Resilience • Empowerment • Practical Tools

Helping individuals, organizations, and communities strengthen resilience, navigate change, and develop practical tools for sustainable growth and well-being.

What We Do

Pursuing Growth Leadership Development, Inc. provides practical, people-centered programs designed to strengthen well-being, build resilience, support healthy leadership, and help individuals and organizations navigate change. Through workshops, training, psychoeducation, and customized programming, we turn meaningful conversations into practical tools people can use in everyday life and work.

Who We Serve

Businesses • Organizations • Schools • Community Agencies • Churches & Faith-Based Organizations • Individuals

Programs & Services

Workplace & Organizational Wellness

Practical strategies that support employee well-being, resilience, engagement, and healthier workplace cultures.

Leadership Development

People-centered training that strengthens communication, self-awareness, adaptability, and sustainable leadership practices.

School & Community Wellness

Age-appropriate and community-centered programming focused on resilience, emotional well-being, coping skills, and practical tools for navigating stress and change.

Grief, Crisis & Critical Incident Support

Psychoeducational support and practical coping strategies for organizations and communities navigating grief, loss, crisis, and critical events.

Workshops, Speaking & Customized Training

Interactive sessions designed around the specific needs of organizations, schools, churches, community groups, and special events.

The REP Framework

Resilience • Empowerment • Practical Tools (REP)  is Pursuing Growth Leadership Development’s signature framework designed to help people recognize what they are experiencing, strengthen their capacity to respond, and put practical strategies into action.

Catch It • Check It • Change It

I Choose Me VIP Experience

I Choose Me is a wellness and personal growth initiative of Pursuing Growth Leadership Development, Inc. designed to help individuals prioritize their well-being, recognize unhealthy thought and behavior patterns, and develop practical strategies for meaningful change.

Choosing yourself is not just a decision, it becomes something you learn how to do.

Meet Kristie Ford

Kristie Ford, MA, is the Founder and CEO of Pursuing Growth Leadership Development, Inc. and creator of the I Choose Me VIP Experience and REP Framework. With a background in clinical mental health counseling, Christian leadership, business management, and community engagement, Kristie brings a people-centered approach to wellness, leadership development, and practical skill-building.

Her work bridges meaningful conversation with practical strategies people can carry into their workplaces, homes, organizations, and everyday lives.

Work With Us

Pursuing Growth Leadership Development partners with businesses, organizations, schools, community agencies, churches, and individuals to create programming that responds to real needs, not one-size-fits-all solutions.

Whether you are seeking a workshop, organizational wellness program, leadership development experience, community initiative, or customized training, we welcome the opportunity to learn about your needs and explore how we can work together.

Let’s start the conversation.