CEO Experts

Executive Coaching

Thought Partnership that Improves Your Perspective, Your Thinking, and Your Results

Generate More Value, Influence, and Impact

Land Your Goals Better, Faster, and More Authentically

Show Up. Inspire Others. Create Value.

 

The Purpose Of CEO Executive Coaching

CEO executive coaching solves the “lonely at the top” problems of limited perspective and capability so that CEOs increase impact, influence, and value. By having an expert and objective thinking partner, my clients make fast, lasting changes that deliver better and faster results by developing their unique, signature strengths.

It's for CEOs who are deep subject matter experts, leading startups to established life science, healthcare, and technology organizations that want to have a more significant impact, learn durable skills, and use authentic executive leadership presence to create the conditions that will inspire more advocates and champions, and elevate business results with more velocity and durability.

I am Daniel Lieberman; I have been helping leaders improve outcomes, inspire people and grow businesses for nearly 30 years. I grew from a job as a barista to a CEO in less than 10 years because I built to scale while developing my and others’ ability to add significant value.

For nearly 20 years, I have coached hundreds of high-achieving experts and executives in biotech, pharma, technology, and healthcare delivery to create meaningful change because they learn how to elevate their skills and perspective to deliver better, more meaningful results.

Does This Sound Like You?

You have deep expertise and are working to scale impact, but you’re not getting enough alignment and cohesion. You have gotten where you are by delivering outstanding results, but the same strategies and tactics aren’t taking you and your organization as far as you want.

You, or the market, want to move more quickly than your team seems ready to. You are an accomplished and credible expert but are not as successful at consistently swaying others to champion and support your initiatives and projects.

You are a high achiever and know what you want to get done, but you’re unsure how to inspire and build enough support to have people exceed your expectations. You aren’t having enough success managing and growing the organization, and your objectives aren’t consistently surpassed.

You're pulled by multiple priorities. Constant churn and ambiguity delay or derail your focus accomplishments. Pressures of time, focus, and deliverables sometimes dilute your confidence and effectiveness.

You want better results faster and could improve the situation in one or more of the following areas:

  • Strategy – keeping attuned to the challenges and opportunities while considering the broader trends and competitive landscape.
  • Financial Performance – balancing the need to invest in growth and innovation while maintaining profitability and financial stability.
  • People Leadership – inspiring and motivating, setting clear expectations and goals, and managing performance effectively.
  • Growth & Scaling – building a culture of results that can achieve your aspirations.
  • Regulatory Compliance – navigating complex regulatory environments and balancing requirements with business goals.
  • Reputation Management – managing internal and external reputation with the ability to navigate change and crises while effectively communicating with stakeholders.
  • Risk Management – prioritizing, identifying, and mitigating risks associated with market volatility, operational disruptions, or cybersecurity threats.

CEO Coaching Is Needed Because…

Credibility, hard work, and past success are just the admission ticket. However, your seat at the head of the table doesn’t necessarily inspire people to do the next best and right thing.

Your title and positional authority are certainly something. Yet they don’t win the trust and commitment of others to follow and give their very best.

Leadership is a relationship. Without committed people, you won’t get things done in a way that maximizes lasting value.

Leadership is change. The changes you make need to add value, and coaching will help you create the change better, faster, and with more authenticity.

Sometimes, you don’t feel confident and clear enough to move your objectives swiftly forward. Imposter syndrome may creep in more than you’d wish and derail your attention and energy.

Being and bringing who truly you are essential to be durable as a leader. Faking it to make it or not being true to yourself only gets people so far for so long.

A Few Of The Situations My Clients Typically Face Before Coaching…

Feeling frustrated or confused because what has worked in the past isn’t working now.

A title and authority are significant accomplishments, but they do not provide traction quickly enough on KPIs and other priorities to move the business as rapidly as you aspire.

It’s hard to inspire people and get them to align. People are intelligent and complicated, and their motivations aren't always linear or overt.

Sustaining confidence and clarity is challenging because competing priorities and interests exist.

Client Results And Outcomes

Less frustration and more clarity, combined with an enhanced ability to engage others so they align and act cohesively.

Dramatically more executive leadership presence and confidence to take on and succeed, leading considerable, value-adding work.

Substantial influence and understanding that builds advocates and champions with engaged hearts and minds to make change happen.

Increased recognition as a leader with vision that mobilizes meaningful plans and delivers large-scale, high-value results.

The ability to transform the story, leading, as the Maori saying goes, by “touching hearts before holding hands.”

Working With Me, You Get…

Real, authentic executive and leadership presence with the impact and leverage needed to succeed as a CEO and influential leader.

An elevated understanding of the current reality with clarified vision, goals, and aspirations linked to strategies and tactics that build and sustain positive results.

Increased energy, engagement, and focus that inspires connection and collaboration and offers people hope that mobilizes them.

We work closely together in a one-to-one setting where I will highlight the crucial things you don’t see and help you develop the mindset and skills required to realize your objectives. Before we close, we’ll create a robust plan to sustain the gain.

My Coaching Gets Results Because…

I use the industry’s best, evidence-based, scientifically validated assessments that focus your signature strengths, accelerate your impact, and make the changes durable.

I provide one-of-a-kind, bespoke coaching that meets you where you are and helps you shift your mindset and skill set to maintain and enhance your authenticity and elevate your leadership effectiveness.

I provide highlights and perspective on the essential things that will make a measurable difference in your leadership.

I foster action learning for insight and reflection that tackles problems with cohesiveness, generative innovation, and systems thinking to enhance results.

The CEO Program

  • Is a bespoke executive coaching experience that leverages your unique identity and reputation to ensure sustainable growth.
  • High-value action focused that maximizes ROI and ROE.
  • An evidence-based program that uses industry-leading, scientifically validated assessments with a one-of-a-kind master coach.
  • Centered on you, your situation, challenges, and objectives so that you achieve your aspirations better, faster, and with more authenticity.

The Program Is Not…

  • Not pre-packaged; each CEO brings their own story, strengths, and sensibilities that are leveraged to deliver your leadership with more power and influence.
  • Not off-the-shelf or one-size-fits-all, the program centers on who you authentically and uniquely are and provides a clear and achievable path to how you want to be as a CEO.
  • Not about me and my agenda; it is about you and yours, meeting your goals and aspirations with velocity and durability.
  • Not for everybody. It is for CEOs ready to take responsibility and be the change they want to see.

 


Typical and Actual Client Results

If you think working with me might be for you, we’ll set up a 45 to 60-minute meeting to answer any questions and ensure the program fits you and your goals. I’ll ask many questions to better understand your situation, challenges, and goals. There's no pressure. No heavy-handed selling techniques, no applying any burden to work with me.

Let's Talk!