Clients & Quotes

"Thanks for helping to make our event such a great night. I'm still getting compliments and being told how much fun everyone had five weeks later."
— Dennis Brown, Nestle Waters

"I liked everything about our Face The Music program. It was creative, well-organized, and well-executed. Paul was able to maintain the integrity of his creative endeavor while being flexible enough to work with a local band (myself included!). I appreciate all that he did to make our event a raging success. I will not hesitate to recommend this as one of the best experiential programs that I have ever been involved with."
— Dr. Terri Egan, Professor of Applied Behavioral Science, Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business

"The music was uplifting and provided a forum to recognize both joint successes and common experiences. It was an energizing, fun, and highly experiential session that easily brought together people from many different backgrounds, cultures, and even languages."
— Barbara Keen, Ph.D., Director, Organization Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb

"FTM offered a unique and fun way to effectively create a team environment and address change management issues through a blues format. I was impressed with the flexibility and overall professionalism of FTM. It was a pleasure to work with this cutting edge company."
—Janice Smith, Leadership Development Consultant, Ernst & Young

"McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals partnered with Face The Music to offer an evening activity during the delivery of their customized Transformational Leadership Series. The purpose of the evening was to create a team building activity that would allow participants to air real work issues in a fun, light-hearted way and to break down barriers cross-functionally and between organizational levels. We also wanted to have FUN! These leaders work hard and some evening levity was needed. This all was achieved and more. Participants raved about the activity and loved seeing each other as "human". Any concerns I had about "would this work...and how people feel about having to write and perform a song" were completely gone after the first few minutes. It was a perfect complement to our program."
— Valerie A. Corace, Director, Leadership Development, McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals

“Glad to be a phone reference and identified as a VERY satisfied FTM client who initially reacted with ‘This is crazy... there's no way we would be able to do this!!’ In the letter, I could include reference to the number of folks who told me the next day that they'd initially schemed on how to go hide in their hotel rooms...but after doing it said it was one of the most unusual and enjoyable team-building events they'd ever done.”
— David Owens, Director of Marketing, Washington Mutual

"I can't even begin to tell you how much fun this teambuilding exercise project was for everyone. If not for FTM, our offsite would not have been a success."
— Janine Iofrida, Event Planner, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group

"What organizational development needs is innovation. And Face the Music is it!"
— Warner Burke, Ph. D. Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

"FACE THE MUSIC was an extraordinary experience! During the course of our four-day National Sales and Marketing Conference, FTM was the catalyst that kept us out of the box, energized, entertained, and thinking deeply about many of our challenges going forward. In addition to the sheer fun of it all, we got many insights into the way we collaborate and communicate as an organization - as well as great ideas about what we can do to improve. Participants bonded, walls came down, creativity flourished and, collectively, we took the next step to go beyond our business blues. I was especially impressed by the skillful ways in which FTM facilitated the process of all 325 of us addressing some important "company culture" issues that emerged, real-time, at the conference. Well done!"
— Peter Jung, Senior Vice President, Moen

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Face the Music was the cover story on CNN Financial Network's Entrepeneurs Only.

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"The Face the Music event was the best day I've had at work in 15 years."
— Jill Altana, VP Human Resources, ADP

"We have had rave reviews about 'Face the Music'. FTM bonded our group early in the conference on a very emotional level. It brought down defenses and connected people who had never met before. The songs participants wrote enabled them to share their hopes and commitments, their anger and fears in a way that was both moving and funny. We think FTM is a brilliant idea and can accomplish in a few hours what days of an ordinary conference could never do."
— Elizabeth Raisbeck, Watershed Program Manager, River Network

"This is such a great concept in energizing everyone. I came in sitting in the back of the room, but ended up right in front! Great for team spirit!
— Nancy Piechowiak, Sales Coordinator, Panasonic

"I didn't think it could be done. You turned a room full of analytic executives into raving blues singer for a night. Finally, a conference activity that wasn't the same old thing!"
— Ralf Christian, General Manager, GE Industrial Systems

"'Face the Music' was a huge hit. It accelerated the teaming of some very distinct personalities at our two week learning retreat. FTM provided an extraordinary opportunity for our group to bond, let down defenses, take some much needed risks and begin to deal with some tough issues. I loved the way FTM made it safe for people to step out of their comfort zones. The humor and energy of the evening was just what the doctor ordered. Well done!
— Lucille Calandra, Manager, Leadership Development, Con Edison

"Face the Music was a complete success. Our people had fun, took risks and understood how valuable the exercise was. We were especially impressed with the high quality of your musicians and your professionalism in managing a huge number of teams. During the morning after your session I overheard a prestigious member of our Board talking to his colleagues: "You know," he said, "the blues exercise was not at all as trivial as I imagined it would be. I realize now that it was very meaningful."
— Valerie Beroin, Aventis

"Your high energy 'Face the Music' provided an opportunity for teamwork, venting, and a lot of fun. During the course of our three day meeting we had some tough issues to tackle and I wanted to end our meeting with an activity that would bring people together in a positive way. Something that would be fun, yet of real substance and value. We got everything we wanted from FTM and more."
— Thomas Hawley, Director, Human Resources, FIS

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