Hit the big objective.
Keep the people who
get you there.
Leadership coaching and change programs for organizations that refuse to choose between ambitious business results and the people who deliver them.
- Credentialed coaches
- ICFCredentialed coaches
- Average NPS
- 90+Average NPS
- Years developing leaders
- 15+Years developing leaders
- Leaders trained
- 1,000sLeaders trained
The reality
Change is constant, and when it’s handled badly, it costs far more than the budget line.
Despite good intentions, most change plans are built around structures, systems and numbers on a spreadsheet, and they ignore the relational fallout that derails them.
- 70%
of transformations fall short of their goals, and the failure is almost never in the spreadsheet. It's in the people side that no one resourced.
- 1.5 to 2×
an employee's salary is what it costs to replace them. Your best people are the quietest to leave and the most expensive to lose.
- 147%
is how much companies with highly engaged workforces outperform their peers in earnings per share, according to Gallup.
Our approach
A step-by-step plan for the human side of change.
We work through three moves in order, because if you skip the first one, the third one won't hold.
Humanize the vision
We help you build a transformation strategy that achieves the business goal while creating the conditions for people to thrive inside it, not merely survive it.
Develop relational leadership skills
Your leaders grow the self-awareness, emotional intelligence and communication skill to connect authentically under pressure, which is the moment when most change efforts start to come apart.
Implement with integrity
We guide execution that reduces fear, strengthens trust and holds the culture steady, because people can feel that they are valued the whole way through.
The result is proof that business success and compassion were never opposites.
Ways to work together
There are three ways to work with us, depending on where the pressure is.
One to one
Coaching
Confidential, ICF-credentialed coaching for everyone from new managers to the C-suite, so your leaders grow faster, make sharper decisions and still sound like themselves.
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For the whole organization
Change Programs
ChangeCourse and ChangeRE:Course move a transformation through every rung of the business, equipping both the people shaping the plan and the people carrying it.
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Live, facilitated
Workshops
Custom-built sessions and multi-module learning series, delivered virtually or in person, that earn a 90+ average NPS with the leaders in the room.
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What changes for leaders, in their own words.
“Josh is an expert in leadership and brings a great blend of strategic mindsets and collaboration. It gave me content and pathways that challenged me to think critically and apply practical tools that actually work.”
“This is a communication mastery course. I've learned to plan and conduct my communications with clear purpose and intent. I'm better at understanding the perspectives of others and creating collaborative environments.”
“My focus has shifted from being the expert over to coaching and nurturing my team's expertise, learning that the biggest value I bring is creating true teams and developing my managers.”
“An excellent facilitator. Never made us feel rushed, and was always willing to listen to the experiences we were having to help us envision next steps.”
“Inspired me to approach leadership with compassion and a customer focus, to understand the needs of others and better manage expectations.”
“Excellent course and excellently led. One of the best ones I've done on leadership.”
Free guide
10 Mistakes That Kill Every Change Initiative
The ten failure patterns we see over and over, along with the specific move that prevents each one. It runs twelve pages, and you can put it to use before your next planning meeting.
Start here
Let's talk about the change you're leading.
This is a free, no-pitch 30-minute call. Tell us what you're up against, and we'll tell you honestly whether we can help and what we'd do first.