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Don has shown me that regardless of the difficulty of necessary change, putting off the hard conversations out of fear of failure, or being pushed asside is never the answer. He demonstrates that leaning into those moments with clarity, courage, and conviction not only builds trust but also creates the breakthrough needed to move people and organizations forward.

Working with Don elevated our transformation far beyond what we expected. Don brings a consultative and highly strategic approach.  He doesn’t just train teams, he advises executives and product leaders with the precision of an absolute expert. His ability to translate complex business and technology challenges into clear, actionable strategies gave our leadership team confidence and clarity.  The High Value | High Risk prioritization framework he introduced has been game changing. It provided us with a disciplined way to focus on the right investments, accelerate decision-making, and ensure alignment across business and IT. Don’s depth of experience and advisory expertise made him an indispensable partner. With his guidance, our leaders and teams have matured in their practices, our backlog management has become more strategic, and we now deliver value with far greater consistency. He is the trusted expert we rely on to help us make the right decisions at the right time.  Thank you, Don!

I wholeheartedly recommend Don and Bodon Draiger for any organization seeking expert guidance in agile transformation. Our company had the pleasure of engaging Don to assist us with our agile transformation, and his expertise, experience, and plain-spoken approach with our executive leaders, made a significant impact on our journey.  Don possesses an exceptional depth of knowledge in agile methodologies, particularly tailored to the intricacies of wealth management challenges. His extensive experience was evident throughout our engagement, as he effortlessly navigated through complexities specific to our industry. What truly set him apart was his ability to distill complex concepts into straightforward, understandable terms without sacrificing depth or accuracy. His plain-spoken demeanor was refreshing, as he avoided unnecessary jargon and pretense, opting instead to communicate with clarity and precision. Throughout our engagement, Don exhibited a strong commitment to our success, investing time and effort to ensure that our team understood and embraced agile principles. His passion for his work was palpable, inspiring confidence and enthusiasm among our staff. As a result of his guidance, we have made significant strides in our agile journey, laying a solid foundation for continued growth and innovation.  I can't stress enough, the goodness of having Don's expertise and candor through all the change management.

I made the journey to attend a workshop Don happened to be co-facilitating.  I could not be more pleased with his leadership, influence and confidence.  Surrounded by successful business owners and key leaders, Don had us all motivated and looking for the best in ourselves and our partners.  I'm glad I chose to make the flight.  Appreciate you, Teflon Don ;).

Don, you have been a tremendous asset for our firm and clients.  I want to thank you for all the guidance and steadfast experienced advice.  You are a genuinely good person, best of the best subject matter expert and your influece and kindness positively impacts us/me daily.  You have pushed my thinking and that of our leader team farther and faster than I ever imagined we would get to.  Fast, Smooth, Flow!

Let me begin this testimant by saying WOW!  Don has been outstanding to work with from the very beginning of the engagement with us at *****.  He is not like any coach or consultant I have previously met or have read about in Agile books or on large consulting websites.  Don will not hold back on what he is thinking, even if it risks his own psychological saftey.  The breadth of knowledge and wisdom he has passed on to me and others will be felt for years to come.  Your an impact maker Mr. Ring. Thanks!

Working with Don is hard.  He has been very difficult to convince that the version of agile my firm is using is the right version.  Ok, maybe I'm the one who has been hardly difficult.  Seriously, I have not had someone so thoughtful, enjoyable and wise to thought partner with.  I am a better leader directly because of who my adviser has been.  Don, thank you!  You are terrific.

Thank you for all the great lessons.  The content was good.  I don't think I would have paid much attention it hadn't been for you Don.  I liked that you could mix old school with new school given we all come from different places as managers and change leaders.  I'm glad you will be here with us on going and I appreciate your persepectives and how you appreciated ours.

I sat through a week of Leading SAFe class with Don Ring as our instructor.  I was blown away by this man.  I already have a few SAFe certs.  Nobody ever explained agile and agile ways of working like this to me.  I got the fire lit under me two weeks after the class, even now.  His knowledge and ability to cover every single topic paired with real word examples were perfect.  He got peppered with every kind of question you could possibly or never should have thrown at him.  Our discussions were so good and my heavens, we got into some hairy discussions.  Don doesn't leave any room for confusion.  He took his time with us and even made us laugh at ourselves.  Truly and sincerely, he does not have an equal in the coaching & training space.  God bless you, Coach!  You should be writing books Don 😉

Don, you are the kind of coach that leaders should gain exposure to.  I enjoyed your presentation for Scaling in the absence of Agile - DO NOT DO IT.  My group was captivated and fascinated.  Thank you for giving us that added attention.  The consulants we have been hiring bring scale to the table without a detailed explanation of the supporting roles needed to help the individual teams realize the benefits agile ways of working.  Thanks for giving us a weekend of your time.  You made our retreat more meaningful.

I am at the peak of appreciation for Agile, Scrum, and Coach D.  Don, your training and mentoring has changed me forever.  In turn, I am helping to ignite transformation in others.  Thank you so much for being my rock, scratching post, sounding board and advisor.  “Simplicity, the art of maximizing the amount of work not done, is essential.” I wrote down this key Agile principal because you told me to and I write it down nearly every day so that I remember to “cancel the noise”.  It was great to see you again and to continue learning.  Semper Fi!

Mr. coach Don, you are wonderful!  Thank you.  Thank you!  Perhaps the most valuable lesson and advice in the leader session with you was "You are responsible, you are accountable.  Either directly or indirectly but don't think for a second you get a pass because you are not the product owner."  -  by Coach Don.   It was the shot heard around the leader table and what a powerful lesson for us all.

Don, thank you for all your efforts!  You are making what I would consider to be the broadest and boldest impact on our transformation.  This morning in our leader huddle, you were mentioned once again as the source of go-to-wisdom.  We pulled up a lesson learned slide you left us that had your speaker notes with a funny quote "If you are reading this, relax, smile and get ready for some facts found in empirical evidence :)".  It was perfect timing.  I look forward to working with you more and more over the next several months.

Don, thank you for your guidance, expertise, hard work and never say "can't" influence.  When I think back on the consulting you have given us over the last two years, I am reminded of how many hills you had to climb and your willingness to climb them pulling leaders with you.  You've been and gentlemen and a scholar.  You exceeded my expectations time and time again.  Our increased consumers satisfaction in many ways is attributed to your direct involvement, influence and steadfast leadership.  It has been a pleasure, Don!

I've had the pleasure of Don's influence, mentoring, leadership and subject matter expertise for two years.  His sound logic, judgement and experience has made seemingly unreasonable situations reasonable.  I have been coached, advised and nudged by Don in agile, transformation, products, platforms and attitude :).  There is no other transformation executive I'd consider to be capable to teach and guide above the bar Don set for my org leadership team.  He's not even gone yet and I already miss him.  Don, thank you.  THANK YOU!  I'm your biggest fan in a company of your biggest fans.

Coach Don is lightning in a bottle.  You won't find a more informed Agile Coach anywhere.  My organization wasted many thousands of dollars hiring big companies to teach Lean Agile and stay with us for the first couple of PIs.  The maturity never seem to make it to our business execs and people responsible for making decisions that need to be agile.  We hired Don and his team to guide us from top down.  He was able to work within our divisive political landscape to get the enterprise right sided.  Perhaps the best compliment I can offer for this testimonial is this:  Our C - Suite was throwing leaders on the chopping block both on the business side and the tech side.  Don solved the CM challenges very quickly.  He was the calming force we needed to FOCUS on the real problem - NO TRANSPARENCY - NO TRUST - NO VALUE REALIZED - NO UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT VALUE IS.  What a guy, what a coach!  You will be damn lucky to have Don and company by your side solving complex challenges with expert guidance.  Thanks coach Don!  You are great at what you do.

I attended a large group training workshop and coaching sessions.  Seriously the best time spent by me and the several hundred others in attendance.  If you are not fired up by agile, you will be when Bodon Draiger is finished with you!  The sessions were fun, educational and by far more in depth than I've experienced before.  The material was presented in real contexts.  I actually understand what agile maturity should look like.  Our internal coaches can never explain "working software" or measuring value.  We gave the BD coach a standing ovation at the end of the first and second day.  I could go on and on about Bodon Draiger.  Bottom line, you are wasting your money and time if you use anyone else to train your company or coach your execs and teams.

Had a delightful experience with Bodon Draiger.  "Maximizing the amount of work not done" has significant meaning to me now thanks to the workshop Bodon Draiger presented.  Thank you!

Bodon Draiger did an outstanding job teaching leadership about "who" is responsible for identifying and prioritizing value.  Their coach was challenged with anxious product and project management staff.  He relaxed us, challenged us, and respected our opinions.  Essentially, our frustrations with the current environment were expressed and Bodon Draiger was able to provide insight and instant ways to solve some really big challenges.  The advice has already had great results.  Coach Don you are a difference maker.  I look forward to the next steps in our transformation.  - Jim

Sitting in a three day workshop was not my idea.  I've done it before and was not looking forward to it.  I have to say what a nice surprise.  Bodon Draiger's coach had my large group engaged!  It was the most memorable and by far the most valuable workshops I ever attended.  The feedback from the team was overwhelmingly positive.  The feedback from the executive team was equally enthusiastic.  Coach Don is straight talking, and engaging coach.  My organization is motivated for change like I never thought we could be.  Words don't quite sum up the value received from the time we spent with Don Ring.  Outstanding job sir!

My leadership team had the opportunity to receive knowledge and guidance from Don Ring recently during an Executive Workshop:  Making the Case for Change.  Hands-down the most valuable workshop my group has ever attended.  The insight of Agile from an executive's prospective could not be more clear and exciting.  Don, we want you to come back ASAP to help us continue our Agile journey.  Nice work and I cannot thank you enough!

I have been a scrum master for several years.  When my company brought a contractor in to lead workshops on Agile, I was a bit confused as to why I needed to attend.  My company said it was mandatory so my attitude was poor to say the least.  The attitude got an adjustment within an hour thanks to Mr. Ring.  He is gifted with the ability to present product management, servant leadership and scrum master topics that helped me make sense of many of the impediments that were getting in the way of my team's performance.  I realized that I was enabling my team to fail by not having the hard conversations with managers.  I gained a perspective that was never offered in other training classes that text books and videos can't give or instructors who haven't lived the servant leadership lifestyle.   My team hit three consecutive sprint goals which helped our product owner meet her trade show presentation timeline.

Our organization transformed!  There is no way we could have pulled it off without Don.  I looked forward to coming into work everyday for the first time in years after Don started.  He has a way of reaching the most difficult people who are closed off to anything different.  I will forever be grateful to the time Don spent with me and our teams.  Delivering value was an eye-rolling topic at first and second glance because my organization did not see the benefit in previous attempts at a transformation to agile.  Don you will be pleased to know every time we say "what's the value in that" it is followed up with "as Coach Don would say... Our organization interviewed numerous companies and contractors, the big four, etc. to lead our transformation.  By accident, we stumbled across Bodon Draiger Consulting.  It was meant to be.  Thank you sir!  Although you coached us very well to succeed, you are truly missed.

Our program enjoyed learning about agile from a subject matter expert like Mr. Ring.   The management team felt comfortable from our first meeting with Don and his team.  The way the workshops were presented gave our executives insight into why the enterprise has to move to agile.  When the workshops were over, it was easy to see a difference in the way leadership approached transformation conversations.  Don hit a home run with value streaming.  I would highly suggest every executive take a workshop on Value Streams.  I've sat through similar discussions in my career as a manager but never had a black belt lead these exercises like we had with Don.

Coach Don!  Knows his stuff!  Don transformed a very difficult and set in our ways bureaucratic agency program.  He had us sprinting in our first week.  With Don in your corner, you can't lose.  The bosses in D.C. were reluctant at first to go Agile.  Don convinced us all to jump in with both feet.  High-Value, Low-Risk!  Hire Don so he can explain what that means.