“…Deeply grateful for the doors you have opened up for me…”
It wasn’t an accident that, at least 7-8 years since our last contact while I was training with RCS, I decided to reach out to you to coach me to the next level. There was a feeling of trust around your calm and confident manner and your deep understanding of their approach to coaching. Already, you have exceeded my expectations in your wisdom, pacing, use of powerful questions, responsiveness, and willingness to share materials you think I’ll like. I am deeply grateful for the doors you have opened up for me and am really looking forward to the many unknown ways you will challenge me to grow…!
Update February 2023: Renee, you get a lot of credit for helping me turn adversity into opportunity, dead ends into moments of reflection, and ambitions into realities. You are a true coaches’ coach, and I look forward to tapping into your special brand of wisdom again in the future.
Pratt Bennet - Vice President, Learning and Development, AceUp
“Great job being positive, real, and adapting…keeps us on track.
Renee’s doing a great job being positive, real, and adapting. She keeps us on track, but also is aware that the usual formulas don’t work right now. When we collectively need to go off road a bit, she keeps it in context for us.
Feedback from Chief Executive Women Core Group facilitations
“Helped me stay sane; played an important role in my transition”
Thank you so much again for all your help and support -- I couldn't have made it through the last year with as much of my brain intact as there is without you. Thank you for helping me stay sane and playing an enormously important role in my transition out of (former company). I'm very grateful to you.
Chief of Staff, Engineering Business Unit at Microsoft
“Caring and insightful coach; get clarity”
I worked with Renée for almost 9 months. I found her mentoring and Executive Coaching skills to be on spot on point. Renée is a caring and insightful coach, and I valued her help and assistance. I would highly recommend Renée as an Executive Coach for any person who needs help action planning and to gain clarity on their professional, and personal, situations.
“Exceptional, collaborative, organized, subject matter expert, employee focused, meticulous, exceptional communications skills, strategic thinker”
I can't say enough about how exceptional Renée is to work with. I worked directly with Renée on a myriad of important corporate HR initiatives to include, but not limited to, Mentoring Programs, Early Career Development Programs (ECDP), Diversity and Inclusion Programs, Supervisor Training and Development Programs, and Executive Level Coaching Programs. Renee was always pleasant to work with, worked cooperatively and collaboratively within a team, is very organized and detailed oriented, is very experienced/subject matter expert, and always works in the best interest of the employees in the organization. She is very precise, meticulous, and possesses exceptional written and oral communication skills. I find her greatest strength is her strategic thinking in that she is able to assess training and/or development gaps in an organization and then develop effective and sustainable programs to eliminate the gap and strengthen the organization. The work she did for us at Covanta was exceptional and greatly appreciated.
Dan Caraccio - Vice President and General Manager, Covanta Energy
“Leadership development program design and delivery.
Professional, engaging, knowledgeable, flexible, pleasure to work with”
Renée and I have worked together for the past seven years. She was instrumental in designing and delivering, and now managing, our very first formal in-house leadership development programs for first-line supervisors and mid-level leaders. What began as mostly Operations-centered courses soon expanded to include leaders from all areas of the business. She developed and facilitated a robust after-training program to extend and reinforce the learning from these programs, and also has created and led other custom one-off workshops to meet individual departmental needs. As a facilitator, Renée engages audiences at all levels and provides a fun, informative, and highly effective experience. As a training and development lead, I have always found her to be professional, knowledgeable, flexible, and a pleasure to work with…you will too!
Jay Lehr - Vice President Plant Operations, Anaergia Services
“Talented coach, guides and encourages teams to next level”
Five years ago my team was struggling to achieve basic goals. Teamwork was weak and trust was low. That all changed thanks to Renée Toplansky. The training, guidance and encouragement she provided set us on a new path. Now we routinely break production records. She's a talented coach who knows how to bring out the best in people. If your team isn't performing at their best, if results are average and you're having a hard time getting to the next level then Renée's your solution!
“Loved my coaching sessions; putting what we worked on into practice”
Thank you so much for all of your time and great insights. I loved my coaching sessions and have already been putting a lot of what we worked on into practice.
Karen Kanan Corréa, Program Manager, Energy Foundation