The Executive Dad Roundtable
Six seats. Six months.
Six executive dads working through the Sherpa process together. Weekly calls with the group, a 1:1 with me every other month, and five other men who know exactly what you said you'd do.
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Who's in the room.
VPs, founders, and senior leaders. Every one of them a dad. Every one of them good at the job, which was never the problem.
What they have in common isn't a title or an industry. It's that they've been saying someday for a while now. Someday they'll get their health back. Someday they'll be home for the games. Someday they'll stop finishing bedtime with a phone buzzing on the nightstand.
Six men who are done saying it.
What we actually work on.
Not time management. Not balance. One behavior.
Here's what most executives haven't considered: the weakness costing you at the office is usually the same one costing you at home. The impatience that loses you a good employee is the impatience your daughter gets at dinner. The avoidance that stalls a hard conversation with your VP stalls one with your wife.
So we find the one behavior underneath both. We get honest feedback from the people on both sides of it, your team and your family, which most men have never asked for. Then we build a replacement specific enough to actually do on a Tuesday.
One change. Two rooms. Five other men making sure you don't quietly let it slide.
What six months looks like.
Weekly, the group call
Sixty to ninety minutes, all six of you, every week. This is where the work happens. You say out loud what you committed to, and five other men hear whether you did it. That's the whole mechanism.
Every other month, a 1:1 with me
Time that's yours alone, for whatever doesn't belong in front of the group. Roughly three of these across the six months, spaced so they land as real checkpoints rather than routine.
Throughout, the Sherpa process
The same six-phase process I run 1:1, worked through as a group. Taking Stock, Global View, Destination, Charting the Course, Agenda, The Summit. A DiSC assessment at the start so we're working from how you actually communicate. A measurable change by the end.
Why six and not sixteen.
Six is small enough that nobody hides. In a room of fifteen, there's always someone quiet, and the quiet one is usually the one who needed it most. At six, everyone talks every week, and by month two you know each other's situations well enough that nobody gets away with a vague answer.
It also means I can actually read the room. That stops being possible somewhere around eight.
Is this you?
This is for you if:
- You're a dad in a senior role and you've been saying someday for longer than you'd like to admit
- You'd get more out of hearing another VP say it out loud than hearing it from a coach
- You can commit to a weekly call for six months, not most weeks, every week
- You're willing to say the real thing in front of five other men
- You'll do the work between calls, not just show up for the hour
This isn't for you if:
- You want to build your network
- You want to talk about it more than change it
- Your calendar can't hold a standing weekly commitment
- You want the room to yourself, in which case the 1:1 is the better fit
What clients say.
"Through the 12 weeks, Nick's challenging questions and guided thoughts helped me determine my Why It Matters. Having a better understanding of my personal why has led to me being more effective, not only in my career, but in my personal life as well."
Neil Krebs
Director of Product
"Working with Nick as my coach has not only opened my eyes and mind to why I lead the way that I do, but he has led me to a path of self-discovery on how to improve on my strengths and weaknesses to be not only a more effective leader, but human!"
Mike Earnshaw
Principal and Author
FAQ
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