Bob Grigsby, MA
Coach | Mentor | Consultant
"Successful coaching, mentoring, and consulting starts with cultivating
and nourishing relationships...and relationships happen at the speed of trust!" - Bob Grigsby - Empowering Your Strengths
Hi, I'm Bob, and I'm a Social Scientist.
As a Social Scientist I study human social interactions of behavior and thought, and examine personality, interpersonal relationships, and group behavior, and how life experiences influence our perceptions of self and others.
So...what the fuck does that mean?
It means I do a lot of advisory work (coaching, mentoring, consulting) with men and women on their personal and professional development and well-being at home and at work.
It means I do a lot of "decoding" (translating, interpreting, deciphering) the dialogue we have with ourselves and others in our everyday human social interactions. Which includes decrypting our Life Positions -- how we feel about ourselves and how we feel about others -- and the "life script games" we use to rationalize, justify, and defend our feelings, our thoughts, our behaviors toward reinforcing and maintaining those life positions.
I hold a BA in Social Science and an MA in Sociology with a Concentration in Social Psychology. I have over 30 years experience in the corporate business environment, and I'm a former executive of Mattel. I have over 20 years training and development experience as a coach, mentor, and consultant having served a wide range of clients with their personal and professional development in multiple industry sectors.
So, let's start here...
Pretty sure you've already been working toward trying to figure out your personal and professional intentions in life and in work. You've either engaged in some reading, journaling, introspection, yoga, meditation, retreats, course-work, or some combination of the above. And, you are completely ready and committed to making important changes in you and your life course.
The 1-on-1 coaching offerings below and on the right side panel are designed as a base foundation offering you the coaching, or mentoring, intention toward your personal and professional development, and to identify, cultivate, and nourish what matters most to you and your well-being. My coaching encompasses interactive, one-on-one sessions with improvisational exercises, and facilitated discussions.
These coaching packages will be offered/delivered virtually through Zoom.
Personal Development Coaching
Personal Development Coaching aims to help you reach a deeper understanding of yourself and your character strengths, and to use that knowledge for optimal growth. Character strengths knowledge, exploration, and use can play an important role in boosting happiness, managing relationship conflicts, setting up personal goals at work, handling life stressors, or searching for deeper meaning in life.
This type of 1-on-1 coaching is intended to be positive in focus, centered on you, empowering, energizing, and practical. You will work with a seasoned character strengths expert to explore your strengths, goals, and other key elements in psychology to find greater well-being.
Professional Development Coaching
Professional Development Coaching is focused on leveraging character strengths to help you best serve your clients, students, or employees. This may involve case consultations in which the coach offers opinions and ideas regarding your work with a specific client (individual or group). It may involve questions and answers in which you and your coach wrestle with a variety of questions you have about applying character strengths and other elements of psychology.
Other common examples include discussing optimal character strengths intentions for a workshop or class you are planning to lead, being a strengths "sounding board" for a consultation you are offering, or reviewing outlines and ideas of strengths projects you are working on. The goal is to help you not only understand optimal strengths applications but to enable you to thrive in doing so.
Coaching may address, for example, your personal projects, life balance and stressors, the development of well-being, improving your relationships or health, job performance, personal satisfaction and meaning, or your strengths-based approach with your clients, students, employees, co-workers, or your own family. Coaching focuses on your character strengths (and other strengths), and may involve personal strategic planning, values clarification, brainstorming, and other goal-achievement strategies.
As a Social Scientist I study human social interactions of behavior and thought, and examine personality, interpersonal relationships, and group behavior, and how life experiences influence our perceptions of self and others.
So...what the fuck does that mean?
It means I do a lot of advisory work (coaching, mentoring, consulting) with men and women on their personal and professional development and well-being at home and at work.
It means I do a lot of "decoding" (translating, interpreting, deciphering) the dialogue we have with ourselves and others in our everyday human social interactions. Which includes decrypting our Life Positions -- how we feel about ourselves and how we feel about others -- and the "life script games" we use to rationalize, justify, and defend our feelings, our thoughts, our behaviors toward reinforcing and maintaining those life positions.
I hold a BA in Social Science and an MA in Sociology with a Concentration in Social Psychology. I have over 30 years experience in the corporate business environment, and I'm a former executive of Mattel. I have over 20 years training and development experience as a coach, mentor, and consultant having served a wide range of clients with their personal and professional development in multiple industry sectors.
So, let's start here...
Pretty sure you've already been working toward trying to figure out your personal and professional intentions in life and in work. You've either engaged in some reading, journaling, introspection, yoga, meditation, retreats, course-work, or some combination of the above. And, you are completely ready and committed to making important changes in you and your life course.
The 1-on-1 coaching offerings below and on the right side panel are designed as a base foundation offering you the coaching, or mentoring, intention toward your personal and professional development, and to identify, cultivate, and nourish what matters most to you and your well-being. My coaching encompasses interactive, one-on-one sessions with improvisational exercises, and facilitated discussions.
These coaching packages will be offered/delivered virtually through Zoom.
Personal Development Coaching
Personal Development Coaching aims to help you reach a deeper understanding of yourself and your character strengths, and to use that knowledge for optimal growth. Character strengths knowledge, exploration, and use can play an important role in boosting happiness, managing relationship conflicts, setting up personal goals at work, handling life stressors, or searching for deeper meaning in life.
This type of 1-on-1 coaching is intended to be positive in focus, centered on you, empowering, energizing, and practical. You will work with a seasoned character strengths expert to explore your strengths, goals, and other key elements in psychology to find greater well-being.
Professional Development Coaching
Professional Development Coaching is focused on leveraging character strengths to help you best serve your clients, students, or employees. This may involve case consultations in which the coach offers opinions and ideas regarding your work with a specific client (individual or group). It may involve questions and answers in which you and your coach wrestle with a variety of questions you have about applying character strengths and other elements of psychology.
Other common examples include discussing optimal character strengths intentions for a workshop or class you are planning to lead, being a strengths "sounding board" for a consultation you are offering, or reviewing outlines and ideas of strengths projects you are working on. The goal is to help you not only understand optimal strengths applications but to enable you to thrive in doing so.
Coaching may address, for example, your personal projects, life balance and stressors, the development of well-being, improving your relationships or health, job performance, personal satisfaction and meaning, or your strengths-based approach with your clients, students, employees, co-workers, or your own family. Coaching focuses on your character strengths (and other strengths), and may involve personal strategic planning, values clarification, brainstorming, and other goal-achievement strategies.
Disclaimer: I am not a therapist, counselor, or licensed mental health professional. The services provided on this website are for educational, informational, and personal development purposes only, and do not constitute medical or psychological advice.
Empowering Your Strenghts is an independently owned personal and professional coaching and consulting agency serving individual business professionals and companies with activating character strengths in oneself and others across all levels of your life journey. All content, including courses, workshops, and class offerings; as well as all podcasts, images, and logos on this website is protected by copyright and may not be used without permission from Empowering Your Strengths.
Copyright © 2026
Empowering Your Strenghts is an independently owned personal and professional coaching and consulting agency serving individual business professionals and companies with activating character strengths in oneself and others across all levels of your life journey. All content, including courses, workshops, and class offerings; as well as all podcasts, images, and logos on this website is protected by copyright and may not be used without permission from Empowering Your Strengths.
Copyright © 2026
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