"Experience has taught me that the more authentic and personal my work is, the more successful I am."

Quoted by Dr. Pauline Serice

About Us

Cummings quote reference
"To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; And never stop fighting...Because nothing is quite as easy as using words like somebody else."
E.E. Cummings
Dr. Pauline Serice
Dr. Pauline Serice & Associates, Inc., services a unique niche of forward thinking clients truly committed to custom consulting and coaching interventions which achieve "outside of the binder brigade" thought provoking transformational change.
Dr. Pauline Serice is the president, founder and managing director of the organization and is the primary consultant located in Houston, TX.
Einstein quote reference
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think!"

Why Clients Hire Us

Our clients do not subscribe to the standard cookie cutter, off the shelf, training and development programs which fail to challenge senior leadership thinking, waste time and money, and produce no long-term sustainable change in thinking or behavior.
They hire us when generic programs will not do and they want a partner who will challenge how executives think and lead.

Beyond the usual brief

Our clients are not the normal run of the mill companies or executives who simply try to fill training quotas for the year or fix HR issues which occur as nuisances that should just go away.

Who we serve

Contrarily, our clients are typically intelligent, hardworking individuals with integrity and unwavering commitment to producing truly breakthrough results for themselves and their organizational cultures.

The partnership

They hire us to guide them through this breakthrough process.

The longer game

Rather, they are a rare breed of innovative leaders not only seeking extraordinary monetary results for their companies but also realizing that breakthrough profitability starts and is sustained by a loyal, truly committed, inspired and intelligently educated workforce and clientele.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
"I have been in the leadership and management development field for 25 years. I would rank Ms. Serice in the highest category of associates I have worked with over the years. She possesses the wisdom, intellect, and intuition necessary to assist organizations in their quest for excellence."
- Rick Tate, Best Selling Author and Founder of Impact Achievement Group
"Pauline coached each merchandiser in a positive reaffirming manner, rebuffing attitudes of reluctance regarding change management. Her knowledge and ability are adaptable to any environment."
- William C. Gibson, PhD, Clinincal Psychologist and Neuropsychologist
"I am so thankful for working with you and challenging my thinking and behavior. I feel empowered in uncertainty and realize this process shortens my curve for future breakthroughs."
- Paul S. Britton, Managing Director, EnerSea Transport LLC
"My perception of authentic leadership is forever altered. The work and effort to establish purpose is as important as the work that goes into accomplishing purpose."
- Steven A. Green, Marketing Director, YUThin-Automotive Division LLC
"Authentic dialogue and disciplined inquiry created a measurable shift in collaboration and execution across our leadership team."
- Leonard Richards, Former Investment Officer
"The process challenged assumptions we had normalized for years and replaced them with accountable communication habits."
- Bob Eisenshtat, Program Director, Houston Executive Roundtable
"Our leaders moved from defensive reaction to authentic engagement, and performance followed."
- Executive Director, Facilities Finance, Operations & Facilities Management, Major US Medical Cancer Treatment Institution
"The coaching process did not provide easy answers. It built capacity for better questions and durable breakthroughs."
- Kevin Grainger, Executive Partner, Applied Technology Labs
"We experienced the difference between activity and transformation. The shift in leadership behavior became visible quickly."
- Victoria Gamber, PhD., General Psychology
"This work sharpened strategic clarity while strengthening humility, trust, and communication across teams."
- Dr. Nancy White, Clinical Psychologist, Founder of The Enhancement Institute
Illustration of theater audience watching Don Quixote on stage before a windmill backdrop.

To dream the impossible dream

To fight the unbeatable foe

To bear with unbearable sorrow

To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong

To love, pure and chaste, from afar

To try, when your arms are too weary

To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest

To follow that star

No matter how hopeless

No matter how far

To fight for the right

Without question or pause

To be willing to march into hell

For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true

To this glorious quest

That my heart will lie peaceful and calm

When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this

That one man, scorned and covered with scars

Still strove, with his last ounce of courage

To reach the unreachable star!

Don Quixote - The Impossible Dream (The Quest) Lyrics