Reviews From Our Business Clients

It was a great training, Mary Ellen Baker kept everyone engaged for the entire 3 hours and it flew by!  She also provided tangible takeaways!  I’m guessing any of her sessions would be winners.

It’s really hard to settle on one main thing; the training as a whole has the potential to help me make major changes in my personal AND work life.

I thought the training was put together very well.  It kept my interest and was presented in a manner where we all could participate.

I thought the training yesterday was amazing! Mary was such a knowledgeable and passionate speaker and I wish every employee could see her presentation. I hope to implement as many of her organization/time management tools as I can. I would take a look at any other courses she offers.

I definitely think others will benefit from this training, it is realistic and applicable. I’m going to try to get my co-workers to sign up!

As much as I think I am this organized, focused person, the instructor brought up a number of interesting self-assessments that made me realize that I could really use some work on focusing.  I do at times suffer from sustained attention if I really am not all in on a project and that if I complete the project in stages starting with 15-30 minutes (time circles) of full attention I can really make progress and keep focused.

In order to avoid forgetting little things that come up during the day, I’m going to try to start writing things down immediately as I think of them, instead of waiting until I have time to.

There were many ideas I received from this class so I don’t know if there is one main item, but I will try to narrow it down.  I have a problem falling asleep as there are so many things that start popping into my brain when I start to relax and last night was no different.  I got up and wrote the ideas down on a piece of paper so I wasn’t worried about forgetting them this morning. I have already wrote a few more ideas down this morning. Before I left work yesterday, I wrote myself a note to post on the back of my door so when I close the door, it reminds me to stop and be present 2 or 3 times an hour.  I also will be working on more planning of my time and I think I am going to by a minute cube timer and a white board note planner as I can see many uses that will help me stay on task now that I understand more about how my brain operates.

I hope that you continue to offer this course so that other employees have the opportunity to enroll. I also think it would be great to have Mary Ellen back to teach some of her more advanced classes for those who have completed the initial class. She is a great presenter.

We should add more classes taught by this instructor. She was so wonderful. I learned so much that will help me in my professional and personal life.

It has taken more than an hour to just complete this survey because of interruptions, but thanks to you, I’m finishing it instead of thinking I don’t have time and just closing it. I also ordered a cube timer. You truly have helped me and I’m going to join Go Brain Go. Thank you!!

I started using the scheduling sheets immediately afterwards.

I very much enjoyed this class. Mary Ellen was an engaging, relatable and knowledgeable presenter. The class provided both bigger picture concepts as well as very practical tools that I have already started implementing during the workday. Highly recommend!

I loved this class. I will use the tools I learned for time management, initiation and keeping track of tasks. Thank you so much for this amazing class!!

This class exceeded my expectations. This was the best project management/time management class I’ve ever taken. Instructor was excellent. The materials are useful and will continue to be a good reference.

I appreciated your very comprehensive class. You are truly amazing, have a terrific blend of attention to process, strategies and tools, while attuning to us individually and collectively as people – with kindness and compassion, thoughtfulness and humor.

Bring Mary Ellen back for additional topics on organizing, project management and cognitive matters. She is excellent!

 I appreciated the thought put into multi-modal learning (having the workbook to take notes in, and the exercises to engage participants by having us think about our own challenges and strengths with the way our brains are wired). The tools Mary shared are accessible and easy to implement, and in just one day are already helping me to feel more organized and in control of my time. I loved how Mary showed us examples of how she uses organizational tools in her personal life (folders and post its, as well as a family to-do white board), seeing her systems helped me to visualize how easily I can put those same tools into practice in my own life. Thank you Mary, your training was worth every penny, and truly time well spent!

I really enjoyed the training and have already shared my great experience with three co-workers this morning so far.  I was happy to learn some strategies to manage the areas I have struggled with and was excited to learn and understand why certain things have been a challenge for me.  It is nice to know there are science-based reasons why I function the way I do, and to have tools to support myself in the areas that need improvement instead of judging myself and feel poorly about not achieving successful results with managing my time and productivity. I believe the takeaways from your class will be a great help in both my professional and personal life. I have not been as excited and hopeful for any time management skills I have learned in the past as what I learned in your training.  I look forward to implementing some changes to help me overcome some barriers and challenges.

Thank you so much for sending me the Executive Functions “cheat sheet” & tools to help me.  Your class was excellent.  I need to work on applying what I’ve learned from you.  Covid-19 has thrown my life a huge curve ball.  I’m quite sure that I’ll be interested in another class of yours in the near future.

Thank you for the awesome training!  I learned so much and have recommended the training to other staff.  I actually would like to take it again.  Also, that following weekend I went out and purchased a 30 inch analog clock!  I love it and really does help me track time.  Thank you for sharing the resources. 

It was fantastic. I wouldn’t change anything. But I would love to do her other courses. Her style was really clear and really useful. She was knowledgeable but approachable. Really great class.

I want more workshops from this trainer!

I loved the class. It’s one of the best time management courses I’ve ever taken. I’ve recently read several books on this topic and this is by far the most helpful and practical. It synthesizes several pieces and disciplines into one easy to follow course.

I’ve heard several mentions from our staff of the helpful takeaways they received as a result of participating in this training. We appreciated hearing, and actually felt some relief in knowing that executive function skills have nothing to do with intelligence or IQ. 
The practical information about how we can support our brains, the self-assessment of our executive functions and the specific strategies to increase productivity were most helpful. Although many of the strategies were familiar to us – we were not aware of specific strategies for specific brain skill weaknesses. In addition, we appreciated your friendly approachable style of teaching as well as your knowledge of the subject and practical examples.

Angela Ewing, Rehabilitation Counselor

One of the most useful courses I’ve taken – practical, helpful, I am beginning to apply these techniques and I feel it will enhance the way I work. I would like to take the longer Mindfulness individual class. THANK YOU!

Bambi Bevill, Manager

This was one of the most helpful trainings I have had in years!

Thank you. I was able to attend good chunks of your seminar but missed lots too. Still got a lot out of it though and I want you to know how much I appreciate your work. I don’t know if it’s allowed but I definitely want to attend this seminar again at a time I can be fully focused. I would even take a day off to do it!

This was one of the easiest trainings to follow and it was so interesting to learn about how executive functioning impacts our ability to manage our time well.

I found this seminar to be very thoughtful and plan on attending again. I know I will find value in reinforcing the things I learned. The materials were straightforward and user-friendly and the presenter was very effective. I appreciated being allowed to take time in the seminar to immediately apply what I had learned. Good stuff!

 I found this training very helpful. Prior to the training I hadn’t given much thought to how my brain functions and my strengths and weaknesses affected my time management. All of the information and tips were practical and things I could see myself trying out. Mary Ellen was knowledgeable, engaging, and relatable. I would love to attend any other trainings you offer.

Mary’s time management class is a great tool to have for professional development. She is well-prepared and her training is helpful.

Breaking down bigger projects into smaller manageable tasks is something I struggled with. I appreciate the fresh perspective and approach I can use.s well-prepared and her training is helpful.

The class was enlightening and provided me with some new practices that I’m excited about implementing.

Very informative and refreshing.

Loved your class! It was great to learn how I am wired then find solutions to help combat that.

I loved your approach of understanding the way brains work. I was really fascinated by the knowledge. I feel like I have a better understanding of my brain, in addition to ways in which to best work around it.

I took your time management class last week. First, I want to say how pleasantly surprised I was with how interesting and informative your class was. I truly learned a great deal and it helped reinforce some things I already knew about myself and my planning/time management skills. Second, I would like to say that from your class and from those 10 skills we discussed, I learned that my only weakness was finishing tasks. Since then, I have been really focusing on finishing tasks before starting a new one. This mainly pertains to my hobbies as I’ve never prioritized them before. This week alone, I’ve finished 3 tasks; one of which I’ve been working on for 1.5 years!!! So thank you. I wanted to send you a message and just say how thankful I am you taught us this class and how I haven’t stopped thinking about it in the last week and how it’s really positively impacted my life since that morning.
~ Kara Cohen, R.E.H.S
Lead Environmental Health Specialist, El Paso County Public Health

I loved the instructor, the class, material, the way the information was communicated. I left the class feeling energized, motivated, and positive with several takeaways.

I really appreciate that your training focused on the basics: do not multitask, do one thing at a time, reverse engineer projects from the desired outcome, do your best be present.

I LOVED this workshop – applications for both personal and professional life. I’ve used several tactics already.

I loved the class, wish I could of participated in the full version. The workbook was helpful and made implementing some of what I learned right away [easier]. The science behind how our brains work in relationship to the topic was fascinating. It also justified my need for physical and visual tools outside of current mobile technology. I also loved sharing what I learned with others.

I have been applying the techniques suggested in the class and it has a made a huge difference in my accomplishments throughout the work day.

I found the information very useful and helpful. I have new tools to use for managing my time and projects.

I thought the workshop was very well organized and very helpful! Mary Ellen is great at personalizing the ideas and strategies in the moment so people understand.

I really enjoyed and benefited from this class. I went straight home and used the time cube and the time circles with my son and he has been using them every day with homework.

I liked the course.

I got a lot out of the training. Thank you!

Great class. I especially liked how well you provided concrete tools to use for common time management challenges.

The class presented several simple tools already within my ability to employ. The instructor explained the tools and answered questions from a position of deep experience and expertise. I also appreciated the grounding in neuroscience, it “humanized” the material and made it more directly impactful, to me at least.

I found your class to be informative and ** timely **! Thank you for the provision of insight as to how the brain works and how to retrain it to be more effective.

I thought the class was very informative and interesting. I enjoyed learning the scientific side of how our brain functions and relates to what we are experiencing. You provided a lot of interesting facts, tips, and skills that can be implemented in a way that didn’t feel overwhelming. The class was a good pace and the cube breaks were a great live example of time management.

I enjoyed the class and learned a lot of useful information. I think anybody can have a positive takeaway from this course.

Good class. I really liked the analog verses digital clock comparison.

The response inhibition (feel your feet!), task initiation (timer to START tasks) and working memory tips (and I’ve been using lists for decades more crudely) were my favorite new tools to improve my time management & stress levels.