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Identity + Purpose
Who you are now that the uniform is off. The meaning layer of transition. Reconciling service, self, and what comes next before chasing the next title.
Programs · The Human Edge
The non-technical half of professional readiness.
Identity, leadership, storytelling, and the unwritten rules of civilian work. What no tool can replace.
A professional development program for veterans navigating the civilian transition.
The Curriculum
Six competency domains.
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Leadership Development
How veterans lead without rank. Influence, accountability, and communication in civilian and entrepreneurial contexts.
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Storytelling + Personal Brand
Converting 20 years of service into a civilian professional narrative. LinkedIn presence, speaking, and media voice.
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Professional Readiness
Negotiation, networking, executive presence, and the unwritten rules of the private sector.
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Career Navigation
Direction, options mapping, and decision support for the messy middle of transition. Not job placement.
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Business Mechanics
The operator's toolkit. Finance, pricing, hiring, and operations for veterans building and running their own ventures.
The Offerings
Three ways the work gets delivered.
1:1 & Small-Group Coaching
Ongoing coaching matched to the six domains, delivered by the cadre. Paced to the veteran, not a fixed curriculum.
Delivered by the cadre
Leave with
- A focus area mapped to the six domains
- A coach matched from the cadre
- An action plan between sessions
Translating the Mission
A half-day facilitated workshop that turns service into a civilian story the private sector recognizes. Built and pilot-ready.
Led by Mika Cross
Leave with
- A positioning statement
- A rewritten LinkedIn headline
- A two-minute civilian story
- A reusable AI story prompt
The Mentor Circle
A cohort program for second-stage veteran entrepreneurs (2+ years, 3+ employees) — scaling, not launching. Peer-advisory hot-seat format.
Led by Corrine Gerard
Leave with
- A seat in a cohort of six founders
- Hot-seat sessions on real business challenges
- Rotating mentors from a seasoned bench
The Coaches
Practitioners who've made the crossing.
Board members, credentialed coaches, and practitioners who've been where the people they work with are now.
MC
Program Lead, The Human Edge
Board Member, Oath & Oak
Strategy@Work
CG
Lead, The Mentor Circle
Curated Potential
KS
Data, AI & People Analytics Expert
Board Member, Oath & Oak
Imagine Believe Realize, LLC
KA
Executive Coach
K-TEQ Solutions, LLC
Ki
Chief Learning Strategist
Meadow Consulting, LLC
KF
CEO, Motivated by Kelly, LLC
MBA · PMP · LSSBB
TM
Technology & Data Strategy Leader
IBM · U.S. Army (Ret.)
SW
Founder & CEO, Ascendant
Fmr. Director, The Innovation Lab @ OPM
Interest List
1:1 and cohort programs, now forming.
Tell us where you are in your transition and we'll reach out about the right fit.
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