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Testimonials
Custom Retreat Design & Facilitation
“Thank you, Bridget, so very much for the excellent retreat design and facilitation for our senior staff. You kept everyone’s attention the entire time with interesting and relevant content presented in a variety of captivating modalities.”
Donna S. Nadel, J.D.
Executive Director, Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Executive Coaching
“Bridget has been coaching me for the last 5 years from frontline manager to breaking into executive ranks. Her concise yet socratic approach helps me pinpoint skills to focus on with tactical strategies and frameworks to leverage. I love working with Bridget and have recommended her to countless colleagues looking to level up their leadership.”
Kathleen Ko
Senior Director, Roblox
Team Building Sessions in Higher Education
“Your team-building sessions here really improved our organizational culture and staff morale. They re-instituted an old tradition of the staff holiday lunch, something that had languished for many years! A real sign that they like and appreciate each other!”
Dr. Cheryl L. Ney
Dean, Charter College of Education, California State University, Los Angeles
TEDx Coaching
“I have to thank my TEDx coach, Bridget Sampson, who I found online after searching for a TEDx coach. She is amazing and you should book her right away if you’re preparing for a TED talk!”
Janice Gassam Asare, PhD
DEI Consultant, Bestselling Author, 2x TEDx Speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice
Retreat Design & Facilitation in Higher Education
“The leadership retreat was so beneficial for my personal growth and to learn more about my team. The group work, open discussion time, and physical movement were great!”
Team Manager
Admissions and Records, California State University Northridge
Leadership Coaching
“Bridget’s coaching and guidance have been a huge part of my career growth over the last 8 years. Her training to see a situation clearly and pay attention to my own reactions has helped me build resilience in the face of adversity, and ultimately made me a better manager, leader, and probably a better human being too.”
Melanie G
Manager, Google
Healthy Weight Coaching
“I struggled with my weight for years before working with Bridget. Her program, which is all about eating healthy, real food that’s best for my body, and letting go of emotional overeating, was the method that finally worked for me.”
Isabella L.
Healthy Weight Coaching Client
Leadership Coaching
“Working with Bridget was incredible and transformative! I learned so much about myself and my leadership style. She helped me identify my values and strengths as well as how to navigate and approach workplace challenges. I always come out of her coaching sessions very empowered and inspired. I’d recommend her to anyone looking for executive coaching.”
Jennifer N.
Manager, Google
Communication Training Design & Facilitation
“Bridget’s straightforward and simple communication guidelines provide you with a reference tool that ensures you master the art of clear, concise, effective speaking and communication across all of today’s business communication platforms.”
Cathy Casey
Senior Director, Retail Services, Mattel, Inc.
“The Powerful Presentations workshop was so helpful! I loved the way the material was presented. It was fun and you got us all so engaged. The practice time to work on my skills and get feedback was invaluable. Thank you for creating such a comfortable and supportive environment. I’m excited to apply the communication skills I learned in every aspect of my life.”
Clinic Manager
Aegis Treatment Centers
Professional Communication Coaching
“My company brought Bridget on as a coach to help me work with others, both clients and co-workers, more efficiently and effectively. It was ‘pitched’ to me as what felt like a punishment, so I wasn’t really looking forward to it. After our first meeting, I was hooked! I often find worksheets and online quizzes to be a miss with me. The information isn’t relevant, and it doesn’t seem to stick. What Bridget brought to me was particular to me and it all helped immensely. Learning about yourself at that deep of a level can be scary. Nobody wants to hear where they fall short. Bridget’s honesty and knowledge of each and every situation helped me to rise above, own my negatives, and begin a new way of working. I will never go back to my old ways. I cannot thank her enough for her patience and dedication to bettering me as a leader and an employee.”
Ali Stone
Senior Brand Consultant, Nadel
“Big shout out and thank you to Bridget Sampson for going above and beyond for me in helping with an upcoming speech and workshop I’m giving. She is a great coach and over delivered on my expectations. Highly recommend Bridget for her powerful listening and coaching skills – her wisdom and courage to call me out and say what needed to be said but also her belief in me and her easy to work with and productive style. She brought order to our sessions and helped me achieve my potential. Very grateful.”
Philip Pfeifer
Certified EOS Implementer and Traction Coach
Training Design & Facilitation for College Students
“We utilized Bridget to train a large group of student leaders. She was well prepared with deep content knowledge and able to answer questions and illuminate the discussion with personal insights. Even with a large group, she was able to create a dynamic learning environment with thought-provoking exercises and meaningful examples that created a relevant context for a diverse group of students. She is a polished public speaker who truly engaged the group.”
Tom Piernik
Director , Student Development and International Programs, California State University, Northridge
Training, Coaching, and Content
“Bridget Sampson offers exceptional training and coaching services. She is professional, understanding, insightful, and knowledgeable, and has helped so many folks navigate through confusion and gain clarity. Bridget is on top of her game with her podcast, offering valuable information. I admire her TEDx talk, and her coaching to help others with their public speaking skills.”
Anita Avedian, LMFT
Avedian Counseling Center
Leadership Coaching, Life Coaching, and Team Building
“Bridget and I have been working together over the past 5 years, in both a team and individual setting. Bridget has helped me though some specific and particularly challenging situations in my work and personal life, but more importantly, she provided me with a number of tools and techniques that I find myself applying everyday. In this sense, she has enabled me to better help myself as challenges arise. Our work around Growth Mindset, correcting negative thoughts, and self-coaching continue to be invaluable to my day-to-day life.
Bridget is a uniquely empathetic individual, but also honest and direct. She has a kind and gentle way of guiding people towards hard truths that are sometimes difficult to see, much less face. I am very grateful for our work together, and highly recommend Bridget to anyone looking for coaching in both team and individual settings.
Daniel
People Manager, Google
True Colors Workshop
“The True Colors workshop with Bridget was a very entertaining and enlightening experience. She was engaging, funny, and knew the information well enough to keep us excited about learning. It gave me insight into my personality and thought process, which I have used in my personal and professional life. I would highly recommend a True Colors session to groups of all ages. The activities and the atmosphere gave me a phenomenal learning experience that I won’t soon forget.”
Teresa A. Pitts
Learning & Development Instructor, Time Warner Cable
“It was so wonderful to work with Bridget and Todd to design our first all-team retreat. I felt all of my goals and ideas were accommodated and the execution added very welcome surprises as well. As the facilitator of the retreat, Todd balanced the group really well on the fly and was able to help us communicate, strategize and plan for this year and beyond.”
Jordan Passman
Founder & CEO, Score a Score
“As a retreat leader for our Entrepreneur Organization’s forum retreat, Todd brought his A game for type-A entrepreneurs in an 8-hour session of deep dive exercises that allowed us to learn more about ourselves and about each other. Todd was very flexible with his method and exercises yet guided us with just the structure we needed to get the most out of the day of personal discovery. As a public speaking coach, Todd is flexible in his approach and was able to cater to my needs and level of experience. He gave great feedback and methods to get my skills to the next level. I practiced what he taught and delivered an impactful presentation. I look forward to working with him some more.”
Quan Gan
Founder, Gantom Lighting & Controls, The Alliance for Children’s Rights
Training Design & Facilitation
“Bridget Sampson is a vibrant, knowledgeable facilitator and coach who is a pure delight to partner and work with. Bridget’s session design and preparation are thorough, translating to participants’ knowledge transfer via fun/entertaining and impactful development exercises and discussion, most notably around self awareness, communication and leadership. I highly recommend Bridget when interested to partner with someone who can deliver personal breakthroughs!”
Deborah Smith, Ph.D.
Former Director, Enterprise Transformation (HR), Mattel, Inc.
#IAmRemarkable Facilitation
“I had the opportunity to experience Bridget’s presentation of Google’s #IAmRemarkable initiative to a large group of professional women. Her enthusiasm and authenticity were captivating and she left the audience inspired. However, more than just inspired, she gave the professionals tools that will benefit them for years to come in their own careers and as managers shaping the careers of others. I’d highly recommend Bridget as a speaker/trainer.”
Allegre Ramos
Bestselling Author and C-Suite Executive Coach, Build Your Wildest Dreams
University Teaching
“Professor Sampson is one of the best professors at California State University, Northridge. Not only is she a professor who really knows her craft in Communication Studies, but she sincerely cares about each and every single one of her students. She always made me feel as if I could accomplish anything, and I know that her other students felt the same way.
Professor Sampson not only teaches subjects in Communication Studies, she teaches about real-life experiences and everything her students need to know about succeeding in the world today. She is professional, honest, brilliant, a great communicator and public speaker, and she does it all with such a sweet demeanor and sheer elegance.
If you ever need to take a Communication Studies class at CSUN, I highly recommend taking one of Professor Sampson’s classes because when the class is finished, not only will you walk away from her class feeling as if it was one of the best experiences of your academic career, but you will also walk away with having made a new friend. I know I did!”
Ronette Charlton
Territory Manager – Apria Healthcare
Offsite Design & Facilitation
“Bridget Sampson is easily one of the best communication and management consultants I’ve worked with. We used her to run a team-wide offsite designed to improve collaboration, communication and the general effectiveness of our group. She did an incredible job and the offsite was a huge success. I found Bridget very easy to work with, extremely professional, and tremendously knowledgeable and experienced in her areas of expertise. She’s smart, confident, communicates and presents incredibly well, and a joy to work with. I would hire her again in a heartbeat.”
Dan Greene
CEO, Lucid Advisors, Former Director, New Products and Solutions, Google, Inc.
Custom Training Design & Facilitation
“Bridget is an outstanding speaker, coach and facilitator who provided impressive outcomes with the professional development and skills training she designed and presented for our senior managers and general staff. Assessment showed that her workshops using True Colors, the Johari and Nohari Windows, and the CARE model for communication were very effective in enhancing communication skills, and promoting team building and professional growth. Organizations seeking to implement a cost-effective, efficient, and well-received training program would be wise to consider Ms. Sampson as a valued resource who brings her dedication, diligence, and expertise to your doorstep and works by your side to achieve your employee development goals.”
Yolanda Chassiakos, MD
Executive Healthcare Administrator
Training Design & Facilitation for Managers
“Bridget Sampson and Todd Parker have played a critical role in working with our team members transitioning from front line roles to supervisor staff. Year after year they have provided informative, fun, and relevant curriculum that serves as the foundation of our management training program. They are also excellent at creating an environment that allows seasoned managers to be transparent about the skills they need to work on to embrace our servant leadership culture. We love working with Sampson Coaching and Consulting.”
Samantha Zehngut
Chief Operations Officer, Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.
Custom Training Design & Facilitation
“The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at California State University, Northridge is one of the largest programs of its kind in the CSU. Serving non-traditional populations who demonstrate potential to succeed but have a history of challenges including being first generation, historically underrepresented in higher education and being financially disadvantaged are some to name a few. A flagship program is our Summer Bridge Program, which aims to transition students and prepare them for the most important freshman year and all the rigors of the academy.
Over two decades ago we realized a key component to success was providing training to our student and professional staff and faculty. Toward that end Ms. Bridget Sampson, a faculty member in the Communication Studies department, was highly recommended to us as a consultant, trainer/facilitator and we’ve not looked back since.
Professor Sampson is the consummate professional, exceptionally prepared, sincerely eager to serve; totally open to learning from those she teaches and demonstrably committed to the goals and outcomes of our program. Since 1999 we have asked Professor Sampson to return every year to custom design and facilitate 40 hours of training for faculty and staff. And every year she refreshes the material to ensure maximum participation and learning on topics including diversity, leadership, mentoring, conflict resolution, team building and most importantly communication skills.
Her facilitation of this week long training is in our opinion, the core of what makes EOP and Summer Bridge the success that it is today. Professor Sampson’s facilitated training has consistently given the program its core foundation of community, connectivity and responsibility. This is clearly demonstrated throughout the summer program and actually throughout the entire academic year. Staff is better connected with students. Student staff (mentors) are thriving in communication with each other, faculty and professional staff. The end result is providing students with clear and consistent messages and most importantly a program that is known for welcoming students and working to increase their probability of success.
Professors Sampson’s ability to update the training, adjust the training to the program needs and the ever changing student population and learning styles has been one of the ongoing key elements of program success. Her skill, passion, patience and commitment to enhance communication and skill sets apply to any setting. Her people skills are amazing! She is the full package and it would be difficult to imagine our continued success without her!
Professor Sampson most recently designed and delivered this week of training for us in June of 2023, her 25th consecutive year of doing so.”
Shiva Parsa
Director, Educational Opportunity Program, California State University, Northridge
“The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at California State University, Northridge is one of the largest programs of its kind in the CSU. Serving non-traditional populations who demonstrate potential to succeed but have a history of challenges including being first generation, historically underrepresented in higher education and being financially disadvantaged are some to name a few. A flagship program is our Summer Bridge Program, which aims to transition students and prepare them for the most important freshman year and all the rigors of the academy.
Over two decades ago we realized a key component to success was providing training to our student and professional staff and faculty. Toward that end Ms. Bridget Sampson, a faculty member in the Communication Studies department, was highly recommended to us as a consultant, trainer/facilitator and we’ve not looked back since.
Professor Sampson is the consummate professional, exceptionally prepared, sincerely eager to serve; totally open to learning from those she teaches and demonstrably committed to the goals and outcomes of our program. Since 1999 we have asked Professor Sampson to return every year to custom design and facilitate 40 hours of training for faculty and staff. And every year she refreshes the material to ensure maximum participation and learning on topics including diversity, leadership, mentoring, conflict resolution, team building and most importantly communication skills.
Her facilitation of this week long training is in our opinion, the core of what makes EOP and Summer Bridge the success that it is today. Professor Sampson’s facilitated training has consistently given the program its core foundation of community, connectivity and responsibility. This is clearly demonstrated throughout the summer program and actually throughout the entire academic year. Staff is better connected with students. Student staff (mentors) are thriving in communication with each other, faculty and professional staff. The end result is providing students with clear and consistent messages and most importantly a program that is known for welcoming students and working to increase their probability of success.
Professors Sampson’s ability to update the training, adjust the training to the program needs and the ever changing student population and learning styles has been one of the ongoing key elements of program success. Her skill, passion, patience and commitment to enhance communication and skill sets apply to any setting. Her people skills are amazing! She is the full package and it would be difficult to imagine our continued success without her!
Professor Sampson most recently designed and delivered this week of training for us in June of 2023, her 25th consecutive year of doing so.”
Shiva Parsa
Director, Educational Opportunity Program, California State University, Northridge
