Mandy came along when I couldn’t see the forest for the trees. Since attending Mandy’s Higher Performing People Mastermind Groups, I have been able to fortify my confidence as a business leader, identify growth opportunities within my business and build a strategy for executing my plans. Mandy has helped me become a better leader, manager and partner by reminding me to focus on the contributions I can make in areas that most positively impact my business. She has always kept me accountable, and doesn’t let me get distracted from the goals I set for myself.  I’m a small shiny objects person, so I definitely needed that.

Since working with Mandy, I’ve stepped into my leadership role whole heartedly. I’ve added employees, built a strategic plan and fostered a culture of growth. I can credit Mandy for a great deal of my current success and the onward growth of my business.

Initially I was attracted to Mandy because of her obvious and compelling honesty and no nonsense style. Mandy really encouraged me to think big, to go as far as I think I can, to think of other ways to draw in clients and develop a client base. I have still got a long way to go but I feel confident that thanks to Mandy Schumaker’s solid foundations I will have a good chance of achieving my goals. 

Meeting Mandy at a networking event was a stroke of great luck for my business. Mandy was so excited about the technology I offer and clearly had the intelligence and experience to be of great service to me. She taught me how to find the “low-hanging fruit” and increase my sales with minimal effort. In a year that has seen job loss and foreclosures, my business has increased 15%. 

I am so thankful that I found Mandy Schumaker and Higher Performing People. To have someone with Mandy’s experience and professionalism focused on my business has been amazing, empowering and transformative. With Mandy’s help I’ve been able to:

-Meet more ideal clients and like-minded business professionals who are ‘playing a bigger game’
-Identify weaknesses in my business model and focus on the fundamentals, leading to a healthier business
-Put myself ‘out there’ in a bigger way, reaching out to prospects and networking in more effective ways.”

What I love about Mandy is that she combines practical business knowledge and accountability with a deep understanding of what makes people tick. Not only has she helped me move my business forward in many ways, she has also helped me to get out of my own way. Since working with Mandy, I have developed better business goals, created a newsletter, started doing speaking engagements, and am in closer contact with my ideal clients.

Mandy has helped me set important goals, take practical steps toward achieving them, and better organize my freelance science writing and editing business. I think what sets Mandy apart, however, is that she is a profoundly gifted listener and a creative problem-solver who is also high-powered, smart, good-humored and kind. That is a rare combination.

My company, HOMER, an ed tech start up based in New York engaged Mandy as a Leadership Coach for our executive team a little over a year ago. Since that time, Mandy has received universal positive reviews from every one of our Managers. Her coaching has had a measurable impact on the team’s ability to have direct conversations, create structures for accountability, and think strategically. All of which has positively impacted company performance. Coaching has been one of the most worthwhile investments HOMER has made to date.