Ascend.
Transform.
Decode.
Angie D. - Former Chief of Staff, Bridgewater Associates
"John has all the chops you’d expect from an elite coach: deep experience in strategy, analytical thinking, stakeholder management, fast and furious execution. But John’s magic lies in his ability to create a space where his clients can explore the outer edges of themselves and their capabilities. He uniquely helps high potential individuals and teams to reach their heights."
Joseph S. - Executive Coach and Senior Director, Bain & Company
“John's clients benefit from his unique background as an executive, consultant, and educator. This diverse set of experiences allows him to relate to a wide range of clients, attune to them, and support them in achieving their goals. John's deeply intuitive, while also being strategic and pragmatic. And he is continually pushing the boundaries of his own development as a person and coach. I wholeheartedly endorse his services to any executive seeking transformational change.”
Decode you
and your reality.
Create a holistic and accurate understanding of what makes you tick and the environment in which you operate:
Respond faster and more powerfully to challenges, make smarter decisions, optimize your time and focus.
Transform your success systems.
Overhaul the outdated conscious and subconscious systems and behaviors you rely on to reach your goals:
Learn life-long tools and proven behaviors to revamp how you work and live to go farther faster with less effort, more efficiency, more energy.
Ascend to next-level performance.
Recalibrate your goals, focus and resource allocation to achieve next-level in your career and life:
Overcome burnout, achieve more, find better fit and deeper fulfillment in work and life.
Testimonials
Jessica S. - Chief Development Officer, The Innocence Project
"John's thoughtful and skilled coaching has been invaluable to my growth and development as a leader. His guidance is always grounded in empathy, and he provides practical tools that keeps me oriented to my strengths and navigating challenges with confidence and self-awareness. I am grateful that I’ve journeyed through several roles with John as my coach.”
Deb S.
Managing Director, Major Non-Profit
“Working with John was life changing for my career. His style is a mix of coaching and mentoring, which was really the approach I needed, and he was a key factor in my promotion to Managing Director. He helped me trust my instincts and rethink how I approach managing my team and adjusting my style to develop a stronger team dynamic. I 100% recommend John: It’s his years of experience as a management consultant and leader combined with his caring nature that make him a natural coach.”
Jake B. - Founder and CEO, StudioMetis
“There are some coaches who help you feel heard, and others who help you solve problems, and while John certainly does both of those excellently, he brings a far rarer talent to the table; seeing the higher potential that lives inside each of his clients and expertly guiding it to fruition.”
Angie D. - Former Chief of Staff, Bridgewater Associates
"John has all the chops you’d expect from an elite coach: deep experience in strategy, analytical thinking, stakeholder management, fast and furious execution. But John’s magic lies in his ability to create a space where his clients can explore the outer edges of themselves and their capabilities. He uniquely helps high potential individuals and teams to reach their heights."
Erik K. - Senior Manager & Client Account Lead, Accenture
"John is a great blend of EQ and IQ and truly cares about people's professional and personal well-being. He empowers senior executives to reach new heights of achievement through top-notch strategic thinking and compassionate guidance. He excels in helping me identify my strengths, capitalize on opportunities, and address important areas of professional and personal growth. I highly recommend him!"
Joseph S. - Executive Coach and Senior Director, Bain & Company
“John's clients benefit from his unique background as an executive, consultant, and educator. This diverse set of experiences allows him to relate to a wide range of clients, attune to them, and support them in achieving their goals. John's deeply intuitive, while also being strategic and pragmatic. And he is continually pushing the boundaries of his own development as a person and coach. I wholeheartedly endorse his services to any executive seeking transformational change.”
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About me
With 25+ years in executive roles in corporate, consulting, non-profit and start-up environments, I've spent the last 7 years coaching leaders taking on increasingly larger and more complex challenges and teams.Drawing from my firsthand experience, I coach senior leaders across multiple industries, including finance, technology, and healthcare. I bring a multifaceted, pragmatic approach to coaching and advising leaders, specializing in navigating significant change, strategic thinking and execution, building and leading high-performance teams, and interpersonal effectiveness, among other topics.
Professional Experience
My work experience includes executive leadership, executive development, management consulting and competitive strategy roles across numerous industries in the US, Europe and the Middle East: high-tech, health care, life sciences, enterprise software, private equity, national security/defense and cybersecurity.I'm a Managing Director at CRA | Admired Leadership®, the world's leading leadership advisory firm. I called other top-tier companies home throughout my career, serving in leadership roles at Accenture, Palantir, Honeywell, The Monitor Group (now MonitorDeloitte) and others.
Education and Certification
I hold a Master’s Degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University with a focus on Foreign Policy, International Security and International Business Diplomacy and a B.A. from the University of Richmond.I graduated from a 12-month International Coaching Federation-certified professional coach training program in 2019, learning and practicing the real-world application of coaching approaches based on the adult development theories of Robert Kegan and Ken Wilber's Integral Theory, among others.
More About Me
I'm married to an ordained Zen priest whose love, patience with my foibles and support of my personal growth is relentless, and I'm father to two adult children who bring more joy and meaning to my life than I could ever express.In my free time I’m an avid board gamer and escape as often as possible to the Rocky Mountains near our home in Denver to ski, hike, and stargaze.
