Recent Client Successes

FSi Consulting Engineers

“When it was time for our smaller firm to renegotiate our consulting rates with a large, local Fortune 500 firm, we called Jeanette Nyden in for coaching on negotiation. Previous negotiations had taken 6 iterations and 3 months to complete, netting only 5% increase per year - which was less than the annual increase in the cost of doing business. After working with Jeanette, our negotiations took one meeting and resulted in a complete reworking of our compensation method with our client - netting a 15% increase in our rates!” Michael Eshelman, Principal FSi Consulting Engineers

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DataLight

"I highly recommend Jeanette to help strategize for a difficult negotiation. Jeanette facilitated meetings which gave us insight, tools and a plan to more effectively negotiate a complex situation. Her down to earth approach helped us get to the heart of the matter and get a plan in place to move the negotiations forward." Roy Sherrill, President, Datalight

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Pacific Lutheran University, MBA Program

"Jeanette did a terrific job teaching the Effective Negotiation course at our MBA Program. With only 2 weeks notice, she designed the class to be both interactive and rigorous. The course balanced negotiation theory with real world practice, giving the students the tools necessary to effectively negotiate a variety of everyday business issues. I've heard very positive feedback from the students that they found this class to be very applicable to today's business climate." Diane MacDonald, Associate Dean, School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University

"I want to let you know how much I enjoyed this (Effective Negotiation) class. I think you did a wonderful job of balancing lecture, discussion, and class activity, which helped keep me interested and in the process learn a great deal. I also appreciate the fact that you truly challenged us to learn and master the material. Thank you very much for all of your efforts." Joshua Carter, C CIV FISC, US Navy. PLU MBA Graduate 2006.

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Advanced-Input, Esterline Industries

"I hired Jeanette Nyden based on several recommendations. Jeanette described her mission in life as a consultant was to 'level the playing field for small to mid-sized companies who are negotiating with larger, multi national companies'. Exactly what we were looking for. Over a two day period Jeanette trained over 50 members of our staff – both buyers and salespeople, technical and non-technical. What I expected for this training was someone who could provide our staff with basic negotiation skills. What Jeanette delivered was totally tailored to our business with a clear understanding of our challenges." Randy Noland, Dir. Marketing Esterline Advanced Input Systems

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Service Master Clean

“I hired Jeanette to do two workshops for us (one in Portland, OR and the other in Colorado Springs) on negotiation skills. What a tremendous presenter and teacher Jeanette is. She is an excellent communicator and makes a difficult subject look easy. Our franchise owners left with new ideas and a framework for working through difficult customer and employee relationships. I would highly recommend Jeanette to anyone. She is great to work with, enthusiastic, and even followed up after the workshop with our franchise owners to see how they were doing. This was completely unsolicited.” Andy Beal, Regional Manager, Service Master Clean

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Apex Facility Resources

"I implemented the negotiation skills right away and I am amazed at the results. Before the seminar, I was not giving myself a price and value range to negotiate within and now I am. That alone was worth the price of admission." Marlaine McCauley, President Apex Facility Resources, Inc.

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Hope Heart Institute

"I now view negotiating as an opportunity to advocate for my organization, which is something I like doing very much. My organization likes the results too!" Liz McKinney, Clinical Research Administrative Manager, Hope Heart Institute.

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Center for Wooden Boats

"Jeanette has been helping us with some significant and serious negotiations. She has facilitated meetings of Center for Wooden Boats staff and executive committee to help us articulate our goals for the negotiations, she coaches us on how to approach the actual negotiations, and she helps us make sense of the overall situation and develop a plan to approach each step of the process."

"The thing that most impresses me about Jeanette is she’s so clear-headed! She will take a maze of different ideas and details and synthesize them into a very clear framework and make it look effortless. It’s also true that her business and professional experience helps her to zero right into the tough issues." Betsy Davis, Executive Director Center for Wooden Boats