Behavioral Diagnostic Expert, A People & Business Doctor
25 years of Experience
PhD Industrial-Organizational Psychologist | TS-SCI Cleared (.02%) | Former Big 4 Consultant
Before Talking Solutions... Let's Talk Problems
From Research to Real-World Impact
I don’t just study behavior, I build solutions to change them.
Built for Businesses That Are Growing But Not Operating at Their Full Potential
This is Not Coaching. This is Diagnosing.
Who GGCAS works with: Mid-size, businesses that:
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Employ 20–500+ people
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Are scaling but experiencing internal strain
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Have strong teams but inconsistent outcomes
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Are losing time, money, or talent due to operational breakdowns
Ready to fix what’s costing the business money?
Ready to correct structural issues?
What GGCAS Does: Assesses & Fixes Business Problems:
🔻 Burnout & Turnover
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High attrition without clear cause & disengaged workforce
🔻 Leadership Breakdown
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Reactive management * lack of accountability
🔻 Performance Gaps
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Capable employees & inconsistent results with no system execution
🔻 Hiring Failures
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Poor fit despite strong resumes & ineffective processes
🔻 Communication/Workflow
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Bottlenecks, confusion, & inefficiency
GGCAS Method:
Diagnose. Develop. Optimize.
Diagnose
GGCAS identifies what is actually broken beneath the surface.
Develop
GGCAS builds structured, people-centered solutions aligned to the business.
Optimize
GGCAS aligns leadership, systems, and performance to support sustainable growth.
Outcomes
Reduced turnover, increased engagement, stronger leadership accountability, and clear operational systems
Recent Consulting & Advisory Portfolio
Implementation Strategy
Design, develop, implement, and evaluate training, organizational change management, help desk and site support throughout the lifecycle of a new system rollout for over 6,000 government end user.
Talent Acquisition Delivery
Delivery of strategic talent acquisition transformation involving marketing, outreach, & recruitment event planning; research on salary competitiveness; pre-hire assessments, recruitment, & onboarding; STEM special projects; program & process improvement for a workforce of 8,500 intelligence community employees.
Podcast Insight Leader
Research industrial-organizational psychology (IOP) content, develop scripts, emcee podcast, edit recordings, managed future show calendar/guests, worked with board trustees on external expansion, and developed marketing/branding that engaged 26,000 firm personnel.
Dr. Gretchen (GiG) Lain founded Gig’s Greenhouse Consulting & Advisory Solutions (GGCAS) to bring behavioral science out of theory and into real life... where people, kids, and businesses actually grow.
About
Growth isn’t about potential, it’s about conditions. Just like a greenhouse, when the soil is toxic or the water is contaminated, nothing thrives. The same is true for people and organizations.
As the Doctor of the Workplace, GGCAS diagnoses misalignment, burnout, and broken systems, then delivers data-driven solutions that restore the right environment for growth. We don’t guess. We analyze, simplify, and solve.
Fix the conditions. Unlock the growth.
