You're facing an important decision and aren't sure what comes next.
Agora Coaching and Training Solutions, LLC with Valeyne Grotrian
One-to-One Coaching
Get the clarity you need to move forward.
A space to think clearly, trust yourself more deeply, and move forward with confidence and intention.
Whether you're navigating an important decision, a life transition, a relationship, a professional challenge, or what comes next, coaching creates space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most.
What is Leadership Coaching?
Leadership Coaching is a space for both self-reflection and forward movement. Here, you'll be supported to explore your inner landscape, looking closely at who you are, what you believe, and what truly matters to you. Together, we'll dive deep into the layers that make you you.
But it’s not just about introspection—Leadership Coaching is about connecting that inner clarity with real, meaningful actions in your life. As you deepen your self-awareness, you’ll find ways to bring that insight to life, to step more fully into who you are and how you want to show up in the world.
Through our work, we’ll uncover limiting beliefs and old patterns that no longer serve you, empowering you to cultivate a deeper sense of self-trust and self-compassion. Leadership Coaching is a journey toward a more authentic, resilient, and purposeful you.
Note: Leadership Coaching is not a substitute for mental health counseling or any treatment for diagnosed mental health conditions.
You need strategic support, not a complete overhaul.
You're facing a specific leadership challenge - a career transition, difficult team dynamics, a high-stakes decision, or a new role that's stretching you. You need focused, tactical guidance from someone who understands leadership dynamics and can help you navigate with confidence.
You Don't Need More Advice
Most people don't reach out because they need another framework.
They've already thought about it.
Talked about it.
Made the list.
Read the book.
Listened to the podcast.
And yet something still feels unresolved. Not because they lack information. Because clarity doesn't always come from gathering more answers.
Sometimes it comes from creating space to think.
Space to hear yourself.
Space to make sense of what's really happening.
Space to reconnect with what you already know to be true.
That's what coaching creates.
One-to-One Coaching May Be A Fit If...
You're navigating a transition in work, life, leadership, or relationships.
You're second-guessing yourself more than you'd like.
You're carrying more than feels sustainable.
You're questioning whether the life you've built still fits.
You're successful on paper but feeling disconnected from yourself.
You know something needs to change, but you're not sure what.
You want a space that belongs entirely to you.
"I'm learning to treat myself like someone I love..."
I learned about my own emotional, physical, and spiritual needs for recovery, wholeness, and growth. I look at myself differently now, and more importantly, I'm learning to treat myself like someone I love. I can give myself compassion, support, patience, and understanding. And through that, I've found that the positivity and clarity carries over into my endeavors, and the rest comes naturally. It was all within me the whole time.
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Ways We Can Work Together
Clarity Coaching
A three-month coaching partnership for people navigating an important decision, transition, challenge, or what's next.
Together, we'll create space to explore what's most important, navigate uncertainty, and move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust.
How We'll Work Together
3-month coaching partnership
6 private one hour coaching sessions (2 per month)
Session recordings + AI Recaps (if desired)
Space between sessions for insight, reflection, and integration
Investment
$700/month for 3 months or $2,000 paid in full
The Self-Led Woman
A deeper six-month coaching experience for women ready to strengthen self-trust, embodied leadership, and their relationship with themselves.
This experience is for women who sense that the challenge in front of them is connected to something deeper:
How they relate to themselves.
Their voice.
Their needs.
Their boundaries.
Their authority.
Their worth.
Their capacity to trust what they already know.
What We Might Explore
Every coaching partnership is different, but conversations often touch on:
Important decisions
Life transitions
Leadership
Relationships
Boundaries
Self-trust
Confidence
Identity shifts
Burnout
Navigating uncertainty
What comes next
There is no one-size-fits-all roadmap.
We begin with what matters most.
What Changes
Through coaching, people often begin to see themselves, their situations, and their options more clearly.
They make decisions with greater confidence.
They have conversations they've been avoiding.
They strengthen boundaries.
They stop carrying what isn't theirs to carry.
They reconnect with what matters most.
And perhaps most importantly, they begin to trust themselves more deeply.
Because while the circumstances may not change overnight, the way you relate to them often does.
And that changes everything.
In Their Words
Carrie, Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner
Val has not only helped bring light from my dark, but has helped me grow and change in ways even she doesn't know! I'm so thankful - a true professional with the biggest heart.
Alyssa, CliftonStrengths Career Coach
I learned to separate my worth from what I produce, to trust my inner knowing, and to listen to my body and emotions as sources of information rather than problems to solve.
Getting Started Is Simple
Here's How It Works
Upon scheduling a call and completing your application, we will meet and determine a mutual match.
Schedule a 45-Minute Connection Call
Let's meet to determine if we are a match in a complimentary, no-pressure conversation.
Complete a Brief Application
Upon scheduling, complete a brief application to evaluate if my coaching support is ideal for you.
Begin Your Coaching Journey
If we're a mutual match you will gain access to my coaching platform and begin scheduling your sessions.
Your Career Coaching Package Includes:
6 - 60 Minute 1:1 Coaching Sessions to be completed within 3 Months.
Access to digital coaching support as needed during our time together via my coaching platform.
Pre and Post Session Reflection Worksheets
You are invited to share your reflections, questions, and insights as they arise. I'll offer guidance intuitively, employing various means such as reflections, coaching queries, encouragement, journaling prompts, or providing relevant resources.
Audio Recordings of our sessions (if desired)
Looking for a Place to Start?
Not everyone is looking for an ongoing coaching partnership.
Sometimes a deeper understanding of your natural strengths is the perfect place to begin.
Schedule a CliftonStrengths Discovery Session
Includes:
✓ CliftonStrengths 34 Assessment
✓ Personalized 60-minute debrief
✓ Gallup reports and resources
✓ Access to Gallup's digital learning tools
Investment: $300
*Additional assessment options, including MBTI and Emotional Intelligence, may be incorporated based on your goals and interests.
Or Start A Conversation
Not sure which path is right for you?
Let's explore what you're navigating and what support makes the most sense for where you are right now.
Not sure if this is right for you?
If you're dealing with patterns that show up across multiple areas of your leadership - like constantly second-guessing yourself, seeking validation, or feeling like an imposter - the Self-Trust Breakthrough Session might be a better starting point. Take the Self-Trust Assessment to identify your patterns and get personalized guidance on the best next step for you.
Leadership Coaching is offered on a sliding scale to foster more accessibility to helping services and to help address the rampantly rising costs of coaching services.
Pay It Forward Rate: $2,400
Standard Rate: $2,200
Community-Supported Rate: $2,000
Investment Levels
Sliding scales ask you to examine your financial resources and access to privilege. This helps me create opportunities for people who have been limited in their access to wealth and income due to their gender expression, racial identity, sexual orientation, lived experiences, and other factors.
Pay It Forward Rate
Pay It Forward Rate
$2,400
If most of the below economic identifiers apply to you, please select the Pay it Forward Rate:
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own the home you live in
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have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money
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travel recreationally
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have access to family money and resources in times of need
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benefit from a two-income household
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have a relatively high degree of earning power due to your level of education (or gender and racial privilege, class background, etc.) Even if you are not currently exercising your earning power, I ask you to recognize this as a choice.
Standard Rate
Standard Rate
$2,200
If most of the below economic identifiers apply to you, please select the Standard Rate:
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comfortably meet most of your basic needs but do not have much or any savings
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have housing stability
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take occasional trips or vacations relative to your financial means
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have some debt but can still meet your primary needs on a regular basis
Community Supported Rate
Community Supported Rate
$2,000
If most of the below economic identifiers apply to you, please select the Community Supported Rate:
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are supporting children or have other dependents
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have significant debt
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have medical expenses not covered by insurance
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receive public assistance
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have immigration-related expenses
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are an elder with limited financial support
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are an unpaid community organizer
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are a returning citizen who has been denied work due to incarceration history
I believe the path to leaving the legacy you and I long for starts within. Here, we can fully meet the truest version our Self, daily. We can rest in the inner knowing that we are safe in the embrace of life. In this sacred place, we are limitless. Here, our patterns transform to awaken our impact. ~Valeyne
It is possible to live and lead, bravely, while experiencing...
Authenticity
Authenticity
Inner Alignment
Inner Alignment
Freedom
Freedom
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My Top 5 CliftonStrengths and How I Aim Them In My Coaching Process With You:
Maximizer
Maximizer
I focus on strengths and stimulate individual and team excellence. I enjoy the challenge of transforming something strong into something superb.
Relator
Relator
I put myself in your shoes and walk with you during your coaching journey. I enjoy close relationships and find deep meaning in working hard with others to achieve goals.
Developer
Developer
I recognize and cultivate the potential in others. I derive personal satisfaction from acknowledging others' progress.
Connectedness
Connectedness
I have faith in the links between all things. Almost every event has a reason and serves a purpose. I break down barriers and find purpose outside of myself.
Futuristic
Futuristic
I am inspired by the future and what could be. I engage others in creating visions for their futures.
In my experience, radical self-love can be challenging. Most of us aren't taught to trust ourselves, so we seek our truth from external sources.
Over time, we develop conditioned stories about who we are and who we are not. We live out these stories through repeated patterns and habits that undermine our greatest intentions, frequently asking ourselves, "How am I here, AGAIN?"
And sometimes we find ourselves stuck in the question of our 'enoughness', living inauthentically, and feeling like an imposter.
My patterns over the years have usually included some blend of comparison, seeking external validation, overthinking, catastrophizing, downplaying my truth, scarcity thinking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, lacking boundaries, you name it - all amounting to a big pile of anxiety... Maybe you can relate?
Getting started is simple.
Here's How It Works
Together, we will co-create a container for you to explore topics that are most meaningful to you at the moment
Schedule Your Complimentary Call
Schedule Your Complimentary Call
During this 30 minute call I will invite you to discuss your goals and challenges. In a no pressure conversation, you will explore which coaching package meets your needs.
Invest your strengths and execute your plan
Invest your strengths and execute your plan
Through a personalized coaching experience, I will guide you through uncovering existing strengths using the CliftonStrengths Assessment and developing a plan that invests and leverages them.
Get the results you want
Get the results you want
Through my continued collaboration, you will actively engage your plan, analyze results and make adjustments as needed, achieving success time and time again.
Based in the Chicago, Illinois area, providing executive coaching, leadership development, team building workshops, and facilitation for leaders and organizations throughout the Chicago suburbs and worldwide
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