working together, you will benefit from Lara’s proven approach to team building and team leading."

    —Dr. Sandra Boyes, Principal

  • "Working with Lara, whether in group sessions or 1-1 coaching, always leaves me with a sense of possibility. Lara will stick with you through the darkness of life's challenging moments and help you to see what could happen next. She brings a sense of empathy and levity to all of her interactions. Instead of problem-solving for you, she empowers you to dig into what is really going on and come up with your own action plan. Both virtually and in person, she is present and culture-focused, always returning to the group or individual's desired outcome. The end result is stronger, more insightful and resilient teams and people."

    — Isabelle Moore, Head of Modern Languages

  • "Lara is an empathetic and nurturing person who is able to create an environment of openness and encouragement amongst the groups that she facilitates. She is a skilled communicator who clearly articulates both the end goal of the training and the processes that are deployed in order to meet these ends. Her positive and warm demeanour helps to ensure that participants feel safe and supported so that they can explore their areas of development, take risks, and share their learnings with others in the group. I would highly recommend Lara's services to any organization that is looking to put an emphasis on courageous communication within teams, and the personal/professional growth of its employees."

    —Charlie Mills, Head of Interdisciplinary Studies

  • “As a facilitator, Lara is engaging and professional and makes her sessions collaborative and fun. She is an excellent presenter and you always leave her sessions feeling like you’ve learned something and grown as a professional. As a coach, Lara is truly one of a kind. I wasn’t sure what coaching was when I started, but my life and my career began to take off as a result of the process. I was so inspired I even started taking courses in coaching! Whether you’re a new employee or a leader in your field, this experience will benefit you greatly.”

    —Candace Harrison, VP

  • “Lara's ability to engage participants in thought-provoking and relevant exercises is exceptional. She provides an array of tools, allocates time to practice and refine skills, and offers a variety of resources and takeaways to deepen learning.”

    — Patricia Alviano, VP

  • "Lara is very skilled at engaging a group of people with diverse interests and ideas. She listens attentively, valuing each person's unique perspective, and helping group members see multiple perspectives ."

    —Gina Kay, Executive Director Student Services

  • " She's a good mom."

    —Felix, son