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Business Growth Spotlight
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Business Growth Spotlight
Ep. 126 Belief, Evidence & Entrepreneurship: Gloria’s Path to Creating a New Industry with Gloria DeGaetano
Show Notes:
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, sits down with Gloria DeGaetano founder of the Parent Coaching Institute (PCI) and pioneer of the parent-coaching movement.
Gloria shares how she built an international company around a concept the world had never heard of — and the mindset, passion, and evidence-based methodology that made PCI the global leader it is today.
🔥 What You’ll Discover
- How Gloria created the parent coaching industry before coaching was mainstream
- Why believing in your vision (with evidence to back it up) is the foundation for innovation
- How intuition plays a powerful role in business growth
- What Gloria had to learn and unlearn when transitioning from educator to entrepreneur
- The strength-based framework and inquiry-based model PCI uses to transform parent-child relationships
- The biggest misconceptions about parent coaching — and why it’s more relevant than ever
- The marketing challenges of building a company pre-social media (and what’s working for PCI today)
- PCI’s evolving impact on parenting, family support professionals, and organizational training
- Gloria’s goals for the next 12 months and how she plans to expand PCI’s global footprint
- Why parents should be viewed as the most important thought leaders on the planet
Whether you're a parent, a leader in family support, or an entrepreneur building something new, this episode gives you powerful insights on growth, resilience, innovation, and visibility.
Bio*
Gloria DeGaetano, M.Ed., a visionary thought-leader, birthed parent coaching when forming the Parent Coaching Institute (www.thePCI.org), now a global company offering Parent Coach Certification® for family professionals, coaching services for parents, and specialized programs for companies and organizations. Gloria, an acclaimed educator and author, is an innovator of family support for modern-day parents. Her unique system for helping parents successfully navigate the challenges of our tech-obsessed world is used by thousands of parents worldwide.
To connect with our guest, click on the links below:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParentCoachingInstitute/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pci.parent.coach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parent-coaching-institute/:
Connect with me:
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidischalkcoaching/