One-to-one coaching
A coaching studio for leaders navigating real transitions — founders, executives, and senior leaders making the calls that matter.
▶ Accepting 2 new clients · Q3 2026
Compass is the coaching practice you bring in when something is actually at stake — a stretch role, a transition, a question that won’t quit. Six to twelve months of quiet, sustained work.
12+ yrs
Coaching senior leaders
140+
Engagements to date
ICF PCC
Internationally accredited
6–12 mo
Typical engagement
Selected press
HBR · Fast Co. · Forbes
“ One of the most thoughtful executive coaches working today — quietly responsible for some of the better leadership transitions I’ve seen in a decade.
Harvard Business Review
Profile · 2024
Where we work
Coaching isn’t a menu. These are the questions that come up most often, in roughly the order they arrive.
i.
Lead from a clearer center. Move from competent to commanding without losing yourself in the process.
ii.
Make the leap with strategy and conviction — promotion, pivot, exit, founder path, or the next chapter altogether.
iii.
Untangle the hard call. Build the inner machinery to decide cleanly when stakes and ambiguity are both high.
iv.
Reorgs, layoffs, mergers, growth. Steady leadership when the ground under you keeps shifting.
v.
The board meeting. The co-founder split. The reorg announcement. Practice what you've been avoiding, before you're in it.
vi.
Energy, attention, identity. Build a working life you can run for another twenty years without burning out what made you good.
How we work
Coaching is the slow craft of attention. The convictions underneath every session — equal parts evidence-based practice and respect for what you’ve already built.
i
Real change moves at the pace of trust. Months, not minutes.
ii
You already know most of what you need. The work is metabolizing it into action.
iii
Decisions and defenses live below the neck. We work with both head and body.
iv
We start with your situation. Frameworks come in only when they earn their keep.
2014
Established
140+ leaders
Engagements
71%
Renewal rate
Engagement
All engagements start with a no-cost discovery call. Investment is shared after we’ve confirmed mutual fit.
Pathway A
For leaders in a stretch role, transition, or chapter change.
Bi-weekly · 75 min
6 or 12 months
Voice-memo + async writing between sessions
Hogan + 360° interviews
Mid-engagement recalibration
Pathway B
For senior executives integrating Compass into an ongoing operating cadence.
Weekly · 60 min
12 months minimum
On-call windows for live decisions
Quarterly half-day intensives
Stakeholder debriefs
Pathway C
For executive teams making a shared transition together.
Group + 1:1 hybrid
6 months
Team chartering session
Two-day offsite
Cohort of 4–8 leaders
Not sure which pathway? Start with a discovery call →
Field notes from clients
“I spent eighteen years searching for someone who could meet me at the level the work actually required. Compass is that practice. The shift in how I lead — and how I sleep — is the kind of change you don't realize is happening until people start commenting on it.
Chief Operating Officer
Late-stage fintech · 6-month engagement
“Most coaching I’d had felt like a slightly more expensive book club. This was different. We worked on the actual decisions — the board, the co-founder, the exit.”
Founder & CEO
Series B SaaS · 12-mo
“What I needed was someone willing to slow me down. Not to lower my ambition, but to ask the question I’d been outrunning for two years.”
VP Engineering
Public tech · 6-mo
The next step
No pitch, no slide deck. Just a conversation about what you’re navigating and whether we’re the right pairing.
No pitch, no slide deck. We’ll talk about what you’re navigating, whether coaching is the right tool, and whether we’re the right pairing. If yes, we’ll talk about how to start. If not, you’ll leave with at least one useful direction.
Studio
Brooklyn, NY
Remote-first · global
Hours
By appointment
Mon–Thu · 8a–5p ET
Response
< 48h
Discovery booked within 7d
A one-to-one coaching studio for leaders in the middle of something serious.
✦ Accepting 2 new clients · Q3 2026
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