Testimonials

It is a pleasure to provide my strongest possible recommendation for Vance Crocker as an innovative leader, teacher and mentor.

I have known Vance for over 30 years and even in his early period as a young military officer, Vance displayed exceptional leadership skills.  In the years that followed, his personal attributes as a leader and his ability to drive performance excellence grew to remarkable levels.

It would be extremely difficult to find another leader with Vance’s real-world experience as a leader, coach and mentor.

Perhaps even more valuable than his leadership and management experience is his friendliness, likability and his down to earth approach when interacting with others.  He is the type of person that everyone would want on their team.

I hired Vance to help my company based on his broad experience.

Vance has a passion and knack for developing leaders and has an incredible amount of hands on experience in developing leaders versus just academic knowledge and talk. As an Army officer, combat veteran and successful utility executive, he knows how to develop leaders of all kinds. If you have an organization with a big vision and want to develop your leaders to navigate change and drive organizational growth, I highly recommend Vance.

I’m fortunate to have worked and partnered with Vance for two decades.

During which time I valued, appreciated and leveraged his leadership skills, business acumen, and ability to tackle and manage change to benefit the organization’s culture, the team, and shareholders. I witnessed firsthand Vance’s capabilities to create a culture of authentic leadership among cross-functional teams to benefit all stakeholders. I recommend Vance as a leadership coach.

I have never worked with anyone as good at developing talent, leading and building company success as with Vance Crocker.

He truly brings out the best in people and organizations. As an organization leader, he was the catalyst for positive change, taking a poorly functioning team and reworked them into a well-oiled machine. He gave people ownership of their own work product, which created buy-in of the team, and led to overall team success. He worked with the members of the team to guide and build their own path to success, whether that be through developing their current skills, providing development opportunities for new skills and leadership, or finding unique paths for development. He left no page unturned, ensuring both he and his team developed transition and succession plans, and developing the next level of leaders. And with all of these positive changes, he created a robust, successful and proud organization. I would recommend Vance to any person, organization or company looking to create success – you will achieve it with him on your side.

Many people talk about leadership.  But when massive change or a crisis is presented, that’s when real leaders like Vance are revealed. 

I’ve seen Vance navigate all of that and more to achieve unprecedented success.  First, by listening, Vance builds and mentors those around him which makes him the go-to leadership coach for any team.  Vance is as comfortable talking with union folks in the shop as he is in the C suite, and that genuine ability to connect at all levels is a unique asset that can help your organization craft the difference between winning and losing in today’s turbulent business environment.

If you have the opportunity to work with Vance you will not be disappointed.

Vance is an intelligent and caring leader, a servant leader, and a brilliant business person. He understands human nature and uses that daily as he teaches, coaches and mentors.

I have had the distinct pleasure of knowing Vance for over twenty years. In those years, Vance served as an accomplished leader in the military as well as an officer and utility executive in several states. Vance’s knowledge of people and power has also made him as astute student of government affairs and politics.

Vance is dedicated to using his experience and wisdom to help grow others. He has done it in every role he has had. Building a relationship with Vance will make you wonder how you survived without him.

Vance Crocker isn’t just a leadership coach. He is the perfect blend of mentorship, experience under fire, keen sense of leadership potential and compassion.

I saw first hand, Vance take an organization …..… assess the significant, and to some, the insurmountable challenges of that organization and develop a solid leadership team. He coached both new and seasoned leaders into valuable positions within the business. Vance not only developed and strengthened their leadership skills but he developed character and a caring leadership team that the organization lacked. He completely transformed the organization and the leaders and in the process won over the trust and respect of communities and its political leaders. He did the impossible!!!

Vance is a proven leader with the ability to reshape organizational cultures, identify and develop leaders and deliver financial results through his energetic, sincere, and engaging approach. 

Vance was instrumental in transforming the safety culture of a challenging work group and fostering collaborative relationships with local community leaders.  Vance is a student of leadership who shared his passion for leadership development across the entire enterprise.  My personal leadership style has grown significantly through the many books recommended by Vance and our conversations on how to put those concepts to work in my organization. Vance is truly a one-of-a-kind talent who will help your organization and its leaders achieve long-term, sustainable success.

Over a period of years, I was fortunate to support, learn from and with, and ultimately find a great friend in Vance.

We are fellow veterans and senior leaders, and it became clear that his special mix of integrity, emotional intelligence, senior executive performance, and passion for continuous growth has positioned him well as a coach. As a leader and executive, Vance has coached and mentored leaders for years so I’m enthused and completely supportive of Vance moving into this next professional stage of life. He is already contributing and distinguishing himself in our field, with an outstanding future ahead.

Vance is a strong authentic leader who has tapped into the framework of emotional intelligence and investing in the whole person for leadership development.

I worked with Vance for more than 5 years and I owe so much of my professional development to his mentorship and coaching. He leads and empowers individuals and team to achieve goals.