What Clients Say

 The caliber and course materials and coaches/consultants with The Innovative Edge is the highest caliber I have ever seen in professional leadership development. I have sponsored probably 30 managers through the Leading Without Limits™ Mastery program and another 20 or more senior staff in additional programs The Innovative Edge offers.  I have yet to have anyone come back and say it wasn't a tremendous value add for them in their role and in their career. Their programs are consistently of the highest quality.
  Sue Flautt, Managing Director
Quality and Operations Support
The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA

The Innovative Edge knows how to make learning exciting. They can challenge and engage technical minded people, and they know how to help companies go from being good to being great. They were major contributors for creating The Management Institute for Synopsys, and they apply those skills every day in their business.
Chi-Foon Chan
President, and Chief Operating Officer
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA 

The Innovative Edge programs have a certain interactive quality that makes them much different and better than other programs. I felt like the goals are clear and we got down to business. Be prepared to ask yourself some difficult questions and to be challenged; and expect to feel pretty exhilarated both as you're going through the program and
on your way out.
Kimberly Kupiecki, Senior Vice President
 AR-Edelman, Redwood City, CA

 The Leading Without Limits™ program is simply the best leadership program I have ever attended. Not only do I have a more complete grasp of the many competencies that make up a world-class leader, I now feel that I have a path towards mastering these skills myself.
Ken Nelsen, Vice President, Global Technical Services (GTS)
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA

The Leading Without Limits™ Program provided me a pathway towards the next level of leadership, in my life and my life's work. With my coach's intuitive guidance and coaching expertise, I was able to move my work here forward within the constructs of the program in very short time frame. Most importantly, I realized that the leadership passage for me is
one of my life's passions.
Lisha Driscoll, Vice President
in Private Wealth Management Technology
San Francisco, CA

It (the program) takes you just enough out of your comfort zone so that you have significant "aha moments" and then challenges you to create a path forward that is both inspirational and life-changing.
Maura McGinnity, Director, Major Gifts
Office of Development
Stanford University

The Leading Without Limits Mastery program has completely changed the way I think and the way I interact with people in my daily life. Through repeatedly practicing and reflecting the core competencies of an effective leader, I have gained much more confidence in my leadership style. I would like to thank Ruth, who was my coach,
for opening the door for a life-long learning experience.
Frank Lee, Ph.D
Vice President of Engineering, AMSG
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA

It is one thing to hear about leadership and understand it intellectually, but another to have it woven into our lives, in ways that are different than others, yet the same in its powerful impact on and within our beings. That's what I've experienced from participating in the exceptional leadership programs from The Innovative Edge.
Valerie Troy, Assistant Vice President, Community Lending 
Oakland, CA

By the end of 3 months I became self-aware of my strengths and weaknesses as a leader, Ruth and Debra constantly challenged my assumptions, helped me write down my goals and create an action plan to achieve them. The program had a lasting impact since it was for an extended period of 3 months (unlike most classes where you are done in 5 days) and there was a lot of 1-1 interaction within the group and with the coach. I will continue to recommend this class to my friends and colleagues who could also benefit immensely from this program.
Sreelakshmi Kolli
Director, Global IT Operations
Align Technology, Santa Cara, CA

Throughout my career I have been involved in many leadership programs that were good. The Innovative Edge programs were great. I attended the Leading Without Limits program six years ago and that program was not only phenomenal, but the women were amazing. And about coaching, I found a real mentor in my coach. Being a woman in a man's business world is challenging. Coaching provided the space and skills that allowed me to learn how to play here while maintaining my sense of self. Working with a coach changed my life and
I have exceeded my own career expectations.
Melanie Gill, Director of Marketing
Real-Time Innovations (RTI), Santa Clara, CA

Having completed leadership training programs at the Harvard Business School and the Steven Covey program, I was a little skeptical about the benefits of the Leading Without Limits™ (LWL) program. After participating in LWL, there were significant improvements in both communication and consensus building in our management team. I would like to commend The Innovative Edge for developing and leading an excellent leadership program.
Scott Gee, MD
Director, Prevention and Health Information
The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA

Leading Without Limits™ was an extraordinary experience with an appropriate name.  The unique approach of class work, peer collaboration and coaching supports you on your journey to becoming a more effective leader. I found the program both challenging and highly rewarding and Ruth Varney was a fabulous coach and teacher.  It has been more than year since I took the program and I'm still leveraging the learning from the experience both professionally and personally.  It is well worth the investment!
Michael Guenet
Director of Applications Engineering, Northeast Region
Synopsys, Inc., Marlboro, MA