" I have been fortunate to have worked with Tara on several major consulting projects when she was Achieva. Together we lead the effort to create strategy and training to produce measurable results with customer service, teamwork, project management, leadership development and more!! She is one of the most talented, smart, strategic and caring leaders I have ever worked with. She blends smart strategy, with caring about employees and customers - with the end goal of measurable results for the business! A rare and amazing blend of skills and talent."
Susie Pecuch – Speaker/Consultant:
“ I am writing to provide a professional reference for Tara Murphy. In my experience as Vice President of Culture for CI Group and now Market President, I have the pleasure of working with many of the business industry’s brightest minds. Tara Murphy ranks among the very best speakers and leadership coaches I’ve ever encountered. Her speeches on the topics of leadership and company culture have influenced my team as well as many leaders in our community. Tara is a people’s person and an incredible public speaker and leader. Her passion for the subject matter is infectious. In just one hour, attendees gain a fresh perspective on the major trends that are transforming creativity and innovation in the workforce.
She draws on her career as a COO for a financial institution to illustrate the way major trends are reshaping the process of innovation across entire industries and the tools needed for successful leaders. Her experience working on many different departments provides a highly relevant perspective to audiences facing questions of leadership and innovation. Her presentations are packed with illuminating anecdotes, telling statistics, surprising paradoxes, and a refreshing dose of good humor. At my request, a few years ago, Tara crafted a special presentation for our company summit in South Florida. This plenary speech was superb. It set the pace for three days of lively discussion among the attendees, and it provided valuable insight into the best ways to grow as leaders and grow employee engagement and innovation. She was a lively and provocative speaker in our meeting. We are currently working on next year’s company summit, and I would not have the event unless Tara is one of the key speakers.
I have the pleasure of getting to know Tara in a personal level, as we both are part of the 2015 Leadership Tampa Bay class. I have always admired her great sense of leadership and empathy towards everyone. She leads by example and her work ethic is exceptional. I am honored to call her a friend.
In sum, it is my pleasure to give Tara Murphy my highest recommendation as a keynote speaker and leadership coach consultant. She will deliver valuable information and analysis in an inspiring and entertaining manner.
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Gilbert Broco-
Market President
CI Group
"Tara possesses the unique ability to push a team to high levels of performance. Her experience includes developing leaders who deliver results even beyond their own expectations. Given Time with Tara, your team will walk away excited about tools to help them exceed goals, improve operational efficiencies, build strong high performing teams, and improve employee and customer performance metrics. She’s that good."
Gary Regoli
President/CEO ACHIEVA CU
"Bringing on Tara to our board has allowed us to take Connect-IT 360 and the Next Gen Tech 360 program to the next level. Her leadership and expertise have been paramount to setting up a solid foundation for us to be able to expand and scale. Tara is such a great compliment to our board as an incredible collaborator and visionary. Tara's leadership skills will take any company she works with to the next level of success! "
Robyn Mussler - Founder, President Connect-IT 360
“ Tara is an exceptional talent and one of my favorite people. She has a flawless skill at understanding people and situations and providing actionable feedback to enhance communication and productivity. Her leadership abilities are highly desirable. She brings impressive speaking and planning experience to businesses in most industries.”
Scott McKim - Chief Strategy Officer @ 121 Financial Credit Union
" It was my honor and pleasure to serve with Tara on Achieva Credit Union's Executive Team. In my role as Chief People Officer, I was in awe of Tara's ability to attack the most challenging situation with the highest level organized and knowledgeable solution. Her ability to rally teams to get excited about and embrace extremely large projects with enthusiasm and dedication was amazing to watch. Tara is a creative and strategic thinker that does not see problems, but opportunities. Her project management skills are beyond compare. Be it leading a short or long range project, daily operations, team building or technical expertise, Tara's top notch successes speak for themselves. Be it in the boardroom, or line employees, Tara generates a trusting, let's get it done demeanor. and is the leader that people want to support. If you want to build more productive, professional teams, have a project that requires deep detail review, timely implementation and solid results, or want to enhance your strategic business plan and operations, you must consider Tara's amazing results oriented and diverse skills. You and your business will be glad you did.
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Janet Till – Retired, former SVP HR Achieva CU
“ Agility is the key to businesses success, and has become a necessary component to meet new and evolving business needs. Along with this, investing in the growth of people and building future leaders is also a key component in a business’s growth and agility. I have seen Tara Murphy utilize her skills to transform both business and people. She utilizes her real world experience to create a positive, team experience using collaborative tools to bring new ideas and vantage points. She works with these teams to create a shared vision that the teams are excited about. This creates a strategy that everyone can rally around and bring to fruition. She utilizes her business acumen and poises herself to meet your individual companies or team member’s needs to optimize both business and personal successes. It has been a pleasure to watch Tara in action and participate in all she has to offer.”
Tracy Ingram - Chief Digital & Infrastructure Officer, Achieva CU
“ I enjoyed working with Tara for five years. Tara is passionate about her work and she continually strives to learn and apply her knowledge to improve the business. Tara uses her project management mindset in everything she does, whether organizing work, problem solving, teambuilding, or finding efficiencies through empowering employees, Tara’s outgoing personality and professionalism, combined with her work ethic and strong experience make her a valuable resource for any project.”
Janice Hollar - CFO
Achieva Credit Union
" It's my absolute pleasure to recommend Tara Murphy. Tara and I worked together at Achieva Credit Union for 2 years. I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with Tara, and came to know her as a truly valuable asset to absolutely any team. She is honest, dependable, and incredibly hard-working. Beyond that, she is an impressive leader who is always driven to produce great results. Her knowledge of financial technology and expertise in motivating teams was a huge advantage to our entire office. She put her skill set to work in order to improve Achieva's edge in our industry. Along with her undeniable talent, Tara has always been an absolute joy to work with. She is a true team player, and always manages to foster positive discussions and bring the best out of other team members. Without a doubt, I confidently recommend Tara. As a dedicated and knowledgeable teammate and an all-around great person, I know that she will be a benefit to your organization"
Rex Platte – Data Engineer, Achieva Credit Union
“ I have had the pleasure of working with Tara Murphy between August 2019 and December 2021. During that time Tara clearly distinguished herself as not only a leader, but a hands-on professional who got to the root causes of an issue quickly and efficiently. I have never known Tara to raise an issue, without also recommending multiple solutions. Tara always does what she says she is going to do and her professionalism is always present as an example to others. I would recommend Tara Murphy to any organization that desires a clear and objective assessment of not only the reality of the organization, but actionable insight into the benefits that may be realized in the future. ”
Brian Czajkowski– Corporate Project Manager, Achieva Credit Union