What Our Clients Say

Our executive leadership team was embroiled in conflict and low trust between members was palpable. We worked at crossed purposes with each other. We were a team in name only. Alexandra Salamis walked into a minefield and created an atmosphere from the start that was non-threatening, safe yet challenging. She provided the platform from which we could respectfully address the root causes of our conflict and mistrust. From the beginning, I was skeptical about us becoming a true team again. With authenticity, courage, patience and good humour, Alexandra skillfully worked with our team to turn conflict into cooperation and suspicion into trust. She did a phenomenal job. I highly recommend Alexandra for those who need help creating and sustaining a high-performance team.

I had the privilege to be coached by Alexandra as part of her Purpose, Passion and Presence for Women Rising coaching program. My work with her has increased my awareness of my environment and behaviours and helped me gain confidence in expressing my true and feminine leadership presence. Thanks to her dedication in helping women rise, I feel not only empowered to be more authentic and lead with my best self, but also supported by a network of empowered women that Alexandra champions. Her dedication and passion are definitively contagious.

I've worked with Alexandra Salamis on a number of projects as well as being coached by her. I highly recommend her for any potential coaching or consulting engagement. She is thoughtful and professional; frequently providing out of the box solutions to seemingly intractable problems. I've had a number of coaches in the past and in my experience, Alexandra is the best of them all. She is knowledgeable with extensive hands-on C-suite business experience and expertly manages to walk the fine line between challenge and support.

When Alexandra joined our team she brought clarity of expectation and purpose, she brought respect for the opinions of others, she brought a wealth of coaching and leadership smarts, and she demonstrated from the get-go that most, if not all, of the above are premised on the ability to ask the right questions to the right people in the right way. The real icing on the cake was her ability to develop and communicate strategy in ways that make sense to all levels of an organization — especially to senior leaders. I learned a lot working with Alexandra and observing her style.

My experience with Alex was phenomenal. Working with Alex was a relief and a time set aside to reflect and to do strategic work on myself as a leader. Alex is wonderfully flexible — she is also a master at helping you see hard truths with a soft touch, making them fairly painless to hear. My work with Alex has enabled me to be an authentic leader in my growing organization, and to rebalance my perspective on myself, my value and my work-life balance. Alex is genuine, whip smart, perceptive, bitingly funny, empathetic, organized and always keeps the big picture in mind. I recommend her in a heartbeat.

Alex really helped to aim me in the right direction for the way that I should be thinking about starting my own company. She didn't waste any time and went straight to the point. I recommend her to anyone who wants leadership or guidance of any sort.

Before working with Alexandra, difficult human resources issues with employees were popping up and I didn't quite know how to handle them. It was affecting my health and motivation to come to work. Working with Alex was the first time I had a coach, and also the first time I thought seriously about my leadership style. Having one-on-one conversations is more efficient than attending classes. This experience helped me think about my strengths and weaknesses in a more concrete way. I discovered what type of leader I am and want to be. I absolutely recommend Alex — her sense of humour, openness, honesty, understanding and listening made every single session a pleasure.

I was part of Alexandra's Change Management team, working on the organization's first-ever Business Transformation Project. Alexandra's responsibilities grew as the Assistant VP of Organizational Development and Change Management. She took on the role of coach to all Senior Members of the Project Team, providing invaluable advice and support. Alexandra is highly effective and comfortable working at both the operational and strategic level. Her trust in her team's abilities was empowering — she was always there to listen, bounce ideas off of, and provide support with a personal and human touch whenever needed. She led the team with integrity.

I came to work with Alexandra at a turning point in my life. She opened my eyes to realities and new opportunities and provided me with the tools to put them in place. She not only offered professional, ethical and knowledgeable coaching but went beyond the call of duty — demonstrating empathy and often using humour and her communicative laugh to help me get through difficult moments. I am grateful to call Alexandra my coach, my guide, and now my friend.

I had been working for a company for two years and during that time I completely lost myself. I lost my self-confidence and began to doubt myself as a leader. Alexandra's Purpose, Passion, and Presence for Women Rising program was a real turning point for me both personally and professionally. At first I was a little nervous, but Alexandra's loving and light-hearted sense of fun and focus was a great balance that helped me to not be so critical of myself. I am more authentic and way more self-confident. My path forward is clear. I highly recommend this program. It has been a life changer for me.

I had the most amazing experience with Alex. My expectations were exceeded after only two weeks when Alex coached me through an incredibly difficult situation. The conversations we had enabled me to make the right decisions for me — it was a defining moment in my life. She helped me validate and clarify my vague thoughts and made me feel confident with the decisions I was making. Without her I would have been in a very different situation. Alex helped me define my purpose, which was a groundbreaking clarification for me. I talked about her every day of our eight months working together — to friends, family, strangers!

Alexandra's grounded approach to change leadership and transformation is very effective. Her deep knowledge and experience builds on where the client is — never imposing formulaic recipes. And her people skills are second to none. She is the one you want for any people-impacting initiative you are undertaking.