Catch the signal before it costs you.
Some signals are small, but they're in plain sight once you know how to see them. I help founders and tech leaders read them and trust their instincts again, in the calls they make and with the people they lead.
Leaders who move fast under heavy load
You run a company or a team where the stakes are high and the data is thin. You put a lot of pressure on yourself, and you're good at pushing through it.
The cost is that you stop seeing the smaller signals, the ones that would have told you the hire was wrong in week two, or that the team had gone quiet on you.
I work with founders, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and the people building with AI, in Canada and the US. Some pay for it themselves and some have the company sponsor it, and the work is the same either way. We look at how you decide, and at what you've been overriding to keep moving.
What I mean by a signal
A signal is a tightness in your gut, a clenched jaw or a furrowed brow, or a thought that seems out of place. It usually shows up before your thinking catches up.
When your instinct is right, it feels different. You feel a pull to move forward, often with some excitement and curiosity about what comes next.
Most leaders have good instincts. Under pressure they get drowned out, and you end up leaning only on the data or on whoever is loudest in the room. In coaching you learn to hear them again, and to tell a warning from a green light.
Where it shows up
Decisions
The big calls
Most bad decisions send a warning first. We work out what yours looks like so you can catch it in time, and so you can trust the pull to move forward when it's the real thing.
Relationships
The people you build with
Nothing can be built without others. If you treat the people who work for you as people, they'll treat you as a person, and the work moves forward more cleanly. The same patterns show up at home, especially when work is taking more than its share.
Meaning
Why you're building
Why does anybody build anything? Some people want to change how the world works with AI. Some want a safe retirement, good healthcare for their family and a nice home. Everyone has their own reason. It's what connects you to the work, and it can easily get lost if you lose yourself.
How it works
In a lot of coaching, someone tells you the best approach and hands you homework. I'd rather help you get to the core of what you already know and clear the dust off it, so you can make the call yourself.
Sessions are 60 minutes by video, usually every two weeks. We start with whatever is live for you that week, and I tell you what I notice, directly and without judgement.
I've built three companies. The first two were healthcare startups that didn't make it past launch. The third is a virtual mental healthcare company with a team of 25+ across Canada, and I still run it. I did advanced Gestalt training at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto, and I'm now completing an ICF-accredited coaching program at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. I'm also a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario. More about me and how I got here.
A 30-minute conversation
We talk about what's going on and I tell you whether I think coaching will help. If I'm not the right fit, I'll say so. There's nothing to prepare.
Change starts with noticing what's happening right now, and most of the work is learning to notice while you're under load.