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In Their Words

Want to know what it’s really like
to work with me?

I could tell you what I do. But I think the people who have sat across from me, worked through hard decisions with me, and trusted me with what mattered to them can tell you more.

This page is simply a collection of their experiences—the wins, the shifts, the moments of clarity, and what they came to know about me along the way.

Seen for what they already carry
Challenged to make the decision that matters
Supported until the work actually moves
Philip’s Story

“I had years of ideas. Kim helped me turn them into something real.”

Philip did not come to me because he lacked ideas or experience. He had plenty of both. What he needed was someone who could see the value in what he had, help him sort through it, and keep moving with him until the work became tangible.

Where Philip Was

A lot of valuable work was still living in pieces.

He had decades of thinking, research, writing, faith-based work, ideas, and experience. The challenge was not creating more. It was deciding what mattered, organizing it, and getting it out into the world.

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Before working with Kim Groshek, I had decades of ideas, research, writing, and experience, but much of it was still sitting in pieces. Over the course of our work together, Kim helped me turn those ideas into tangible assets and forward movement.

With Kim’s guidance and execution, I developed multiple book manuscripts, moved one book to publication, clarified my intellectual property, created training content, built out videos and supporting tools, developed market research, organized a CRM and operating process, strengthened my messaging, connected with publishing and marketing resources, and moved toward a real-world church pilot and a clearer path to market.

The biggest result was not simply having more ideas—it was finally converting years of thinking into finished work, usable systems, and opportunities that could actually reach people.

Kim brought structure, speed, discipline, and clarity to the process. She helped me make decisions faster, stay focused on completion, and move from concept to implementation. I gained greater leverage, clearer positioning, stronger infrastructure, and much more confidence that the work I had spent years developing could actually become something real and scalable.

Philip Meinzen, CEO and Founder of Jubilee Junction
Philip Meinzen CEO & Founder, Jubilee Junction™️
What People Often Tell Me

The change is usually bigger than a checklist.

Yes, work gets finished. Decisions get made. Offers get clearer. But underneath that, people often describe something more personal: relief, confidence, focus, and feeling like they are finally moving again.

01 · “I can finally see it.”

The fog starts to lift.

What felt tangled or too big becomes easier to name, organize, and act on.

02 · “I know what matters now.”

Priorities get quieter.

Instead of trying to move everything at once, people begin to trust one clear next decision.

03 · “I stopped circling.”

Decisions get cleaner.

There is less re-deciding, less over-explaining, and more confidence in the next move.

04 · “You saw what I could not see.”

Existing value becomes visible.

People often realize they already have more experience, intellectual property, and possibility than they were giving themselves credit for.

05 · “Now I know what to do next.”

Movement replaces waiting.

A conversation happens. A page gets finished. A decision gets made. Something that was sitting still begins to move.

06 · “I trust myself more.”

Confidence comes back.

Not because every answer is known, but because there is a clearer way to make the next decision.

Hear It From Them

Different people. Different seasons. Their own words.

I have left these stories here because I want you to hear their voices—not just my interpretation of what happened.

Marsha Green

In Their Own Words

Aaron McDonald

In Their Own Words

Josh

In Their Own Words

Diane Hogan

In Their Own Words

Elle Whitetaker

In Their Own Words

Kim Groshek
A Little About Me

Why I do this work

I have spent more than 35 years sitting with people in moments where the answer was not obvious—when there was too much to hold, too many directions to choose from, or something important that simply was not moving.

I am naturally someone who sees patterns quickly. I can often hear the decision underneath all the words. But I have also learned that this work is not about telling people what to do. It is about helping them hear themselves more clearly.

The part I care about most is the moment when someone stops spinning, sees what matters, and says, “Yes. That’s it.” Then we make sure it does not stay an idea. We move it.

35+ years walking alongside leaders in consequential moments
Creator, The One Decision Method™
Executive Decision & Implementation Strategist
Founder, NorthStar Leadership Institute
If You Want to Know Me Better

A few things people often ask me.

You do not have to read any of this to understand the testimonials. But if you are curious about my background, how I think, or what shapes the way I work, you can open any question below.

How did you come to this work?

I have more than 35 years of experience helping leaders, executives, business owners, and professionals make difficult decisions, communicate clearly, navigate change, and move forward with confidence.

My work has included leadership, organizational transformation, communication, decision-making, and trusted relationships.

Who have you worked with over the years?

Over my career, I have worked with executives, CEOs, business owners, consultants, professionals, leadership teams, and accomplished women across corporate, government, higher education, financial services, and entrepreneurial settings.

Rather than claim a lifetime client number I cannot substantiate, I prefer to speak to the depth and range of the people, teams, and organizations I have served.

What have relationships taught you about knowing when to speak?

One of the biggest insights I have gained is that being experienced at solving problems does not mean every problem is ours to solve.

This becomes especially important between a mother and her adult daughter.

A mother may see something she wants to fix, prevent, correct, or make better because she loves her daughter. But as the relationship changes, one of the most important decisions becomes learning to separate:

What is mine to change.
What is hers to choose.
What is mine to release.

Sometimes staying close requires speaking. Sometimes it requires listening, changing our approach, or letting something go.

What kinds of things do people come to you for?

Kim's work crosses industries, roles, and delivery channels because the core challenge is often the same: too much complexity, too many competing priorities, and an important decision that has not yet been made clearly enough to act on.

Over more than 35 years, she has worked across corporate, government, higher education, financial services, entrepreneurial, leadership, consulting, and professional-services environments.

Today, Kim teaches and advises across several connected areas:

  • Executive decision-making and leadership: identifying the real breakpoint, separating facts from assumptions, making consequential decisions, and creating ownership and movement.
  • Business growth and revenue: clarifying the buyer, problem, result, offer, message, invitation, pricing, follow-up, and next revenue move.
  • Trusted-relationship enrollment: building real conversations, working warm relationships, following up without pressure, and helping the right person make a clean yes-or-no decision.
  • Offer design and messaging: turning expertise into a clear offer people can understand, remember, repeat, and buy.
  • Project completion and implementation: defining what "done" means, reducing scope, creating milestones, adding accountability and feedback, and getting meaningful work across the finish line.
  • Speaking, visibility, and thought leadership: finding aligned opportunities, refining positioning, preparing for stages, and building a more consistent visibility pipeline.
  • Communication and relationships: deciding what to say, what to ask, what to change, what to accept, and what to release—without trying to control another person's response.
  • Personal effectiveness: making better use of time, energy, money, attention, and experience so important work does not stay buried under competing demands.

Kim delivers this work through live workshops, 5-day sprints, masterclasses, rolling cohorts, masterminds, strategic intensives, 90-day partnerships, and high-touch concierge services.

Examples include GET YES'S™ 5-Day Sprint, project-completion programs such as Finish Line / The Final Stretch, full-day strategic workshops using The One Decision Method™, private and group implementation partnerships, mastermind environments, and concierge support for business, visibility, and high-stakes decision execution.

The format may change, but the through-line stays consistent:

SEE what is really happening.
DECIDE what matters now.
DO the work in a way that fits you.
Create MOVEMENT.
Is there a client story that feels especially human to you?

This particular mother-daughter workshop is new, so I do not want to claim a client transformation from this program before I have delivered it.

What I can speak to is the pattern I have seen repeatedly across my decision, leadership, implementation, communication, business, and client work: experienced people often arrive believing they need to solve the entire situation at once.

When we slow the situation down, separate facts from assumptions, identify what is actually within their control, and make one consequential decision, the next move becomes much clearer.

Client Story · Paty Araiza

From overwhelm and inconsistent systems to a clearer next chapter.

Paty Araiza came into the work carrying more than a business challenge. She was a single mom raising her toddler on her own, homeschooling her daughter, building her business, and trying to create enough stability and breathing room to be present for the life she cared about most.

Professionally, Paty wanted to up-level as a fractional sales director. She was looking for greater clarity around repeatable processes, client acquisition, sustainable growth, and how to create more consistent revenue without building a business that consumed all of her time.

Underneath the revenue goal was something even more important: relief, time to breathe, and more meaningful time with her daughter. The goal was not simply to do more. It was to make clearer decisions about what deserved her energy, what could be simplified, and what kind of work and life she wanted to build.

The work centered on helping her simplify what mattered, identify actionable next steps, and think more clearly about focus, systems, scalability, boundaries, and the direction she wanted to take.

In a later conversation, Paty shared an important career milestone: she had accepted a full-time role as a Lead Sales Enablement Manager, where she would be coaching regional directors who, in turn, coach enterprise account executives.

What makes Paty's story meaningful is that the decision was never only about a title or revenue. It was about creating a next chapter where her professional strengths could grow while she also protected what mattered personally—her daughter, her time, her energy, and her ability to breathe.

Her story is a strong example of what I mean by movement. The goal is not always to force one predetermined outcome. Sometimes the work is about getting clear enough to recognize the next opportunity, make the decision, and step into a role that better fits your strengths, priorities, family, and season of life.

That has shown up in many different ways:

  • Leaders who stop circling a complex issue and finally make the decision that moves the work forward.
  • Business owners who narrow multiple ideas into one clear offer, one buyer, one message, and one revenue move.
  • Experts who turn years of thinking, research, and intellectual property into finished books, training, tools, programs, systems, and market-ready assets.
  • Founders who identify where revenue is already sitting—in warm conversations, stalled follow-up, existing clients, or unclear offers—and act on it.
  • Professionals who finish projects that have been sitting unfinished by adding structure, accountability, feedback, and a real finish line.
  • Speakers and thought leaders who clarify their message, pursue the right visibility opportunities, and show up more prepared for stages, interviews, and conversations.
  • Clients who move from overthinking and re-deciding to one clear action they can actually take.

The common thread is not that I tell people what to do. It is that I help them see what is really happening, decide what matters now, communicate it clearly, and move it into action.

That is the same principle I am bringing into this mother-daughter work: not trying to fix the other person, but becoming clear about what belongs to you, what does not, and how you want to respond next.

Thank You for Being Here

I hope these stories helped you get to know me a little better.

If something in their words felt familiar—if you are carrying an important decision, unfinished work, or a season where you are not sure what comes next—you are welcome to stay connected and explore when the time feels right.

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