Credentials & Recognition
Executive coaching for first-time CTOs, nonprofit directors, and operators who got the title but not the playbook. One honest conversation at a time.
"Trusted by 200+ leaders who had everything
except someone to be honest with them."
"I had been running on instinct and adrenaline for two years. Helm gave me the first conversation where I had to slow down enough to actually hear what I already knew."
James W.
Founder & CTO, Infrastructure Startup · 14-month engagement
Selected outcomes — not the headline, the actual work
"Retained entire engineering team through acquisition"
9-month engagement
"First board meeting without a script — and without losing the room"
6-month engagement
"Promoted two direct reports within one quarter of restructuring the team"
12-month engagement
"Negotiated a board governance change that had been stalled for three years"
8-month engagement
"Built a decision-making framework the whole leadership team now uses"
6-month engagement
"Stopped mistaking busyness for leadership — and the team noticed immediately"
4-month engagement
The Leadership Audit
What my clients answer before our first session.
This is the actual intake document — not a quiz that scores you, but a set of questions designed to interrupt your usual thinking. Most people need twenty minutes. Some need twenty days.
When you made your last major decision, who did you talk to — and what were you actually hoping they would say?
Name one thing your team knows that you don't. How long have you known they know it?
What's the conversation you keep postponing? What are you waiting for?
When you're in a room where you feel out of your depth, what do you do with your face?
+ 12 more questions in the full audit…
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Three questions. This is the beginning of a coaching conversation, not a marketing funnel.
"I kept waiting for the moment I felt ready. Helm helped me understand that readiness is a story I was telling myself to avoid the conversation."
Navigated a full board restructuring and secured a $2.4M grant cycle — in the same quarter.
Simone A.
Nonprofit Executive Director · Environmental Justice Coalition
"Every other coach I talked to wanted to fix my communication style. Helm wanted to know what I was actually afraid of."
Rebuilt an inherited team of 23 engineers. Zero attrition in 12 months post-acquisition.
Tobias N.
CTO · Series C Healthcare Platform
These are not case studies. They are the kind of thing someone says to you in the last five minutes of a session — when they've stopped performing and started thinking.
One thing to carry into your week.
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