Diane Napolitano
President, NY Chapter of the IIA (2010-2011)
“We are pleased that you accepted the invitation to be the keynote speaker at the 10th Biennial Joint DOE Conference that was held at the Hilton Hotel located in the San Francisco Financial District on August 17-19, 2010. Your presentations Harnessing the Mental and Emotional Skills for Outstanding and Effective Leadership and Psychology of White Collar Crime were timely and very well received by attendees. On behalf of Paul Schafer and Michael Sinko, I want to thank you for your participation and excellent presentations.â€
Robert C. McNair, Vice President
Internal Audit & Oversight Office
Brookhaven National Laboratory
“Joan’s course was a big help, for me personally and my colleagues, when I was tasked with helping our group become proficient in facilitating workshops. I facilitated my first risk assessment workshop a month after taking the course, and it helped me go in well prepared and confident. A few years later, when I was the Director of Enterprise Risk, I brought Joan in to teach the course a second time. In addition to the obvious value for audit and risk workshops, the skills and principles that Joan teaches are very useful in a broader context. They help you be a better manager and a better communicator.â€
Dave Eden
Site Infrastructure Manager
New Nuclear Project, Ontario Power Generation
"I am recommending Joan Pastor as a very good potential Speaker for the upcoming International Conference in Boston. I know her well and she spoke at the 2010 conference in Atlanta. I actually recommended her for our Boston Chapter years ago and she has done a lot with our organization now for years. She gets rave reviews and has a lot of experience doing training worldwide."
James Murphy MBA, Senior Manager
Hologic Corp.
"Joan Pastor provides interactive, informative and extremely relevant sessions. Her enthusiasm for her work and her commitment to providing excellent content is clear in the evaluations we receive from the people who attend her workshops and sessions. Joan has always been flexible in working with us and has often been called upon to "pinch hit" in last minute agenda changes. We frequently ask Joan to speak because of her professionalism and we know that we will receive 110% effort from her."
Barbara L. Berman, CMP, Senior Project Manager
Meetings and Conferences - Program Development
America Counts on CPAs
Joan's presentation was definitely different than any other fraud and ethics class I have attended. Her superior knowledge within the field of psychology and how it relates to both business and ethics was praised by all that attended. The participation through questions and case studies made it a very exciting and interactive class. This presentation is a must for Human Resources, Finance or departments of any business or association worldwide interested in fraud, and for people at all levels of the organization. Last, but certainly not least, her office staff was great to work with and made the process of bringing in a speaker as simple as possible. Thank you for a great JPA International, Inc. experience!"
Leanna Nighswonger
Washington River Protection Solutions
Richland, WA
"On behalf of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Bankers Association, thank you for presenting your seminar on The Psychology Behind Fraud, Unethical Behavior and White Collar Crime.
"This full day seminar was the first of its kind for the NJ Bankers. One of our members had seen this seminar and recommended it to us. We were not disappointed! The attendance alone was great for a first-time topic -- but the real proof that this seminar was great was that the attendance was full from morning to evening! There are not many speakers who can retain the crowd for the entire day! Your blend of case studies, humor, psychology and statistics definitely met the seminar's objectives. In the economic times we are living in today, any other State Banking Association should welcome this seminar into their course catalog."
Jenn Zorn, Vice President
NJ Bankers
"I had the privilege of experiencing training conducted by Dr. Joan Pastor. She facilitated courses on Risk Assessment (CRSA), Conflict Management and Interviewing skills. The attendees consisted of auditors and accountants with various years of experience but the course felt like it was geared for all. I enjoyed the interaction that Joan incorporates into her training; it requires everyone to participate and makes the training fun. She is very knowledgeable about the subject areas she offers but her personality so vibrant that you will find yourself wanting more."
Greg Goodrich
MCNAFAS Far East Regional Director
MC Butler Base, Okinawa, Japan
"Thanks for presenting to the IIA San Diego Chapter Fraud Seminar in July 2010. Fraud audit training usually provides foundation suggestions on what to do and what to avoid in handling fraud incidents. However, Joan offers a unique and valuable fraud education with her psychological approach and insight. She highlights psychological factors and behaviors of a fraudster to consider when conducting an audit and/or investigation. The case studies and student interaction made this session very interesting and enjoyable! Her presentation is great for all personnel levels, including management, executives and boards members that may be interested in ethics, creating ethical business cultures and preventing fraud. We look forward to having you back for a future seminar!"
Christy Decker
2010-2011 President, IIA San Diego Chapter
"You spoke July 24 at the American Institute of CPAs' Interchange conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne. My colleagues and I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation . In fact, we now analyze our behavior to determine if we're creating, promoting, or allowing certain situations in our lives!"
Sarah Seals
Public Relations Specialist, Texas Society of CPAs
"I wish I could put you in my pocket! You are an excellent instructor of Leadership and Collaboration, the best I have had in many years. Thank you!
Diane Seefeldt,
First Premier Bank
"This was the most enjoyable Leadership training that I have attended in a long time. Thank you so much."
Kristin Smith, Home Federal Bank
"Joan's presentation on the Link between Leadership and Emotional Intelligence was absolutely fabulous! And I heard many others say that, too. She had all 350+ attendees listening to her every word. Joan is extremely informative, interesting, engaging, and funny! Her topic was one that everyone related to and she tailored it perfectly for our audience. I highly recommend Joan! We will definitely be using her again!"
Gail Peters,
IIA Midwestern Regional Conference Programs Committee Chair
"Joan's training programs are exceptional. Joan was hired to provide Communications Skills training and exceeded my expectations. She learned about our corporate culture at Yazaki to tailor the training to our needs. Her course covered every aspect of interpersonal communication that related to our organization. Joan also did some consulting work with our Office of Program Management that yielded positive results."
George Work,
Yazaki
"We have had nothing but positive responses from the people who attended the conference on 4/8. You're presentation on Psychological Profiling of White Collar Criminals was extremely well received."
Jeff Potochney,
FBI Philadelphia Office
"Joan's seminar was excellent! I hope to attend another of hers in the future."
Gary Leeds,
AICPA (Not for Profit Conference)
"One of the areas Joan excels in is developing a plan to correct identified problems and to monitor progress. In every session I have been in with Joan (it must be close to 20 now), she has left us with an action plan and critical success factors and a follow up plan. I would not be overstating Joan's ability by saying that every session I have been in has been a huge success and that profitability, morale and team work all improved significantly due to the training." Brenda Morris
CFO
Icicle Seafoods
“I hope our paths cross down the road in the future. I always enjoyed our time together and I know you are working with many other business people bringing them great values to improve on what they do daily in their jobs as well."
Doug Sellin, COO (Retired)
Union Bay Sportswear
"Joan! I see you are coming to our company again in December! It has been a long time - but I still remember my first class with you and tools and techniques that you taught me. I'll get on my bandwagon and dance on the table: 'Anyone who has not had the chance to either work with or learn from Joan has not been exposed to learning new ways to enjoy (deal with) life and all (including people) of its challenges.'
"As I said back then, you changed my life!"
Ed Denton
"Joan's seminar on The Psychology Behind Fraud was excellent! I hope to attend another in the near future."
Jackie Strat, IIA North Jersey
"On behalf of the Trusteeship for The Betterment of Women and The Women's Forum West, I would like to thank you for your informative and stimulating presentation on dreams.
"The topic was exciting and different, and I'm sure we are all paying more attention to our "sleeping hours"!
“Once again, thank you for your contribution toward making our weekend retreat a success."
Karen Jordan
Executive Director
The Trusteeship
"Dr. Joan Pastor is the shrink who has something for everyone! As a licensed clinical and industrial psychologist, she can improve the quality of corporations and personal lives. Joan has lots of radio experience and has been called "the next Oprah with a bit more spunk." The recipe for Joan's success includes a great sense of humor, an extensive education, smarts, and true compassion. It's no surprise she has won numerous awards and many hearts in the process."
A Hollywood Agent
"When I participated in a Women-in-Film workshop with Joan, she won me over. I particularly like the exercises she uses to find creative solutions to questions you may have about your life and work. From Joan I learned that the more clearly I state my questions, the more likely it is the answers will appear, sometimes in a very magical way."
Janice Kennedy
Award-winning Film and Television Writer
"Best TV Pilot" Cinema City Int'l Film Festival
"Best Screenplay" 15 Minutes of Fame Festival of Shorts
"Best Screenplay" Dixie Film Festival
"I met Joan during one of the seminars organized by the North Jersey IIA Chapter. I was really impressed with her methodology of conducting the training programs. She has fine tuned her HR programs to suit the special needs of the Internal Audit professionals and I was amazed to see her in-depth knowledge about the Internal Auditing profession. Later , my association with her as a participant in one of her HR research projects on Global Leadership Styles too was a memorable one. I still use her assessment results to understand and develop my leadership qualities. I wish her the very best in her chosen career."
Raj M Venkatachalam,
Internal Audit Consultant & Former Chief Audit Executive"
Board of Research & Education Advisors - IIA Global for 3 years
“The communication training was a success. Not only did all the engineers participating enjoy the sessions they actually put the new tools and knowledge to work. We are able to measure a decrease in communication related problems at constructions sites as a result of this training.â€
Russell L Gibson
Training Manager Retired
Chevron Corp
"Joan's course on Negotiation Skills provided insights and strategies that I have employed in recent investigative interviews with outstanding results. She provided information that can be applied immediately to achieve positive outcomes. I highly recommend this training for any investigator looking to improve their interviewing skills."
James T. Nolan
Corporate Vice President
Special Investigation Unit
New York Life
“I worked with Joan Pastor producing a series of psychology features for WXPN Radio. I was impressed with Joan’s ability to make each feature especially interesting by presenting fresh new approaches to general psychological principles. She would relate each theme directly to real-life experiences and tell specific stories to make the point come alive for the listeners. Joan speaks very amiably and draws you in, as if it were a one-on-one conversation.
“Joan would come in with information on new research or she would offer a truly unique interpretation of psychological phenomena. She is a wealth of information and insight, and her mind works quickly to draw together a lot of information, pull it together on the spot, and express it in a clear statement.â€
Amy Salit, News Director, WXPN 88.9 FM
"Joan Pastor was my professional coach for over two years. I can say, with great confidence, that she provided me with expert assistance in transitioning from a sales career to one in education, one better suited to my talents. Her guidance helped me in accessing and building my strengths that allows me to excel as a professional and live a life with an authentic purpose. Joan has been a true gem in my life and I am truly grateful for our time together."
A Happy, Satisfied Client
"I'm a young professional who works for the Mayor of a large US city. Although I've reached this relatively high level position I've spent years feeling "stupid." For years I've had difficulty understanding what I've read in school or what teachers have just said to me. I found myself reading passages and it took several times before it would sink in.
"It wasn't until last year that I realized I had a learning disability and what a life changing moment it was. Joan was a patient and understanding professional. She put me through months of testing and in the end she diagnosed me with a LD, something that probably should have been diagnosed years ago. I am now able to recognize how this issue affects me and I am able to take the tools Joan has taught me to overcome my LD and stop it from negatively affecting me. I will have my LD for the rest of my life but because of Joan it won't hinder my progress any longer."
A Young California Professional
