Hear from the leaders, colleagues, and clients who have experienced Stacy's coaching and leadership firsthand.
Stacy is a thoughtful, grounded executive coach who creates instant psychological safety. Even in our short time working together, she has shown an exceptional ability to listen deeply, ask the right questions, and stay fully present with what matters most. She is highly driven, focused, and genuinely invested in her clients' growth, which makes working with her feel both productive and supportive. I would confidently recommend Stacy to anyone looking for a coach who combines sharp insight with real care.
I have interacted with Stacy for the past 10 years and most recently during her coaching class. She is exceptional at listening, acknowledging and observing patterns in people. Her experience and philosophy as a leader are both aligned with the true spirit of coaching. She would be an amazing asset to any leader or organization!!
Stacy is an incredibly inspiring leader and mentor. Her guidance, encouragement, and belief in me pushed me to grow in ways I never thought possible. I truly would not have the career path or the skills I have today without her support. She leads with integrity, confidence, and heart, and has a rare ability to bring out the best in those around her. I'm deeply grateful for her impact on my professional growth.
Stacy has the unique capability to unlock value from innovation. Stacy is able to move innovation to scale AND implement the required change management required to create value for a large enterprise and the dealer network.
Stacy is genuine and knowledgeable. With a lengthy career in the Motor City as director, mentor, encourager and leader, coaching is the best place for her to find opportunities to further use her varied talents and expertise in ways to strengthen and promote your career and business. With an attention to detail and the ability to see the big picture, she will lead you to level up your professional development.
Stacy is very self aware, and full of integrity. Her compassion and intelligence are admirable. She taught me a lot in life in general. Great leaders like her are flexible and adaptable to all levels of coaching and she nails it.
Stacy has the rare ability to lead and coach in times of high stress and difficult challenges. She's able to help team members understand the situation, prioritize decision making and take actionable steps to resolve the matter at hand. She gets buy in from all levels of the organization, from direct reports to the entry level associates on her team. They would follow her anywhere.
Stacy is a profoundly experienced business leader. Employees speak highly of her personable approach to problem solving and team building. If you are serious about growing your business Stacy can be an invaluable asset.
Stacy is one of the very best leaders I have ever worked with. She consistently showed tremendous courage, setting an exemplary example for work ethic and integrity in every aspect of her roles. As my boss and mentor, I feel she brought out the best in me, and I witnessed her do the same for countless individuals across all levels of the organization. Her positive influence extended from entry level employees to corporate executives and beyond the company to suppliers, partners, and customers. I highly endorse Stacy as a coach.
I have worked with Stacy for most of my 30 years at Ford. As senior leaders in our activity we worked very closely together over the last decade. Stacy is a unique leader in today's business environment as she both believed in and modeled a true people first approach to leadership. Success for Stacy always came through her teams which regarded themselves as part of the family! And because they were all family and had each other's backs, those teams would go the extra mile and accomplish amazing things. Anyone would be blessed to have Stacy as their coach.
I worked for and along side Stacey in a variety of roles at Ford Motor Company — she consistently improved the engagement, capacity and personal growth of her direct reports, her wider team, and additional employees outside her organization who she mentored. I would not hesitate to recommend Stacy as a coach for professionals who want to develop or improve their abilities to lead large diverse teams in complex business and/or technical environments.
I worked with Stacy for over two decades and saw her build teams, solve complicated issues, and remain calm under immense pressure. She is passionate, has an operational and strategic mindset, and holds herself and others accountable to delivering objectives that exceed our customer's expectations. She cares about people's success beyond her own, and offered council to new employees despite a challenging schedule. Her technical knowledge is beyond reproach. I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with Stacy.
I've worked along side of Stacy for several years at Ford. High level projects. Stacy has the unique ability to drive and deliver results while at the same time, truly care for people. Great asset for sure!
Rock star status…. Stacy is one of the best leaders I worked with at Ford. She is always focused on getting to yes… regardless of the situation. She leads by example and is focused on developing leaders at all levels. Stacy will be an amazing Coach and any one that works with her is super lucky.
I worked with Stacy for over a decade, and I recommend her as a steady, wise, and optimistic leader. She helps people shine brightly, and her team adored her. Her business acumen is deep, and I remember many times where I asked her for guidance, which I always appreciated.
I worked alongside Stacy for 10 years, she is not only a leader who understands how to support her teams but also helps the people become better leaders that are positioned above her. In other words she leads without being a manager. She also is durable, incredibly flexible and open to others. She has been challenged in her career and her personal life and can bring people up because she has overcome tough situations with professionalism and love. Stacy is a great selection to join your team she will bring people up and make them better people from the time they spend with her.
I had the privilege of working with Stacy on high profile projects and witnessing in first hand her exceptional skills in leading diverse technical teams, delivering results with integrity, while treating everyone with respect.
Stacy is smart, kind, funny and thrives on serving/supporting others! She is an incredibly strong, resilient woman. I have known Stacy for 30 years…she posses strong family values and during her career at Ford, it was evident that she leaned into those values, creating a "family" within the successful organization she helped lead.
Stacy was a strong leader at Ford. She always sought out diverse opinions before making decisions. She has an abundance of experience and knowledge to draw upon in any situation. And Stacy is a genuinely nice person, too.
Stacy was a supervisor at Ford Motor Company so I had regular interactions with her. Stacy was professional in all my dealings. What I appreciated most was her sincere desire to develop people. I felt heard in my meetings and respected for my opinions.
I have spoken and discussed fixed operations and leadership training needs and strategies with Stacy Balzer in the past, when she was a Senior Director, in Service Engineering Operations with Ford Motor Company, and since she has started her Leadership Consulting Company, Uplift + Ignite Coaching and Consulting. As a former Fixed Operations Manager at Ford and Lincoln Mercury Dealerships, as well as a Fixed Operations Consultant and Trainer since 1998. Stacy Balzer is one of the most experienced leadership training professionals I have worked with in a long time.
I had the pleasure of working with Stacy off and on most of my career. Her natural ability to coach and mentor others created an environment where people felt supported, challenged and empowered to grow. Stacy's influence elevated the performance and confidence of everyone around her. The positive culture she helped to build will continue to benefit our organization long after her retirement. It was an honor to work and learn from her.
I had the honor of being coached by Stacy and found it to be a fulfilling and enriching experience as a leader and business manager!
I had the pleasure of working under Stacy's leadership for most of my career. She is energetic and enthusiastic about leading people to grow in their careers. She has helped so many become the best they can within our industry. Working with or for Stacy is a privilege because she deeply cares for her people and shares knowledge with everyone.
Stacy was one of the strongest leaders I had the pleasure to work with at Ford. She consistently gave her people the tools to succeed and grow. She was motivational, asked relevant questions, and truly cared for the people she worked with.
I spoke with Stacy about the business that I'm growing. She was very energetic, enthusiastic, and helpful even in our first meeting. I'm looking forward to the continued relationship and learning more from her as we grow!
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