Leadership Development
Lead yourself. Inspire others. Strengthen your organization.
Leadership isn’t a title. It’s how we show up. My work supports leaders and teams to grow their self-awareness, expand their influence, and lead with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose. Whether you're an executive seeking a trusted thought partner, a team looking to increase alignment and collaboration, or an emerging leader preparing for bigger responsibilities, I help you move from insight to action.
How We Work Together
Ready to elevate your leadership? One-on-one coaching is a proven catalyst for transformational change — long used by high-performing leaders to sharpen focus, navigate complexity, and unlock their full potential.
Leadership starts with leadership of self, and coaching provides a safe, confidential, and professional space to gain critical self-awareness and self-knowledge. You’ll have the opportunity to reflect, gain new insights and perspectives, explore new possibilities, receive candid feedback, be held accountable, and chart your own path forward. Through this process, you will unlock and expand your potential while creating positive results for your organization, your people, and yourself.
As part of the coaching process, we set clear, measurable goals upfront and maintain a strong focus on achieving meaningful, lasting results.
1:1 Executive & Leadership Coaching
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Clarifying purpose, vision, and values
Expanding your leadership range
Building leadership confidence and resilience
Shifting from doing the work to leading through others
Identifying and interrupting self-sabotaging behaviours
Leading through complexity and change
Expanding influence and executive presence
Navigating key transitions
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Deeper self-awareness, the foundation for sustained leadership growth
Clearer understanding of your unique leadership style and how to leverage it effectively
Greater confidence to lead with authenticity and presence
Expanded leadership range, including new skills and behaviours to influence and inspire others
Stronger, more impactful relationships built on trust and empathy
Insight into and strategies to overcome limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours
Enhanced situational awareness, enabling you to navigate complexity with clarity
Increased resilience and mental fitness to thrive through change and challenge
Renewed personal energy and creativity that fuels innovation and engagement
Improved performance, both personally and professionally
Deeper sense of fulfillment that comes from leading with purpose and alignment
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Coaching packages are tailored to your unique situation and goals, with engagement lengths ranging from 3 to 12 months. Sessions typically run 30 to 60 minutes and can be scheduled regularly—weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly—or booked on short notice (within 1–2 business days) to provide support exactly when you need it.
Pricing options are flexible and can be structured around a set number of sessions or a retainer model.
All coaching packages include a leadership assessment—either the Leadership Circle 360 or Insights Discovery profile—to build a clear foundation for your development. If you’ve completed a recent assessment within the past 12 months, we can incorporate those results to personalize your coaching without repeating the process.
Starting your coaching with an assessment is a powerful way to quickly boost self-awareness and identify your highest-impact growth opportunities.
My coaching approach balances your unique agenda with a structured focus on leadership growth. It is grounded in the belief that effective leadership is built on a foundation of:
Self-awareness — understanding how you show up and how you’re experienced by others
Purpose & vision — knowing what matters most and where you’re headed
Mental fitness — building the inner strength to respond rather than react, especially under pressure
I act as your confidential thought partner, asking powerful questions, providing honest and constructive feedback, and making direct requests to support your growth. I encourage a collaborative process that holds you accountable while respecting your autonomy and leadership style.
I work with senior leaders, emerging executives, and high-potential talent — including those with strong technical backgrounds — who are ready to deepen their impact and expand their influence. Sessions are tailored to your goals and supported by practical tools, honest conversation, and real-world leadership experience.
Whether you're a senior leader navigating a new challenge or a team looking to strengthen connection and performance, coaching creates space for powerful growth. It’s a thought-provoking, results-oriented process that builds awareness, clarity, and momentum. Through honest conversations and structured support, coaching unlocks insight, sharpens focus, and helps you move forward with purpose. It’s not just about achieving goals—it’s about growing into the leader or team you’re truly capable of being.
What is coaching?
Leadership Peer Groups for Senior Leaders
Real conversations. Fresh perspective. Accelerated growth.
I facilitate Leadership Peer Groups in partnership with my colleagues at High Impact, specifically designed for senior leaders navigating the complexity of leading large teams, divisions, or functions.
These groups bring together up to twelve senior leaders from diverse organizations and industries — carefully curated to ensure non-competing roles and a wide range of perspectives. Each member operates at a similar level of responsibility and is committed to leadership excellence and ongoing growth.
At the core of the experience are six half-day, in-person workshops, held every 6–7 weeks and hosted by members at their offices across the Lower Mainland. In each session, members bring their most pressing business issues, leadership challenges, and strategic opportunities for discussion. Through real-time coaching and peer dialogue, leaders gain timely insights they can apply immediately.
Throughout the year, members also:
Set clear development goals that guide the group’s learning and shape expert content
Participate in an annual full-day conference with other High Impact Peer Groups, featuring keynotes, panels, workshops, and networking opportunities
Access four drop-in coaching sessions with their Peer Group Chair to get support between workshops
"Peer groups provide a powerful blend of accountability and support. They offer leaders a space to think bigger, act bolder, and grow faster."
— Harvard Business Review
These groups are designed for senior leaders who are ready to think more strategically, broaden their influence, and learn how others are solving similar challenges in different environments.
Ideal for:
Senior leaders reporting to the executive team
Leaders of large teams, functions, or business units
High-potential individuals preparing for future executive roles
Curious, reflective leaders who value shared learning and accountability
This is a confidential, high-trust space — where you can be real, get feedback, and grow faster by learning alongside other exceptional leaders.
“My boss (and my wife!) have already noticed a difference. I'm more patient with my responses.”
— Peer group member, after just the third meeting (shared during a 1:1 check-in conversation)
Positive Intelligence (PQ) Program
Build the mental fitness to lead with clarity, resilience, and impact.
The Positive Intelligence (PQ) Program is a practical, neuroscience-based approach to developing mental fitness — your ability to stay grounded, focused, and effective in the face of pressure, uncertainty, and change.
Mental fitness is the ability to notice and shift away from self-sabotaging and self-protective behaviours — like avoidance, control, perfectionism, and overthinking — and instead respond from a place of clarity, empathy, and wise action.
Used for decades in elite sport, mental fitness is now recognized as a critical foundation for emotional intelligence (EQ). Research from the Positive Intelligence (PQ) Program shows that strengthening mental fitness significantly enhances 17 of the 18 core EQ competencies—making it a powerful differentiator for effective leadership.
The PQ Program helps you identify your internal "Saboteurs" — the automatic patterns that undermine your performance and wellbeing — and strengthen your "Sage" perspective, where creativity, curiosity, and calm decision-making live. Through daily practice, weekly content, and real-world application, you’ll build greater resilience, influence, and presence in every aspect of your leadership.
I offer the PQ Program in three formats:
For individuals, integrated into one-on-one coaching
For groups, such as peer cohorts or emerging leader programs
For intact teams, to develop shared language, psychological agility, and collective resilience
Learn more about Positive Intelligence at positiveintelligence.com
Working with Matt has been a truly transformative experience. By utilizing Positive Intelligence theory he helped me shift my mindset in ways I never imagined possible.
-PQ Program Participant
Ready to explore your mental fitness?
Discover how your mind may be working against you — and how to shift it. The Saboteur Assessment helps you identify the internal patterns that undermine your performance and wellbeing, while the PQ Score Assessment gives you a snapshot of your current mental fitness.
Both are free, research-backed tools that offer powerful insight into your leadership mindset.
👉 Take the Saboteur Assessment
👉 Check your Mental Fitness (PQ) Score
Team Coaching
Effective teams don’t just happen — they’re intentionally built and continually developed. My team coaching helps groups deepen trust, improve communication, and align around shared goals to achieve breakthrough performance.
We begin with a thorough understanding of both individual and collective dynamics, using assessments such as Leadership Circle 360, Insights Discovery, and the Positive Intelligence Saboteur Assessment. These tools provide a clear picture of strengths, blind spots, and potential areas for growth, forming a foundation for tailored interventions.
Team coaching can include a blend of approaches depending on your unique needs and culture. This may involve targeted training and education sessions — such as Insights Discovery workshops or the Positive Intelligence program — that increase self-awareness and mental fitness across the team.
Additionally, I often incorporate proven frameworks like Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team to diagnose barriers to cohesion and guide development. However, the approach is highly organic and adaptive, balancing structure with responsiveness to the team’s evolving challenges and opportunities.
Whether your team is newly formed, facing complex change, or seeking to elevate collaboration and accountability, team coaching supports meaningful alignment, healthier conflict, and stronger collective leadership.
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GreatBuilding trust and psychological safety
Clarifying team purpose, roles, and goals
Improving communication and active listening
Navigating conflict constructively
Enhancing collaboration and shared accountability
Increasing self-awareness and understanding of diverse work styles
Strengthening mental fitness and resilience under pressure
Diagnosing and addressing team dysfunctions using frameworks like The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Aligning leadership behaviours across the team
Leading through change and uncertainty
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Greater alignment around shared goals and values
Improved communication and reduced misunderstandings
Increased trust and openness within the team
Enhanced ability to manage and resolve conflict constructively
More effective collaboration and decision-making
Higher team engagement, motivation, and accountability
Increased collective resilience and adaptability
Clearer insight into individual and team strengths and development areas
Sustainable improvements in team performance and cultureFind out what makes you you with an in-depth assessment aimed at unlocking your true personality and potential.
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Team coaching packages are designed to meet your team’s unique needs, typically ranging from 3 to 12 months in duration. Each engagement begins with comprehensive individual and team assessments—such as Leadership Circle 360, Insights Discovery profiles, and the Positive Intelligence Saboteur Assessment—to build a strong foundation of insight.
Based on these insights, coaching engagements can include a combination of one-on-one coaching for key team members, group coaching sessions, targeted training workshops (for example, Insights Discovery or the Positive Intelligence program), and facilitated discussions using frameworks like The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.
Sessions can be scheduled regularly—monthly or bi-monthly—or tailored for flexibility based on your team’s availability and evolving priorities. Packages can be structured around a set number of sessions or delivered on a retainer basis to support ongoing development.scription
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A powerful multi-rater leadership assessment that reveals how others perceive your leadership and highlights where reactive tendencies may be limiting your impact. Its integrated framework identifies key growth opportunities to accelerate your development.
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Based on Jungian psychology, these colour-coded profiles offer valuable insights into individual preferences and communication styles. They are especially effective for building self-awareness and improving team dynamics. 👉 Learn more about Insights Discovery ›
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Saboteur Assessment — uncovers the internal critics that hijack your performance and wellbeing.
PQ Score — measures your mental fitness and your ability to meet challenges with clarity, focus, and a positive mindset.
👉 Learn more about Positive Intelligence › goes here
Tools I Work With
I draw on a select set of proven tools to complement and deepen the coaching experience:
Let’s Talk
If you're ready to invest in your leadership or your team’s growth, I’d love to connect. Get in touch to start a conversation.