Executive Coaching
Executive Coaching
What would change if you stopped leading alone?
Executive coaching for senior leaders who want a thinking partner as serious as the decisions they make. No advice, no agenda. Clarity that does what effort can’t.
End performing. Choose becoming.
Book a Discovery CallThe Reality
Which of these sounds familiar?
“The higher you go, the fewer people tell you the truth.”
A coach is the one person paid to be honest with you.
“Your calendar is full and your thinking time is zero.”
Coaching carves out the space to think clearly again.
“The playbook that got you here isn’t working at this level.”
What got you here won’t get you there. Let’s build what will.
Your Coach
I’ve sat in your chair.
I was very good at performing. For years I led a multimillion-dollar organization with multiple departments and dozens of staff, where high performance was expected everywhere. And the performance was quietly creating anxiety in me and everyone around me. There was simply no playbook for the complexity and change I was navigating. Coaching changed that. It made me a better leader and helped me build a better life. That’s why I coach now: to help high-performing leaders end performing and start becoming.
End performing. Choose becoming.
Book a Discovery CallThe return.
570%
Average return on executive coaching investment.
McGovern et al., 2001 Maximizing the impact of executive coachingThe Manchester ReviewStudy of 100 Fortune 1000 executives finding 570% average ROI.
7x
Median financial return reported by companies investing in coaching.
ICF & PwC, 2023 2023 ICF Global Coaching StudyInternational Coaching FederationGlobal study reporting a median 7x financial return on coaching investment.
88% vs 22%
Productivity gain with coaching versus training alone.
Olivero et al., 1997 Executive coaching as a transfer of training toolPublic Personnel Management88% productivity gain with coaching versus 22% with training alone.
Sources
- McGovern, J. et al. (2001) 'Maximizing the impact of executive coaching: Behavioral change, organizational outcomes, and return of investment', The Manchester Review, 6(1), pp. 1-9.
- International Coaching Federation and PricewaterhouseCoopers (2023) 2023 ICF Global Coaching Study. International Coaching Federation.
- Olivero, G., Bane, K.D. and Kopelman, R.E. (1997) 'Executive coaching as a transfer of training tool: Effects on productivity in a public agency', Public Personnel Management, 26(4), pp. 461-469.
Client words
What leaders say.
The strongest evidence is how leaders describe the work in their own words: clearer decisions, greater self-awareness, and the courage to lead differently.
Jonathan has a gift for identifying blind spots and patterns that are hard to see on your own. He creates a safe space for tough conversations while keeping them productive, and he has helped me make several important decisions that I might have avoided or approached very differently on my own.
Jonathan's coaching helped me reframe the way I think about my work and life, bringing greater clarity and self-awareness to how I lead. That insight has made me a better listener, a better decision-maker, and ultimately a better leader.
Founder & CEO, Jelly Marketing
Through Jonathan's support, I gained the confidence to embrace my authentic self and lead with clarity. I began to show up as my full self and step more fully into the person I aspire to be.
Jonathan guided me through a period of significant personal and professional change, leading me to rediscover my strengths and passions and take a bold leap toward a more purposeful life and career.
How It Works
What does a wrong call cost?
A misread room. A transition that stalls. A team that quietly quits. Senior leaders hire a coach for more than incremental gains. They hire one because the next level asks for more than the playbook that got them here. Bring the promotion, the turnaround, the succession plan, the second act. This is where you get clear on what you want, then become the leader who can hold it. All prices in Canadian dollars.
Strictly confidential. What is said in the room stays in the room.
Start with a conversation
A free Executive Discovery Call. Thirty minutes, no pitch. We talk about where you are, where you're headed, and whether I'm the right coach for what's next.
Book a discovery callGet clear in 90 minutes
Executive Clarity Intensive. Ninety minutes to find the blind spot before it becomes the headline: a focused session, your Birkman Signature Report debriefed, and a written 90-day action plan within 48 hours.
Book the IntensiveDo the deep work
Ongoing Executive Coaching. Extended one-to-one coaching for leaders who refuse to leave the big calls to chance. Available to Intensive clients. You choose the depth after your Clarity Intensive.
Start with the IntensiveFor one high-stakes stretch: the new role, the restructure, the decision you cannot afford to get wrong.
A standing engagement for the leader who refuses to drift, quarter after quarter.
The long game, for the leader building something that lasts.
Buying for more than one leader? Ask about a corporate engagement.
The Assessment
Know how you’re wired.
The Birkman Signature Report is the most powerful assessment a leader can take. Not a personality quiz. Hard data on your strengths, your blind spots, and how you behave under stress, built on decades of psychological research. Most leaders are flying blind on two of the three. We debrief your report together in the Intensive and turn it into a written 90-day action plan. Data first, then decisions.
Want the full picture? 360° feedback is available on request. See yourself through the eyes of the people you lead, and close the gap between your intent and your impact.
Proof
The work, up close.
Three engagements. Names withheld, results not.
From lonely founder to nine-figure exit.
Situation
A solo founder, performing but isolated, with a company that depended entirely on him.
Engagement
Three years of one-to-one coaching. He founded a new venture with three partners, implemented EOS, built culture and governance, established agile rhythms, and became a recognized global thought leader.
Outcome
The business expanded globally with major enterprise customers and sold for over nine figures.
Who am I without the title?
Situation
A physician approaching retirement. The career was ending. The identity question was just beginning.
Engagement
One-to-one coaching on identity, purpose, and designing a next chapter worth wanting.
Outcome
In progress. He is designing the next chapter before the title runs out, which is exactly when this work matters most.
Promoted past her old playbook.
Situation
A director promoted to VP at a financial institution. The new level of position, influence, and authority demanded new ways of being, doing, and influencing that her old skill set could not deliver.
Engagement
One-to-one coaching on leading leaders instead of managing them: getting comfortable in her own skin and position, leaving imposter thinking behind, and learning to cultivate relationships up and down the ladder.
Outcome
Team engagement and performance rose, and her performance review called out her leadership abilities as outstanding.
The Human Side
You don’t have to do this alone.
The higher you go, the lonelier the decisions become. Everyone is watching, few understand, and almost no one will tell you the truth. I’ve sat in your chair. I know the weight of it. Coaching gives you a confidential thought partner who is entirely in your corner. Let’s talk about what’s next for you.
Your next level needs a thinking partner.
Book a free Executive Discovery Call. Thirty minutes, no pitch. An honest conversation about where you’re headed and whether coaching gets you there.
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