About Us

The P.link Coaching Center for Excellence is co-founded by Gretchen Pisano and Alexis Robin, as a direct result of their experience in the corporate world and observations of the way in which people change, or don’t.  Their desire to build something that would make a positive difference in the work-world resulted in a coaching center for excellence driven by evidence-based theory, real-life experience and the combined passion of two like-minded professionals.

Gretchen Pisano, CEO of the P.link CCE, is the founder of Sounding Board Ink, a global strategy consulting practice founded in 1995, and one of approximately 300 people worldwide to have earned a Masters in Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania. She was a member of UPenn’s 5th graduating MAPP class, remains an active member of the positive psychology community, and an avid consumer of the research that continues to emerge from this field of scientific inquiry.   She is the author of the P.link Daily Well Being coaching approach and the co-author of the i2a:  Strategic Thinking System with Tom Hood of the Business Learning Institute.

Alexis Robin, COO of the P.link CCE, is the founder of Nourish Life and Business Coaching, a coaching practice founded in 2009 after 18 years of corporate experience inside multi-national hospitality organizations.   Alexis is a member of the inaugural class of coaches certified in the P.link and i2a systems, an active practitioner, and co-author of many customized P.link programs developed for corporate and social benefit organizations. Alexis is the author of the book Leap Of Faith, Cultivating Your Brave Heart and hosts The Bright Side, a Coaching Radio Show with over 130 podcasts.

Their perspectives, “inside” and “outside” of corporate systems, combined with their shared respect and passion for the research coming out of the positive psychology field, provides a solid foundation for the P.link CCE and is further cultivated in their selection of coaches that staff the P.link Center for Excellence.  Based on their 36 years of combined experience in the areas of leadership and strategy development, Gretchen and Alexis have created an approach to individual development that leverages the evidence from the field of positive psychology with the needs of the business world.  Simply put, the P.link approach is focused on building resilient leadership that allows a person, and when applied systemically, an organization, to flourish both personally and professionally for the long haul.  In a world where the first child to live to a 150 years old has already been born, a long haul perspective is a necessity to a life well-lived.

Gretchen and Alexis handpick the founding coaches that staff the P.link Coaching Center for Excellence for their business acumen, depth of knowledge and skill at application. In addition to the common coaching platform, that provides a trusted approach to organizations seeking to invest in their workforce, the coaches bring a diverse range of business experience to their practice. Allowing clients an opportunity to interview and choose a coach that is a “good fit” is fundamental to our approach and to the success of individual change.

Unique to the P.link CCE is the focus on individual, team and organizational development by “linked but distinct” approaches to each type of development.  P.link is an executive coaching firm designed for organizations and meant for individuals.