“It has been a pleasure working with Curtis in a coaching relationship. I have learned more about myself, my passions, and goals that will continue to provide great value in my professional and personal life. Thank you Curtis.”

“There is a direct correlation between my coaching relationship and my two promotions within the company. The strategies, tools, and conversations have directly impacted my professional capacity. I have been extremely impressed with his process to challenge me to have the courage to address obstacles head on. The series of questions he asks and the method he follows will cause you to reflect and invest time in the most important areas of your life. We have covered a lot of ground in a short period of time and the impact has been life changing.”

“As an Attorney and Business Executive for 39 years, I have a lot of experience to draw from in my role. I have found, however, that as we mature in our jobs, the issues can be more complex and harder to navigate. Curtis helped me become more resolute in my personal values and trusting of myself and my decisions. This “self-differentiation” from my role has opened up opportunities for me to be more courageous, daring and innovative in my role. I am forever grateful to Curtis for helping me create a better version of myself.”

“I really enjoy my coaching relationship with Curtis. It has led to a few breakthroughs for me, both personally and professionally. Curtis asks great questions, allows ample time for me to think without interrupting, and helps me clarify the right forward progress actions. I think of him as my coach and a strategic thinking partner.”

“Curtis has a rare gift of asking insightful questions that enable you to think about previous experiences to create solutions that fit your personal and professional values. After each call, you will be incredibly focused on acting on your commitments. I am convinced Curtis’s coaching has created long-lasting skills that will empower me to be more self-aware and courageous in any situation. I highly recommend Curtis to anyone who would like a clear path to achieving great results and hitting goals.”

“I was referred to Curtis Carnes by a neighbor and colleague whom I highly respect. We’ve shared many discussions about best business practices and sales approaches over the last couple of decades.

Curtis helped me create a roadmap with clear goals between sessions, based on what is most important to me. He then worked with me to identify creative ways to achieve these goals. I didn’t want to let myself or Curtis down in between these sessions. By working hard to accomplish the tasks that I committed to, they became the highest priorities in my week, knowing the big picture that comes from completing my greatest goals.”

“Curtis has helped me achieve significant breakthroughs. I came to him having spent the last two decades deriving my value and self-worth almost entirely from my professional accomplishments. He supported my goals of living wholly, identifying my true personal values, creating a personal mission statement, and holding me accountable to act out my beliefs. In doing so, I have never felt more freedom and peace than I do now. I am a better mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, leader, runner, and person. I am able to show up in each area of my life with 100% authenticity and actively model this for those around me, giving them permission to do so too. I cannot recommend Curtis enough – his coaching has changed my life.”

“Big shifts are incredibly difficult to make on your own, which is why when it came time to transition from corporate America to my own business, I knew I needed help. Curtis was the voice of clarity I needed to take the bold steps required. He helped me reframe my roadblocks around uncertainty, identity, and competence into concrete action steps that put me back in control of my own narrative. I am massively grateful for the way he brought his whole self to every meeting. If you want help navigating a transitional period, you’ll be in great hands with Curtis.”

“Curtis has helped me find greater clarity and has challenged me into greater creativity, as he's worked with me to breakthrough into my next level of impact as a coach. If you are looking for breakthrough in your life or leadership, I highly recommend Curtis.”

“I connected with Curtis at a pivotal point in my career when I was feeling burnt out and disconnected. His thoughtful and practical approach to coaching helped me design clear, actionable goals to chart a new course and provide clarity to my priorities at home and in my career. Curtis is skilled at asking the right questions that helped me discover what I truly wanted to achieve in life and how to make it happen.”

“Striving for internal validation in my meetings with Curtis is giving me the confidence to be the best leader I can be. Working with him I have found my days have gotten less stressful, any work-related anxiety has decreased significantly, and it has led me to find more joy in what I do. I am no longer stressing out when problems arise but can clearly think through the issue and find the best resolution. The skills I learn working with Curtis will last a lifetime; it is truly changing who I am, for the better, at the workplace and at home.”

“Curtis came alongside me at a critical juncture in my professional life where I had to choose between maintaining the status quo or embracing a riskier, more fulfilling future. His coaching opened my eyes to possibility and gave me the courage to take the better path. He guided me in a way that I not only discovered and set my own course, but saw it through.”

“I came to Curtis to help prepare for a lot of big life changes that I knew were coming. He immediately guided me to identify the areas where I needed to develop a better sense of agency and focused on helping me build out strategies to achieve my vision there. With Curtis’ coaching I’m entering this next chapter with confidence.”

“I have accomplished more as a leader in these last months of coaching than I have in previous years combined.”

“Curtis helped me hone in some of my gifts and showed me ways to leverage my skills within my cultural setting. I made everything so complex, but Curtis helped make things simple so that I could grow in my leadership, capacity, and capability to serve my area of ministry.”

“My goal coming into the group was growing my company by focusing on gaining new clients. During the group time period, I doubled the number of clients (which grew revenue by 40%) and took a bold step to hire business development help that will likely double revenue in the coming 3 months. Unexpectedly, I also had a breakthrough in my marriage that came from taking the initiative to have some good conversations that felt hard during a busy time of life.”

“Three things I loved about the Breakthrough Group. Number one, you give us 10 minutes every time for journal time. And it's a chance to slow down and identify the breakthroughs we're seeing that are all around us. Number two, the challenging questions you ask us. You assume positive intent and follow through. Third, the vulnerability of the group. It's been powerful just assembling a group of like-minded individuals we can be vulnerable with, rub shoulders with, and learn from.”

“I walked into it with a lot of unknown. I had a major transition in my career, and a lot of open doors, but not a lot of clarity on where to go. The Breakthrough Group helped me take action steps to pursue those doors to close them to open others. And I'm walking into a role now as an executive director that just couldn't have even imagined back then.”

“I totally feel a different shift in my mindset. I was operating in a scarcity mindset, trying to control outcomes, and really frustrated, like I was in this never-ending loop. Where maybe fear and anxiety would lead the way I respond to a challenging situation, I'm noticing that I'm much more calculated and calm. I am not trying to control outcomes, but believing that the outcomes are going to happen for me, and I'm really leaning into my strengths and my passions.”

“What I love about to Breakthrough Group model is the mindset that is brought into it. Number one: Here’s an inflection point. And here's what you're going to do to try to work through that...all the way to getting feedback and then reiterating on that. It harkens back to Jim Collins concept of the flywheel. And I felt that it was a visceral, pragmatic way of applying that flywheel into my day to day life in different ways.”