Raving Fans

"I wanted to send you this note to express our appreciation for your assistance in our hiring process over many years. The profiles that your company provides for the evaluation of employee candidates have been incredibly accurate and beneficial. Because of your services, we have made better decisions, managed our new employees better, and saved our company a lot of money by matching the right people with the right opportunities. Thank you for being a valued partner in our success."

Jere Davis
Vice President of Finance and Administration

"We are having a great deal of success using the sales, management, and pre-hire evaluations which we purchased from you. We are using them to match the right applicant with the right job opening, making adjustments in the structure and make-up of our departmental teams based on the collective personalities of the team members, and for coaching our current employees. Thank you for introducing us to TTI's DISC assessments. They are the best predictor of performance we have ever used."

Larry Bonorato
General Manager

"The behavior testing has given us insight on the applicants' true beliefs and actions rather than finding out later. The bottom line is that it has helped us lower accident cost. "

Clifton Parker
President

"You have had a significant impact on our hiring of safe drivers and reducing driver turnover."

Ben Harmon
Safety Director

"The profiles on our Leadership Team have provided benefits beyond our expectations. Communications have improved."

John Sealander
Vice President of Sales

Business Coaching and Consulting

"Our decision to work with Annette Estes and the DISC profiles will prove to be one of the BEST investments in the history of our company. The greatest benefit of Annette's program has been with the founders of our company. It has allowed us to come together as a team, respecting the unique talents of each founder and utilizing those talents to our greatest advantage. I highly recommend The Estes Group to any business or individual who wants to improve their relationships and results. We would not be the same company without Annette's help. ”

Edward Terrell
Vice President of Operations

"Through the DISC format and your coaching we have opened ourselves up to each other completely and communication is now one of our greatest strengths among our management team."

David Hudson
Vice President of Sales and Marketing

"Annette Estes' honest and diplomatic critiquing helped me immensely in developing my public speaking skills and seminars. Her practical, to-the-point advice is invaluable to the neophyte and accomplished speaker alike. She has been a Godsend."

Bonnie Yon
Trainer

"Annette Estes knows how to take the characteristics and skills of her clients and make them better. Everything is positive, and she recognizes potential. She helped me communicate better through the media, but also helped with every day life. Annette instills confidence, and it's amazing how much help coaching from an expert like her can be."

Rex Maynard
Business Owner

Workshops and Training

"We got rave reviews on Annette's seminar.  We found it very interesting and useful, and it greatly improved the presentation skills of all of the folks who attended the class.  She did a very professional job and I recommend her highly."

Minot Stanton
Director of Procurement & Related Services
Global Performance, LLC

"Annette's on-hand approach, personality and presentation were terrific! It definitely could have a long-term impact on my career."

"Annette is a very dynamic speaker and presenter. I liked the involvement of the participants."

"Very good seminar, well worth my time."

"Annette did a superb job! I love the audience participation activities. Everything flowed beautifully."

"The games she shared with us really showed me the importance of communication and listening."

"Annette Estes is very professional."

"Atmosphere was made to make everyone comfortable - no one put on the spot. Left with lot's of self-confidence. It was great!"

"Very informative! It was easy to relate to the various examples given."

"It was fast-moving, interesting and enjoyable. Time flew by!"

"Very impressed. Would love to attend more of your presentations."

"Annette was well-prepared and (the) presentation was so involved and interesting. Annette, you did an excellent job! The workshop should have been longer."

"Very interesting. Kept my interest the entire time. I didn't go “fishing” at all."

"Relaxed fun way of learning communication skills."

"Practical steps anyone can use!"

"Annette was very positive, energetic, and informative."

"I was very relaxed and enjoyed that . You are great!"

"I wish our company would have permitted more time for your presentation."

"I needed this 3 weeks ago."

Kids Say the Neatest Things

These are comments from students in a 7th grade class after I talked with them for two hours about giving talks (as opposed to speeches or lectures). These comments are from Ilena, Christin, Keith, Brad, Alicia, Anna, Carl, Beth, Becky, Katti, Katie, Leslie, Samantha, Andy, Holly, Jessica, Christy, Charity and A.J.

"I'm glad you could come and talk to us. I learned a whole bunch of useful information. Now I can't wait for the upcoming book talk!"

"I'm going to do better on speaking to a group. You made it much more easier for me."

"Speaking in front of our class showed me how well people can speak in front of other people."

"I had a lot of fun listening to you and I learned a lot also."

"I liked the props you used. That was very interesting. You're a great speaker."

"You are a great speaker. I'm sure I'll use your advice some time. Thanks."

"Thank you for coming. I think giving talks will be much easier now."

"I really am glad you were able to “teach” us about “talks."

"It really helped, and I learned a lot."

"I plan on being an actress and your talk really helped. I learned a lot and really enjoyed your visuals."

"Thank you for giving us advice on how to make ‘talks.'"

"I really enjoyed you coming to speak to us about public speaking. I thought you were great."

"I really enjoyed your talk. I learned a lot."

"Ms. Estes, Thank you! You helped me a lot."

"Annette, thank you for sharing yourself with us. We all enjoyed it."

Evelyn Pollard, Teacher