Coaching & consulting · Chicago

A FULL PLATE,

NOT A SINGLE DISH.

(this is the whole point, btw)

Coaching for people who are good at a lot of things and keep getting told to pick one. Consulting and training for the companies who need those people to work well together.

or watch me build in public →
Caren Young
(all real — no vanity numbers here)
10+ yrs
Product mgmt & ops
Pivotal, HHS, DHCS
Delivered inside
~28 workshops
Since 2022
ICF ACC
In progress
Ways to work together

Everything starts with us having a real conversation.

For you
now booking

1:1 Coaching

Six months, just you and me. We'll use product-management frameworks applied to your life — structure, not vibes.

Book a free 30-min conversation →
Prefer a group?
The Full Plate — group cohort

Weekly group coaching, 8–10 people, deliberately small.

waitlist! next one's January 2027 → join it
the fancy one
For your team
the engine

Coach in Residence

One day a month on-site, three months minimum. Six real coaching slots on your team's calendar, plus a working session for the entire team.

Let's talk about your team →
Prefer to start smaller?
Command the Roomfrom $5,000

A team day built on twelve years of stage craft — how to hold a room and not disappear inside it. The easiest way to start.

The Reset$2,500

Individual coaching for one person — structured and expensable, for when the budget's real but small.

See both in detail →
Why me

"A stable job is a single point of failure with a benefits package."

I ran a portfolio career for twenty years without knowing it had a name. In 2024 I did the responsible thing — one job, dropped everything else. Within a year I had nothing.

Read the full story →

Let's design the plate.

Thirty minutes, no pitch, a real conversation.

Book your free conversation →