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"I love Cicely. She is a no-nonsense person. Cicely will challenge you. She will confirm your strengths and she will provide you resources and tools to develop the areas that she feels that there are opportunities. Her energy, her experiences and just her attitude really connected with me and my interest and wanted to reach out to her to continue to challenge myself and develop my career into hopefully a new journey. The one part that she has brought to light for me is I have been undervaluing myself in my work. Her career experiences, her journeys of what she's done, the different industry sectors that she has served, and again help you think about not only who you are, but what you are and what you want to be."

Cicely – thank you SO much for speaking to the team!!! They loved you! I appreciate you so much.

I want to express our deep appreciation for the time you invested with our teams last week. Your presence helped us reach some truly revelatory moments. Our discussion the next day, inspired by your insights, led to some significant breakthrough moments. We are all deeply committed to this new energy and eagerly anticipate how it will positively transform our work and team dynamics.

Cicely Simpson offers a unique and fresh approach to the major issues facing corporate and political America today. Her presentations combine a warmth for her audience with a personal charisma that captivates audiences with her honest and relatable stories of overcoming racial and gender barriers through principle centered decisions. Cicely's insights into servant leadership, building trust and forging open and honest communication resonate with aspiring professionals of every age -- and show that things can be done right even in the highest levels of Washington politics and the board rooms of some of America's most successful corporations. Cicely will leave you longing for more and will empower individuals to reinvest in making things better right where they are!

"Thank you so much Cicely. One of the best decisions I made this year was to join your program. It has truly changed my thinking."

I have known and seen Cicely to be a wonderfully accomplished woman and certainly aspirational for me. I found her to be be very empathetic in the ways she works. She has helped me to be able to pinpoint my unique place of value as opposed to being very general. She has not prescribed the path that she thinks each person should be on. Instead, she has been very authentic and tailored, he;ping me think through what, in fact, that is it that I actually want. She has a gift of finding in each person the skills that they particularly have, and then helping you to see how you can put those forward to other to other people.

Cicely Simpson has an amazing ability to take deeply complicated policy and political issues and distill them into dynamic and digestible ideas that further the conversation. During her appearance at the Brookings Institution panel on wage growth, her confidence, command of the subject and keen sense of humor made the discussion both interesting and informative for the audience.”

"I have known Cicely Simpson for many years. I have had the opportunity to see her speak on several occasions, before various groups of professionals. Cicely is extremely knowledgeable, very engaging, and an outstanding presenter. She is always very well prepared, and presents her topics succinctly and in a straightforward manner. It is without hesitation that I recommend Cicely to be a speaker for your organization.”— Jan Simonsen Equity Partner, Carr Maloney P.C.

"Cicely Simpson was the keynote speaker for Lipscomb University’s Leadership Summit - a weeklong experiential learning intensive for 120+ graduating juniors and seniors. College students can be an intimidating audience, especially our Summit group that included Bio Chemistry, Engineering, Business, Accounting and Social Work majors! As the favorite Summit speaker, Ms. Simpson delivered in spades. Her passionate and humble style quickly won over even the most skeptical academics. I highly recommend Ms. Simpson to any group that values authenticity and passion, delivered with humility, clarity, and relevancy.”

“It is rare when you meet someone with incredible experience, composure, wisdom, humor and kindness, but Cicely is all of those things and more. Cicely has become a coach, mentor and friend to me. Our relationship started when she was a guest on my podcast twice and I was on hers twice. We found a fast friendship and a kinship in our desire to change the working world for the better. I've watched Cicely instill confidence in the leaders she coaches. She built an incredible community to help people and does it all with a level head and grace. She could have 100 things going on but you'd never know it as she makes you feel like you are the only person in the room. I'd recommend Cicely to anyone looking for a coach, a great podcast, a thoughtful and excellent book or a speaker to help your team be their best."

"Thank you so much for your time spent with us at Summit! During this time, you truly modeled for us time and time again how to embody every characteristic of exemplary leadership. Thank you for coaching us to be people of impact who understand that “okay is not okay.” You taught us that while “okay is comfortable, it’s not thrilling. It’s not passion. It’s not life-changing, fulfilling, and unforgettable."