Services

Tailored executive coaching and advisory solutions. Drive performance and decision-making with clarity.

Executive Coaching

For senior leaders who want to lead more deliberately and effectively

Most executives are smart, strategic thinkers. The challenge isn’t usually what to do—it’s how to do it consistently while managing competing demands, organizational resistance, and your own decision-making under pressure.

My Executive Coaching focuses on:

Decision Integrity
Building frameworks so your choices consistently align with your stated priorities—even when you’re tired, pressured, or facing incomplete information. This isn’t about perfect decisions. It’s about coherent ones.

Leadership Presence & Communication
Strengthening how you show up and what you say so your team knows what matters, what’s expected, and what won’t change. Reducing ambiguity that creates resistance or confusion.

Change Leadership
Navigating organizational change through visible, consistent leader behavior. Employees resist change when leaders’ actions don’t match their words. I help you see and close that gap.

Building High-Accountability Teams
Creating structures where accountability feels like clarity, not control. Where people know what’s expected, have the authority to deliver, and are held responsible for results.

Typical Engagement:
– Weekly or bi-weekly 1:1 coaching sessions (60-90 minutes)
– Focus areas defined collaboratively based on your current challenges
– Integration of frameworks like EOS, Lencioni’s team principles, or custom decision models
– Emphasis on behavior change and practical application, not just insight

Who this serves:
VPs, COOs, GMs, Division Presidents, and senior functional leaders in established organizations—particularly manufacturing, B2B sales/marketing, and general management roles.

Fractional Executive Services

Executive-level capacity without full-time commitment

Sometimes you need experienced leadership on a part-time or project basis: during growth, transition, restructuring, or when building internal executive capability. I serve as fractional COO, Integrator (EOS), or strategic advisor, bringing 25+ years of executive leadership to your organization on a flexible basis.

What this looks like:

– Part-time operational leadership (COO or Integrator role)
– Strategic planning and execution oversight
– Building cross-functional teams and accountability systems
– Leading specific initiatives (market expansion, operational improvement, change management)
– Advising CEOs on organizational structure, talent, and execution challenges

Example engagements:

Fractional COO for dental healthcare organization:
Built and led operations, sales, marketing, and IT. Launched online channel generating $2M+ in 18 months. Secured FDA clearances. Streamlined processes and improved accountability.

EOS Integrator for physical therapy practice:
Developed 5-year strategic and marketing plan. Created compensation and profit-sharing structure. Enabled expansion from 2 to 4 locations in 15 months.

Typical commitment:

1-3 days per week, typically 6-18 month engagements, with clear deliverables and transition to internal leadership when appropriate.

Strategic Advisory & Consulting

Selective engagements for operational improvement and strategic execution

While my primary focus is coaching and fractional executive work, I take on selective consulting engagements where the work requires both strategic thinking and hands-on operational experience.

Areas of expertise:

– Operational restructuring and process improvement
– Market expansion and go-to-market strategy
– Organizational change management
– M&A integration and business transformation
– Sales pipeline development and revenue growth
– Product launch and commercialization

Industries Served:

Manufacturing, healthcare systems, security, construction, distribution, non-profit, and government contracting (B2B and B2G environments).

Approach:

I don’t deliver strategy decks and walk away. I help design the solution, build the plan, and stay engaged through implementation—often working directly with your team until the change is embedded.

How to Get Started

Most engagements begin with an initial conversation where we discuss:
– Your current challenges and what you’re trying to accomplish
– Whether coaching, fractional leadership, or advisory work makes sense
– How we’d structure the engagement and what success looks like No sales pitch.
Just a candid discussion about whether I can help and what that would look like.

Take the Next Step

Connect with us today to explore how our coaching can elevate your leadership and organizational performance.

Call Us

219-669-4412

Email

jvonthaden@elevatingexcellence.us

Location

Saint John, Indiana

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