Start with a conversation.
25 minutes. Not a sales call.
However good the words on a website are, this work begins with a real conversation — no pitch. We figure out together which climb you're on, whether this is the right work for you right now, and, if it is, what the first step looks like. If the fit isn't there, I'll tell you directly and point you somewhere better.
Because both of these are selective, I ask a few honest questions first. It takes about ten minutes, and the reflection is part of the work.
Which climb are you on?
Every leader climbs twice. Two different moments, two different processes — the application is the same door.
The First Summit — Performance You've just stepped into a bigger role, and it demands a different leader than the one who earned it. A stakeholder-measured executive transition, built around your first 100 days. If this is you, choose "The First Summit" in the form.
The Second Summit — Significance The role works, the numbers are there — and a quieter question has arrived: what is the next chapter actually for? Presence-based existential coaching, on meaning beyond success. If this is you, choose "The Second Summit" in the form.
Not sure which is yours? That's fine — choose "both, or not sure," and we'll find it together in the conversation.
Why an application
The most capable people often arrive here precisely because they played the first game extremely well. Success solves the practical problems of life, which leaves the harder ones sitting in the middle of the room like an elephant nobody invited.
Viktor Frankl noticed that meaning is rarely handed to us by systems or institutions; it shows up when a person decides to take responsibility for shaping it. At this level, coaching becomes less about optimization and more about the deliberate authorship of a life — and a leadership.
Because this work goes deep, I take a limited number of clients at a time, and ask prospective clients to complete a short application. It helps make sure the process is right for both of us. If it is, I'll invite you to a 25-minute exploratory conversation.
Important. This is not therapy
Coaching at both summits is not therapy. If you're currently experiencing significant psychological distress, clinical depression, or an acute crisis, working with a licensed therapist is the right and more appropriate step — and I'll happily say so if that's what I sense. This work asks a lot, and it asks it of people on stable ground.
Not ready to apply?
An application is a real step, and not everyone's there yet. If you'd rather begin on your own terms, two lower doors are always open:
The Two Toolkits — $117 each. The First Summit Toolkit for the climb into the role, the Second Summit Toolkit for the question after success. Fourteen tools each, built from the same practice as the coaching.
The Second Summit Newsletter — free. One existential tool a month, for leaders beyond success. No noise.