Mission-driven leaders at the intersection of today & the future.
Hey, I'm Patrick. I coach leaders on the edge of creating transformative change.
Let's talkDo hard things. Follow your energy. Unlock transformation.
Over twenty years I've had the privilege to coach CEOs, surgeons, UPS drivers, founders and athletes.
My proudest coaching statistic? I've hugged more than 5,000 people at the finish line of their epic event. Sweat, dirt, tears, and the electricity when someone has just achieved their impossible goal.
Memories like this last a lifetime, and I've built a career around getting people here -- and beyond. When I started coaching in 2004, my only goal was to help a few friends reach a finish line. Twenty years later, our work has touched tens of thousands of lives.
None of it was easy. Real fear, and long stretches where I wasn't sure it would work. Probably the same sensation you are experiencing as you face your inflection point.
The racing taught me the rest. Thirty Ironman finishes (10 in Kona), the big buckle at Leadville on my first try, sub 3-hour marathon, etc. The medals were never the point. It was the process of choosing outsized, impossible goals, breaking them down, and achieving them.
My coaching lessons have been earned across a dynamic life. I've built companies (and one non-profit!), chaired a school board during the pandemic, served in the Peace Corps, and worked international development in the Caucasus. Leader and servant, private sector and public, at home and abroad. I am really, really bad at being a bystander.
I'm happiest in motion, and am magnetically attracted to people creating change for others. This work always starts with changing yourself, and no two people walk the same path.
If any of this resonates with you, let's talk.
Patrick
Everyone trains for the mountain they can see.
But there is always a second mountain. And a valley. Don't forget the worn out rope bridge over the chasm either.
Seeing is believing. But achieving? Well that's going to require ALL your senses. And some intuition. And plenty of discovery.
The real challenges are often the ones inside us. These invisible and seemingly impenetrable forces shape the world around us by changing what we can perceive.
"Where your fear is,
there is your task."
— Carl Jung
Process? We're talking about process here.
We name the end state. We break it into components. Then we move milestone to milestone, so you feel the progress and see it, and keep evolving toward the thing you came for.
Build trust
Spend time together, talking life and all the things inside your wheelhouse. What are the things that drive you? What things drive you crazy? Everything is on the table.
Uncover your story
Get the real picture. What you are carrying, what got you here, and where the second mountain is hiding.
Define the mission and the timeline
Name the end state in plain terms, then break the distance into components you can actually work through.
Build the engine
Do the hard, incremental work to get positioned to achieve your inner change. I'm the first to tell you this won't be easy.
Recruit the team
Get the right people involved in the work. The greatest leaders are three things: informers, inspirations, and (most importantly) invisible.
It all starts with a call.
Let's get on the phone / online to see if there's congruity between your situation and my skillset. Zero strings attached.
Know someone who fits the mold? Introductions are always welcome — set up a call and we can go from there.
Let's talk.
Your message is on its way.
Not “sent,” exactly. Written down. By hand. On a small square of parchment, rolled tight, and tucked into the waistband of an elite ultra-distance runner who is, as you read this, already several miles into the backcountry, heading toward my remote and frankly hard-to-reach location.
She’s fast. She’s well-fueled. She does not stop for weather.
Still, it’s a long way out here, so give it up to two business days for her to arrive, hand me the scroll, catch her breath, and for me to read your note — which I do, personally, every single one.
Talk soon!