Coaching

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to becoming a productivity superstar. What works for your colleagues may not work for you. Dr. Gratias will design a customized plan of action to improve your productivity and help you find balance. You can become the person everyone looks at and asks: “How does she get it all done?” or “I don’t know how he does it!”

The topics most often addressed in coaching are:

Time management – managing tasks and priorities, coping with meeting/travel demands, calendar control, reducing procrastination
Information management – email overload, electronic filing systems, paper purging, records management
Achieving results through others – delegation to direct reports, performance management, project team management
Process improvement – productive workflows, process documentation

Individual coaching is all about you, your job demands, and your style of working. After working one-on-one with Dr. Gratias, you will be more focused, more organized, and will notice significantly less daily stress.

How does productivity coaching work?

People who know that something could – and needs to be – better but don’t think they have the time to improve the situation are ideal coaching candidates. With a 50-minute coaching session every two to three weeks, the most overwhelmed person can make dramatic steps to increase their effectiveness and reduce stress.

Coaching participants meet with Dr. Gratias using a web-based videoconferencing tool, like Zoom or Skype. Participants experience a meaningful, confidential coaching discussion without leaving work. Screen sharing allows Dr. Gratias to work hands-on with participants to improve their task management and reduce information overload.

After each coaching session, clients receive follow-up emails with meeting notes and action items clearly outlined. Throughout the course of the program, participants can email Dr. Gratias with questions that need to be addressed prior to the next coaching appointment.

What do people say about working with me?

Melissa works with our office to help us create more efficiency. She is excellent, knowledgeable, and efficient herself. She shows us specific steps to improve our process, has given us valuable feedb... Read More

Business Partner

The information Melissa provided was very helpful. Melissa was able to share ideas and other techniques with me that I would have otherwise never used. I look forward to cleaning and organizing in ord... Read More

Manager

Based on word of mouth recommendations from other companies Melissa had assisted, [my firm] hired Melissa to assist with planning for our move, paper reduction efforts, and email grooming. I was very ... Read More

Managing Shareholder

I wanted to thank you for sitting with me and to let you know that the next day I took the plunge and deleted over 3K emails. I now have less than 2K in my inbox and they are all related to the last 5... Read More

Financial Analyst

Melissa Gratias has worked with me, my partner, and our staff over the past 6 months. She has done an outstanding job of guiding us to have a far more organized office and system of work flow. I could... Read More

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