The Fast Forward Group

When people are living their best lives, they do their best work. The Fast Forward Group’s training and executive coaching gives people a simple, proven approach to think big, manage stress, and achieve success and fulfillment in their whole life. Innovative companies of all sizes, including Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Google and JPMorgan Chase, use Fast Forward to transform culture, uplevel talent, and accelerate business growth. Fast Forward is also a go-to resource for women’s empowerment and the advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion at companies that see equality as a business imperative. Fast Forward goes beyond skill-building and fundamentally changes how people see the future and what is possible for their business, career and life. Our unique whole-life approach and peer coaching creates a deep connection among colleagues and leads to a profound and lasting impact on mindset and behavior. Based out of New York, Fast Forward Group offers training programs, executive coaching and motivational speaking. Fast Forward Group was co-founded in 2012 by Lisa McCarthy and Wendy Leshgold. Childhood friends Lisa and Wendy spent decades in corporate America. They experienced firsthand the toll of the always-on, high-pressure workplaces where people feel professional success requires personal sacrifice. They founded Fast Forward Group to challenge this belief and to transform workplaces one person at a time. They created a simple actionable system for people to define “extraordinary success” one year from today and understand the insights and tools to make it happen. Since founding Fast Forward, Wendy and Lisa have built a team of facilitators, coaches and engagement managers who have trained more than 100,000 people around the globe.