A direct conversation. That’s it.
Because sometimes you just need someone you can tell everything.
PRIVATE PERCEPTION COUNSEL with Dian Griesel
Confidential advisory for personal and professional decisions where perception, judgment, communication and consequence intersect.
Hourly consultations · Private retainers · Written/voice advisory · NDAs signed
For as long as I can remember, people have had a tendency to tell me what they don’t tell other people. The worries behind the worries. The part of the story they have left out. What they really think, fear, suspect, want to do — or aren’t quite ready to admit even to themselves.
In 1993, I made a profession of being that person.
For more than three decades, I’ve been a private sounding board: a professional confidant.
I listen. I ask questions. I notice inconsistencies, assumptions and dynamics that may be difficult to see from inside the situation.
You make the decisions.
What Can We Talk About?
Business. Money. Leadership. Reputation. Relationships. Negotiations. Career decisions. Conflict. Opportunities. Something deeply personal. Something potentially public. Or simply something you haven’t told anyone else yet.
There is no required category.
Who Is This For?
People perfectly capable of making their own decisions who recognize that some decisions are too consequential, complicated or sensitive to think through alone.
Sometimes the person you would normally ask is part of the problem you’re trying to solve.
How We Can Work Together
Consultation.
For a specific question, decision, opportunity, negotiation or issue you want to think through. Booked by the hour. No program, no required number of sessions, no need to turn one question into a six-month engagement. Bring me what you want to discuss.
Retainer.
For clients who want ongoing access before important decisions, not just after them. Depending on the engagement, this may include scheduled sessions, priority access, review of materials, meeting participation and communication between sessions. I intentionally maintain a limited retainer roster.
Written / Voice Advisory.
Not every question requires a meeting. Send me the details of a situation, a document, a message — anything you want a second opinion on before you respond, send, decide or act — and I’ll reply privately by written message or voice note.
There Is No Script When You Work With Me
Sometimes I ask questions. Sometimes I challenge something. Sometimes I recognize a pattern I’ve watched play out dozens of times before. Sometimes the most useful thing I can do is tell you: “I think you’re looking at the wrong problem.”
You aren’t simply buying time. You’re bringing nearly four decades of observation and pattern recognition into the room with you.
You’re getting temporary access to nearly four decades of accumulated experience, observation, relationships, mistakes, successes and pattern recognition. You’re borrowing my perspective for a while. Sometimes that’s all you need.
Why Dian?
33+ years advising people through consequential personal and professional decisions · 400+ companies advised · 10,000+ investor/media meetings · Founder and former CEO of an IR/PR firm · NYSE/NASDAQ board clearance.
Learn more about Dian.
Maybe You Don’t Need More Advice.
Maybe you just need the right conversation.
Hourly consultations • Private retainers • Written or voice advisory • NDAs signed
Confidentiality is fundamental to this work. Private advisory relationships are covered by written confidentiality agreements (NDA), with the additional protection of clergy-penitent privilege where applicable.
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