Coaching
Executive coaching for the interior of leadership.
A strategic partner to high-achieving leaders working the complex seam between personal identity and professional pressure. The mechanics of the business are handled. This is about the person carrying it.
The inner game
You have mastered the outer game. The next constraint is you.
There are moments at the top that no one warned you about. Leading through genuine uncertainty. The isolation of decisions you cannot fully talk through with your own team. The slow realization that the habits which built your success are now the ceiling on it.
Mac works with individuals who have the results and the title, and are ready for the part of growth that is not another tactic. His practice is dedicated to the inner game: what happens in the leader that changes what becomes possible around them.
How the work is different
Not more content. More capacity.
Vertical, not horizontal
Grounded in vertical development. The aim is not to learn more tactics but to upgrade the leader to a more grounded, self-regulated version who can hold more complexity without contracting.
The shadow, worked honestly
As a trauma-informed practitioner, Mac brings a rare depth. Together you examine the unconscious survival patterns and defensive habits that served you once and may be quietly sabotaging you now.
Compassionate candor
A judgment-free space to drop the mask, and the honest feedback senior leaders rarely receive from their own teams. Mac will challenge you toward the uncomfortable truths your next level requires. Clear is kind.
What shapes the work
A rare depth, drawn from real ground.
- Integral. Interior and exterior, individual and collective, held together. Most problems persist because a leader is looking through the wrong lens.
- Trauma-informed. Trained in Compassionate Inquiry. Mac reads what sits underneath behavior, in people and in systems.
- Lived. A former corporate leader at Sprint and a serial entrepreneur who launched seven ventures, Mac understands the weight leaders carry from the inside.
- Instrumented where useful. Hogan, the iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram, Harthill Leadership Development Profile, Leadership Growth Profile 360, and Shifting Horizons, when data sharpens the work, never as a substitute for it.
Credentials
Over 2,000 hours, and the qualifications behind them.
In their words
What leaders say afterward.
Mac really stood out in his ability to help me prioritize both personal and professional growth. A great balance between coaching and advice. Very easy to connect with and build trust. Five stars.
Austin Copp, Global Head of Consulting · AlphaSights · LondonMac's approach always feels rooted in compassion and curiosity, while providing very insightful results. He helped me explore the assumptions behind my priorities and recalibrate what actually mattered. I now filter quickly for the right fit.
Thao Hong, Director · Gates Foundation · SeattleMac helped me clearly define my career goals and aspirations. He is approachable and makes sessions engaging. I always found myself discovering things about myself I was not aware of. Highly recommended.
Rosemary Kwan, Director · AIA · Hong KongMac listens. He used my own explanations to ask probing, evocative questions and suggest ideas. I left with a real sense of progress, clarity, and confidence, and substantial ideas for my own next steps.
David Fingerote, Education Consultant · TokyoWorking together
Referral-only, by design. The work is deep because the practice is small.
Engagements are built around the leader, not a fixed program. If that is the kind of work you are looking for, start with a conversation.