Testimonials for TeamTrainers

"Best presenter… practical… comical… useful… great… unqualified thanks…"

A Sample of Jim in Action

"Having had the opportunity to see Jim in action when he guest-taught sections of my class, I can say that he brings an informed and high-energy approach to building teams. He's grounded in the science, but focused on how to give individuals focused, actionable suggestions on creating highly effective teams."
—Assistant Professor Brad Staats, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

"Thanks so much for coming to the Leadership Development Council and giving us a great education on what works and what doesn’t. The group found it a very valuable use of their time."—Brian Kinahan, Managing Partner, Summit Performance Systems.

"Everyone was really impressed with your method—liked the down to the point and practical application of your system. It was very easy to understand and follow. If we put your steps into place, the workflow will become less stressful and improve our work processes. I can't wait to begin to put (them) into practice for our own group."—Gwen Belcredi, Supportive Housing Development Officer, North Carolina Housing Finance Agency.

"Jim's SuddenTeams methodology is a fact-based approach to working with teams—an area that is often governed by misinformation… It is very well received by students, and I look forward to reading his newly available book…"
—Kevin Archbold, PMP, PMI-SP, Consulting Manager, Key Consulting Inc. (Tucson, AZ).

"It was a great lecture and I just want to thank you again. Below are some comments from the students."
—Professor Brian Farkas, Dept. of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State Univ.

• "I thought he was great! He was a wonderful public speaker and very comical! He also taught very strong points and explained them very well!"
• "I really liked the presentation. Since then I have been telling everyone about it and telling them they should get his book."
• "I enjoyed having Mr. Morgan come in and speak with our class. I definitely feel like I benefited from his advice on how to plan out the project. I was/am still nervous about the execution of the project, but his guidelines were very helpful and I'm hopeful that my group will employ his methods, as they seem to be the way to do things."
• "I thought he was very helpful. All of the information was very useful. I feel that even if students had heard some of the information before, it helped (make) them aware of how to be a better team player in the project…"

"Jim Morgan has my unqualified thanks as the creator of a grounded, skilled team, who by the end of their training had bonded with each other and with him. My background is as a middle-school educator, so you can imagine how many teambuilding seminars I've attended, ropes course included. Jim's work is nothing like that…

"When the team was assembled, he led them in creating a charter, a covenant, and other documents to ground their governance body and its work. He led them in learning to facilitate their meetings and in beginning to work with the committees and members. Then he launched them and took on the role of consultant. Along the way he ruffled very few feathers, an amazing feat when you're starting almost from zero."
—Linda Stratford, President, Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh (NC).

"The evaluations were fantastic on your session. Many said you were one of the best trainers they had ever seen!"
—Jamilyn Cole, Conventions Program Manager, N.C. Jaycees.

"A+ Best presenter in a long time."
—Evaluation comment, N.C. Project Management Institute Pharmaceutical Committee.

"Three swings, three homers! Three touchdowns in one quarter! However you put it, my students are still talking about your Teams production in our class… Thank you for speaking so cogently to my three classes. We now have something we can refer to during the remainder of the quarter."
—Professor Al Gibson, Business Administration Program, Univ. of Washington-Bothell.

"Jim, today's speaker, was both engaging and informative with a topic that ALL business owners and senior management should be schooled in. I would highly recommend his classes…"
—Rick Silver, Southeast Technology Management Services.

"(T)hank you for putting on such an excellent presentation. The young leaders in my group commented on how much I was laughing during your presentation. I told them it was because I have been working on teams for most of my life and really understood what you were talking about. Despite some pretty serious teamwork training, I was really impressed with your ideas about 'consensus'… I think that after some additional review of my notes I will be able to put what you mentioned to work."
—Ashley Nemeth, Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference.

"Jim presents an appreciable depth of knowledge on a number of subjects, but I'm amazed at the truly actionable knowledge Jim brings to the table with his teamwork training program. Having been exposed to a number of his presentations and impacted personally by his keen advice, I would wholeheartedly endorse Jim as a valuable resource for any company looking to drastically improve their project and team effectiveness.”
—Allen Sheffield, Coyote Logistics

"Thank you for your thoughtful and powerful presentation… You have an innate ability to reach a broad staff spectrum with your coaching techniques. Your mental focusing practices, listening techniques, and perspective-adjusting tools armed us with a new approach to life here at the SPCA."
—Hope Hancock, Executive Director, SPCA of Wake County.