Case studies & success stories

What people are saying about Positive Futures

From executive teams to women's workshops: the same purpose, and the same result: people who see themselves more clearly, communicate better, and choose differently.

PG&EDiablo Canyon Power PlantHope Family WinesBar Method SLOMeathead Movers
Katie laughing while facilitating a workshop, two participants with wine glasses behind herTeam awareness
“Katie, thank you! It worked! Our overall team functioning has definitely improved, just like I wanted!”
Jo Armstrong, VP of Hospitality, Hope Family Wines

In their words

Testimonials throughout

Katie has worked with industry leaders, unique small businesses, nonprofits, and a growing community of women across San Luis Obispo County.

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“I have had the pleasure of working with Katie. She is personable, organized, accountable and strives to meet her clients' expectations. Whether wearing the hat of a team manager and/or a team player, Katie maintains a positive and fun personality.”
Laila Kollmann · Owner, Shoreline Inn · CBID Board member
“Katie's level of commitment to the team and event-industry expertise have truly raised the bar for us and our entire brand portfolio. Her work ethic, solution-oriented leadership and positive energy is contagious.”
Samantha Pruitt · Owner, Race SLO
“Katie brings an incredible depth of knowledge about the Enneagram and how to use it as a tool for personal growth and development. Her training and leadership is matched by the warmth and energy she brings to each workshop, creating a safe and positive environment for women to connect and learn.”
Jenn Prentice · Cal Poly Professor and Mom
“Her presence is empowering and deeply genuine. She teaches these tools with so much passion because they truly changed her life, and that authenticity makes her workshop incredibly impactful.”
Tara Stumph · Business Owner, Phresh Foods
“Katie, what you did today and every time I meet with you is so helpful. I come away with so much insight and tools. I love working with you. Thank you for helping my team and I.”
Kim Walker · Department Manager, Hope Family Wines
“The second workshop was so impactful, I love going deeper.”
Lindsey Estrada · Stylist · Workshop participant

Featured case study

The challenge. The solution.

Client

Hope Family Wines

The Direct-to-Consumer team of a Central Coast winery, growing fast, with a leader who wanted her team to do their best work and grow with the company's goals and direction.

Overview

What began as a single Enneagram team workshop became a multi-year training and development partnership. Positive Futures now serves as the team's “in-house” trainer: consistent, progressive development that evaluates and builds on each year's accomplishments.

Challenge

A capable team that needed more trust, clearer communication, and shared guidelines, and a leader spending her time managing issues instead of thinking strategically about the business.

Build trust and appreciation across a growing team with different personalities and working styles

Create clarity, accountability, and standardized management practices without adding stress

Solution

A team workshop to build team trust, shared language, and skills, followed by easy, actionable team guidelines the team could practice and implement immediately, then ongoing coaching, consulting, training, and system development.

Team workshop · individual 1:1 coaching · onboarding managers and employees with the Enneagram Personality Assessment

Co-created frameworks, processes and forms · meetings “worth people's time” · custom training guides and skills checklists

Result

Communication improved immediately, and a leader got her strategic time back.

“This workshop far and away exceeded our expectations. Learning about ourselves through the lens of the Enneagram assisted us in building additional trust in the team. We were presented with easy, actionable steps specific for our team, which meant we were able to institute them immediately. Our communication within the team has already greatly improved. This has allowed me more time to think strategically, make better, more educated decisions, and focus on important issues within our business. Thank you Katie! ”
Jo Armstrong, VP of Hospitality, Hope Family Wines

More stories

Different rooms, same ripple.

Meathead Movers

Breaking the loyal pattern

ChallengeA manager who could feel herself falling into familiar patterns under pressure, and getting stuck there.
SolutionAn Enneagram assessment and coaching to name and understand why it's comforting, and practice choosing differently.
“I can break down my patterns of behavior and choose differently. This awareness was huge for me. If Katie hadn't done the Enneagram assessment on me I think I could've gotten really stuck.”
Cassandra Webster, Manager at Meathead Movers
PG&E

Team-building workshop

ChallengeHelp a team see how individual self-awareness shapes the way they lead and work together.
SolutionAn experiential team-building workshop grounded in the Enneagram and awareness-based tools.
“I realized having more confidence and self-awareness can make me a better leader, thank you Katie.”
Workshop participant, PG&E team-building workshop
Business owner

Purpose, clarity, focus

ChallengeA fitness coach and business owner taking on too much at once, and struggling to filter what mattered.
SolutionPrivate coaching to craft a purpose statement and build healthier patterns around rest, priorities, and joy.
“She helped me come up with a purpose statement that has made a drastic difference in how I filter what is and is not important to me. I have much more clarity and focus now.”
Shannon Hanson, Fitness Coach & Business Owner
“Katie is personable, organized, accountable and strives to meet her clients' expectations. She has an array of resources and skills and maintains a positive and fun personality.”
Laila Kollmann, Owner, Shoreline Inn

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