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Executive Coach & Leadership Facilitator

For leaders at
the threshold.

When the stakes are real and the old way isn't working, most coaching won't touch it. This is the work that does.

What I Stand For

Transformation requires a genuine threshold moment.

I work with founders, CEOs, and leadership teams at critical inflection points — where the stakes are real and the future demands genuine change and transformation. Through deep, in-person work, I help you find the clarity and alignment that makes everything else possible.

01

In-Person, At Depth

My signature work is the intensive — 2 to 3 days of focused, in-person, immersive engagement that produces results most engagements take months or years to approach. This is not just a retreat, its a working session with real stakes.

02

Relational Systems

The co-founder pair. The CEO and their org. The leadership team. I work on the relationship system as its own entity — where the real leverage almost always lives.

03

Somatic Intelligence

I read rooms. I name what's not being said. I work with what's actually moving in the body — tension, breath, posture, charge — because that's where the truth lives and where lasting change takes hold. A decade of leading men through transformational work built this fluency. Most executive coaches don't have it.

04

Practical Execution

Depth without direction is just therapy. Every intensive ends with a clear path forward. My follow-on coaching is built around accountability, momentum, and getting things done.


How We Work Together

Choose your entry point.

Executive Coaching

Ongoing · Monthly Retainer

For CEOs and senior leaders who want a trusted partner in their corner. Biweekly sessions, real-time support at critical moments, and the kind of direct, honest engagement that actually moves things forward.

Typically begins after an intensive
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Client Results

What happens when leaders cross the threshold.

Co-Founder Partnership

A fractured partnership saved — and a two-year transformation begun.

Two co-founders on the verge of destroying their company. Three days in Mexico. What followed was full relational repair, team alignment, and a 2-year coaching engagement that changed the organization.

Family Business

Two brothers, divided. One org transformed.

A second-generation business leader returned to find massive values and trust gaps with his brother. Joint and individual coaching produced leadership alignment — and major org growth within 12 months.

CEO · Whole-Life Engagement

A law firm realigned. A marriage saved. A life reclaimed.

A year-long intensive series with a 50-year-old CEO about to become a father. He aligned with his core values, turned around his firm, aligned his marriage, and called it the turning point of his life.

Tech Unicorn · CEO Unlock

Patterns blocking an entire organization — cleared in weeks.

Invited to co-lead an ELT offsite, Dan identified leadership patterns blocking the whole org. A targeted coaching intervention unlocked movement that the entire company felt.


A sample of clients
YouTubeeBayStanford GSBSCA HealthUnited Health GroupAlloyMatch GroupAFLCasper

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Colorado · Fieldwork · Leadership
About Dan

An uncommon formation.

Dan's path to executive coaching is unconventional — and that's precisely the point. He began as a wilderness therapy guide, logging 800+ field days developing practitioner-level fluency in emotional intelligence, group dynamics, and high-stakes leadership where the consequences were real.

Experience
10,000+ hours leading groups through complexity & change
Formation
Wilderness therapy · Hakomi lineage · FMG Leading

Work With Dan

If you're at a threshold —
and you're ready to move.

A direct conversation. We get to what's actually at stake and decide together if this is the right container. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest look at what's possible.