People Success & Coaching for High-Performance Teams

We help teams, executives, and founders ramp, lead, and perform.

We're a boutique people & performance consultancy building bespoke people success programs around your organization.

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"It's not faith in technology.
It's faith in people."
Steve Jobs
New Hire Coaching· Manager Coaching· Executive Coaching
The Challenge

Talented people should not fail because no one built the conditions for them to succeed.

1 in 3 new hires leave within 90 days. Most often because expectations and role clarity were never properly established from the start¹.
Onboarding is inconsistent, and people are left to figure it out on their own.
Managers are undertrained and over-stretched and need help so that they can help.
Executives are not provided the support required to handle high pressure and role complexity.

What high-performing teams require isn't bandwidth. It's a close eye, a structured approach, and someone whose sole focus is setting your people up to succeed.

Onboard responsibly. Invest in team success. Every dollar spent re-hiring is a dollar that didn't go toward growth.
¹ Source: Enboarder HR Leader Survey, 2025

The cost of poor people development is high.

An unsupported employee impacts all areas of your business -
your employer brand, your company culture, and your bottom line.

Failed New Hire
$200,000
2× the average new hire salary
Recruiting fees, lost productivity, culture damage, and starting over. A distraction that sets you back a quarter.
Gallup
Failed Manager
$1,000,000
5–7× the average manager salary
Undertrained managers don't just underperform, they drive attrition. Every person who leaves takes knowledge, momentum, and morale with them.
DDI / SHRM
Failed Founder or Executive
Your top talent.
The main reason good people leave
People don't leave companies. They leave leaders and environments where they feel unsupported. Leadership development is a retention strategy.
Gallup / McKinsey
Meet Prosper Studio - your people insurance.
The Solution

The people infrastructure your company needs, at the moment it's needed most.

We plug in at critical moments, without the overhead of a full-time hire. Three programs, each built around your stage, your team, and your culture.

Program 01

New Hire Coaching

For new hires in their first 90 days

A structured 90-day coaching program that helps new hires integrate, perform, and commit, during the time they're most likely to leave.

Key Themes
  • Integration & Onboarding
  • Performance Habits
  • Manager Relationships
  • Retention & Commitment
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Program 02

Manager Coaching

For managers who lead, not just manage

A 3-month program that equips your managers with the tools, frameworks, and confidence to lead effectively and build strong cultures, quickly.

Key Themes
  • Leadership Identity
  • Feedback & Communication
  • Culture & Team Dynamics
  • Performance Management
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Program 03

Executive Coaching

For leaders navigating complexity

Bi-monthly 1:1 performance coaching, plus asynchronous coaching support for founders and executives carrying the weight of company performance.

Key Themes
  • Decision-Making Under Pressure
  • Board & Stakeholder Dynamics
  • Personal Operating System
  • Resilience & Clarity
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Pay Per Engagement Senior practitioner expertise, activated when your team needs it most.
Your Dashboard

Real-time visibility into your team's health.

Every program comes with a live dashboard tracking the metrics that matter: retention stability, session completion, engagement, and progress across cohorts.

Overall Health Score
84/100
Retention Stability
98%
Session Completion
96%
Engagement Index
8.2/10
Average Progress Across Cohorts
Role Readiness
72%
Culture Integration
84%
Confidence & Ownership
50%
Program Status
New Hire Coaching
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Month 1Month 2Month 3
Manager Coaching
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Month 1Month 2Month 3
Executive Coaching
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Month 1Month 2Month 3
The Case for Coaching

The safe, neutral space that only an external coach can provide.

When a coach sits outside the org chart, the impact is profound. People speak more openly. Issues surface earlier. The feedback between your team and leadership actually works.

A real organizational health-check

We hear what your people won't say in a 1:1 with their manager, and help them address it in a professional way.

Employees who surface issues themselves

Coaching builds the confidence and language for people to raise concerns constructively, before they become exits.

Skills that stick, and retention that follows

When people feel invested in, they invest back. Support signals commitment. That's what makes people stay.

The Proven Upside
70%
more learning is retained when combined with coaching, vs. 10% with training alone.
ICF
6×
average ROI on coaching: across productivity, engagement, and reduced attrition.
Metrix Global
3×
Retention - new hires who receive coaching in their first 90 days are 3× more likely to still be in role at 12 months.
BetterUp
86%
of companies using coaching report recouping their full investment, and then some.
ICF Global Study
Our Proprietary Approach

The Full Stack Coaching Method

For sustainable high performance

Most performance programs address professional skills in isolation. We address the complete range of factors that drive human performance, because how someone shows up at work is inseparable from how they're doing as a person.

Mindset First

You can't build lasting habits on a fractured mindset. We start with values, identity, and the beliefs that drive behavior.

Personal Foundations Matter

Sleep, nutrition, and relationships are performance inputs, not personal luxuries. We address them directly.

Systems That Stick

We build structure that works for the individual, not off-the-shelf templates that fade after week two.

Accountability Accelerates

The coaching relationship is the catalyst. We hold the mirror and drive the pace of progress.

Accountability
Coach-supported acceleration.
Systems
Structure that serves, habits that stick.
Personal Foundations
Sleep, nutrition, relationships, energy.
Mindset
Growth, resilience, creativity, values.
What We Believe

Six principles that shape every engagement.

We address the complete range of factors that drive human performance, because how someone shows up at work is inseparable from how they're doing as a person.

01

Context is everything

An early-stage team is not a Fortune 500. We build around your stage, culture, and priorities, not a template.

02

Coaching changes behavior

Training tells people what to do. Coaching builds the habits that stick. We combine both for lasting change.

03

People are the strategy

The best strategies still fail without the right people. In a high-growth environment, your people aren't just an asset. They are the product.

04

Results should be measurable

We define success before we begin: retention metrics, performance milestones, and engagement indicators.

05

The first 90 days matter most

Whether joining or leading for the first time, the early weeks set the trajectory. We specialize in making that window count.

06

Retention is a leadership problem

Most people don't leave companies, they leave managers. In high-growth environments, this compounds fast. We address root causes.

The Team

Your talent is in good hands.

Jacqueline Grant

Jacqueline Grant

Partner, Prosper Studio
Certified Coach HR Consulting Tech Startups Board Ready Recruiting & Talent

Professional Certified Coach and Certified Human Resources Professional. An entrepreneur and recruiter whose career spans Fortune 500 companies and high-growth tech startups across luxury hospitality, retail, professional services, and technology. Directly interviewed, hired, and coached thousands of people across Canada and the United States. Graduate of the Innovation Governance Program (iGP).

Kate Godard

Kate Godard

Partner, Prosper Studio
Startups & VC Leadership LSE Career Coaching Crisis Management

Startup operator, leader, and coach with deep experience in strategy, people development, and business building across finance, technology, and CPG. Built and led a team of 14 Career Success Coaches at a high-growth ed-tech startup, supporting hundreds of professionals through their first year at leading B2B SaaS companies. Holds an MSc in Management from the London School of Economics.

Next Steps

Set your people up to succeed
from day one.

Let us understand your team, your timing, and explore fit.

01

Discovery Call

We learn about your team, your current approach, and what you're trying to solve for.

02

Proposal & Alignment

We present a proposal and recommend the programs that suit your needs.

03

Two-Week Discovery

We customize our tried and tested foundational curriculum to create something truly bespoke.

04

Program Begins

We deliver the programming over 3 months, carefully tracking pace and performance.

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