My Story

My career path has had some interesting twists and turns.

I don’t fit into a single box, and never have.

I am a hybrid executive coach and talent leader with experiences supporting high performers in sport, business, the arts, medicine, and more.

I coach the human, not the context.

My holistic coaching methodology gets to the root of business and people challenges.

Here’s how that is delivered…

FOR YOU

  • A Sanctuary: I offer a confidential space to drop the mask, admit fears and vulnerabilities, and explore what’s behind the challenges you’re looking to solve.

  • Radical Truth: I am the partner who will tell you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear.

  • Strategic Calm: When the storms hit, I help you find the stillness required to keep making the right decisions.

FOR YOUR TEAM

  • Psychological Safety: I build the container where your talent feels safe enough to be themselves, and brave enough to leverage all of their talent.

  • High-Performance Standards: I ensure safety never becomes complacency. I help teams unlock their individual talent potential and thrive.

  • Alignment: I provide a space where your team bridges the gap between an organizational vision and their execution.

Walking the Talk

Every experience in my life has shaped my professional journey, contributing to the insights and tools I use today to serve my clients. 

Starting in 1990, I spent two decades immersed in high-performance sports, working with elite athletes, including Olympic and World Champions. Later, I coached other coaches and advised talent development experts across various Olympic sports. These experiences deepened my understanding of nurturing talent and unlocking potential at the highest levels.

In 2016, a Leaders Performance Institute conference in New York City became pivotal in my career. Hearing top talent experts from business, arts, education, medicine, and sport discuss shared challenges and themes, I realized that my ability to help others see new possibilities in themselves wasn’t limited to athletes. It’s a gift that can empower anyone with ambition, work ethic, and the drive to achieve their most inspiring dreams.

In late 2020, during the global pandemic, I launched the Global Coach Community — a space for coaches of all types to connect, learn, support, and grow together. This initiative has become one of my proudest achievements, a thriving community of collaboration and inspiration.

Most recently, in 2023, I fulfilled a lifelong dream by completing the 11-month Clipper Round the World Sailing Race. This transformative journey of challenge, resilience, and personal growth gave me deeper clarity in my personal and professional life. It was an emotional reminder of the power of pursuing one’s dreams, a lesson I now share with those I coach.

I am a father to three daughters and am inspired by them every day. A big part of how I show up in my own ‘best life’ is driven by the kind of example I want to be for them.

I’m passionate about social issues, especially youth and Indigenous people in Canada. In 2019, I spent two and half weeks hiking over 600km across northern Canada in memory of a young Indigenous boy who, in the late 1960s, died while trying to walk home from the residential school he had been placed in. The movie below inspired the journey, and I shared more details about the origin here.

Inspiration

I also support Chicago-based One Solution and their inner-city youth program, Rebels for Peace. Through this work, I’ve had the great pleasure of meeting inspiring young leaders who are committed to shaping a new future for youth in Chicago by educating them about the mind from as early as Grade 4.