TESTIMONIALS

Craig joined the Sydney Engineering Leadership team meeting today as a guest speaker to share some powerful perspective and practical tips on leading in the current environment. It was critical for this group to hear from Craig. The room was completely captivated, even over VC, Craig's presence and calm was felt in the room in Sydney. Now more than ever we need strong leaders to show up for our sites and each other. Thank you Craig for sharing your personal story and truly a part of yourself to help others. You have an important talent and our Australia leadership team is grateful for you. I heard after how much it resonated. THANK YOU for your time, energy and everything we learned today.

Thank you very much Craig for hosting a tailored influencing workshop for the China Sales Team! Your sincere sharing of your own experience and tips on managing stakeholders and influencing were super helpful for the whole team to expand their knowledge and build their skills. We very much appreciate your time and dedication. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and demonstrating the spirit of lifting yourself and others. Look forward to learning more from you in future!

Craig's leadership in the Search Inside Yourself training was nothing short of exceptional, and he embodied the very essence of what it means to "be Googley". From the outset, he demonstrated a masterful ability to cultivate a psychologically safe space for all participants. This atmosphere of openness and acceptance allowed everyone to engage fully, share vulnerabilities, and embark on a journey of genuine learning and self-discovery free from any fear of judgment. It was within this safe environment that Craig exemplified another core value: "lifting yourself and others". Under his guidance, the training became a transformative experience for all participants. THANK YOU, Craig!

I wanted to express my sincere gratitude to Craig for the excellent Search Inside Yourself training you conducted.

It was truly one of the most helpful and insightful training sessions I've attended. Your expertise, clear guidance, and the practical resources you shared have made a profound impact on my understanding of mindfulness. I particularly like all the micropractices that you shared in the training!

I'm eager to put these techniques into practice and feel more equipped to manage stress and cultivate greater focus.

Thank you again for such a valuable learning experience.

Thanks again for hosting the session for our leadership team last week. I wanted to drop you a quick msg that I'm very appreciative of you taking the time to conduct the training. You made the session very personable and engaging despite conducting over GVC by sharing your inspiring personal stories, practical tips, and creating well timed breakout discussions that allow all of us to introspect and reflect. Thanks again!

Thank you, Craig, for your thoughtful and inspiring session. The content and your expert delivery helped us achieve our goals and kicked off productive discussions within the leadership group throughout the week.

Thank you for the fantastic Coach Training! You created a warm and welcoming environment for everyone to experiment and learn. Despite the various time zones, you kept everyone engaged. This was the best possible introduction to coaching I could've gotten. Thank you, again!

Craig, you are a true legend. One of the greatest people I have met in Google. Overall training structure was amazing, but also your voice, how you talk, how you ask for comments, everything was so relaxing and I felt really safe to be there to express my honest and real feelings. The SIY training is amazing, but I don't think I could have gotten this much learnings and changes if the facilitator was not you. Thank you Craig for being here, being you, and also offering the opportunity. It was such a life changing 2 days.

All the learnings I gained were beyond my expectation. I really am thinking of any feedback I can give to make the session better, but I cannot come up with anything...

My apologies this got extremely long, I couldn't help myself writing. As I wanted to let you know my feelings, I did not use Gemini to summarize it!

This was my first experience that I felt through a training that I want to implement the learning into my "life". Not my daily job. As English is not my first language, I always have to push myself to speak up in these kinds of training sessions. Giving myself an action item saying "Miori, you have to at least raise your hand once to improve yourself and have a meaning for you to be there". I never felt that unnecessary pressure in your session. I can focus on learning things, and it is okay not to say anything if you are digesting the learnings. If you get emotional, that's okay. I feel so grateful that I had this experience, that it's okay to be myself.

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Because I was able to share my honest feelings, I think I got a great friend through this session. My buddy, I feel like I have known her for several years, and we have shared so many things already. So glad that I joined this session this time.

I changed a lot. Now I know what I really want to do, and don't care just about the ratings in this company anymore. Before the session, I was having a promo conversation with my manager. I loved to grow people, always thought "what would be of service" (New beautiful word I learned) I can give to my favorite colleagues, and I thought about one of the options would be to be promoted and be a people manager. My manager shared with me the progress and advise what action I should take to "show" that I have the capability to be promoted. While I appreciate her being straight forward, I was getting a little tired of that type of conversation. After SIY, I can confidently say I will do whatever that grows me to be a great person, a great mentor and coach, if that leads to a promotion that's great, but if not I will keep doing the practice in a different way.

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The world is brighter and I am confident.

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I was so touched by how you coach. I thought about being a coach before, but it felt more of the business/career/masculine side of the coaching, that was making me stay away from this idea.

But now I really want to practice and be like you, and want to be able to help people around me like how you did in these 2 days.

I will contact you separately for asking advice to be a compassionate and insightful coach.

Thank you so much、 Craig. Thank you. 心から、ありがとうございました。

Thank you Craig for leading Resilience through Uncertainty session for the Manager's offsite!

As we were going through a lot of changes, this session was very crucial for the people managers to understand and how to navigate through ambiguity and changes.

Thank you so much for your time, once again, and truly appreciate your help!

Craig, thank you so much for your amazing facilitation of the recent "Leading for Innovation" training during the APAC Offsite. I found the training to be incredibly informative and helpful, and I believe that it will have a positive impact on our organization. You provided us with a number of practical tools and resources that we can use to implement the concepts in our own work. Thank you again for your excellent facilitation!

Craig, your recent Foundational Coach Training was nothing short of outstanding! Not only did you expertly cover the core objectives, but your proactive follow-up before and after the session demonstrated incredible dedication.

Your commitment to inclusivity made the training a welcoming and impactful experience for everyone. The thoughtful feedback you provided throughout fueled a fantastic learning environment. Participants gained valuable coaching skills and left feeling supported and inspired.

Thank you for being a champion of growth and development within our team. Your passion for coaching shines through, and you're truly making a positive impact! 🌟

Thank you Craig for facilitating the amazing Search Inside Yourself Virtual session! More than 85 people attended the course and benefited from the mindfulness practices shared during the session.

Thank you for putting together and facilitating a great session for the Cloud event. We value your time and know a lot of effort goes into this. Truly appreciate your contribution to our event and the continued growth and development of the global Cloud E/ABP Community. Thank you!

Big thank you to Craig for having created "resilience in times of uncertainty" sessions and kindly have agreed to facilitate those sessions for the Geo team. In addition to the great attendance to the first emea/apac session, the feedback from the team has been great, to only name one:"It was such a great session! Sometimes these talks could be either superficial or very generic. But Craig was fantastic!" Thank you so much for your flexibility,and furthermore to even agreeing to hold an extra US friendly session, despite the not so friendly apac time. This is so valuable to the teams, so thank you for the huge difference you make to Googlers cross-product areas and cross-locations.vBig thank you to Craig for having created "resilience in times of uncertainty" sessions and kindly have agreed to facilitate those sessions for the Geo team. In addition to the great attendance to the first emea/apac session, the feedback from the team has been great, to only name one:"It was such a great session! Sometimes these talks could be either superficial or very generic. But Craig was fantastic!" Thank you so much for your flexibility,and furthermore to even agreeing to hold an extra US friendly session, despite the not so friendly apac time. This is so valuable to the teams, so thank you for the huge difference you make to Googlers cross-product areas and cross-locations.

Hi Craig! Thank you so much for being willing to host a session of Fundamentals of Influence for our Dev Week! We hope to have you facilitate for us again in the future!

Craig, thank you for going out of the way to accommodate my workshop request at such a short notice. It was very useful for me and the team. You have definitely started something and we will implement all that you taught us today. :-)

Thank you so much Craig for facilitating the first workshop for the Women in Tech Summit. Craig worked on customizing the content to meet the objectives and needs of the participants for this workshop. We had over 200 participants on GVC and Craig facilitated an engaging and interactive session for over 90 mins virtually. We've recieved some amazing feedback from the workshop - ~92% of survey respondents felt this workshop was worth their time. THANK YOU Craig for a wonderful kick-off to the LIFT Summit, we couldn't have done it without you!

A huge thank you, Craig! Thank you for always showing up as an ally for women in their careers. The session was beautifully orchestrated, with such great engagement and participation - something that is not easy to balance with over 200 participants. Craig was so receptive to adjusting the content and delivery to make the session truly impactful, while also balancing the constraints of making a discussion heavy session work for such a large audience.

Thank you so much Craig for such a great training on Giving and Receiving Feedback. You really created a safe environment for us to openly share and learn from each other. It was a great conversation and we learned so much from you. Thank you for your kindness and for openly sharing your experience, we all now feel much more comfortable with both giving (helping others) and receiving (helping ourselves) feedback!

Craig,

Our heartfelt thanks for adeptly guiding managers and sellers in a career development session that ignited enlightenment. Your expertise led us through inner exploration, life purpose revelation, and crafting pathways forward.

Your contagious enthusiasm sparked an unforgettable experience. Insights shared, from crafting life purpose statements to embarking on guided inner journeys, have made a lasting impact.

We deeply appreciate your exceptional facilitation, urging us to embrace journeys with renewed purpose and steadfast determination. Your mark on us is enduring.

Dear Craig, thank you for curating an informative, inspiring and incredible session on Project Management for the Talent Engagement Team. The session has enabled the team to understand core concepts and best practices on Project Management while learning productivity enhancing, streamlining and time management tools. Your efforts to make it rich with content and yet make it engaging is truly commendable. Big thank you!

Thank you for running "Building Resilience: A Focus on High Performance Skills" workshop for the Australia Product team. !

Thank you Craig for hosting 'Resilience in Times of Uncertainty'. The session was very well received by all the participants. Thank you for sharing your valuable insights  to help other Googlers in Bangalore. Look forward to partnering with you in the future!

Craig, thank you so much for facilitating our Women@Play event on Building Resilience! The content has really resonated across APAC, with 70+ people attending the workshop and great feedback on its impact.

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Thanks for taking the time to develop and deliver the content, I found it to be a helpful hour of both learning and reflection.

Craig, huge thanks for going above and beyond to facilitate an interactive workshop for the APAC team which was both helpful and informative. We appreciate your thoughtful preparation, engaging delivery and vulnerability to share (inspiring) anecdotes from your personal life. Thank you for creating a safe and welcoming space for participants. Your hands-on takeaways, tips and insights will help our team navigate and cope with stress effectively in our personal and professional lives. Kudos! 👏🏽👏🏽

Thank you for the session - "Search Inside Yourself" & Introducing me to a mindfulness framework. This course is well planned but most importantly well executed by you. It was great to know how 3 breathes, SBNRR and focused attention can increase my potential. Again, your coaching skills are at par. I really enjoyed meditating with you. Thank you so much!

Thank you Craig for contributing a lot to our offsite. You kindly spend your precious time, just before your flight, for the rehearsal and the actual session to introduce your upcoming helpful sessions and give a quick heads up for everyone about the importance of resilience/searching yourself. Your kind attitude to all other Googlers is truly telling what Googleyness is to us. Also thank you so much for setting up another resilience training session for APAC. I hope your warm hearts will support as many Googlers as possible.

Craig,

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Thank you for guiding a "Search Inside Yourself" session on last Friday and sharing your story with all of UX Researchers in APAC! Your session for wellbeing focus and mindfulness helped us manage stress, anxiety and overwhelm during these hard times. Folks mentioned that they came out of it more humbled, grateful and had a more quiet and peaceful day - because of the time they spent with you.

We are absolutely lucky to have you at APAC side at Google so that we could offer this space for the team. Please accept our deepest gratitude! 🙏

Thank you very much for the amazing Search Inside Yourself session! Extremely well-prepared with engaging exercises and great guidance and explanation :)

Dear Craig,

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Thank you so much for being there for us on this difficult time! The few sessions you organized this week including "processing difficult emotions" and "Resilience in Times of Uncertainty" hit home to many of us in APAC. thank you for being a wellness coach to us and guide us to reframe our situation in times like this. On behalf of Google APAC, we appreciate you!

A huge thank you to Craig for presenting at the first ever APAC-wide Mental Health Conference hosted by Blue Dot and g2g.

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Craig hosted a session on mindful parenting where he shared his personal journey of

incorporating aspects of mindfulness into parenting and putting it into practice at home.

We are positive that Craig's continuous efforts on promoting mental health through the practice of mindfulness has given a huge impact on Google's culture.

Thank you so much for your support and we look forward to many more fruitful collaborations!

Thank you so much Craig for conducting the Mindfulness Workshop for the Recruiting team, especially in times of change and uncertainty. The workshop was really helpful and participants shared it improved their wellbeing and connectedness to teammates :)

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Thanks for all the support Craig!

Dear Craig,

Thank You so much for being part of our latest You Can't Ask That session. Moderation is a fine art and your timing, ability to emphasize with the panelists and share insights based on your own experience were invaluable. Based on the engagement during the session and the feedback that we have received, I believe this topic resonated with so many viewers and that they really appreciated the insights and vulnerability that everyone shared. We wouldn't have been able to do this without your support. Your participation has helped us foster an inclusive work place. Thank you again for being an amazing moderator!

Thank you so much for hosting Search Inside Yourself session for Stadia and Nest APAC team! Our team has shared the very positive feedback to the session. Also it will improve our team's well-being for sure!

Craig, thank you so much for showing up as a leader and champion for DEI and Wellbeing during our Devices & Services APAC Ops DEI event today. I can't tell you how much it means to me and the broader team here in APAC that you were willing to be vulnerable on such a large stage to advance and promote DEI within our org. You also led an amazing DEI themed guided meditation to boot! Thank you for your DEI and wellbeing leadership!

Thank you, Craig, for your support again as a Coach in the Women@JP CoffeeClub!

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Craig dedicated their time and expertise in coaching a cohort of cross-site female Googlers on how to accelerate their growth as leaders over a 6 month program.

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Your contribution has supported the Japan CoffeeClub achieving 22% growth this year.

Craig, thank you for your commitment to DEII & for being a great ambassador and ally!

Craig,

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My immense thanks for facilitating our Foundational g2g Coach Training [APAC] with such grace, kindness, and expertise. You created space for questions and reflections, and your teaching style was a strong example of what it looks like for a facilitator to meet each budding coach where they are in their journey.

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With much appreciation,

Dez

Craig, thank you for your teamwork and dedication to supporting the Google community through the gPause g2g Program this year. Your leadership and facilitation of Search Inside Yourself (SIY) made a positive impact on the Global Google community, resulting in countless teams and users deepening their mindfulness practices. Your leadership with regard to mindfulness based work at Google plays a critical role in supporting the well being of our community. Thank you for your willingness to take on this important work and pave the way for our program to expand and impact users across the Globe.

Thank you so much for facilitating the Career Development session for Career Days! Your session helped Googlers navigate their careers and we really appreciate your support! :)

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Best,

Pichi obo Career Days Team