Tom Crea

Tom provided a 60-minute webinar that focused on self-improvement toward becoming a better leader. He was organized, professional and was a pleasure to work with. As the organizer, I had the opportunity to see attendee positive feedback from an audience that included a wide array of attendees ranging from employee to executive. Tom sustained interest throughout, and more than half remained well past the scheduled end of our webinar. Tom’s session hit the mark!

Tom approached time management from the perspective of identifying personal values first, then aligning your time. Once you have done that, it becomes much easier to make decisions about time and achieve the results you want. Tom’s engaging manner provided an environment of open discussion and individual learning for our members.

As our 13th year was drawing to a close, we at Leadership Washington County were looking for a speaker to drive home the essence of our curriculum to our current class. I met Tom through a mutual friend, and I knew right away he was the perfect choice to be our closing speaker.

He agreed to speak at our “Leadership in a Changing Society” session, and our participants discovered how to integrate their values and beliefs into their own leadership styles and learned about communicating and connecting with their staff on a higher level. His energy was infectious, and our group responded better than I had even hoped. One comment from our class resonated with me and best captures Tom’s message, “Tom provided a deeper, more refined approach to leadership for me; I feel more confident in my own style as a result.”

He drove home our message beautifully, and we plan to invite him back to open our class for next year.

Jeffrey Fondelier, LWC Board President
June 2014

Tom was asked to spend a morning session that would inspire my staff toward greater cooperation and teamwork. His presentation was extremely effective. Simply put, by lunch there was a buzz in the office that I had not seen in years.