The Work, From the Client’s Perspective.
The situations are different. The people are different. The work takes different forms.
What they share is an experience of seeing something more clearly, thinking differently about what it means, or finding a way forward when the situation is not straightforward.
These are their words.
Founder & Entrepreneur Perspectives
When You're Building Something, the Vision Has to Keep Moving.
Paul Anthony Claxton
Marine, Entrepreneur, and AI Venture Capitalist
Paul came to Vision360 through Visionary Leadership, not a traditional coaching engagement. His perspective is particularly relevant to founders, investors, and leaders operating in environments where yesterday's assumptions can quickly become today's constraints.
“Real vision is not some BS ‘rah-rah’ mission statement polished by a consultant who’s never built anything. It's a living, breathing process that is messy, iterative, and brutal.”
Paul describes vision as something discovered through the climb, the fall, and the grind back up. He connects that process directly to collective visioning and to the ability of organizations to maintain a relevant vision as conditions change.
“I’ve long wondered why organizations that were once successful eventually meet their demise. This book gave me the answer, and it’s relatively simple: they lose their grip on a relevant vision.”
As a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, Paul also describes what he looks for when evaluating companies:
“This is who we are today, but based on market signals, this is who we might need to become.”
He concludes:
“This book lit a fire under some ideas I had put on the back burner and pushed me to bring them to my team for real collective visioning. It’s already made me a sharper organizational leader, and it’s a book I’ll be coming back to over and over again for many years to come.”
When the Business Needs More Than Advice.
Alexandre Turbide
Co-Founder, BeatConnect
“Thomas is a textbook example of what a great mentor should be. He took the time to truly understand our business, our issues, and our aspiration.”
Alexandre worked with Thomas while BeatConnect was coming to the end of its incubator program. What stood out to him was that Thomas continued to support the company even after his formal obligation had ended:
“As a founder, there's always going to be a lot of noise around you, people telling you what you should or shouldn't do, and it's very rare to meet mentors who can truly help you push your business to that next level.”
Alexandre describes the work in concrete terms:
“With Thomas, we were lucky enough that he supported us in many aspects of the business. Whether it was the revamping of our pitch, making strategic decisions for our next funding round, or even setting up warm introductions with investors and potential partners.”
He concludes:
“I can't recommend him enough and I'm looking forward to working more with him in the future!”
Mentoring, strategic decisions, pitch development, investor and partner connections
When a Founder Needs to Figure Out What Comes Next.
Joe Sumpter
Founder, Tech Levitate
Joe worked through the Next Steps diagram while trying to determine whether everything he was doing was actually leading him toward where he wanted to go.
“I was trying to figure out, ‘What are some of the steps I need to take in order to achieve and accomplish my goals?’ That starts with identifying and having clarity around the direction you're going in.”
He describes how the process helped him think about where he was, where he wanted to go, and what needed to happen between the two:
“Dr. Anderson helped me think through where I’m at today and how I move forward to a higher vision that I have for myself... and then just outlining and thinking through what some of those steps are.”
Joe also had another question:
“Secondly, I have a lot going on. So, I was asking, ‘Is what I'm doing leading me down the path I want to go?’”
The Next Steps process helped him work through the logic of that question:
“It helped me get clarity around the direction I want to go, how to get there, and the timelines I need to set to accomplish my goal.”
And his conclusion is direct:
“I recommend Dr. Anderson, and I recommend going through the process. It's going to help you have clarity and direction on where you're going... and potentially change your life.”
[WATCH JOE’S VIDEO TESTIMONIAL]
Next Steps
Individual Leadership & Next Steps
When Resistance Gets in the Way of Momentum.
Melanie Taylor
Consultant, Coach, and Facilitator
Melanie came to a pivotal moment in her business. She had decided to move away from short-term, surface-level consulting engagements and toward deeper, more sustainable client relationships, but the path forward was unclear.
“In just one session, Dr. Thomas helped me clarify my vision, identify the real barriers holding me back, and reconnect with the motivation I needed to move forward.”
The conversation helped her identify something beneath the surface of the business question:
“He helped me uncover that my value of integrity was at the heart of why I’d been resisting progress—I needed to make offers I could genuinely stand behind. That insight alone was a breakthrough.”
She also describes the practical effect of the session:
“By the end of our session, I was energized, clear, and ready to take action.”
And what happened next:
“I began making detailed notes for my new offerings and started blocking time to move the project forward—something I had been avoiding.”
Her testimonial captures the larger experience:
“Working with Dr. Thomas helped me shift from resistance to momentum. I gained clarity on my vision, uncovered the real reason I was stuck, and walked away with the motivation (and plan) to move forward with purpose.”
[READ MELANIE’S CLIENT STORY]
Next Steps
When You Have a Lot of Ideas but Need a More Focused Path.
Afia Owusu
Marketing Manager, Abbott
“I realized that I had a ton of ideas in my head with no thoughtful, realistic plan for achieving any of them.”
Afia describes how the work helped her create greater structure around what she wanted to accomplish:
“The Lifeforming sessions with Thomas have really helped me to put some structure around the things that I want to accomplish in my time on this earth.”
She continues:
“With Thomas’ help I am re-charting my life plan with a ton more focus and discipline.”
And ultimately:
“I am confident that I now have the tools I need to regain control of my life.”
[READ AFIA’S CLIENT STORY]
Coaching
Organizational Perspectives
When Vision Becomes Something People Can Participate In.
Nadine Mullings
Manager and Talent Advisor, Walmart
Nadine experienced Vision360 through two events and describes the participatory nature of the work:
“I really enjoyed the participatory learning experience, informative webinar, and relevant discussion.”
Her observation goes directly to one of the central ideas behind Vision360:
“Vision360 provides a way to operationalize engagement and lead people to feel empowered to actively participate in the growth of organizations.”
She also sees application across organizational levels:
“This is applicable at every organizational level and is especially beneficial to middle managers to maximize team capabilities.”
She concludes:
“I highly recommend Vision360 and its innovative development framework.”
Vision360 Leadership Virtual Events
Ready to Step Into What's Next?
When an Organization Needs to Understand Its Strengths and Gaps.
Beth Graves
President, Prime Controls
Beth worked with Thomas on an organizational assessment focused on readiness for a coaching initiative in the context of succession planning and bench-strength improvement.
“Since our company was focusing on succession planning and bench strength improvement, he conducted an assessment on our readiness for a coaching initiative, aligning his expertise with our needs. This alignment was key.”
She describes what the assessment produced:
“The results of his assessment were very interesting and rewarding. Along with our strengths, he discovered clear areas for improvement.”
And the resulting recommendations:
“His recommendations were meaningful, and the strategic development plan was very organized, clear, and detailed.”
Beth concludes:
“I would recommend Thomas to any company looking for professional and meaningful business consulting.”
[READ THE PRIME CONTROLS CLIENT STORY]
Organizational Consulting
When the Things You Haven’t Been Talking About Need to Come Into the Open.
Nyacko Pearl Perry
Managing Partner, All In Consulting
The Strategic Team Review and Action Tool helped the leadership team examine its culture and group dynamics.
Nyacko described the experience this way:
“[The exercise] felt like the first time we really delved into our culture or our dynamic.”
She specifically identified something the team had not previously examined:
“It named some things we didn’t previously look at, like the politeness factor.”
And the value of the process was in helping the team examine its own dynamics:
“Helped us to assess and look at our dynamic.”
Tip Fallon
Principal, All In Consulting
Tip similarly identified the value of bringing previously unspoken issues into the conversation:
“We put some things on the table we had not talked about before, like naming elephants. I think it was useful and impactful.”
[READ THE STRATEGIC TEAM REVIEW AND ACTION TOOL CASE STUDY]
Organizational Assessment & Analysis
The Experiences Continue
These are some of the people who have experienced the work, but they represent only part of the range of situations in which it has been applied.
Some came with a personal question.
Some were navigating a business transition.
Some were building companies.
Some were leading teams.
Some were trying to understand what was happening inside an organization.
The circumstances were different.
The need to see clearly was not.
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You don't need to know which engagement is right for you before starting the conversation.
Tell me what is happening, what you're trying to figure out, or what has become difficult to see clearly. We can explore the situation together and determine what kind of work, if any, would be most useful.
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