executive coaching

How I think about coaching.

The goal isn’t to make you dependent on a coach…
It’s to make you better at leading without one.

You know your company better than I ever will.

You know its history. You know your people.
You know what you’ve tried, what you’ve learned, and what you’re trying to build.

My job isn’t to replace any of that.

I’m there to bring another perspective.
To ask questions. Offer ideas. Notice things. Tell you what I really think.

Sometimes we’ll tear an idea apart and put it back together.

Sometimes I’ll tell you I think you’re right.
Sometimes I won’t.

Sometimes you’ll leave with a completely different perspective.
Other times you’ll leave more confident in what you already knew.

But a good conversation should always lead somewhere…

A decision.
An action.
A conversation that needs to happen.
A commitment you’ve made to yourself or someone else.

Results matter to me.
And I’ll push you here.

Because insight without action eventually becomes just another good conversation.

And that’s simply not enough.

I care about what you accomplish.

I also care about
how you accomplish it.

There are three core beliefs that have shaped the way I view leadership:

Integrity. Dignity. Prosperity.

I call it The IDP Way™.

Integrity simply means doing what you said you’d do. Making decisions you can stand behind. Being honest when it would be easier not to be. Doing the right thing, even when it costs you something. 

Dignity means remembering that there are human beings on the other side of our decisions. It doesn’t mean avoiding accountability or difficult conversations. Sometimes dignity requires them.

Prosperity means results.
Companies need to grow. They need to make money. People need opportunities. Good ideas need resources. A healthy business creates possibilities for a lot of people.

I don’t believe we should have to choose between them or in any way compromise them.

Integrity. Dignity. Prosperity.

My goal is that we work with all three in the room…

100% of the time.

That’s also what Leave It Better Leadership means to me.

It’s not complicated…
Will this be better because you led it?
Will the team be better because of your leadership?
Will people around you be better because you raised the standard? 
Will the company grow because of your decisions? 
Will the right opportunities happen because of your presence? 

And when you leave, will your seat be set up for success for the next person? 

Don’t get me wrong.
I don’t expect perfection…

But I do believe there should be evidence that together we left it better than it was.

And that’s exactly how it should be.

Who I work with…

I love working with people who want something.

People who aren’t finished.
People who take responsibility.
People who care about results and people.
People who don’t take themselves too seriously.
People who have enough confidence to say
I don’t know.
People who will reconsider something without becoming indecisive.
People willing to have the conversation they’ve been avoiding.
People who do something between our conversations.

I call that Confidence Covered by Humility.

You can be confident in what you’ve built, confident in your decisions, and confident in your ability to lead.

But you also have to be willing to ask:

What if I’m part of the problem?
What if there’s something I need to change?
What if I don’t have this figured out yet?

You can ask me to help your leaders get better.
I’ll gladly do that.

But you’ll have to be willing to get better, too.

I’ve never believed successful people should apologize for wanting more.

More growth.
More opportunity.
More impact.
More freedom.
A better company.
A stronger team.
A bigger idea.

Wanting more isn’t the problem.

What matters to me is what you’re building, why you’re building it, and who you’re becoming while you build it.

If you’re serious about those things, we’ll probably have plenty to talk about.

Let’s have a conversation.


We’ll spend about an hour talking about your company, what you’re building, what’s getting your attention, and what you want next

No pitch disguised as a conversation.
No obligation to turn it into anything.

Just a real conversation.
If there’s something worth pursuing together, we’ll both know.

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