What I love best about you, along with your generosity and intellect is your humble desire to keep growing…even after you’ve “arrived.”

Gretchen is one of the most extraordinary human being, leader and professional coach anyone could find. Her ability to marry psychology, sociology, management practices, philosophy, inspiration, challenge and genius intuition is unmatched. In her sessions with our leadership team, she peeled away layers of defense, denial and dysfunction, and uncovered paths to healthier professional behavior and relationships. In individual coaching, she is all in, hearing your words but more importantly seeing into the meaning and motives behind what you reveal verbally. Not many people can push you out of your comfort zone while still cradling you in a sense of support and safety. Would I recommend her? Every day, in every way. If you want to be a better leader, a better team member, a better colleague, and a more mindful human being, Gretchen and her team are a top notch choice.

Gretchen is an inspiring, amazing executive coach and I am thrilled to recommend her….Gretchen has helped me discover solutions and craft action plans on both the strategic and the tactical level. She immediately gets to the heart of the issue and helps make sense of it. Every session is thought-provoking and actionable…As I have changed my thinking, I have positively changed my reality - something I would not have accomplished so quickly on my own.

Coaching was in so many ways a continuation of the initial eye-opening experience I had learning about my strengths and values. One thing that stuck with me throughout the process was the idea that your awareness of certain attributes of yourself can result in positive change to others. It was through this concept that I had some of my most valuable interactions with my pLink coach that provided the most useful insights – coaching sessions where I came to the meeting without anything specific in mind to work on. It was in those conversations that she was able to tease out of me things that were going on in my life, ask me difficult questions (that I wasn’t always prepared to answer to myself, let alone out loud), and get me focused on making those 1 degree shifts that can have an exponentially larger effect.

My pLink Coach helped me identify the automatic responses that were negatively impacting my leadership. By unraveling these responses, I was able to gain insight into that tumultuous hidden underbelly of emotional life that everyone has—it’s the combination of our life experiences and emotions that make us who we are and can either help or hinder us. I saw what was hindering me and that insight led to actions that positively advanced my professional, and personal, life. Now, I see myself in action and can be mindful about who I want to be and how I convey who I am. My intentions match my expression, and that’s a powerful place to be.