Client Testimonials

One of our passions and the most rewarding part of coaching is seeing the growth and transformation of our clients. Here are a few of the leaders whom we are grateful and blessed to have the opportunity to work with.

What People Are Saying:

 

“Thanks for Wilma Li from BKI, my greatest experience from our program of Executive and Leadership Coach! I did have other kind of coaches from coaching program before, Wilma makes her coaching quite different. In a very professional way, Wilma helped me dig out a lot out of myself, and learned to reflect from various aspects. I do appreciate she makes me realize root cause of every one of my thinking/behavior, to better understand the value behind the scene, which is surely the most important cornerstone deep inside my heart. Moreover, I completed all tasks and achieved all goals in all sessions with great support from Wilma. I enjoy all these fruitful results, and will continue to grow with its nutrition. My best wishes for Wilma and BKI. Big Thanks !”

— Xun Fang, GM Minerals Sales MA Greater China, Metso Outotec Corporation

“Wilma Li is a top-notch executive coach who enabled me to better understand my own values, purpose, vision and goals. She provided practical strategies & tools for improvement, and kept me accountable and on-track. Every interaction I had with Wilma was positive and she was friendly and engaging. She was supportive yet firm and always thought-provoking. I am grateful she challenged me and I truly feel I have grown personally and professionally after working with her. I highly recommend Wilma and her services.”

— Jessica Brann, Principal Scientist, Firmenich

“I had the pleasure of Wilma being my coach and she has helped me navigate through leadership challenges in an extremely matrixed and fast changing environment. She is a great listener for what is discussed, and can detect what may not have been said. Wilma has a wealth of knowledge in HR and brings her experience and expertise in sessions with powerful questioning, provoking deep thought and self solutions. Wilma has encouraged growth and cultivated huge steps in my professional career. I recommend Wilma to aid in anyone's leadership journey.”

— Kima Walker-Willis, Regional Learning Business Partner, Booking.com

“I found working with BKI very valuable. Wilma is knowledgeable, professional and brought actionable items to our leadership coaching sessions.”

— Paula Allen, SVP Human Resources, FirstService Residential

“Wilma helped me tremendously during a very challenging time in my career. She very patiently guided me make my own discoveries and work on myself through questions. All this while, giving me a little nudge from time to time to help me open my eyes on a situation or self limiting belief! ;) She also did not hesitate to go over our allotted time when she felt I needed it! I highly recommend Wilma.”

— Vanina Bart, Global Director Taste & Beyond Procurement, Citrus & Fruits, Firmenich

“Wilma facilitates a solution-focused approach to coaching, promoting self-reflection. The relationship allows for a safe space to address bias with open and empathetic discussion. Her knowledge and guidance concerning diversity and inclusion is invaluable. Not only does she provide immediate feedback and guidance, but she also offers access to additional materials for learning and development. Wilma is committed to development and growth.”

— Luke Pinder, AVP, Underwriting, CNA Insurance

“I had a fantastic experience working with Wilma as my professional coach. She is an extremely capable, insightful, and experienced guide for self-discovery, development, and growth. Unlike other professional coaches I've worked with in the past, each session with Wilma was not only thought-provoking but also focused and goal-oriented which provided lots of immediate, practical value. I would recommend Wilma to anyone interested in developing their professional leadership skills”

— Brad Bachelder, Director, Advanced Product Development, Ceribell

“Wilma is an excellent business coach, especially for women of color. Her background and multilingual capacities create belonging and safety. She take large concerns and breaks them down into actionable steps. As with all things, you take out what you put in, so please be sure to observe the internal and professional work it takes to work with a professional coach. I would highly recommend Wilma”

— Ming Tang, Managing Partner, Firefly Partners

“I had the pleasure of working with Wilma as my coach. She was a great listener throughout the journey. What I appreciated most about Wilma’s approach was her goal oriented approach and non-judgmental attitude. During the time, she brought her HR experience and expertise in the sessions and created space for me by provoking questions, deep thought and self solutions to work through my personal goals and life decisions. I highly recommend Wilma as a personal or organizational coach”

— Manki Chung, CPHR, Head of People and Culture, Japan Tobacco International (JTI)

"As my business coach and life coach, Wilma did exceedingly well as a guide, observer and team. I met my set business goals. Additionally, her kind and empathetic nature boosted my spiritual progress. This was amazing! She is an expert and worked way beyond my expectations. I am simply grateful for her precious contributions to better my life journey"

— Shahnaz Syed, CPC, MS, R-DMT Candidate


It was fantastic to work with Wilma during my job search. She is wonderful to work with, and has exceptional expertise in HR and coaching. Her background in accounting also made it more effective for her in helping me as she can empathize and understand the accounting lingo. She was instrumental in me landing a job in the midst of the covid pandemic. She will not give you the answers directly but will guide you each step of the way. Her constructive critiques of my LinkedIn profile, resumes, cover letters and video interviews were beneficial in improving my branding. She regularly emails links that she thinks will be helpful to me and has connected me to several of her contacts (recruiters) to widen my network. She is passionate, empathetic and truly cares. Wilma will be an asset to anybody who she works with. Thanks, Wilma!

— Edward Cui, Finance Director, Lafarge Canada

“I had the fortune of working with Wilma as my coach for 12 weeks in 2021. During that time, she created space for me to work through personal goals and life decisions. What I appreciated about Wilma's approach was her clear presence and non-judgmental attitude. I always felt able to be honest and vulnerable with her and she helped me work through my personal blockers in an empathetic, but actionable way. She challenged my thinking where necessary, but also validated my feelings throughout the experience using active listening and variety of other coaching tools. I highly recommend Wilma as a personal or organizational coach. She had tremendous skill and presence!”

— Trisha Hoffman, PhD


“Wilma helped me as a life coach to work through some of the challenges I was facing during my career transition. With her strong intuition and coaching Wilma was able to help me identify many of the blocks I was struggling with. She helped me get aligned with what I really want and build the confidence to walk authentically. I am also very grateful to her for helping me improve how I was showing up to my closest relationships so that I could be of better service to my family. Working with Wilma has truly been a transformational experience! I would highly recommend Wilma as a life coach.”

— Rene Izquierdo

“Before I connected with Wilma for coaching purposes, I felt as though I was in a maze and honestly needed some guidance. After the first consultation, I was already beginning to experience some clarity because the questions Wilma asked helped me identify some solutions to the problems I was struggling with. In the time we worked together, Wilma helped me re-focus and re-define some career goals, while coaching me through the furtherance of some professional interpersonal relationships. She also held me accountable to the actionable items I committed to. I have made a lot of progress and the tools she has provided me remain invaluable, as I am better able to access information that was deemed inaccessible previously.”

— Adeola Oladimeji

“I trust Wilma Li completely. It is the highest compliment that I can give someone because I am saying I am putting aside my preconceptions, doubts and fears and relying on your advice. If you put your trust in Wilma, listen to her suggestions, and do the homework, good things will happen. It did for me because thanks to Wilma and Right Management I got my desired job. Wilma is very skilled at helping you get focused, organized, and moving forward, thus giving purpose, increasing knowledge, and building confidence. I think of her executive coaching like that of a great financial advisor where the investment is you and dividend is your career.”

— Richard Wambolt, B.Sc.


My experience in working with Wilma over the last 3 months was incredibly rewarding! Wilma assisted me in my executive transition journey...and we partnered to strategize every step. Wilma facilitated an executive networking group that aided those involved in sharing experiences and best practices along their own executive leadership journeys. If there are any executives or leaders out there who want results in their careers, business start ups or executive life, she is absolutely the person to connect with!

— Tony Moussa, Director of Business Development, Irving Consumer Products

Wilma is an outstanding coach and brings a nice personal touch to the process. She provided career coaching to me during a very challenging transition in my career in early 2020. When I was feeling resistant to the process, she kept a positive energy and motivated me through steps I could never have managed on my own. Wilma provides incredible value to anyone requiring career coaching at an executive level.

— Chantale Pamplin, Vice President, Quality and Communications, Mainland Sleep Diagnostics


“I had the pleasure of meeting Wilma as I was transitioning careers, as well as industries. Wilma was an amazing career coach and really appreciated her goal-oriented approach to how we can set me up for success in finding my next big role. She was also a great listener and responsive to my needs, and also can tell she was a strong consultant as she ensured I kept moving myself in a forward-thinking direction so that I can reach my goals. She also connected me with a contact of hers, which landed me my next role which I am so appreciate of and grateful for! I would recommend Wilma as a career coach to anybody who is looking to change careers, industries or even require career advice from. Thank you for everything Wilma and hope to keep in touch! =)”

— Leina Nhan

“In these COVID times, we are finding ourselves in unchartered territories; uncertainty in how we interact socially, keeping our selves and family members safe, and future of our employment. Whether you are an individual sole proprietor, or an employee, the services provided by Right Management are invaluable. More importantly, what has made a difference for me has been Wilma's patient and technical guidance through out the current COVID-challenged employment market, Wilma was able to provide tangible strategy for all facets of the search process, from updating resume that aligns with the current digitized methods of candidate assessment; excelling in interviews online (Video as opposed to in person) to how to successfully close out post interviews. Wilma continues to mentor and provide the intellectual capital needed to pursue and navigate the COVID job market, Thank you and I trust this aides others in looking for a similar level of support from Wilma. Sincerely, Ravin Premji”

— Ravin Premji


“Very happy to have had Wilma Li as my career coach during my transition between employers this summer. She provided me with excellent guidance. She also set up weekly checkpoint meetings which kept me motivated by providing me with external pressure to keep the level of effort up. Even though my entire transition took place in the midst of the Covid mess - There were 10 opportunities where I made it through multiple rounds of interview - I received four very good offers - I ended up with better compensation than when I started And all of this in just three months. Thank you, Wilma!”

— Dan Small

“Wilma was an extremely helpful coach in my career transition from geophysics to data engineering. She was kind and understanding, but more importantly she kept me accountable to stay on track balancing my personal online learning with the necessary career and networking tasks. This was essential for me as I tended to favor my online courses over the career-related work, which is just as important if not more-so! I appreciated how flexible she was to discuss specific items of interest on my end, rather than always sticking to the agenda. This allowed me to tailor the conversations to discuss with her any of my ad-hoc job opportunities that came up and what actions for me to take, which was extremely valuable for me.”

— Eric Rops, M.Sc.


“Wilma is a very enthusiastic and responsible career coach. She gave me clear training directions and information based on my situation. She always encouraged me to keep update my knowledge and to learn as much as I can during the coaching process with her. She impressed me by quick action to fix some delayed process. She is very familiar with Right Management system and very resourceful. Her Mandarin skills is definitely helpful during our communication. She is a very helpful coach to go to for people who need help for their future career.”

— Ying Zou

“It was fantastic to work with Wilma Li, who has been my career consultant for the past 3 months through Right Management. I am extremely happy with her exceptional expertise in hands on approach to career coaching. Her timely suggestions, feedback, tips and tricks has helped me decide what to do next. Wilma’s constructive feedback has immensely helped me to create my professional branding in LinkedIn and to have a great secondary resume ready in no time. I wish her all the success in future and I highly recommend her as a career coach.”

Negar Sultana


“I am very fortunate to work with Wilma. She is an expert on her craft and she provides me so much information on how to build my profile and she provided me references for job hunting. It was a blessing that prior to my practicum interview I have a session scheduled with Wilma. As soon as she heard about this, she immediately did a mock interview and gave her comments and recommendations for which really helps me prepared myself and build confidence. Techniques and links on how to answer most commonly asked questions was provided too as well as how to project yourself in video interview. As a result, the good news was relayed to Wilma that I get in to the practicum job which if I perform there is a possibility to be hired. Thank you, Wilma! You've been a part of my journey to this new company.”

— Marison Bangoy

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Wilma for the past 2 months as my coach with Right Management. I was very motivated with Wilma’s positivity, encouragement and practical tips on networking effectively to land my next role. I was hesitant to begin networking as Wilma advised, however just two weeks into applying her strategies, my LinkedIn connections have grown by 20% and I have gained a lot of traction as I enter the next phase of my career. “

— Amaka Sanni


“Wilma was a fabulous coach who helped me focus on the important parts of my career search. She proved invaluable to me with her insightful advice in my journey. Thank you, Wilma.”

— Adrien Graci, MBA, CPHR, SHRM-SCP, Director, Human Resources, SMS Equipment

“Recently I had the pleasure of having Wilma as my job coach. Wilma helped me organize my priorities and get the most out of the resources available to me; she was friendly and easy to talk to. I really felt like Wilma cared about my success and has definitely given me the confidence I needed in my job search.”

— Rob Lintott

“Wilma was an absolute pleasure to work with! She helped me with my career pathing and job prospects. Her services were very useful, and I enjoyed chatting with her - she was supportive and helped me determine my next steps!”

— Scott Vavra


“I had the pleasure of working with Wilma from Right Management for the last three months. Wilma focused on being a great coach, mentor, and above all else – to jump in clients shoes and to feel the pain of the job search during a global crisis. I believe she has the ability to empower others by encouraging, supporting and providing excellent feedback, advice and be there when one needs her the most.”

— Liliana Bagrin, CHRP, CEB

“Wilma has helped me navigate through a downsizing event and always had a positive & encouraging demeanour. She kept me on track in my career search, ensuring I knew and took advantage of all available resources. I would recommend Wilma as a career coach - very knowledgeable in leveraging LinkedIn for job search and networking.”

— Dahlia Heisler, ITIL v3 Practitioner


“I worked with Wilma until June 2020 and write this recommendation for those that are considering a career change, in particular, those who are desirous of taking on the entrepreneurial journey. I found Wilma to be easy to work with, clear in her communication, and knowledgeable in various areas of the business world. Her insight and coaching offer guidance from personal branding to structural considerations while her expansive talents and excellent communication lent the same high-value coaching mentioned above inside sales cycles and marketing campaigns, both very hard qualities to find and even harder to coach. For these reasons, I strongly issue this recommendation.”

— Jonathan Delnea

“I started working with Wilma after losing a long-term position and was not sure what to do. Wilma’s positivity, enthusiasm, and guidance helped me understand the next steps. During my time with her, her knowledge of the industry and what was needed to remarket yourself was excellent. She helped me establish my branding, and provided positive valuable feedback on the development of my resume and LinkedIn profile. Her coaching sessions were always informative and encouraging, allowing me to position myself well in the market for my next opportunity. I would recommend Wilma as a career coach.”

— Trev Wallewein C.E.T.


“I have had the pleasure of working with Wilma during my recent job transition. She is amazing to work with and has exceptional expertise in coaching. Her constructive critiques of my LinkedIn profile and resume were beneficial in improving my branding. She has gone above and beyond with her professionalism and expertise. Thanks, Wilma”

— Rob Moonen, PMP, P.Tech.(Eng.)

“I had the pleasure of working with Wilma this past spring. I was able to take very valuable information with me which help me in my career transition. I left the our sessions feeling empowered and in charge of my future as I implemented the advice she gave me into my daily routine. I was very pleased with the realistic advice Wilma provided and how I could relate it to my situation. I would highly recommend Wilma as Career Coach.”

— Sean Moher


“Wilma provided excellent guidance and advice while we worked together. I thought I knew quite a bit about LinkedIn before I met Wilma, but boy was I wrong. She taught me how to utilize LinkedIn not only to network but to gain more followers with different posts. She assisted me in developing my brand. She encouraged me to put myself out there with industries I haven’t thought about before let alone applied too. She also encouraged me to become an entrepreneur and establish myself and my business. With her encouragement, I now have a full-time business with two clients and I am able to make enough money to support my family. Thank you Wilma for everything you do and the lessons I have learned from you.”

— Tonia Friess (Labrocca), ECBA

“During this shaky time of getting back up on my feet Wilma was able to give me excellent advice that will speed up the process of finding a position. As well as directing me to new places to look for and gain new information. I believe that after my time working with Wilma that I will be better able to market myself to potiential employers, which in the long run should give me more opportunities.”

Robert Schepens, PMP, EIT


“When I was laid off I was fortunate enough to be assigned to Wilma as my Career Coach. Wilma spent time getting to know what I wanted next. In my case I was considering retiring. Wilma provided me with financial and self evaluation resources to help me discern what retirement would look like. She also provided me with resume development assistance in case I decided to extend my career. Wilma is also organized and optimistic which is very helpful during this disorienting experience.”

— Leslie Day

“Wilma is a great job search coach with accounting background. She helps clients to improve LinkedIn profile by using unique technics quickly and easy. Very helpful, professional and smart. It has been my pleasure working with Wilma and I would definitely recommend her to any of the clients who need help with their LinkedIn profile and job search. Thank you so much!”

— Olga Vasina


“I made a decision to change employers after a 20 year period spent working with the same company. Wilma was instrumental and helpful in preparing me for my job search in this new world amidst the Covid pandemic. She was professional, courteous and extremely responsive to my questions. I can strongly recommend Wilma to anyone who finds themselves looking for new work opportunities.”

— Eric Konigsmann

“I am thankful for Wilma coaching my job search. My job interview and job offer came in short notice. I was under stress preparing for the interview, and deciding on the job offer. I desperately needed support and advice. I truly appreciated Wilma’s prompt replies when I consulted her the day before my job interview and the day when I received my job offer. The interviewing and negotiating advice Wilma provided were precious and timely. Wilma has been the guiding light in my job negotiation process. My career coaching experience with Wilma has been wonderful and she has my highest recommendation.”

— Karl Chan


“Wilma has been an excellent coach during my transition providing clear details and follow up. She has gone above and beyond in her role with her professionalism and expertise.”

— Phong Duong

“I have worked with Wilma on my recent job transition and she was excellent! She supported me every step of the way, provided valuable feedback and helped me to set and stay on top of my goals. Very knowledgeable and helpful.”

— Iryna Arapov

“Wilma has done an excellent job for me assisting with updating my resume and cover letter. She is very knowledgeable and helped me in many other areas of job searching and researching. I highly recommend her.”

— Judith (Jude) Ewashen


“When you need help changing your career, Wilma is the person I would highly recommend to help work through it. Wilma is an incredibly compassionate and dedicated person who strives for the success of others. She is friendly and puts others at ease with her calm, open attitude. She returns communication quickly and always seems to have the answers I need. She also went out of her way to connect me with Manpower about a potential role and introduced me to the head of that department. She really cares about her clients and their success. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to recommend Wilma to anyone looking for a change.”

— Leah McGuire

“When your career is thrown a curve ball, Wilma Li is someone you want in your corner to help you realistically take stock of your situation, navigate alternatives, expand your perspective, apply proven tools and press you to examine and overcome self-imposed limitations. She sees the bigger picture and shares tactical skills for your battles along the way. As a result, you become more motivated and resilient. Regardless of competing demands, Wilma takes time to focus on you and extend a helping hand by alerting you to opportunities and promoting you within her network.”

— Bryan Kornfeld, CFA, CMA


“Wilma is a great coach and mentor. She works very hard at keeping her clients on point, and focussed on the goals and opportunities in front of them. She is an effective communicator with many strategic ideas to guide clients in a positive direction. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Wilma, and would recommend her going forward.”

— Ross Allegro

“As a career coach, Wilma provided me great support when I lost my job. She was very attentive and really took time to listen to my thoughts and questions. She had a very personal approach to open up ideas and options for future career hunting. I highly recommend you let Wilma li help you through the transition.”

Linda Wang


“I met Wilma at a networking event and was impressed with her networking, communications and interpersonal skills. She is very attentive, caring, positive and polite. Being a new immigrant to the country, I was not aware of several aspects of the local professional community which made the job hunt for my first Canadian opportunity quite challenging. Wilma had helped me tremendously in going through that and in securing a great full-time professional job opportunity in Calgary. She helped me with revamping my resume and cover letter, LinkedIn profile, and improving my interview and communication skills, where to search for jobs, how to network effectively, what to focus on and also coached me on ideas to help me discover my passion and vision. She is a fantastic life, transition and career coach who gives her complete attention, listens to personal worries and opinions and works together with me to achieve my goals. Career coaching is a passion of hers; she loves coaching and it shows. Working with Wilma gave me the opportunity to see how self-motivated, structured and articulate she is! It totally helped that she has experience in so many fields and industries to relate to a variety of people with ease. Thanks Wilma! I would highly recommend her to anyone who would love a coach that gets you and get you to your goal!”

— Haitham Sumrain, PMP, P.Eng, MSc

“Wilma was an excellent career counselor after my transition from employed to unemployed. She was helpful with all aspects of my job search including resume building, cover letters and interview preparation. Wilma encouraged me to reach out to people I had lost touch with and to keep track of all these coffee meetings and followup with everyone on a regular basis. Wilma and I became friends and we shared lots of laughs. I am grateful Wilma was there to help me through this uncertain time in my life and I am very grateful that I have a new friend!”

— Mary Jean McKinlay


“When I was looking for a job a year ago Wilma helped me revamp my resume and my cover letter and I had 5 offers. I am now in the market again and she helped me update my resume once more. I have had numerous emails that are interested in my resume. Highly recommend getting Wilma to help with anything like this. She is very articulate and has never steered me wrong. Thanks so much for your help.”

— Trish Mercik

“I met Wilma approx. 1 year ago and recognized her calm and thoughtful demeanor. I knew then she was a perfect fit to discuss a new direction I needed, to move forward in my career. Wilma is knowledgeable in providing actionable advice to help you get to where you want to go. I highly recommend Wilma as a Career Coach and Resourse.”

— Ann Marie Sharp


“I had the pleasure of having Wilma consult me as I was changing careers. Wilma was very knowledgeable and professional with her guidance. I would recommend Wilma for career coaching and transition.”

— Milos Krnjaja, P.Eng

“Wilma has been an excellent career coach, showing exceptional listening skills and presenting corresponding ideas and strategies to help secure job opportunities. She has been great in helping revitalize the search, helping work through the challenges, and providing motivational strategies to stay resilient in a highly competitive job market.”

— Ilia Mayer, P.Eng, PMP


“Wilma was very professional while I was her client. She had a number of good suggestions that I had not considered. I would be happy to work with her again.”

— Richard Cawkwell

“Wilma has been a great asset in my career development. We connected quickly and she shared my passion and drive to enhance my career path. I would gladly work with her again and recommend her to others.”

— Susan Patey LeDrew

“I had the opportunity to work with Wilma as my career coach. After only a few sessions I already had a better resume and a clear understanding how one goes about finding and landing new career opportunities.”

— Peter Petrucci


“Wilma has been a great career coach providing me with excellent advice, support and sharing of her knowledge and expertise. She has helped me tremendously by increasing my confidence. Her insights have shown me that anything is possible!”

— Lois Warkentin

“Wilma showed a very high-level professional knowledge while I was her client. She listened to every detail about my career concerns and always had a positive suggestion towards my next move. I'm sure that her career coaching expertise will help me focus in the steps and path I need to follow in order to achieve my goals.”

— David Nunez


“Wilma was a great coach to work with, she kept my well being in check and kept me on my toes by assigning homework and held me accountable, always following up and providing constructive feedback on all tasks assigned, such as resume writing, Linked-in profile and STAR statements. Wilma also gave me good insight on my targeted areas for employment. I wish her continued success with the Toombs Inc. team.”

— Terri Ropchan

“During the short amount of time I got to know Wilma, we connected quickly. She is caring and knowledgeable in the area of coaching. I would work with her again!”

— Alannah C.


“The first time I met Wilma she was so nice I instantly felt comfortable with her. She genuinely cared for me and my job search. She helped me understand networking and made me feel comfortable looking for a new position. Thank you again for all your help and listening to me.”

— Denise Christen

“After an hour coaching session with Wilma, she turned me from being skeptical of how networking could work for me to understanding that networking is a win-win for both parties. She also explained “how to network”, not just “go out & network”. This session made a positive impact in my life & would highly recommend Wilma as a coach.”

— Lana Kozicky