About

Strategy with heart. Practice over theory.

The Growth Group Academy is a boutique strategic advisory and training practice helping leaders and organizations lead through change, build stronger teams, and adopt AI with confidence when they're ready.

Natalya H. Bah
Founder

Natalya H. Bah

  • PMI-CPMAI®
  • PMP®
  • Certified Birkman Consultant since 2013
  • M.S. Project Management, GWU

Natalya is a strategic advisor who helps leaders, teams, and organizations turn goals into action, navigate the challenges that come with leadership, growth, and change, and — when they're ready — prepare for the AI era. Her work combines strategic thinking with practical application — helping clients gain clarity, strengthen leadership capability, improve how teams work together, and move important priorities forward.

She has worked with clients across government, nonprofit, international development, higher education, legal, financial services, and other professional services, ranging from advising and coaching individual leaders to facilitating leadership teams and helping organizations navigate change.

Known for an interactive, engaging, and approachable style, Natalya creates an environment where people can have meaningful conversations, see challenges from new perspectives, and leave with practical next steps.

Credentials & roles

Expertise you can trust

PMI-CPMAI®

Among the early professionals certified in PMI's methodology for managing AI initiatives.

PMP®

Project Management Professional with an M.S. in Project Management from The George Washington University.

Birkman Method®

Certified Birkman Consultant since 2013, applying it in coaching and team development.

Educator

Teaches at Montgomery College and Graduate School USA; GWU Board of Advisors, M.S. in Project Management.

Author

The Power of… series

Six books co-authored with Carl F. Hicks Jr. on the mindsets behind personal and professional growth.

  • The Power ofPerspective
  • The Power ofPurpose
  • The Power ofPassion
  • The Power ofPositivity
  • The Power ofPerseverance
  • The Power ofPreparation
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Let's talk about what's next

Whether you're starting your AI journey, building a stronger team, or stepping into a bigger role, a discovery call is the best place to begin.