The True North Cohort
Your strongest people are the ones asking for the least.
They carry the most, they rarely raise a hand, and they're the ones you can lose before you see it coming. The True North Cohort is a focused way to invest in them: real coaching that helps them lead with more clarity and confidence, steadies them in the role, and shows them the investment runs both ways.
How it works
Designed around your team, over an engagement of three to twelve months.
The shape
- Each leader can begin with the Alignment Check, an optional short intake that sets a baseline and gives the cohort a shared language.
- Regular sessions across the engagement, focused on the hard calls and the harder conversations.
- We agree up front on what success looks like for your organization, and build the work around it.
- Optional check-ins with your leadership along the way.
What your team gains
Not a workshop people forget by Monday. A handful of leaders who feel backed, and a clearer picture of the people you most want to keep.
In practice
- Leaders who come back clearer, more committed, and harder to lose.
- A clearer read on what your strongest people need from you to do their best work.
- Progress you can see, summarized at the close and tied to the goals you set.
Individual, hybrid, or group
Individual
The shape I recommend, and where the work goes deepest. One to one, private, and paced to the person. Best for the leaders you want to invest in most.
Hybrid
Individual coaching with group sessions layered in when a specific small team would benefit from working through shared ground together.
Group
A shared room. Reach more of your people at once, with the lift that comes from doing the work alongside each other.
Every company is different, so we settle the right model, length, and goals together on the first call.
You won't be guessing
Progress you can point to.
At the close of the engagement, you get a snapshot built from the intake and short check-ins along the way. Here's an example of the shape it takes.
Customizable to your goals and KPIs. We can track what your organization measures, retention, readiness, engagement scores, or targets specific to your team.
Individual responses stay anonymous. Illustrative sample, not real client data.
Tell me what matters to your organization, and this becomes a picture of it.
Let's grow your people, together.
Investment is scoped to the size and shape of your cohort. We settle the details on a first call, once I understand who you're supporting and what you want them to walk away with.
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Led by Melissa Schmitt, trained through the International Coaching Federation, with an approach grounded in research on how people work.