What Great Leaders Say about Fawn Germer
Tim Davis, CEO, The UPS Store
“Wow, Fawn! You made the conference. Thanks for giving everybody the energy and insight they need to take the risks that will drive their success.
Kathy Casey, CEO Simply Better Brands
“Fawn Germer is an original – someone who brings out the best in her audience because she shows how to expect and embrace obstacles because opportunity hides inside of them. She’s funny, inspiring and, for me, a real life-changer.”
Christopher Iacoi, Chief Financial Officer, UCLA Athletics
“From the first moment you meet her, you know that Fawn is real. Her down to earth, inspirational message is genuine. She is able to connect with and relate to everyone in her audience through her experiences and upbeat personality.”
Wilson Zhu, COO, Li & Fung
“Why is Fawn so powerful and influential over peoples’ lives? It is her unique ability to read people inside-out, then connect and resonate with them naturally. You talk to her for one minute and you get it instantly.”
Kimberly Senter, Fmr. Senior Director of Customer Development, Unilever
“Fawn, we were so glad you came to speak at Unilever! It is amazing how you stand in front of an audience and connect so personally that every one of us felt like you were talking directly to us.”
Jill B. Smart, President, National Academy of Human Resources
If you take nothing else away from your encounter with Fawn Germer, you will learn that striving to outdo yourself will make almost anything possible. Fawn urges people to take risks, push themselves to their limits and believe in themselves – and have fun while doing so! “
Sharon Belto, National Account Sales Director, Hallmark (also hired Fawn at Novartis)
“For any company looking to increase engagement scores and improve employee morale, Fawn is a MUST hire as a speaker. Fawn always finds the right balance between quality coaching and humor to engage the audience and leave a lasting impression; they will be laughing one moment, and holding back tears the next!”
Laura Schwieterman, Bayer Healthcare
“You were the show! We really depended on you to pull off Bayer’s WLI National Event between your keynote speech and moderating of the panel. And, you’ll see from the scores — you delivered! Your enjoyable, story-telling style makes you an incredibly engaging and fun speaker for the audience. Your website sets you up as a motivational speaker – but you offer so much more with leadership development content. Plus, you did a great job moderating the panel – what an added bonus. It was our best event to date!”
Liz Corey. Director, Global Talent Acquisition & Corporate HR, Masonite (Also hired Fawn to keynote at Harris Corp. and PWC)
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Fawn on multiple occasions. She is an excellent speaker, author and overall outstanding human being. Having hired Fawn for a three keynote addresses at different companies, I have to say that she is always on point and relevant. She meets you where you are at, listens to your needs and crafts a message that is inspirational and motivational based on real world experiences.”
Alicia Adamson, Senior Director, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
“Fawn is an amazing human being first, which makes her an extraordinary leader! She delivers her full self in an authentic way through her books and her speaking. She has a true calling to leadership and empowerment. She inspired over 2000 leaders at our annual Women’s Leadership Breakfast and left everyone thinking about the life they should be living and how it paying it forward actually moves you forward! Fawn is one of a kind and a real joy to work with.”
Carol Fairbank, Director of Employee Focus, Cisco Systems
“Fawn is a highly engaging speaker, with so many motivating and entertaining stories to share. She brings the experience of a celebrated journalist, a shrewd business leader, and a determined athlete who has faced those life-shaping challenges and successes that resonate deeply with her audience. The hour-long presentation was not nearly enough!”
Marie Quintana, Executive Vice President, Tenet Healthcare
“Fawn has had a tremendous impact on my life. She touches an emotional chord that pushes us out of our comfort zones. Her real life stories help all of us to realize that our shortcomings can turn out to be our greatest gifts. She challenges us to take risks and pull ourselves to a level we never thought we dared to go.”
Barb Hartman, Former Vice President, Customer Business Development, Procter and Gamble
“Fawn Germer has the uncanny ability to capture an audience at every touchpoint possible. She is smart, witty, charming, challenging, thought provoking, and engaging – all at the same time. She captures both the mind and the heart by inspiring men and women not just to go for the gold, but to get it!”
Theresa Bertucci, VP of Business Development & External Manufacturing at Kraft Heinz Company
“Fawn did an excellent job at motivating the audience. The best part was inviting her to dinner and spending one on one time with her and a team of about 10 other women – we had great conversation.”
Carlos Orga, Embassy of Switzerland, Minister, Presence Switzerland
“Fawn Germer made our night of Hard Won Wisdom one of the most successful events ever held at the Swiss Embassy. It was a memorable night filled with fresh thought and vision, and it worked because her comfort with the audience made us so comfortable with her.”
Robin Rodin, Former Director of Leadership Development for GlaxoSmithKline
“Fawn weaves a gripping personal tale into the leadership lesson and has everyone on the edge of their seat. She is warm, engaging, and builds lasting friendships from her associations. I highly recommend Fawn and would hire her again in a heartbeat.”
Liz Coyle, Executive Vice President, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
“She grabbed and held the attention of our 300+ attendees. By way of sharing the insights and learnings she’s assembled from hundreds of interviews with successful men and women, she showed us that success and advancement will always hard — its hard for everyone– but with a passion to succeed and the courage to move the obstacle in front of us — or to go around it — we too can accomplish great things.”
Allison Paul, Past President, Network of Executive Women
“Fawn is a wonderful author, speaker and friend who the Network of Executive Women considers one of its greatest supporters. We hired Fawn to write a book about the amazing women leaders of our industry-a real turning point for our organization- as we published it and sold over 15,000 copies! Fawn has been a key partner touring the country and facilitating panels… Fawn continues to be a source of inspiration, ideas and support for the Network.”
Kathy Hannan, Managing Partner, KPMG
“WOW. Fawn is terrific, she absolutely understands the issues. More important, she knows how to truly connect with men and women to help them understand how to capture opportunities and challenge themselves. Fawn’s realism comes across both as a speaker and author. She has lived her lessons and her honesty makes a difference.”
Paolo Costa, Board Chairman, MacroGenics, Former CEO Novartis
“Fawn Germer’s powerful points about taking initiative and overcoming obstacles are outstanding. Her down-to-earth style, personal experiences and sense of humor drive her message home.”
Dr. Gerardo J. Melendez, Director, US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Fawn Germer hit the target! Her poignant story-telling captivated our highly technical workforce and delivered a message that reinforced the Army leadership tenets. Whether discussing risk-taking or using the golden rule, Fawn was loud and clear! Leadership matters and now is the perfect time to make a difference.