Personal Advisor and Coach for Transformation

Very few leaders can operate both inside and outside the environment they are in. Very few leaders are able to experience themselves as both the problem and the solution to the larger system. Very few leaders call us, individually and collectively, to a higher purpose that inspires us to give energy for a cause greater than ourselves. There is a higher-order consciousness that exceeds most leaders.

You are built to lead through complex environments because you operate at time horizons and expansive perspectives that most can not see. While the daily demands on you are very real. The time, energy and focus required to keep up with endless urgent items keeps you extreme busy. You continue to run fast even when there are times you want to slow down. You secretly wonder why you put yourself through it sometimes. You are never alone, yet it feels lonely,

In 2015, I became a widower when my 3 boys were 5, 3 and 1 year olds. In those dark days, I dealt with deep grief and excruciating loneliness. It forced me to face the uncomfortable realities of my high performing ways and question the greater meaning of my life. Over time, with the loving guidance and support of a spiritual master, I dove deeper into my emptiness in ways that I didn't know existed. It was there that I found vast spaciousness.

During that time, I read a book by Richard Rohr called Falling Upward: A Spirituality For The Two Halves Of Life. He says, "The first task is to build a strong “container” or identity; the second is to find the contents that the container was meant to hold." It took me 8 years to have even a rough idea of what my container is meant to hold, while I continued to build it.

It is my life's work to partner with extraordinary leaders creating meaningful outcomes through their work and their lives. I create a leadership sanctuary to help my clients transform themselves to lead through the demands of an increasingly complex environment, and be the kind of leader who inspires other leaders to do the same.

I know that when these leaders elevate the consciousness of their leadership, the positive effects ripple out to their teams, organizations, families, and communities. Selfishly, I get to enjoy seeing the impact of my work through your impact.

Creating meaningful outcomes through your life and work

"Doesn't everything die at last and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

~ Mary Oliver ~

The agenda is in you

While most consultants and coaches offer structured programs or a defined curriculum, I do not. I don't believe it helps you to fit into a framework that I define. While frameworks may present themselves useful through our work together, we don't start there. You are a visionary leader, there is no set curriculum at this level. How you think/don't think and what actions you take/don't take, in the context of your mission will define our work.

From your vision; we will define personalized strategies, mindsets, and skills that will turn your vision into reality. We will work on managing your energy to always operate at your best. During our time together, you will speak and I will listen. Together, we will untangle whatever it is holding you back. No scripts or formulas. Just two human beings in deep thought partnership. Then, you will step back into your world to take bold action and bring your vision into reality.

The transformation of integrated leadership

What I have experienced between great leaders and integrated leaders

It is no longer about fixing you as a leader, there is nothing to fix.

The next level of leadership consciousness is about accessing the full spectrum of your capabilities. All of the shadows from your early leadership development phases are now accessible gifts. You learn how to leverage them and choose for every situation.

The next growth come from within.

If you want to rise, you need to go deeper. If you want to expand, you need to own your contraction. If you want to lead through pace and complexity, you need stillness and simplicity. You no longer look to the outside world for solutions. The next development stage of your growth is through internal depth. Not information, strategy frameworks, and thinking tools.

You can not do this alone.

Especially for high performing leaders because you are surrounded by people who depend on you, not grow you. We all need a trusted partner to explore our own depths, we can not do this work by ourselves.

Inside the leadership sanctuary...

I create a sacred place for leaders to press pause on their busy schedules, experience stillness and get clear on what is truly important. We will slow everything down so your intuition, wisdom and creative energy can be accessed.

Integrated leadership often has less to do with what you do, and more to do with the state of being from which you act. In any situation, who you are being is more important than what you do. Your true intentions arise directly from the state you embody, more than your words and actions. When you enter a room, you bring an energetic field. You cannot not resonate who you are being. Others sense you unconsciously. You are the presence you bring to each and every moment in your work and your life.

In our work together, you will create and embody the presence of the person that your vision requires you to be.

It might be a fit for us to work together if,

you have experience with reflective business leadership development.

you have a high level of self-awareness. You acknowledge that you are both the problem and the solution in any situation.

you are on a mission to create meaningful and lasting impact. Impact that serves for generations to come.

you are open to integrating the mind, body and heart to process your thoughts.

you are no longer satisfied living a compartmentalized life. You want your work and life to be a full expression of yourself.

You shouldn't consider working with me if,

you are generally content with where you are at.

you don't believe in investing in yourself.

You believe your organization or business is responsible for your growth.

you don't have a mission that is greater than yourself.

Contribution to the welfare of a greater system is not a necessary requirement.

you don't trust yourself to produce the next level of meaningful outcomes.

Self-initiative and commitment are a requirement when outcomes are not guaranteed.

you are looking for shortcuts and hacks. It's all about speed.

Fast solutions to almost anything are available online.

you are not willing to self-inquire and question your own belief system.

People that already have the answers don't need me to ask the questions.

you are not able to laugh at yourself from time to time.

I'm seriously committed to my work. AND. I like to have fun too.