Testimonials

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What clients and partners are saying...

Halelly is value added. Her creative approaches, knowledge base, personal skills, and uncompromising integrity insures measured success. Highly recommend her talents!
— Elaine Biech, ebb associates inc, training and consulting author and expert
...Halelly is a natural talent in facilitation and leading people. She raises the bar as she so masterfully demonstrates the art of facilitation. The seemless transitions, clear instructions, and deeper dives into her experience and knowledge all serve to validate her credibility as a subject matter expert. With a powerfully intuitive sense for what is needed in the moment to meet the needs of her audience you feel her vibrant energy in the room and you know you’re in for an amazing experience.
— Ken Buch, former Senior Consultant, Management Concepts, Inc.
As the HR Magazine of Turkey, we hosted Halelly Azulay in our 17th Trainers Summit, in May 2014, in Istanbul. It was a pleasure for us to work with her. She was very well prepared for the session. Her communication and people skills were excellent. She was responsible, creative and high motivated. She had good dialogue with the participants. We would like to sincerely thank her for her contribution to our event.
— Ülgen Özmen, Assistant General Manager at HRdergi
On behalf of the American Financial Services Association, I would like to thank you for contributing so highly to the success of our conference in Florida. Your presentation on “5 Practices for a Better Performance Management Approach,” was just what I was hoping for and received excellent comments by attendees. Thank you for taking the time to speak with several CEOs from our member companies about how they manage performance to customize your presentation for our group. I also appreciate the extra time you spent with our HR Committee. I look forward to working with you again in the near future.
— Sheilah J. Harrison, Vice President, Member Services at AFSA
Halelly designed and facilitated a fantastic team building workshop for our Operations Division Kick Off Event. She architected an activity that met the defined business objectives and provided additional team building interaction.It also included actionable takeaways that added value from a strategic perspective.The entire Operations Division was very impressed and spoke extremely favorably about the entire experience.
— Amy P. Kelly, director, learning & organizational development, immixGroup, Inc.
Halelly, you are a gem! We could not have done this without your talents, commitment and dedication. Thank you.
— Helena Light Hadley, former Vice President, Organization and Talent Development, FINRA
Halelly presented via webinar on concepts from her book, Employee Development on a Shoestring. She was attentive to listening to our specific needs as a company and shaped her presentation to relate directly to our culture. She was flexible in her approach and looked for “value-adds” to ensure we would find practical benefit from her time with us... a great partner in learning!
— Joel Lamoreaux, Organization Effectiveness Consultant, Deluxe Corporation
…[O]ur sincerest THANKS for your…training sessions yesterday. It’s not an easy group especially given their varied backgrounds, and you were able to pull everything we were looking for together and nicely engage them – the whole day was just so terrific. The feedback so far from the team has been positive and I really think you managed to break through to many of our Sales Engineers. I know that everyone will take your advice and recommendations…and apply it in the work place… I will highly recommend you.
— Kelly H., leading global communications ‘Technology Fast500’ company
One of the best professional development and performance management professionals I’ve worked with in [all my] years in the field.
— Jon Desenberg, Consulting Director, The Performance Institute
[Conference] participants .... found your experience and insights enriching and beneficial, the examples/exercises you provided illumnative, and your facilitation skills refined.
— Hanna Ashar, Ph.D., and Maureen Lane-Maher, Ph.D. Professors, College of Management and Business, National-Louis University DC
By every measure, this is already an incredibly successful year thanks to you. Please accept my appreciation of your hard work and efforts. They are paying off, and I knew you would do a great job because that is who you are – a great example of excellence in a leader for ASTD! Thanks for being you!
— Sardek P. Love, Past President, Metro DC ASTD
It was a real pleasure working with you. There is no doubt in my mind that a large part of the reason for the success of the recent California training initiative was your hard work, planning, and the first-class materials you created... I am grateful for the time we had to work together. Please accept my very best wishes for your every success.
— Gary D. Lipkin, Associate Vice President and Associate General Counsel, FINRA

What audience members & seminar participants are saying...

Dynamic facilitator, excellent material with many take aways. One of the best sessions!”
”Absolutely phenomenal!!! Sooooo many ideas!!”
”Energetic, well organized, effective time management, adaptable, sincere, clear, engaging.”
”Handled the room well.... kind courteous, and knowledgeable.”
”Wonderful! Top notch!
— ATD International Conference & Expo attendees (a 4-day conference attended by over 10,000 from over 80 countries)
Best session I attended!
— Conference attendee
I would also like to personally thank you. I felt your presentation was one of the best I have attended.
— W. M., Operations Manager, Property Management company
Very enlightening and enriching - learned a lot about myself and created goals to improve/ enhance performance at work and at home... This program exceeded my expectations!
Halelly is outstanding. She easily personalizes information and/or breaks it down to be relatable and effective. Her enthusiasm is infectious.
That Webinar was one of the best I have been part of. Lots of useful information.
The presenter was motivated, energetic and facilitated great discussions.
The most interactive course I’ve ever taken. Great job Halelly!
The program was very interactive, instructor stayed on topic but also promoted an open dialog.
Instructor is very enthusiastic and makes the subject interesting which allows me to better understand the subject
Halelly did a great job in explaining and teaching the concepts
Program was very informative, presented well... Halelly did a great job!
Halelly was great in relating the information and gave us great examples.
Facilitator — knowledgeable; enthusiastic; skillful; effective.
The facilitator was lively, kept our interests in the discussion, making it a great learning experience.