Leadership Communication

In these times of uncertainty and rapid change, leaders need a trusted, independent partner to help sort through their thoughts, ideas, experiences and philosophies. As an interviewer of many of the nation’s corporate and governmental leaders, Martha is especially respected for helping her subjects comfortably set aside prepared notes and canned sound bites to explore core issues on a deeper, more authentic level.

These engagements have resulted in a variety of communications vehicles clients can instantly put to productive and effective use –

• Editorials

• Articles for industry and trade publications

• Book ideas, proposals and manuscripts

• Memoirs

• Speeches

Every time I interact with you, I come away with a fresh insight or new reflections. You have a way of bringing real people to life in all your interviews and really going to their "essential life stories."  You've certainly done so here, with warmth and compassion.

Senior executive of a global retailer

Martha's thorough preparation and thoughtfulness engender a sense of trust that motivates an interviewee to dig deeper and wider, so that maximum value can be gained from the time invested. Her listening skills reflect her genuineness and authenticity...qualities that are important to me...and in fact to the whole field of career services and leadership consulting. 

Steve Harrison, Chairman, Lee Hecht Harrison

I like a lot of things about working on projects with Martha Finney, but, in particular, I continue to be impressed with her incisive, yet respectful, interviewing style, her "out of the box" view of the subject at hand, be it interview, article or book, and her genuine love for the people side of business issues.

David Russo, Chief People Officer, Peopleclick

Thanks so much for the interview, and for the recognition.  I sincerely appreciate the time that you took, and it reminded me once again of some of my fundamental reasons for being in HR. 

Peg Wynn, Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources, Xilinx