A clear structure, built around you

No two leaders face the same team, board, or stage of growth. So the structure stays the same, and what goes inside it is yours. You pick the goals. You pick what we track. And I'll push back when I think you're aiming at the wrong thing.

Step 1:
Get The Real Picture

Before we change anything, we need to see what's actually happening. Not my assumptions, and not only yours.

Sample Activities:

  • Verbal 360. I interview 8 to 12 people we choose together: direct reports, peers, and board members. No survey links. Real, confidential conversations, so people can be candid.

  • ProfileXT. An assessment that shows how you think and work, and how that fits your role.

  • Shadowing. I sit in on a few of your meetings or one-on-ones and tell you what I see.

Step 2:
Define Your Sandbox

Most leaders I meet aren't short on ambition. They're short on focus.

Sample Activities:

  • Leader's Dashboard. Your top three priorities, your values, mission, and vision, tied to company goals. This is your sandbox: clear boundaries, and real freedom inside them.

  • Where to start. We pick what you work on first, so you're not trying to fix everything at once.

Step 3:
Make It Stick

Good ideas are easy. Acting on them on a Tuesday when everything's on fire is the hard part.

Sample Activities:

  • Regular sessions. Weekly or every other week, virtual, in person, or a mix. We work through the barriers and blockers, and own the wins.

  • Between sessions. When something big comes up and you want a sounding board before you decide, reach out. I'll get back to you within 24 hours on business days. A text at 6 PM on a Friday gets an answer Monday morning.

  • Follow-up 360 at six months. I go back to the same people to see whether they notice a difference.

  • Check-in about six weeks later. On me. How you're doing, what stuck, and what's next.

Length: 6 months

Sessions: Weekly or every other week

Format: Mostly virtual; in person or hybrid if you prefer

Travel: Twin Cities included; travel elsewhere billed separately

Investment: [Discussed on our call]

After we finish: Complimentary check-in about six weeks later

The engagement at a glance

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If your company is paying

You're approving the invoice, so you should know what you're getting.

  • What you'll see: the goals we agree on at the start and progress against them, tied to business results: decisions, team, growth, retention.

  • What stays private: what's said in our sessions.

  • How we measure it: the Leader's Dashboard at the start, and a 360 at the start and at six months.

Where it starts: the chemistry call

Thirty minutes. You tell me what's going on, and I'll ask a lot of questions. By the end we'll both know whether working together makes sense. If it doesn't, I'll tell you. And if I know a coach who's a better fit, I'll point you to them.

Book a Chemistry Call

FAQs

  • When your company pays, we agree on your goals with your sponsor at the start, and they'll hear how you're progressing on those goals. What you say in our sessions stays between us. I follow the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics.

  • A consultant tells you what to do. HR works inside the company's politics, and so do you. I sit outside all of that. My job is to challenge your thinking and help you commit to the decision you already knew you should make, or a better one you come up with yourself. You leave with your answers, not mine.

  • No multiple-choice surveys. I have real, confidential conversations with 8 to 12 people we choose together. I'm listening for patterns: what the people around you see that you might not.

  • At the start, we set your Leader's Dashboard: three priorities tied to company goals. At six months, we check progress against it, and the follow-up 360 shows whether the people around you notice the change.

  • No homework or reading lists. You take what we talk about into your real meetings, decisions, and conversations. Next session, we look at how it went.

  • Reach out. That's what a sounding board is for. Text or email me, and I'll respond within 24 hours on business days.

  • No. I work with leaders at companies of roughly $5M to $100M in revenue, in any industry. My own operating experience is in service businesses. Coaching is about how you think and decide, and you bring your own experts for the technical detail.

it All Begins With a Conversation

Book a 30-minute chemistry call. You tell me what you're working on and what's getting in the way. We'll both know by the end whether working together makes sense. It stays between us.

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I'm based in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area) and work with leaders in person or virtually, anywhere.