It was unprecendented, yet necessary, to include Shawn Shepheard as the first male keynote speaker at a DiabetesSisters Weekend for Women Conference. Shawn related with everyone in attendance, providing inspiration, humor and attainable goal-setting to our community. Shawn's great disposition, pristine preparation, and eagerness during our entire weekend - not only during his session - made him standout as an integral part of our event. Thank you, Shawn, for sharing of yourself - successes, challenges, good, and bad - those shared experiences make us better equipped to manage diabetes better!

My professional success and personal sanity this year can be directly attributed to Shawn's coaching. No self-help, productivity, or leadership book will provide the personalized actionable items to uncover what matters - it's Shawn's guidance and accountability that will transform the way you think. His coaching sessions have been a key component to fundamentally changing the way I not only work, but live purposefully.

I attended Shawn Shepheard’s Mastermind session at a point when I was in the process of changing my business model. I thought it might help me with the change but I had no idea how much it would help. Shawn’s coaching helps you to think about the very core of your issues, both professional and personal and to confront them and deal with them. The session was of immeasurable assistance.

"Shawn is an effective, action-oriented coach and Mastermind group leader. Shawn's style is no-nonsense and he fosters an environment of trust whether its one-on-one or in a group setting. He has helped me to refine my goals (often making them bigger) focus on what's important and push through challenges. My work with Shawn has had a substantial impact on my results."

"Shawn Shepheard is the perfect leader, coach and mentor. The reason is not because I attended his recent Toronto Mastermind workshop, which was brilliant. It is not because I have heard Shawn speak at various events and have seen his ability to own the stage and the audience with ease.

What makes Shawn a great leader is his ability to champion any person who has an idea, a business or a goal regardless of their industry or their background. It doesn't matter if your idea is small, humble, outrageous or larger than life, Shawn coaches everyone with the same enthusiasm and passion so that that person can achieve what they set out to do, and then some."

"Joining Shawn's Mastermind was one of the best decisions I've made. He has provided incredible coaching and wisdom to me and the entire group of professionals. He has a unique way of challenging us and holding us accountable to pursuing the best for ourselves. Shawn is truly and inspiring leader."

I had the privilege of hiring Shawn to coach my team here at LinkedIn and it was very successful. He received the highest NPS score of the year. Shawn offers a unique perspective and brings content to the table in a way that is both engaging and easy to replicate. I've also had the opportunity to work with Shawn outside of my current role and will continue to do so into the future.

My successes professionally and personally would not have happened without Shawn Shepheard. His coaching and kindness shows no limitations. When I'm down or at a loss, his comforting words, his storytelling, has kept me on my road to living my dreams.

The preparation, execution and follow-up, are some I have not seen with other training/educating organization. Shawn is a wealth of information.

Fantastic consultants and strategists like Shawn are hard to find. He is the kind who calls BS in a way that you can actually hear, and guess what? You take action as a result. Shawn is one of the very best connected people I know who adds value with every action he takes. He is profoundly creative, fun to be around, and gets things done. I've had the privilege of working with him, for him, and to be supported by him. In all of the roles he's played, he's been an MVP. The only problem with hiring Shawn or working with him is that you will be called out to be your best, individually, and, and on organizational level. If you can handle that, go for it!