Stakeholder Centered Coaching

95% of leaders who go through this process measurably improve their leadership effectiveness, as rated by the people they lead and work with.

How it works

Stakeholder Centered Coaching is a proven, named method created by Marshall Goldsmith. It's simple. It isn't easy. That's why it works.

1. Pick what matters. You choose one or two leadership behaviors that will make the biggest difference for you and your company.
2. Bring your people in. You pick the stakeholders who see you lead every day: your leadership team, your direct reports, your board.
3. Ask, listen, act. Every month you ask them for input, listen without defending, and follow through.
4. Measure it. Your stakeholders rate your progress. No guessing, no "I think it's going well."

I coach you through every step for the full 12 months. Between sessions, you practice Breathe, Ask, Listen: take a breath, ask the simplest question that gives the other person room to say what they need, and stay with what you hear. No interrupting, no fixing. It's how this process shows up on a Tuesday afternoon, under pressure, when it counts.

Is this you?

• You've hired strong people and still end up in every channel.
• You know the leadership books, but can't apply them under pressure.
• You want to delegate, then second-guess your leaders the minute you do.
• You haven't taken a real vacation in years.
• Past coaching felt like talk without measurement.

If you're nodding, you're not failing because you care too much. You're stuck because your team never got the chance to care as much as you do. And that's fixable.

What changes

• Your leaders take real ownership of their divisions, and bring you challenges instead of waiting for answers.
• Your team trusts you, and you trust them, because you've built it on purpose, month by month.
• You hear your vision said back to you, unprompted, in a leadership meeting.
• You get the "handled it" text and don't feel the urge to jump in.
• The company grows past you, and new hires come on with confidence.

The real proof? You book the two-week family vacation. You go. And the company does fine.

My guarantee

You pay 50% at the start. If you don't make measurable progress, as rated by your stakeholders, I don't bill you for the second 50%.

Why me

I started out studying nursing and social work. That's where I learned how people work. A BA and MA in Information Systems, years in software development, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior taught me how systems work. I'm a certified Stakeholder Centered Coach, and I'm the one who will ask the question everyone else avoids.

Like the time I asked a senior leader on an 18-month project, six months behind: "Is this the conversation that's going to get this project back on track?" It wasn't. So we changed the conversation, and the client accepted the project on time.

Leading with Love is what I believe. Breathe, Ask, Listen is what I practice. Stakeholder Centered Coaching is where it becomes measured behavior change.

Ready to stop being the bottleneck?

Let's talk about where you are, what you want, and whether this is the right fit. No pitch. Just a real conversation.

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Not ready yet? Listen to Leadership Re-Imagined, or ask about the 90-Day Executive Leadership Accelerator (coming soon), a focused first step before a 12-month commitment.