Natasha Grimes

About Natasha Grimes

I designed my first training program in a classroom. Now I bring that same intentionality to schools and organizations that want more than a workshop and a workbook.Through Ascension Solutions Consulting, we build strength-based, personality-informed professional development that meets people where they are. My background in customer success means I also know how to listen, align to organizational goals, and deliver outcomes that move the business forward.Let’s talk about what better development looks like for your team.Open to discovery calls, consulting partnerships, and customer success leadership roles.

Experience

1. Founder

   Ascension Solutions

   Nov 2021 — Present

   Ascension Solutions ConsultingLearning and Development Strategist | FounderReal transformation does not come from a workshop. It comes from strategy.I am a teacher at heart. After more than 12 years in the classroom, I learned that people need more than a curriculum. They need someone who understands them. That experience built the diagnostic lens I bring to every client engagement today.As founder and lead strategist, I partner with educational institutions and organizational leaders to diagnose gaps, uncover opportunities, and design learning experiences that create lasting behavioral change. My background in people leadership and talent development means I can identify where teams are underperforming not because of lack of talent, but because of lack of the right strategy.My signature talk, “From Labels to Leadership”, has been delivered at NCMLE, SCABSE, NCDI Champions of Change, Aperture Education SEL Summit, State of Black Learning, and TABSE.Services include learning strategy, training program assessments, professional development design, leadership coaching, and organizational consulting, anchored in my proprietary A.S.C.E.N.D. framework.If your people have more to give and your current development strategy is not unlocking it, that is exactly the problem I solve. Let’s connect!Also open to customer success and learning and development leadership roles where people strategy is at the center of the work.

Education

• Amberton University

  Master’s, Human Resources Development

• Longwood University

  Bachelor of Science, Liberal Studies, Elementary Education