For professionals, leaders, and organizations ready to move with clarity
The CLARITY Framework™ turns purpose into practical systems that keep you focused, fulfilled, and free from burnout.
Outcome: Make your next career move with confidence — not confusion.
Description: You're successful on paper but stuck in real life. Whether you're weighing a promotion, considering entrepreneurship, or wondering if it's time to pivot — you don't need more options. You need clarity about how you're wired to lead, communicate, and make decisions. Our coaching helps high-achieving professionals earning $75K–$150K+ navigate career crossroads with a framework that protects your earning power, restores your internal authority, and prevents burnout-driven missteps.
Outcome: Understand how you're wired to lead, communicate, and make decisions.
Description: The Maxwell DISC Assessment reveals your communication style, conflict response, decision-making patterns, and leadership strengths — giving you the self-awareness to lead with confidence and connect with your team more effectively. Available as a self-guided report or with a private 1:1 debrief session with Dr. Nic.
Outcome: Build stronger leaders, improve team communication, and increase organizational effectiveness.
Description: Most professional development checks a box. Ours changes behavior. We deliver customized leadership workshops, communication training, and team development built on behavioral clarity — not generic content. From half-day sessions to multi-session series, every engagement is designed to shift how your people lead, communicate, and grow. DISC assessments available as an add-on for any training.
Outcome: Equip young leaders with skills to thrive in school, career, and life.
Description: Our student programs provide engaging, practical experiences that build resilience, leadership, and self-awareness — preparing the next generation to lead with clarity and purpose.
Assessments are more than tools — they're gateways to clarity. The Maxwell DISC Behavioral Assessment reveals how you're wired to communicate, lead, handle conflict, and make decisions. Whether you're an individual navigating a career crossroads, a leader looking to strengthen your team, or an organization investing in development, everything starts with understanding the human variable.
Available Options:
• DISC Communication Assessment — Understand your communication style and how to connect more effectively with others ($97)
• DISC Assessment + 1:1 Debrief — Get your full profile plus a 60-minute private session with Dr. Nic to connect results to your specific situation ($197)
• Team & Group Assessments — Add DISC to any professional development workshop for a deeper, more personalized experience (custom pricing)
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Nicole "Dr. Nic" Rankine is a Career Clarity Strategist and the Founder and CEO of The COLE Academy of Personal Growth, a certified woman-owned small business specializing in leadership development and professional growth.
After nine years as a CDC research scientist and quality manager, Dr. Nic built a methodology rooted in behavioral science and evidence-based systems — not theory. She developed the proprietary CLARITY Framework to help professionals, leaders, and organizations move from confusion to confident action.
She has trained over 1,000 educators across all 50 states as a NISOD National Facilitator, serves as Contributing Faculty at Walden University, Grand Canyon University, and Purdue Global, and has coached hundreds of professionals through pivotal career decisions.
Her work spans school districts, universities, municipalities, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations nationwide. Dr. Nic holds a PhD and MPH from Walden University and is a Certified John Maxwell Team Coach, DISC Level II Consultant, Licensed DEI Trainer, and Certified Mental Health Coach.
When Dr. Nic works with you — whether through coaching, assessments, or training — she brings the same rigor she applied to outbreak investigations at the CDC, combined with the warmth and insight of someone who has navigated her own career crossroads.