If you let yourself dream big, what could be possible for you?

• A startup founder was feeling stressed & overwhelmed with external expectations and craved creative time again to focus on new product ideas and strategic thinking.  With ruthless prioritization and delegation, we created a whole day, every week, free of meetings and interruptions.
• A CEO was given feedback that her visionary nature often frustrated her team as she would bounce from one exciting idea to the next.  We partnered to refine her company's overall strategy and implemented processes that honor her passion and energy while keeping the team focused on quarterly goals.
• A program manager at a large corporation wanted to overcome her internal self-doubt and imposter syndrome.  By drilling down into her strengths and dissolving limiting beliefs formed at her prior workplace, she was able to build her authentic confidence and trust herself as she took on more responsibility and a new promotion.
• A department head was feeling stagnant in his job and wanted to switch to a more fulfilling career with greater growth opportunities.  We uncovered his core values and fine-tuned his resume to reflect a bold vision of himself.  In weeks, he made it to 3 final round interviews and is now working at a thriving company he believes in.
• A product engineering leader at a medium-sized tech company wanted support turning a passion project idea into reality.  We dug deep to explore the most important aspects of her vision and created an action plan to get there.  Using this momentum, she rallied a team, built a website, raised more funding than expected, and launched the first iteration of her idea... all while working full-time.

My clients say that our work together most significantly helps them:

1. Pursue and do meaningful work with great impact.
2. ​Build and maintain healthy habits for body, mind, and soul.
3. Deepen self-awareness of core values, leadership strengths, and blind spots.
4. Cultivate more trusting and empathetic relationships, both at home and at work.
5. ​Create regular periods of "deep work" for focused productivity and inspired creativity.
6. Access and hone their intuition.
7. Redesign workplace cultures to foster more humanity, empathy, inclusion, and trust.
8. Strengthen self-confidence and courage to speak one's truth and do what is scary.
9. Feel more calm and at peace.

Typically, I partner with new clients to tackle 3 related areas...

1. Overwhelm & Burnout  ->  Clarity & Focus  ->  Priorities & Productivity

2. Procrastination & Hesitation  ->  Motivation & Accountability  ->  Momentum & Results

3. Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome  ->  Self-Awareness & Confidence  ->  Authenticity & Flow

...across 3 contexts
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Self

Build healthy habits, deepen self-awareness, gain clarity, and improve productivity, energy, and mindset.
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Lead with authenticity, intention, confidence, and flow.

Interpersonal

Develop your communication, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, management, motivation, and trust-building skills.

Foster relationships based on trust, connection, and values.

Organizational​

​Improve hiring, retention, strategic planning, decision making, and stakeholder communication.

​Cultivate cultures of trust, performance, inclusion, collaboration, and fun. 

"I love being in partnership with you because it’s constantly inspiring me to focus on what truly matters."

​Dr. Ilana Nankin
CEO & Founder, Breathe For Change
Conscious Company’s 2020 World-Changing Women in Conscious Business​

I'm not your typical coach

• I work with a maximum of 15 clients at a time to give you the most of my presence and support.
• We use a powerful online coaching system to track all of your progress in one place - action items, metrics, worksheets, files.
• All my clients devote at least 30 minutes every week to journaling and reflection.
• I draw upon principles of mindfulness, behavioral psychology, neuroscience, stoicism, positive psychology, and flow states - both from academic frameworks and first-hand lived experience.
• The impact of our coaching will most greatly emerge for you between our sessions - where life happens.
• I will push you, challenge you, and support you all along the way.
• We focus on the person first and problem second.  I take a holistic, integrative approach to the whole you, including health, mindset, relationships, skills, and leadership.

I do my best work with people who...

• Are already on a path of self-development and are eager to learn more about themselves.
• Have a willingness to explore their own agency in bringing about change in their lives.
• Care deeply about others, sometimes to a fault.
• Believe that self-care is a prerequisite for high productivity and scale.
• Realize that living by everyone else’s rules and ideas is not going to scale, and they want to start leading from within (while paying attention to the lessons of those that have gone before them).
• Care about more than just financial metrics – they hold a bigger frame when it comes to the concepts of success and what constitutes a well-lived life.
• Deeply desire to make a lasting positive impact on society.
• Are willing to go deep, be emotionally vulnerable, and be curious to explore their own beliefs and patterns and open to looking at things in different ways.
• Are ready to do the work of self-actualization and traverse all the hills and valleys in the process.
• Are committed to taking responsibility for their own growth.

Note: ​Coaching with me is not for everyone.  You must be ready to invest more than money. Our journey will require commitment, energy, patience, introspection, courage, a sense of play, and a willingness to break some rules.

"Working with Leland was an incredibly transforming experience.  Leland's gentle, kind spirit creates a safe space to experiment, take risks, and explore hard truths.  He combines his curious, intuitive side with a highly tactical, practical, and structured insights that provide support and accountability."

-CEO, award-winning nonprofit in youth leadership development

Several ways to work with me

​Every coaching experience is unique and deeply personalized for each client.

Typically, I work with clients for 6-12 months, meeting weekly or bi-weekly, to achieve sustainable change.
Recently, I've been offering more accelerated packages for highly motivated individuals. (I see you, overachievers!)
​Custom packages, such as combining virtual and in-person coaching, are possible.

3-6 month Coaching Agreement - Zoom or phone

• 1x 45-minute free Exploration session to align on goals and determine if we're a fit
• 1x 90-minute Discovery session to better understand each other & design our partnership together
• 1x 60-minute Strategy session to co-create your action plan
• 50-minute ongoing Coaching sessions
• 1x 60-minute Reflection session to wrap-up our engagement and discuss next steps for you
• Unlimited text and email communication
• Regular journaling prompts, worksheets, and exercises
• Secure, private access to your personalized online coaching portal to track all of your progress and learning
• Optional 360 leadership assessment with up to 15 reports, peers, and investors

1-day Outdoor Nature Intensive - Bay Area
We uncover your dreams and create your North Star.  Reconnect to your inspiration, creativity, and energy, and leave with a strategic action plan to move forward with.

• 1x 45-minute free Exploration session to align on goals and determine if we're a fit (zoom/phone)
• 1x 60-minute Calibration session to optimize the experience for your greatest benefit & breakthroughs (zoom/phone)
• 3 hours of deep in-person coaching on a hike in nature: East Bay, North Bay, South Bay, and SF hikes available
• Bring a notebook, water bottle, and an open mind

1-day Tandem Skydive Intensive - Bay Area

​“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
​The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
​Nelson Mandela

Discover what it means to act courageously in the face of fear by jumping out of an airplane at 13,000 feet.

• 1x 45-minute free Exploration session to align on goals and determine if we're a fit (zoom/phone)
• 1x 30-minute Pre-Flight Coaching session to get you centered and in the optimal mindset for the whole experience
• 1x 60-minute Integration session to digest and incorporate the lessons into your life and leadership
• Before and After journaling worksheets to capture the experience
• I'll handle all of the logistics.  Photo/video of the jump is included

​“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers.
​It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life."
​Shannon L. Alder

How to get started

1. Send me a message that you'd like to have a conversation about exploring coaching.
2. I'll respond within 24 hours with a scheduling link and a few questions to think about.
3. Pick a day/time that's convenient for a zoom or phone call to discuss your goals, answer your questions, and see if we're a fit. 

​My commitments

• ​No pressure, no obligation, no hard sell.
• If I don't think coaching makes sense for you right now, I'll candidly share my opinion and reasoning.  (I've said this to a designer at Apple)
• If I believe coaching makes sense for you but we're not the best fit, I'll recommend other certified coaches that I trust who you can speak with. (I've done this for a COO of a healthcare tech startup)
• If, at the end of our conversation, we're both feeling energized and inspired and think there's something big here, we can discuss next steps.

"Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve, until we realize that the ultimate reward is not a gold medal but the path itself. "
​- George Leonard