Practical Guidance

Most students, professionals, leaders, and business owners have taken classes that were intended to help build professional, leadership, and business management skills. While these classes are often enjoyable, inspiring, and teach new skills, a lot of what is learned doesn't transfer to the job and/or produce tangible results in performance. 

Why is this the case? This happens because, although the content makes sense in theory, it doesn't take into consideration the realities of the day-to-day work environment. For example, many project management classes provide outstanding, robust tools for project management that are never implemented because they don't account for the organization's culture related to meetings, changing priorities, one leader's likes and dislikes regarding communication, expectations for the urgent completion of a project, etc.

Caroline, Founder and Coach at Gratiam Development, has spent 17 years working in corporate training and development, and has been witness to the challenges related to professional development time and time again. Amazing class... lots of dollars spent... inspired employee... no tangible business results. Fortunately, Caroline has also experienced, first-hand, the transformational learning and results that are possible through personalized one-on-one coaching.

This is one major reason why Caroline has set out, through Gratiam Development, to change the coaching paradigm. Now, for nearly the same price of professional development classes, or less, you can have your very own professional coach. Our coaching options provide the lessons, tools, and best practices gained through professional development classes, WITH the customization needed to account for the everyday realities faced by professionals and business owners today.