About

Real Change Studio: Helping Elgin Leaders & Teams Build Adaptability, Alignment, and High Performance

In today’s fast-changing business environment, even the most capable leaders and teams can feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. Real Change Studio, based in Elgin and serving organizations throughout the Fox Valley and Chicagoland area, helps leaders enhance performance, improve collaboration, and build the adaptability needed to thrive.

Founded by Erin Ramirez, organizational scientist and former Head of Enterprise Change Readiness for a global Fortune 500 company, Real Change Studio empowers businesses through leadership development, executive coaching, team training, and organizational consulting.

Helping Organizations Get Unstuck & Move Forward With Confidence

Whether you’re leading a growing business, managing organizational change, or trying to strengthen team culture, one challenge affects nearly every workplace:

Your team doesn’t need more skills.... they need more adaptability.

Erin specializes in helping leaders and teams sharpen decision-making, strengthen communication, and build the mental flexibility required in today’s unpredictable business environment. Her programs blend science-backed tools from Adaptability Intelligence (AQ), organizational psychology, change leadership, and human-centered strategy—all customized to the realities local businesses face.

Services Offered

Below are the core ways Real Change Studio supports organizations, leaders, and teams.

1. Keynotes, Workshops & Team Retreats

Dynamic, Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Style Experiences

Perfect for leadership summits, all-staff events, professional development days, and team offsites.

Teams Walk Away With:

• Clarity to identify and solve the right problems
• Creativity to generate innovative solutions
• Collaboration skills that drive alignment and accountability
• Resilience & grit to stay focused when things get tough

Formats:

• Keynotes (30–60 minutes) – high-impact inspiration and practical tools
• Workshops (60 minutes–6 hours) – hands-on capability building
• Team Retreats (1–2 days) – immersive reset experiences for teams

2. Executive Coaching for Leaders

Leadership today requires focus, emotional intelligence, adaptability, and clarity. Erin offers individual executive coaching for leaders who want to elevate performance, gain strategic clarity, strengthen decision-making, and lead with greater confidence.

Executive Coaching Helps Leaders:

• Develop adaptability and mental flexibility
• Communicate with greater influence
• Strengthen resilience and stay grounded during uncertainty
• Make better decisions under pressure
• Build healthier, more aligned teams
• Lead organizational change with clarity and intention

Coaching engagements are fully customized and can include a mix of leadership assessments, strategic planning, real-time support, and executive-level development practices.

3. Organizational Consulting & Change Leadership

For businesses navigating change such as new systems, restructuring, rapid growth, or culture shifts, Erin brings extensive experience in organizational effectiveness and change strategy.

Consulting Can Support You With:

• Adaptability assessment and upskilling across your organization
• Strategic planning & future visioning
• Change readiness & stakeholder engagement
• Leadership team alignment Adaptability culture transformation initiatives
• Process and operational improvements
• Adapting to technology and role changes

With her background leading change readiness for complex, multinational organizations, Erin brings practical frameworks to help businesses of all sizes navigate transformation smoothly and successfully.

Why Local Leaders Choose Real Change Studio

• Adaptability is the #1 most-needed skill in the workplace, according to global CEO research.
• Investing in adaptability improves employee performance by 24%.
• Highly adaptable teams show 3× higher retention, a major advantage in today’s labor market.
• Teams trained in adaptability can outperform others by up to 60%.
• Erin brings deep expertise from both global Fortune 500 work and local small-business environments.
• All programs are highly practical, immediately actionable, and grounded in actual science, not theory.

About Erin Ramirez

Erin Ramirez is an organizational scientist, leadership coach, and speaker who helps leaders and teams thrive in rapidly changing environments. Homegrown in Elgin, she blends big-company expertise with a passion for supporting local businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations.

Her clients describe her work as transformative, energizing, practical, and immediately valuable.

Let’s Strengthen Your Leaders & Teams

Real Change Studio proudly serves Elgin, the Fox Valley, greater Chicagoland, and beyond.

Whether you need an engaging keynote, a strategic partner for organizational change, or executive-level coaching support, Erin is here to help.

Email: erin@realchangestudio.com
Website: realchangestudio.com/speaking
Coaching, consulting, and custom programs also available.