About Grace Camp®
You have your position for a reason.
It’s more than your education, experience, or relationships.
You have your position because someone believed you would rise to the challenge, that you could be trusted with the jobs and lives of others.
They won’t remember the sales goals, the stock price, or the profit margin. They will remember what it was like to work for and with you. And the better you are to work with, the better your teams will perform.
My Story
Many years ago, I stepped onto the basketball court for Lafayette College as a Division I athlete.
I learned the power of working harder than I ever thought I could next to teammates who were pushing themselves just as hard. We weren’t just playing to win. We were defining the future of a sport for millions of others.
But this isn’t just an inspirational sports story.
As Director of North American Beauty Brands at Procter & Gamble, I saw the power of teamwork again. P&G acquired Gillette for $57 billion, and I was asked to integrate the business without losing the dedicated people who made Gillette a great company. The team rallied behind the gameplan, and not a single person left during the integration.
A few years later, I joined the team at Heinz just five weeks before they were bought by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital.
After helping Heinz navigate that enormous change, I knew what I had to start Grace Camp®.
My leadership roles at P&G and Heinz weren’t just about selling more shampoo, razors, and ketchup. They were about helping people not only survive change but thrive through it.
For me, the metric that mattered most was this:
“Did I help others succeed both professionally and personally?”
Grace Camp® is like those strength and conditioning programs my team did all those years ago at Lafayette college. It’s an opportunity to level up, to grow.
Grace Camp® is for leaders who won’t settle for what the spreadsheet says, leaders who want to build high-performance teams with the kind of culture that people write books about.
Grace Camp® is for the leaders who don’t just want to win - they want to define the game.
About Kate
Kate Gruninger Johnson, was the Managing Director and Group Vice President during her 30-year career at Procter & Gamble and Heinz. She led major integrations and change at both companies.
At P&G, she was responsible for the integration of Gillette into the US Beauty and Grooming Commercial business, after it was acquired for $57 billion. Through Kate’s leadership and strategic organization plan, not a single team member left during the integration.
She now works with organizations across the globe in health, consumer products, finance, and Major League Baseball, coaching organizations on building healthier relationships between employees and thriving through times of change.