Fast Break Consulting

Why work with Fast Break Consulting?

With a track record of success working inside corporations and as an external consultant in a variety of organizations, Ms. Shoemaker can draw on a wealth of experience and knowledge of how organizations change. But, the best source of information about us is the clients we have worked with.

“It is not often that you find someone who really understands the total company environment from high tech to low tech. Sharon practically became one of the family, building the trust and rapport that was necessary to learn things even managers weren’t aware of. Needless to say, Sharon accomplished our objectives with flying colors.”

Wayne Moran
CEO
Mortek Corporation

“On the personal coaching side, Sharon is no nonsense. She opens you up to the possibilities of drastic improvement in the organization. She made us come to grips with deciding who are the players in the organization who are going to carry us forward, who were not, and the way to keep the ones who are. She has an uncanny ability to get to the core issue the team is avoiding on the table, in a non-confrontational way. When the team is kidding itself, she calls us on it. She does not permit wishful thinking.”

Barry James Folsom
CEO
PlaceWare, Inc.

“Sharon gets right to the heart of the problem. The north Bay Council, a coalition of area businesses, asked her to consult on a difficult transition for our board. It was a sea change for us and Sharon was enormous help in this process. She helped us focus on difficult issues and showed us ways to build consensus among a group of CEO’s from very diverse companies. Working with Sharon was a series of “ah ha’s “ Her depth of understanding organizational issues is truly masterful”.

Mary Jaeger
Executive Director
North Bay Council

“What I appreciate about Sharon, given I am a technical person who works on the details, is she helped us take a broader view. As we worked on an issue, we really needed to see the larger problem. She could use the results of the meetings in specific ways to map for us what was happening. Everybody got it, because we could see it in action. She tailored her observations to us specifically.

She encouraged us to have conversations about communications, marketing, and teamwork – subjects technologists don’t gravitate to having among themselves.

As a result [of having] Sharon work with us, communication is better. We have a lot of employees and many contractors. There is a lot of difficulty that causes. We are better integrated into teams. We are better at looking at the lessons learned and bringing those learnings to the next project.”

Lisa M. Bausell
Sr. Mgr. Network Systems
State Compensation Insurance Fund

“Dear Sharon,

The Design Team wanted to write and tell you how much we appreciated your guidance and input in helping us get our Kick-off meeting up and running.

You were more than efficient and great fun, and kept the whole process rolling along while still keeping us in line. Plus you drew the ideas out of us that would make it unique to our group…. We would have no hesitation in recommending you to any group or organization that needed project management and development and wanted it done with fun and style.”

Thomas M. Kelly
Vice President, Education Products
Oracle Corporation

“It is a pleasure to work with Sharon as a consultant. She is professional and knowledgeable, full of new ideas and approaches. She didn’t attempt to make our project fit a certain mold; instead she worked with my team and the entire project to develop a method that would most benefit our project and our organization. And not only did I learn a great deal.

The most positive result of Sharon’s involvement in our I.T. organization is the increased conversation and partnering that occurs in projects. Projects used to be kept within the specific I.T. unit responsible for the project. Because of Sharon’s involvement and encouragement, this project has representatives from all aspects of the business.”

Kathy Paxton
Leader, User Transition Team
Windows 2000 Project
State Compensation Insurance Fund