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The New Standard for Professional Development

Imagine a team where each member excels - seamlessly managing schedules and consistently hitting deadlines. Although traditional means of professional development can make this possible, our corporate development program will make it inevitable. How? Through the science of Executive Function skill improvement – i.e. the higher-order cognitive abilities essential for peak workplace performance such as:

Time Management

Time Management

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Maintained Focus

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Prioritization

Organization

Organization

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Task Initation

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Stress Management

Self Regulation

Self-Regulation

ADHD Management

ADHD Management

Emotion Regulation

Emotion Regulation

Self Confidence

Self Confidence

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Work Memory

Self Advocacy

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Motivation

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Self-Care

Metacognition

Project Management

Goal setting

Goal Setting

Workplace Challenges Can Be Your Opportunity for Growth & Innovation

While Executive Function skills are often overlooked, they’re critical catalysts for success. From coaching over 15,000 clients, we know that improving an employee’s Executive Function skills means:

Boosted Productivity: Teams working smarter, not just harder.
Enhanced Well-being: Reduced stress and higher morale, fostering a positive work environment.
Dynamic Collaboration: Clearer communication and streamlined projects.
Innovative Problem-Solving: Cultivating cognitive flexibility to tackle any challenge.

Workplace Challenges Can Be Your Opportunity for Growth & Innovation

While Executive Function skills are often overlooked, they’re critical catalysts for success. From coaching over 15,000 people, we know that improving an employee’s Executive Function skills means:

Boosted Productivity: Teams working smarter, not just harder.
Enhanced Well-being: Reduced stress and higher morale, fostering a positive work environment.
Dynamic Collaboration: Clearer communication and streamlined projects.
Innovative Problem-Solving: Cultivating cognitive flexibility to tackle any challenge.

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Leading Experts in Behavior Change & Productivity

Through WorkSmart Coaching, you have access to 150+ coaches specializing in behavioral health, workplace performance, psychology, and more. All of our coaches have at least a master’s degree or equivalent and have gone through our extensive coach training program. We are highly selective and seek out a diverse range of expertise to ensure every organization is well supported.

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New and Emerging Managers

Develop essential skills like planning, prioritizing, and delegating to lead with clarity and confidence.

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High-Potential Employees

Support future leaders with advanced strategies for focus, time management, and self-reflection.

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Neurodiverse Teams & Resource Groups

Empower employees with a variety of work styles using research-backed tools to enhance productivity.

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Teams Lacking Alignment

Strengthen communication, collaboration, and goal clarity to boost team cohesion and outcomes.

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Employees on Performance Plans

Re-engage struggling team members with targeted support that builds competence and confidence.

What We Offer

Work Sprints
Manager Coaching
Team Coaching
Custom Workshops
Employee Onboarding

Work Sprints

Body Doubling For the Modern Workplace

Work sprints create space for your team to focus on specific tasks with coach facilitation. Leveraging the science of body doubling and applying its benefits in a professional environment, our work sprints are here to help your team accomplish more.

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Improved Productivity

Work sprints provide employees with a consistent opportunity to work on their priorities alongside other likeminded people.

Enhanced Accountability

Through coach facilitation, our work sprint sessions provide employees with the accountability they need to be most effective.

Real-Time Guidance

Thanks to our expert facilitators, employees get real-time support and guidance in work sprints while maintaining full anonymity.

Manager Coaching

1:1 Executive Function Support for Managers

Our approach to manager coaching applies the science of Executive Function to help both emerging and seasoned leaders be more effective. We accomplish this by creating a customized 1:1 coaching program based on your managerial needs and organizational goals.

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Deeper Understanding of Work Style Diversity

Every team has a wide range of work styles and neurodiversity. Our approach to manager coaching equips every manager with the ability to nurture these unique styles and talents.

Improved Ability to Manage Time, Energy, and Attention

Utilizing two decades of Executive Function coaching, our manager coaching program is expertly designed and carefully curated for the modern workplace.

Stronger Leadership Skills

Our manager coaching program equips employees with the leadership skills they need to take initiative, tackle priorities, and inspire others.

Team Coaching

Professional Development for Neurodiverse Teams

Our approach to team coaching applies the science of Executive Function to help your team combine their individual strengths to achieve collective goals. We accomplish this by creating a customized group coaching program based on your unique team and goals.

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More Effective Collaboration and Project Management

Our team coaching program enhances every employee's ability to collaborate and manage projects through whole-team professional development.

Deeper Understanding of Work Style Diversity

Every team has a wide range of cognitive work styles. Our approach to team coaching equips every employee with the ability to better understand their own cognitive work style and adapt to the many different ways other team members think and work.

Enhanced Team Productivity and Efficiency

Our team coaching program leverages Executive Function skill development and combines it with customized support that makes your team more effective.

Custom Workshops

Workshops Designed for Your Organizational Needs

Every organization has unique goals and challenges. Through customized workshops, we're able to tailor our expertise in Executive Function to best support your organization's priorities.

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Engaging Presentations

We don't talk at you - we talk with you. Our workshops are designed to engage every team member through interactive experiences.

Optimized Support and Advice

Using the insights you share, we customize the support and advice to best accommodate your unique needs.

Lunch and Learn

The only thing that can make learning better is food. Our lunch and learns are designed as a more casual opportunity to work on team goals and priorities over lunch (note: we don't supply the food!)

Employee Onboarding

Proactive Support for Nurturing New Talent

We believe that every new hire is an organizational innovator waiting to be developed. Our approach to supporting employee onboarding initiatives is designed to help hiring teams build systems based in Executive Function science that set every new employee up for success.

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Prepare Emerging Professionals

We'll help your team ensure that every new hire is set up for success before they even start.

Maximize Individual Skills to Benefit the Whole Team

When a new hire is onboarded effectively, their strengths should feel perfectly positioned within the larger team. We'll help you achieve exactly that.

Reduce Early Turnover

New hires that don't stick around cost you both time and money. We'll ensure that your approach to employee onboarding will proactively address common turnover triggers.

Neurodiversity is a
Strength Worth Nurturing

Nearly 20% of the US workforce is neurodiverse. Yet, most organizations don’t realize that investing in these employees can benefit more than their culture.According to the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the ROI of coaching on your bottom line is undeniable.

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Improve their communication skills

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Improve their workplace performance

Companies leading in disability inclusion see 1.6x more revenue, 2.6x more net income, and 2x more economic profit.

51% of businesses with a strong coaching culture report higher revenue than their industry peer group.

The ICF reports that 70% of individuals who receive coaching report an improvement in work performance.

Companies with high employee engagement experience a 21% increase in profitability and a 17% increase in productivity.

Source: Accenture in partnership with Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)

Source: Human Capital Institute (HCI)

Source: International Coaching Federation (ICF)

Source: Gallup

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As Director of LEAP at MGH, my staff and I rely on allied professionals to carry out our recommendations. I have found the professionals at Beyond BookSmart to be among the very best at implementing executive function coaching. Their services are incredibly individualized, their staff extremely well-trained, and their treatment incorporates the best of current research. We recommend Beyond BookSmart frequently, and the feedback has been nothing but positive.

Ellen Braaten, Ph.D.
Director, LEAP at Massachusetts General Hospital

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Beyond BookSmart is the only company I recommend to clients who need executive function or work-related coaching. I am a neuropsychologist and see children, teens, and adults with ADHD and organizational challenges. These folks are the best!

Susan Brefach, Ed.D
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Boston Neuropsychological Services

Learn More About Executive Function

Blog

How to Break Big Tasks Down into Smaller Steps to Avoid Overwhelm

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Podcast

Ep 69: Beyond To-Do Lists: How to Combine Technology and Self-Reflection to Make Your Life Easier (ft. Helena Bowen)

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Presenting for Every Brain: How to Fight Distraction and Reliably Engage Your Audience

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"I have been very pleased with the services provided [by WorkSmart Coaching] and have been continually impressed not only with their individualized model of coaching and support based on the latest research on executive functioning challenges, but also with their unique and refreshing professionalism.”

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Englewood, Colorado

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