My experience was nothing short of amazing. Chris and I met every other week to expand my leadership skills and strategize on ways to elevate the marketing practices across our firm. We also took the time to draft the next steps in my career and his coaching and mentorship have been instrumental in preparing me for a new role in Corporate Communications starting this fall.

I really enjoyed spending quality time getting to know and learn from my mentor over the past year. Jeremy provided a valuable external perspective and helped me think through both specific situations and more strategic and long-term areas I can improve on. One of the most valuable things Jeremy taught me is to dig deeper to understand not only what is said by a coworker or client, but also their unspoken perspective and motivation behind their requests.

This year marks 20 years with the mentoring program for me! Despite that being quite some time ago, I still remember the freedom my mentor gave me to explore all kinds of questions about life as a consultant, as a new dad, and as someone interested in making a lasting positive affect in the communities I was getting to serve. This year with Daniel brought me right back to that point as we explored many of those same questions in the context of his newly growing family, and it was a wonderful reminder of the benefits we both get and give to each other across generations.

The program was a unique and invaluable opportunity to work closely with Chris – Fehr & Peers’ CEO and someone with a wide range of experience and skills. Bringing his companywide perspective to my office- and market-specific opportunities helped me think more strategically about my day-to-day. The fact that our CEO was willing to participate is a credit to Chris as a leader and Fehr & Peers as a company.