"Tom has a unique ability to listen, to comprehend the spoken and unspoken message and to react with an insightful question or challenge that helps me achieve a greater clarity of thought. He has taken the time to really get to know me, my organization, and the people around me. In this way, Tom has provided invaluable assistance in helping me to achieve my personal, professional and organizational goals."

• Gary Buechler
  CEO
  Investment Management
  Business Unit

"We have been stuck with the same service delivery model for too long. It's not meeting the needs of our researchers and caregivers and we know it. My team talked to our customers, went on great site visits and came back with literally hundreds of new ideas. They took the best, stepped up, dealt with very tough organizational issues and pushed to implementation with little prodding from me. This was a very successful experiment and has since led to a series of additional improvements in operations and leadership. I'm ready to do it again."

• Han Nachrieb
  Vice President
  Cancer Research and Treatment Center

"Tom Faure skillfully galvanized our business by transforming employees into stakeholders who felt great accountability for where our business is heading. His initial efforts created excitement and enthusiasm. Unlike most strategic planning sessions, his continued follow-up kept the momentum vibrant even after his assignment was complete. I would heartily recommend Tom for any business that wants to grow and become more profitable."

• Roy E. Pogrzeba
  Principle in Charge
  Intl. Construction Firm

"The 90-day cycle is a brilliant mechanism for creating fast change. It is the epitome of the new age of participation engaging all stakeholders in creating a shared destiny. The 90 days is a forcing function that accepts no excuses and rejects needless perfection. The mentality becomes it's good enough and the organization moves forward. If you change the process, you change the live of the whole organization."

• Susan Isenberg, Ph.D., R.N.
  Lindenwood University

"I've been in this hospital before and I didn't want to come back. This time, everything has been different. I don't wait for someone to answer my call light it's immediate. My care has been wonderful. And I am 87 years old."

• Patient
  Community Hospital

"Tom Faure was invaluable to me as a new executive in charge of Business Development and marketing who was entering into a large organization in the beginning of an economic downturn. He has worked with our company for many years and has a deep understanding of our culture, which helped me navigate the challenges of trying to influence strategic, cultural and behavioral changes necessary for prospering in a contracting marketplace. Tom's exposure and experience bring a fresh look at other innovative ideas and philosophies that have helped our company further explore our value proposition through the work he does with us to create and implement growth strategies. Tom started out as a consultant and became a trusted friend and advisor."

• Kelly Benedict
  Vice President – Business Development And Marketing
  Intl. Construction Firm

"My development has helped me understand the influence I have on my team. I now know the parameters that can affect performance. We have shattered production expectations, and have moved from a team that operated in silos to a Team that operates as one. I now energize, motivate, and lead the team to become the best in this asset. The team accepts accountability and ownership to their well sites so that we can safely deliver production to North America."

• Louis Vigil
  Team Leader
  International Oil Company

"Over the past several years, I have worked with Vibrant Enterprise Associates, and specifically with Tom Faure, on a number of issues related to the growth, restructuring and advancement of my company. In every instance, Tom has helped me and my team figure out what is the best path. By guiding, allowing and encouraging us to find our own solutions, we have 100% buy-in from the entire team. This has helped us reach our goals as a team rather than as individuals."

• Terry Hanrahan
  President/CEO
  March & Associates IIc

"We established a new, young leadership team in response to the Board's decision to embark on a financial and operational turnaround and no team member had ever held a management or leadership position. With Tom's support, we now have a high performance team delivering results that exceed strategic goals."

• Christine Spadafor
  CEO
  Not-for-Profit

"You pushed us to have the conversations we needed to have with each other that we have avoided or whispered about in private. Now we understand each other better, deal with issues more effectively, and together deliver better care for our patients."

• Charge Nurse
  Community Hospital

"I've always felt on the outside now I feel I am part of the care team."

• Patient's Spouse