Coaching is the cultivation of a one-on-one relationship with a particular goal in mind. Over the years, many of my coaching relationships have evolved their own rhythms, methodologies, metrics. They work because my clients and I have developed our own script for what they need and how I help deliver it.

But every relationship needs a starting point. These introductory packages represent three of the most common situations that prompt a need for coaching, in my experience.

Each of these packages starts with a free session where I get to know you and your problem, while you decide whether you’d like for us to work together. I then charge $2000 for three sessions designed to achieve the goals of each package. We wrap up with a short written analysis that includes my conclusions and recommendations for what to do next.

Strategy Tune-Up

You are a leader or key stakeholder of a team guided by some kind of written document: a mission and vision statement, a strategic plan, or perhaps a recent publication or policy decision. But some kind of disconnect with that strategy has occurred. You know it’s not the right time to overhaul the entire document, but you need insights that help you square your original vision with current conditions, then decide what to do next.

Here’s how we’ll address the problem together:

• We’ll reckon with the original document and its backstory

• We’ll analyze the change you’re facing and where it came from

• We’ll develop options for the future, which I’ll capture in writing to guide you

If that sounds like what you’re looking for, let’s talk.

Your Next Big Thing

You’ve got an idea for how to change your hospital, your organization, your university, or even the whole world. You’ve mapped it out as much as you can in your own head. You may have even had some preliminary conversations with staff and stakeholders in your institution. But there are still questions bothering you enough that you don’t take that big leap.

Here’s how we’ll address the problem together:

• We’ll examine your idea, and you’ll hear my outsider’s take on opportunities and challenges you’ll face

• We’ll turn your unanswered questions into an agenda for exploration and innovation

• We’ll explore the social norms that might help and hurt your idea, which I’ll present in a written summary

If you’re ready to get to work, reach out to me.

“A Dream Deferred”

Something has gone wrong, and you need to talk about it. Not (just) with a therapist or a friend, but with someone who understands what it means for an important project to blow up in your face or silently slide into irrelevance. Trust me, I’ve seen it happen — for all the successes and big names on my resume, there are plenty of failures and embarrassments. It’s the combination of the two that makes me so confident that every failure is an opportunity for learning.

Here’s how we’ll address the problem together:

• We’ll talk through the original story — I’ll listen without judgment or bias to understand what happened

• We’ll decontextualize what happened using a growth and learning mindset

• We’ll discover principles for moving forward, which I’ll translate into a written document

If this sounds like it will help, let’s talk about it.