Equip your graduates and new hires with the workplace navigation skills they need to thrive from day one.
The Real Rules
Workplace Success Training for Early-Career Professionals
The Workplace Readiness Crisis
87%
Employers believe new college graduates lack professional skills needed to succeed
NACE 2024
75%
Recent hires fail to meet expectations
Fortune, Sep 2025
1 in 6
Companies now hesitant to hire recent college graduates
Fortune, Sep 2025
$14,000
Average cost per failed new hire
Stanford Digital Economy Lab
The Last Mile of Success is the Hardest.
Getting hired is just the beginning.
Thriving in the workplace requires a different skill set entirely.
The Real Rules
What Takes Five Years to Learn, Taught on Day One.
The Solution
We teach the fundamentals that can't be assumed and the unwritten rules no one else teaches.
Beyond the Basics
We compress years of learning into actionable insights: navigating politics, building influence, and understanding what drives advancement.
Acceptable to Exceptional
As AI eliminates rote tasks, experiential judgment becomes the differentiator. We teach human skills AI can't replicate.
Timeless, AI-Resistant Skills
Who We Serve
Career Services & Student Success Teams
Strengthen your career readiness programming with the workplace navigation skills that bridge academic preparation and professional success
Corporate Learning & Development
Equip early-career hires with the unwritten rules of workplace success before they struggle to learn them on their own.
HR & Talent Acquisition
Close the skills gap between hired and high-performing.
Group training for
colleges, universities and businesses.
Our Curriculum: Eight Modules, One Complete Foundation
A cohort-based program that takes early-career professionals from uncertain to confident
Foundation Building | Modules 1-3
Student to Professional Transition • Professional Presence • Managing Up
Communication Mastery | Modules 4-5
How to Communicate to Be Heard • How to Hear What Others Communicate
Strategic Career Skills | Modules 6-8
The Compensation Conversation • What Actually Gets You Ahead • Thriving Through Change
A Sample of What your Students/New Hires will Learn:
Your boss has a boss and they're your boss too
How to decode "corporate speak"
Initiative is the super skill that will set you apart
You'll lead projects before leading people - learn how to manage from the side
The small signals that can build or break your reputation
...and many more insider strategies across all 8 modules
Each insight includes not just WHAT to do, but WHY it matters, HOW to execute it, and WHEN to apply it in different situations.
Flexible Delivery: Workshop series | Capstone course | Onboarding program
Starter Package:
3-module foundation (Mods. 1-3) - $200/person
Complete Program:
All 8 modules - $450/person
Minimum engagement: 20 participants
The Experience Behind The Real Rules
Led by a Veteran Disney & Warner Bros. Executive
Two decades developing early-career talent at Disney & Warner Bros. Discovery
Mentored 100+ professionals through the critical first years that make or break careers
Deep Gen Z expertise from marketing to this generation, now equipping them for workplace success
Led teams through major transformations, bringing lessons in adaptability and resilience to today's early-career professionals
