Education, training, and coaching for lasting transformation
From reaction →
intentional action →
lasting, measurable results.
For individuals, coaches, business owners, and organizations ready to turn being intentional into consistent action and measurable results.
Most people already know how to listen, lead, and decide well. The challenge is accessing that knowledge while reacting in the moments that matter—when pressure, conflict, or uncertainty take over. We call this the Access Gap™. Intentional Achievements helps you close it through preparation, intentional action, and practices that make meaningful change last.
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Purpose. People. Performance. Connected through being intentional.
The Access Gap
What happens when knowing isn’t enough?
You may know how to listen, lead, or make a good decision—and still struggle to do it in a difficult moment. Follow this familiar conversation to see the Access Gap at work.
Then see how intentional action goes further: anticipate foreseeable situations and prepare before they occur, creating conditions that support the outcome you want.
From reaction
to intentional action.
A manager presents a new initiative. A colleague says:
“We’ve tried something like this before.”
The manager reacts, interpreting the comment as “They don’t believe me.” The manager then defends the proposal instead of understanding the concern.
“That’s not what we’re talking about. This is completely different.”
The manager pauses, thinks, and responds instead of reacting—examining what happened and considering what information is needed before asking:
“That’s helpful. What did you try, and where did it break down?”
Before presenting the initiative, the manager anticipates concerns about earlier attempts. The manager asks colleagues what was tried and learned, revises the proposal using that information, and agrees on what would make a new attempt worth testing.
“Let’s use what we learned last time to shape this proposal before we bring it to the meeting.”
Same manager. Same knowledge. Different timing and action.
An illustrative scenario based on The Access Gap guide.
Reaction and response happen after the comment. Intentional action begins before a foreseeable situation, preparing people and changing conditions in advance.
Four Pathways
Put intentional action to work.
Choose the part of your life or work where intentional action could make the greatest difference.
01 / Personal life
Transform Yourself
Build clearer priorities, more deliberate choices, and repeatable practices you can recognize in daily life and relationships.
02 / Coaching & training
Transform Others
Strengthen your coaching, facilitation, and teaching practice so you can help others translate insight into observable change.
03 / Business owners
Transform Your Business
Connect purpose, priorities, people, and execution—and track progress against the business outcomes that matter to you.
04 / Organizations
Transform Your Organization
Align leadership, roles, team behavior, and measurement so strategic objectives become consistent practice and observable results.
Results in practice
Intentional action shows up in the numbers.
Selected results from Joseph M. Price’s career in education, training, and coaching.
140%
Increase in gross revenue in a training-franchise turnaround
$475,000
Cost savings in six months from manufacturing process improvement
$500K
Cost savings from a manufacturing root cause analysis and problem-solving initiative
Experience you can build on
Four decades of helping people and organizations achieve measurable results.
Joseph M. Price began his career with Dale Carnegie in 1982, ranked as its 12th-highest producer of enrollments worldwide for six consecutive years, and served as Corporate Solutions Director for Southeastern Pennsylvania before founding Intentional Achievements. His work has reached more than 25,000 people in five countries, including teams at AT&T, Intel, Volvo, and Wal-Mart Distribution.
Author of The 12 Traps of Communication: From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs and Your Intentional Life: A Life Composed on Purpose.
Intentional action in practice
Meaningful change in life and work.
Past participants describe changes in planning, communication, and taking action—in their own words.
Strategic planning
Communicating at home
Starting a business
From intentional action to results
Sustain intentional action.
Measure the results.
Clear purpose gives action direction. Guided practice helps you apply what you learn, while roles, routines, and accountability support consistent follow-through.
Agree on what progress looks like, then review changes in behavior, performance, and the outcomes that matter to you.
Being intentional, every day
Make being intentional part of everyday life.
Start free with PRO Membership: 26 core principles of being intentional, introduced every two weeks, with practical worksheets, planning tools, and routines.
Your next chapter starts here.
Turn intentional action
into lasting, measurable results.
Discuss what intentional action could change in your life or work, what currently gets in the way, and what meaningful progress would look like. Together, we can identify a practical starting point and how to recognize results.