Testimonials — PUREformance

“You gave great advice that makes sense and is so simple! Thanks again for all your help with my Campbell’s Chunky commercial.”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — NBA All-Time Leading Scorer, Six-Time World Champion, Six-Time MVP

“Stephen, your advice was pivotal to my full understanding of the audition process and what I should have been trying to achieve all along. Thank You!”

Bryan Cranston, Academy Award nominee, 2-Time Golden Globe Winner, 5-Time Emmy Award Winner

“You completely changed my point of access to the truth of the character. It streamlined my process and made it so much easier.”

Nick Robinson, Actor. “Jurassic World,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Love Simon”

“I had struggled with stage fright all of my life. Debilitating, paralyzing, irrational fear. Stephen has spoken profound truth to me and has been my coach in helping me experience freedom and joy when performing in front of people. He has helped me immensely and I am grateful. I highly recommend him to anyone who desires to be free of the mental and emotional lies that prevent one from functioning at their highest level. Thank you, Stephen. YOU ROCK!!!“

Doug Jackson -- Guitarist with the five-time Grammy Award-nominated band, Ambrosia, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Dave Mason, Al Stewart, Roberto Carlos, Bill Champlin, Edgar Winter, Stephen Bishop, and Gary Wright.

“Stephen has a rare gift for cutting through the noise and getting to the heart of what really matters. In just one conversation, he shifted my mindset in a way that stuck. His words were clear, honest, and exactly what I needed. I walked away with focus, clarity, and a renewed sense of purpose.”

Casey Grillo, Drummer
3-Time Grammy Award-Nominated Band, Queensrÿche

“Above all other things, Stephen is authentic, and his integrity flows over into how he structures and runs his business. He is more interested in the success of his client than in his own needs and that brings results and a high level of satisfaction. In the last ten years I have built four successful virtual companies and hired probably close to a hundred consultants from time to time. That this is the first endorsement I have made on a public forum, should tell you everything. It is true to say that Stephen is now a friend more than he is a consultant to me, but such relationships come only from experiencing total quality, consistently.”

Trevor Blake — New York Times Bestselling Author, “Three Simple Steps”

“Creating and delivering effective live presentations isn’t easy….and in the age of Covid and virtual presentation, the task is even harder. We enlisted Stephen to coach our sales and marketing teams on how to effectively present in front of that virtual camera. Stephen provided what I look for in a coach, and more. He accentuates the positive to build confidence but also identifies the areas of improvement each presenter needs. His very unique background imbues him with truly original techniques you won’t find anywhere else. He is 100 percent present and his full-fledged commitment to each member of the team, helped us deliver a top notch distributor summit! Thank you Stephen!!”

Dan Heller — Executive Vice President of Sales at Chateau Saint Michelle Winery and Estates

“I engaged Stephen to coach our entire team of speakers for our annual summit with an audience of more than 500 executives plus about 1,000 of our employees. Stephen coached and worked individually with all speakers, from brand managers to the CEO. The result was truly fantastic! Thanks to him, every presenter delivered a dynamic presentation that was genuine and built on each individual’s unique personality and style of expression. They were able to bring forth excitement, conviction, and true authenticity throughout the presentation. His significant contributions generated real and measurable results for the organization. Importantly, these newly acquired skills are going to stay with each of our team members for the rest of their careers. I would recommend working with Stephen to any organization that wishes to invest in the fullest development of their teams and deliver authentic, breakthrough presentations.”

Francis Perrin — Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Ste Michelle Wine Estates

“Stephen led a seminar for our corporate executives and marketing directors to improve the engagement and impact in our presentations. The year prior, we had invested in a lot of fancy production, lighting and multiple cameras. But this year, we reallocated that budget to include Stephen’s unique work. It paid off tenfold! You can have all the fancy production equipment in the world, but it all comes down to the person in front of the camera! His coaching took all of our virtual presentations to the highest level of engagement using a cognitive, personal style, 1:1 coaching and “hands-on” coaching the day of the recording: every take! This was definitely an investment in our business. But also an investment in our entire team toward their development as well. I grew personally and improved vastly from Stephen’s amazing coaching. I highly value his engagement and it was absolutely clear how much he wants us all to WIN. He learned our content, our meeting goals and dedicated himself to all of us, delivering. Thank you Stephen!”

Linnea Hansen — Vice President of Brand Marketing and Communications, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

“You made stepping in front of the cameras easy with the wonderful advice and insight you provided! Thanks again for all your great help”

Rachel McLish — Action Film Star and Two-Time Miss Olympia

“Thank you so much for all your great work preparing our physicians for the media launch of our new facility!” You were great in every way and were really sensitive with the doctors in helping them advance rapidly in their presentational skills. You helped make the launch a great success and we’ll call upon you again!”

Dr. Howard J. Fullman, MD — Medical Director/Chief of Staff at Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles

“Your practical, enthusiastic approach made such sense and you made it easy to communicate authentic passion for what we’ve accomplished here at Applied Precision in live formats.”

Ron Seubert — Chief Executive Officer, Applied Precision, Inc

“We asked Stephen to provide presentational and public speaking coaching to select members of our staff. Drawing from his presentational coaching experience as well as casting/theatrical work, he directed the individual staffers to draw on their own personalities and personal experiences in their speaking styles. He worked conveniently in-house with us, and the results were well received. We look forward to doing more with Stephen.”

Stephen Yamada-Heidner — Principal at Olson Kundig Architects

“Even if you are a sophisticated accomplished orator, it is imperative you use Steve as a media coach. He spent several sessions of three hours video taping and coaching me. If my radio program has been a success, and I believe it has been, so much of the credit goes to Steve. His insights, understanding, direction, and wisdom have been key to an effective program. If anything Steve is underpaid for the value he brings through coaching.”

A Michael Adams — President and Principal, Adams Financial Concepts; Host Friday 4-5pm “About Money” Show AM1300 KKOL

“Stephen, I can’t thank you enough for all your great help in making my regional address, a great success. You were so easy to work with and had such insight! You actually made the process fun! Thanks again.”

Ann Marie Pomerinke — Chief Executive Officer American Cancer Society Western Regional: