Division Superintendent, Plant Services and Engineering

Martin Thompson is a very effective and committed project manager, change leader, and leadership coach. I was very impressed by Martin’s work with our company in a very successful organizational transformation. Martin worked with us in a very collaborative manner to develop a plan for organizational excellence, to build a case for change at all levels of the organization, to effectively implement changes to greatly improve organizational performance, and to implement a sustainability plan to maintain the change. Martin is an exceptional leadership coach - effectively coaching leaders at all levels in the organization. We are a much better organization as a result of Martin’s work with us.

Vice President, Chemical Manufacturing

Martin is an experienced and results oriented leader.  He demonstrated very strong leadership coaching skills in the role he served at our site where we were implementing a process to improve our 'Operational Excellence' fundamentals.  I found Martin to be exceptional at quickly interpreting the dynamics of the operating unit culture, identifying leadership gaps, and then recommending an appropriate course of action to address the gaps. He demonstrated the ability to effectively coach leaders at all levels within our site.  His extensive manufacturing background combined with his ability to recognize and coach on the opportunities for the leaders within manufacturing allows him to make a significant impact on the performance of an operating unit.

Director, Maintenance Department 

Martin Thompson is the most straight-forward, practical, and results minded leadership and change management coach with which I have ever worked.  Martin understands what it means to have meaningful change in leadership behaviors, and how to engage the team at the ground floor to execute the vision so that you achieve the desired results.  A true change leadership coach in every sense of the word.  If you are seeking excellence, Martin can show you the way if you are willing to put in the hard work.

Division Manufacturing Leader  

Martin and I worked together on a project at my company where we were project co-leaders for our respective companies.  The project involved significant change to existing programs and routine cadences for many employees in several organizations/groups.  This project required extensive change management, leadership development, and implementation of numerous management systems and programs to ensure sustainability of everything that was being "installed".  As the project leader, Martin developed and executed a plan to make this happen over a very short time frame.  He wasn't afraid to "get into the weeds" and get dirty to understand underlying beliefs and cultures that existed as he tried to develop and iterate his plans/program to deliver the best results for our company.  Martin also developed sustainability plans to ensure we maintained the gains from the effort.  Martin is a great project manager, and has an amazing ability to make detailed plans that integrate all of the right players at the right time to make things happen.  Martin is engaging and able to lead people through change (people who didn't want to do things differently ultimately became those who were promoting it through the rest of their organization).  He is also a great coach for people at all levels from front-line employee to site managers (and above). He is open, honest, and willing to challenge the status quo, but he will also listen and pivot his stance when appropriate.  Martin brings a lot of industry experience from many years of leading projects to improve leadership capabilities, organizational effectiveness, and operational excellence.  I count myself (and my company) lucky to have had a chance to work and learn from Martin.  What I took away from Martin will be invaluable to me as a leader, and I hope to work with Martin again in the future as he is a game changer for organizations.