Chariti Gent

DiSC Expert | Trust-Building Consultant | Team Communications Specialist

About

I’m a vivacious, high-energy, professional trainer, coach, and team-building consultant.

Who I Serve

Through my training/coaching/consulting practice, I help countless individuals, teams, and organizations build more trusting relationships through strengths-based, compassionate, and empathic communication tools. My clients frequently move from a place of distrust among team members, where deficit-based language is used, to a more open, safer culture that honors mutual respect and collaboration. The results are profound: higher job satisfaction; increased trust between leadership and staff; and more productive and joy-filled workplaces all-around.

About Chariti Gent

Chariti is Founder and President of Chariti Gent Coaching and Consulting, a firm dedicated to creating a more compassionate and empathic workplace and world. Over the last two decades, Chariti has worked with hundreds of clients within government, academia, non-profits, and the private sector to enhance trust, communication, and relationships within and among teams.  Prior to launching her coaching and consulting business, Chariti was an internal corporate coach and trainer for a large, international franchise system, as well as a policy analyst at both the state and federal government levels.  Her background includes PhD studies in Political Science and Public Policy, in addition to BA degrees in both Political Science and Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Master of Arts from the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she was a scholar of the American Political System and Public Policy. In addition to running her own coaching and consulting company, Chariti currently serves as the Director and Lead Faculty Associate for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Certified Professional Coach Program (www.uwprofessionalcoach.com).

Some Off-the-Beaten-Path Facts About Me:

  1. I married my college sweetheart, who I met on move-in day in the dorms of my freshman year. Still love him to pieces. 20+ years strong.
  2. I am known for my belly-jiggling, thunderous laughter. My sister has the same laugh. When we’re together people comment, “it’s in stereo!”
  3. I birthed a baby girl—the twinkle-toes-love-of-my-life.
  4. I’ve fished and caught piranha off the side of a canoe in the Amazon River…and then ate it. (It was good!)
  5. I am a freak for kettle cooked potato chips, milk chocolate, and strong espresso. And I am learning to really love dark, leafy greens, too!
  6. I love singing out loud in my car to songs by Madonna, Adele, and Emmylou Harris. Just to name a few. And even better is when my daughter sings along with me!
  7. I believe in the power of love.
  8. I used to play “teacher” after school when I was a kid. I am now the Lead Faculty Associate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Certified Professional Coaching Program. #DreamsDoComeTrue

Enough said.