I had never worked with a coach before and wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Daphne has such a kind, safe way about her that I found myself looking forward to our visits.
16+ Years — EQPlus® Motivation Profile — Former CFO — MBA, Rice University — Allen Gelwick quote —
My work begins with an individual diagnostic focused on you as a leader, providing immediate clarity on the leadership requirements for your next inflection point, typically pinpointing the primary growth lever within the first two sessions.
Engagements
01
Executive Advisory
One-on-one work with founders, CEOs, and C-suite executives when the work can no longer wait: navigating a capital event, succession, business scale, or a growth plateau. I begin with the EQPlus® diagnostic to identify the constraint precisely. Engagements are structured with 30/60/90 checkpoints, progress is tracked and tied to outcomes, and most continue for many years.
02
Leadership Teams
For CEOs whose senior team isn’t operating at the level the enterprise requires, during rapid growth, post-IPO transition, or culture recalibration. The work anchors the leadership team in the CEO’s agenda and builds a bench capable of carrying real authority independently.
03
Facilitation
For leadership teams ready to examine direction, strategy, and how they operate together, and take the actions necessary to change enterprise trajectory. I bring structured frameworks tested across sixteen years of leadership engagements to facilitate the hard conversations that produce real decisions.
What Leaders Say
I gained more insight in our 1½ hour debrief than through all of the coaching I had received to date.
What began as one conversation quickly expanded beyond anything I could have imagined.
Our company has restructured, strategically embracing our role as an industry leader. She helped me step into my own authority, expand into new business lines, and build a healthier relationship with success.
Fit
This Work Is For
- Founders and CEOs navigating a capital event, succession, or significant scale challenge
- C-suite leaders whose authority and impact need to match their responsibility
- Leadership teams whose capability has become a constraint on enterprise growth
- Organizations at an inflection point where the stakes are high and clarity is what is needed
This Work Is Not For
- Leaders not yet ready to look honestly at their own pattern
- Organizations seeking a standard training programme or workshop series
- Leaders not yet ready to make a serious investment in their own development
How It Works
01
The EQPlus® Diagnostic
Every engagement begins with the EQPlus® Motivation Profile, an objective diagnostic of the motivational logic behind your decisions. It identifies the beliefs and assumptions shaping how you lead, and where those assumptions are costing the enterprise. Most clients have more clarity on what needs to shift within the first two sessions than they’ve had in years.
02
Closing the Gaps
We use the diagnostic to pinpoint the specific gaps in how you lead, how leadership is structured, or what your executive team is capable of. Then we work directly to close them. By identifying where decision-making friction lives, we increase velocity faster than most expect.
03
Building Independent Authority
Once the work at the leader level is addressed, we turn to the senior team, building a bench capable of carrying your agenda independently. Engagements are structured with 30/60/90-day checkpoints to ensure shifts translate into execution speed and enterprise value.
If the stakes justify this level of work, a conversation is the right next step.