Go beyond corporate training
With performance consulting and leadership coaching, tailored to your team and timeline.
Rusty Gaillard
Performance Consultant + Leadership Coach
WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMANCE
Knowing how isn’t enough.
When productivity and engagement slows, your first instinct is to hire a skills trainer. But the truth is, having the sharpest skills won’t matter if your team doesn’t know when, where, and why to wield them.
To truly elevate personal performance—and massively boost communication, collaboration, and outcomes in the process—leaders need to go beyond straight skills training.
The lessons that truly have staying-power are those that combine training with follow-up and implementation support, so no new skill is left behind.
The answer isn’t more training.
It’s specific and strategic implementation, execution, and support tailored for your team and your goals.
Trusted by high-impact, people-first leaders at…
“I worked with Rusty for 2+ years and he has been instrumental in my career development. Rusty has instilled techniques and best practices to help me be a great professional, a better person, expand my thinking, and open up many avenues for growth."
— Cody Berenson, Vice President at Siddhi Capital
Leadership training with true staying power.
Sharpen your Skillset
while Mastering your Mindset
My leadership training for organizations combines on-site learning and development with ongoing coaching and support for transformation that sticks.
Eliminate the ‘meeting
after the meeting’
with candid, decisive conversations that build trust — and get more stuff done.
Speak so
executives listen
clearly, concisely, and with the right level of detail for your audience.
Advocate for
your ideas
and present a clear and supported point of view
Increase focus
and impact
by reducing time wasted on excessive prep and unnecessary details.
Encourage initiative
and risk-taking
with decision frameworks that ensure people are making the right moves—and the right mistakes.
Learn to Manage up
for better, faster decisions that accelerate team performance.
Get your team up to speed.
Choose from a variety of engagements, all designed with you in mind.
Keynotes & Workshops
Targeted intensives for rapid redirection
Activate new skills with a high-energy, one-shot event, customized to focus on and finesse a key growth area.
Choose a topic like:
Handling difficult conversations
Productive prioritization
Executive presence
Clear, Concise communication
Building trust
Best for large, leaned-in audiences at corporate events or conferences.
Performance Consulting
Supported implementation for targeted transformation
This dynamic program combines a full-day or half-day on-site session with ongoing team support and customized company consulting to tackle a key roadblock impacting performance.
On-site sessions can take the form of:
Kickoff keynote
Action-driven workshops
Guided cohorts
Learning labs
Project co-working
Best for groups of 4-20 mid-level leaders and executive leaders ready for full-throttle development.
Executive Coaching
Ongoing integration for long-term impact
Improve communication, reduce overwhelm, break through siloes, and accelerate productivity with ongoing one-on-one performance coaching for executive-level leaders.
Work through skillset and mindset blocks like:
Leading through change
Mentoring emerging leaders
Managing conflict
Acting with authenticity
Overcoming blindspots
Best for driven, principled individuals and executive teams striving to make an intentional impact on the company they lead.
Every engagement includes:
Deep-Dive Discovery
We’ll get ultra-clear on the roadblocks, communication breakdowns, and bottlenecks slowing your performance.
Made-to-Measure Solutions
Once we’ve defined the key problem to target, your fully customized program will equip your or your team with ready-to-activate insights and tailored mindset tools.
Agile Follow-up
To lock in every lesson, choose from ongoing accelerators, like office hours, laser coaching, or project-focused cohorts.
Common Questions
Don’t see your answer here? Just ask.
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Yes, on a limited basis. Reach out to hello@RustyGaillard.com to learn more and check availability.
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Laser coaching is a 20-minute call, where we’re laser-focused on a specific challenge your employee is facing right now.
One-on-one coaching, like the coaching offered through my Implementation program, is ongoing. These pre-scheduled sessions are designed to help the individual work through a specific challenge and develop the skill or mindset needed for ongoing success.
In short, laser coaching is designed for valuable in-the-moment performance support, while ongoing coaching develops a skillset and mindset that truly transforms your leaders.
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Because the key to training that sticks is identifying where you are stuck.
Traditional training is designed to be templated and one-directional—and puts the burdon of implementation on the employee. This may work for businesses looking to check a box or train to a specific level, but the companies and leaders who hire me want to feel a palpable difference in communication, collaboration, and culture. My programs are tailored to the specific situations, meetings, and interactions your team has, so they walk out knowing exactly how to implement what they just learned.
Combining targeted insights with customized exercises allows teams to hit the ground running. With implementation built right in, we can ensure everyone stays on track—and address the real problems, habits, or processes that are slowing them down. That’s why I dedicate the first phase of every engagement to understanding exactly what your team is facing, and what’s worth tackling to propel them forward.
“Rusty is the rare speaker who manages to be both inspirational and practical.
He kept our management team actively engaged throughout the session (not easy over Zoom) with compelling stories and practical tools that we can easily apply to be more focused and productive. If you’re looking for a training session with impact, one your team talks about for weeks, I highly recommend Rusty."
—Nancy Geisse, Chief Strategy Officer, Marin Center for Independent Living