Testimonials about Margret Schmidt, CPCC, ACC
“Working with Margret has been a game-changer for me. Her deep understanding of executive dynamics, expert guidance, and insights have helped me navigate challenges with confidence and clarity. Margret's empathetic style has empowered me to overcome obstacles, gain confidence and courage, and achieve meaningful outcomes by enhancing leadership skills. I'm truly grateful for the impact Margret has had on me both personally and professionally.”
— VP, Marketing
“I left every session with Marget feeling stronger than before and inspired for the steps ahead. She has that amazing capacity to create a safe space where I could bring my authentic self and define my own leadership principles that I can now rely on in any work situation. She helped me navigate highly challenging situations at work gracefully. It is now an invaluable tool in my PM leader toolkit. Highly recommend Margret to anyone who is seeking personal and career growth.”
— Senior Product Manager
“My coaching sessions with Margret have transformed the way I approach my career and manage work/life balance. Margret has guided me towards having stronger executive presence, and more collaborative and effective relationships with my peers. She has helped me gain more confidence, trust my gut, and develop tools and frameworks for working through situations that in the past have felt overwhelming. As I reflect back on my coaching sessions with Margret, I realize how much I have grown both professionally and personally, and it is thanks to her guidance, empathy, and support!”
— Director, Product Management
“My favorite thing about working with Margret was the way she was truly willing to meet me where I was - and help me figure out how to find the way forward that was the most true for me. When someone helps you find *your* way (instead of pushing you to their way) - you end up standing on truly solid ground. I am very grateful to Margret for helping me find guidelines and grounding and principles that I can take with me into any situation.”
— Director, Engineering
“My session with Margret was truly enriching. Her empathetic and knowledgeable guidance, rooted in extensive professional experience and a deep understanding of the UX market, was invaluable. Margret attentively listened to my experiences and thoughts, and offered highly personalized advice for my career development. Her assistance was valuable in helping me navigating the complexities of my career path, particularly during a period of uncertainty in my life. I am so grateful to Margret for helping me gain a clearer understanding of both my career and life goals.”
— UX Product Designer
“Margret was incredibly helpful during my career pivot. She listened to my fears and anxieties, asked insightful questions about my goals, and offered insight into the discipline that I don't think I could have gotten anywhere else. Margret's insight and advice will follow me and will undoubtably play a role in my career as I work to move from being an IC to being a UX leader.”
— Senior UX Researcher
“I discovered Margret’s LinkedIn post about her coaching sessions and immediately scheduled one. I had two main questions for our session. Throughout our time together she assisted me in analyzing the various options I had and how to prepare for each as the right opportunities presented themselves. Her insights are universal and vital to long-term career success. She is so good at seeing the big picture. I am profoundly thankful for her dedication to going out and coaching others and empowering people every day.”
— UX Researcher
“Margret is a joy to speak with and she endeavors to find out what your needs might be in the session, which is very helpful. She listens and then helps you figure out strategies to accomplish your intended goals.”
— Manager, UX Design
“What I admired about Margret was that she knew just how to get me to focus the way I needed to to properly identify my goals, the aspects about the process of UX/Product design that I enjoyed and felt most resonated with me, in a way that I wasn't able to really do for myself. I tend to be all over the place and have my brain running a million miles an hour and having somebody actually guide me almost in a meditative way to really focus on the part of the process that appealed to me the most, and even reading my body language and tone to see what aspect I lit up about the most, really proved how effective her coaching style is. I feel like I took away much more from her coaching methods than from other discussions I've had with professionals who have done the same thing. She did an excellent job making sure the conversation was on focus despite how all over the place I can be at times, and offered me great recommendations on how to counteract those tendencies to speak perhaps a little too often and how to effectively summarize what I'm trying to say, especially in terms of interviewing and phone screenings. I would love to have further sessions with Margret as she was nothing but the most welcoming, accommodating, patient, and understanding coach I could've asked for and I hope to gain more of her wisdom and learn from her as time goes on.”
— Aspiring UX Designer