THE TOP PERFORMANCE COACHES
Welcome to my exploration of top leadership coaches who are making a significant impact in the world of professional development.
I had the opportunity to engage with some of the best in the field to understand their unique approaches and the key elements contributing to their success.
From redefining relationships with work to blending neuroscience with executive coaching, these experts offer diverse perspectives and powerful methodologies. Through their insights, you will discover what sets them apart and how their journeys shape their coaching practices.
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In Brief : Top Performance Coaches
- Diana Damyanova – Diana, a former quant and seasoned strategy and management consultant, brings a wealth of experience across diverse industries, particularly in financial services. Drawing on nearly a decade in the corporate world.
- Jennifer Romanowicz – Jennifer Romanowicz, the visionary behind Fancy Pants Method, LLC, stands as the founder and CEO of this boutique leadership and performance consulting firm. With a steadfast commitment to reshaping the conversation around healthy work-life.
- Frederick Sanders – Frederick Sanders, a distinguished international divinity and performance coach, ranks among the top-rated professionals in the field. With certifications that underscore his expertise.
- Roberta Cocco – Working with high performers, CEOs, and entrepreneurs, Roberta is dedicated to amplifying confidence, empowering teams, and enhancing performance. She stands alongside her clients, navigating proven principles to lead and succeed in today’s disrupted hybrid world.
- Anna-Marie Watson – Anna-Marie, a coach, connector, and creator, leverages her background as a former British Army officer and elite ultra-runner to collaborate with leaders on achieving sustainable peak performance.
- Mohana More – Mohana More, a Certified Professional Coach, is an expert in Transition coaching. With a portfolio of over 100 clients, she guides individuals through life and work transitions. Having resided in various global locations.
- Stacey Ashley – Stacey Ashley, a High-Performance Leadership & Coaching Expert, boasts over 30 years of experience in developing leadership competence, confidence, and credibility. As the author of multiple #1 Amazon best-sellers on leadership.
- Bahman Zarghami – Embark on a transformative journey with Coach Bahman and his dedicated team, trailblazers committed to redefining the very essence of performance. With over a decade of experience.
- Arran Kehoe – Arran Kehoe, a seasoned veteran with 26+ years in the software industry, boasts extensive experience in product, people, and team management. Formerly with Microsoft, Arran is now an ICF-accredited life, business, and executive coach.
- Jamie McConnell – Jamie McConnell, a dedicated PGA Professional and High Performance coach, operates from the Claude Harmon Performance Academy in Dubai. With over ten years of passionate coaching experience, Jamie’s mission is to guide players on their journey to discover their ‘best performing self’ on the golf course.
- Aries Yeo – Aries, a former banking executive with over two decades of experience, has transitioned into an ICF-certified coach. With a commitment to helping clients embrace their authenticity.
- Michelle Hammons – Michelle, a seasoned coach with a global reach spanning over twenty-six countries, brings a wealth of experience in diverse business sectors. From Fortune 500 Companies and C-Suite Executives to Health Care.
- John Marshall – John Marshall, co-author of the book ‘Path to Relevance,’ is an ICF Certified Life Coach, ICF Certified Executive Coach with Symbiosis Coaching Boston, and ICF Certified Wellness Coach with World Coach Institute, Inc.
- Paul Glover – Paul, the No B.S. Leadership Development Coach, is a ‘recovering’ trial lawyer, an ex-felon, an unabashed Starbucks addict, and a Chicago Bears fanatic. He is the author of WorkQuake™ and an online course creator.
- Kevin Campbell – Kevin G. Campbell, M.A., an Ex People Scientist with Qualtrics and founder of Lifted Leadership, brings data-informed coaching to the forefront. Having coached and consulted with leaders at Google, Airbnb, and Amazon.
- Karen Flynn – Known as Coach K, Karen Flynn is on a mission to enhance lives through performance improvement. With a keen focus on strengths, commitment, and long-term goals, she accelerates individuals’ journeys to growth and success.
- Daniel Diaz – Daniel Diaz, a renowned performance and life mastery coach, has earned recognition as a top 10 performance coach to follow on Yahoo Finance. Through his heart-centered approach in the Peak Life Now coaching program.
- Raymond Perras – Raymond Perras, a published bestselling author and peak performance coach, brings over 25 years of expertise in guiding and assisting professional sports and business clients.
- Carlie Jayne – Carlie is an International Award-Winning Mindset and Performance Coach, Trainer, and Consultant with over 15 years of experience. Renowned as a speaker and advisor on personal and professional development.
- Susan Hobson – Susan Hobson is a High-Performance Leadership Coach, published author, Founder/CEO of Elite High Performance Inc., and host of the podcast ‘The Leadership Launchpad Project.
- DiIvory Edgecomb – DiIvory Edgecomb, a #1 bestselling author, Performance Coach, and Entrepreneur, draws on his experience as a former collegiate athlete and business owner to help individuals edge out the competition.
- Dr. Jason Selk – As the former Director of Mental Training for the St. Louis Cardinals, Dr. Jason Selk played a key role in the team’s historic World Series victories. Now, as a sought-after performance coach.
- Bethany Parker – As a High-Performance Health & Success Coach, Bethany Parker empowers female entrepreneurs to transition from a hectic lifestyle to one that is balanced and natural. Certified by the International Association of Health Coaches.
- Leeza Steindorf – Leezá Carlone Steindorf, a global thought leader, consultant, and leadership coach with a presence in 35+ countries, specializes in guiding individuals and organizations to gain clarity amid confusion.
- Tracey Grove – Tracey Grove, a high-performance consultant specializing in leadership effectiveness, serves as an executive coach to leaders at world-leading brands and high-growth companies.
Diana Damyanova
Diana is a former quant, turned strategy and management consultant with experience in a variety of industries, most recently financial services. After ~10 years in corporate, Diana left that world to start her own Growth and Performance coaching practice where she helps unfulfilled overachievers re-define their relationship to work and become Satisfied Achievers.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I focus on working with Millennials / Xennials to help them make Work work for them. My clients are high performing professionals, who are burned out, stuck, and without time and energy to see an alternative. We partner to identify and find the balance between who they are, what they want, and where they work. My coaching combines structured frameworks with creative brainstorming in order to unlock solutions that are hard for clients to see on their own.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has contributed to my impact as a coach has been my own professional journey. I have made multiple transitions and had exposure to a variety of professional contexts, making it possible to see alternative paths. At the same time, most of my professional career has required me to focus on and understand others’ thinking, allowing me to communicate more effectively and connect quicker with clients.
Jennifer Romanowicz
Jennifer Romanowicz is the founder and CEO of Fancy Pants Method, LLC, a boutique leadership and
performance consulting firm committed to changing the narrative around healthy work-life productivity and
mental wellness. In addition to being an ICF accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with multiple
advanced certifications, she’s also a Doctor of Physical Therapy, holds an MBA, and actively served as
Adjunct Faculty for 2 ICF accredited leadership coach training programs.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Clients often tell me I’m “better than Advil” for resolving workplace headaches. My signature methodology
blends executive coaching, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and business leadership concepts (with a splash of disarming humor) to quickly get to the root of even the most complex topics. I use my ‘Complexity Busting’ superpowers to quickly reduce stress and overwhelm, cultivate leadership influence, boost healthy productivity, improve trust and communication, create seamless accountability, align for team performance,
and harmonize work and life demands. Furthermore, all programs are systematically customized for maximum impact, and my “fast, fun, get-the-job-done” style ensures both quick wins and sustainable results.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My fascination with interpersonal dynamics is at the heart of my success as a coach. Not only does it
continually drive me to seek new insights and cutting-edge approaches, but it inspires me to truly see and
appreciate the uniqueness of every client situation – which invariably leads to more complete solutions and
far superior results. It’s my privilege to partner with leaders and organizations to discover and address the
hidden energy leaks and counter-productive habits that disrupt their effort, as well as the key factors that
fuel success – and workdays that are as energizing as their days off!
Frederick Sanders
Frederick Sanders is a top-rated, certified international divinity and performance coach. He currently serves as an executive coach for numerous organizations, including BetterUp, CoachHub, and The Vision Investment. He recently completed his doctoral dissertation examining “performative masculinity” for which he will earn his MA and PhD in professional coaching and human development. He is also the founder of Woken Warriors, a boutique coaching firm for human development & self-mastery.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I believe coaching is a journey of self-discovery, self-creation, and self-mastery. My specialty is partnering with high-performing men of color in catalyzing self-mastery to author the “next level” of their grandest vision. My coaching approach is a hybrid fusing ontological studies and cognitive-behavioral frameworks for an enriching, vision-driven experience for my clients. Using this framework, my clients have emerged from our coaching partnership with empowerment, insight, and skills to generate their lives with a greater sense of ease, grace, purpose, and freedom.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important contribution to my coaching success is gaining the clarity to craft my spiritual vision. I envision a world where the highest sense of integrity, agency, and freedom fully emerges among all life on earth. This is the internal flame that fuels all of my personal and professional endeavors. It is the great “why” that burns deep within my heart. I intend always to embody this heart-centered vision with every engagement with clients and prospects. I desire always to serve and give value from the heart.
Roberta Cocco
Roberta unapologetically believes that every individual has excellence in them and coaching is a vehicle to:
- ignite change
- connect insight to action
- and discover what is possible.
She works with high performers, CEO’s and entrepreneurs to amplify their confidence, empower their teams and improve their performance.
Roberta stands with her clients and explores proven principles, to lead and succeed in this disrupted hybrid world.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I’ve been trained in phenomenology and ontological studies, which means noticing and creating awareness around self is essential for transformation. The language we use creates and recreates our reality in subtle ways that have a tremendous impact on engagement, performance and energy. The work I facilitate opens up space to create intentional actions focused toward a clear and determined result. Over time what was hard, becomes natural and what seemed impossible is easily considered and achieved.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has created the power and awareness in my practice to change lives, is my journey. We can’t take people where we have never been. Pushing to my edges and being willing to lean into the uncomfortable situations continue to grow me and show me what is possible.
Anna-Marie Watson
Anna-Marie is a coach, connector and creator who draws on her experiences as a former British Army officer and elite ultra-runner to partner with leaders to reach sustainable peak performance. Happiest outdoors she loves to step outside to co-create coaching conversations with nature. Avid speaker, writer and podcaster she has spoken at ICF global and national conferences, authored written thought-pieces and co-hosts the ‘Coaching Outdoors’ podcast.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
The decision to escape the confines of four walls created a unique trajectory for my coaching practice. The opportunity to recognise our inherent human nature set against our environment reinforces our interconnectedness; where our ability to nourish ourselves physically, mentally and emotionally has a wider systemic impact. The benefits of nature illustrated through Attention Restoration Theory (ART), Stress Reduction Theory (SRT), Shrinin-yoku and biophilia enhance performance and coaching outcomes.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The golden thread which traces throughout my coaching journey is an inner drive to relentlessly pursue high performance. This was borne from the military, deepened competing on the international Ultra Trail World Tour circuit and diversified in a thirst for knowledge through the Inventory of Work Attitudes and Motivation (iWAM) psychometric tool, Analytic-Network Coach® and mBIT® (multiple Brain Integration Techniques) coach accreditation.
Mohana More
Mohana More is a Certified Professional Coach, specializing in Transition coaching. She has coached over 100 clients to thrive through life and work transitions. She has lived in multiple geographies of the world, working as a retail entrepreneur, soft skills trainer, and communication skills expert, training over 5000 graduates in Job Readiness skills. She is currently the Outreach and Operations Director for CWC, an NGO working towards mental and health well-being.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My endeavor in each session is to enable transformative coaching. As a master practitioner of the Energy Leadership Index, my sessions are based on imparting clarity, understanding the potential, and facilitating my clients to look at life through an empowered lens. I use direct and powerful questioning methods, NLP-based techniques, as well as Core Energy Coaching. This helps my clients to have a strong sense of self, increase their emotional intelligence, build positive relationships, and transition through life’s changes with confidence and empowerment.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
A very big contribution is my vast experience in dealing with people of different cultures and backgrounds, as a flight attendant, entrepreneur, trainer, and coach. I approach communication and perceptions with the utmost empathy, open-mindedness, and respect, which makes each and every client of mine feel safe and understood. My certifications in DEI, ELI-MP, CTDS, as well as NLP, have only added to my success as a coach.
Stacey Ashley
Stacey Ashley is a High-Performance Leadership & Coaching Expert. With over 30 years’ experience, Stacey has helped 1000’s to develop their leadership competence, confidence and credibility. The author of multiple #1 Amazon best-seller books about leadership, Stacey has four international Stevie awards, including Coach of the Year 2019, and was named in LinkedIn’s 2018 Global Top Voices.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I work with leaders to elevate their practice of leadership in 3 key dimensions, Self, Tribe & World, so they can Inspire, influence, and have impact. So they too, can be a leading possibility. In particular, I focus on the development of leadership coaching capability in large organizations, creating the opportunity for leaders to scale their leadership, building the capability to lead significant change, and activate organizational transformation.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I want to make a difference. To elevate the practice of leadership around the world. That’s the simple truth. I believe that all leaders have a clear and primary responsibility to develop more leaders. So I continue to learn and grow, and specifically and deliberately develop my own thinking on leadership, so that I always have more to offer the people I work with. Creating a long term partnership is based on value. I need to keep providing that so the people I work with benefit, and in turn create opportunity and growth for the leaders around them.
Bahman Zarghami
A journey dedicated to teaching individuals how to understand and utilize their potential. The team behind Coach Bahman are trailblazers, redefining the definition of performance.
He has spent over a decade deciphering what performance actually means, and why it is that so many smart & successful people struggle to achieve consistent high performance. He has worked with clients from all walks of life, from gifted children to high-performing executives, from underachievers to professional athletes.
He learned to look at performance in a ground-breaking, new way, changing people’s understanding of what it means to be a high-performer and how to become one yourself.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Coach Bahman is no stranger to building resilience through adversity. He understands from a personal perspective how and why smart people fail to reach their full intellectual potential. He has developed his program not only based on psychology, neurology, and data but also from his own life experience. This makes Unlock Your Mind a one-of-a-kind coaching experience.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Coach Bahman has worked with professional golf players, world champion poker players, CEOs, and grandmasters in chess. His Unlock Your Mind program has proven to be effective in raising awareness, understanding, and reaching the client’s full potential. You can read one of his many successful testimonials on his website. Coach Bahman is no longer just working alone, he has a team of global experts; from coaches to corporate professionals, to help him offer the best possible service to his clients.
Arran Kehoe
Arran Kehoe is a veteran of the software Industry, 26+ years experience with product, people and team management. Ex Microsoft with a good mix of experience working for Multinational, SME and start-ups. ICF accredited life, business and executive coach helping clients full time to create sustained high performance and take charge of careers for successful and passionate working lives. Arran’s coaching mantra is: Action is the Oxygen for Success.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help and motivate people to create their personal career performance roadmap with emphasis on goal-mindset and building consistent routines for high performance action habits. I’ve experienced work burnout and stress so believe no one needs ever succumb to this. My approach manages this at its heart, protecting you, the engine that does the work. My goal dogma is: Make it SMART, make it ALL-HEART.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
As a performance coach the single most important thing is my ability to notice and enlighten clients to how they think and why their progress is blocked. This leads to different actions for success and amplified and strengthened with my coaching frameworks that help clients fast forward into the work and successful outcomes. Frameworks such as the Action Success Framework, the True Career House, the True Team House and the PCPR – Personal Career Performance Roadmap.
Jamie McConnell
Jamie McConnell is a PGA Professional and High Performance coach based at the Claude Harmon Performance Academy in Dubai.
With a passion for coaching that has lasted over ten years, Jamie’s goal as a golf coach is to help players along their journey to help them discover their “best performing self” on the golf course.
Currently, he is the Director of Instruction at the Claude Harmon Performance Academy Dubai and Head Coach to the Saudi Arabian National Team, Jamie’s expertise include swing instruction, performance coaching and practice planning. Having helped professionals on the European tour, Challenge tour and LET, he continues to specialize in elite level amateurs in the UAE and abroad.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My belief is that every player has their own personal recipe for success, and that finding that combination of ingredients is the key to unlocking lower scores on the golf course.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I think no matter what every coach and student should understand that the road is not always flat and smooth. There are humps, bumps, peaks and troughs throughout. Get comfortable with this and you enjoy the journey far more and ultimately have more success in the long run.
Aries Yeo
Aries is an ex-banking executive of over 2 decades turned ICF-certified coach, supporting clients to embrace their authenticity to better their executive presence, increase their confidence and effectiveness as a leader.
Also, a DEI advocator where she served 7years in a renowned NPO (Singapore) to drive professionalism in the industry. She chaired membership and mentoring pillars, working with many senior leaders in the financial industry.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Being trained in multiple field such as performance coaching, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), positive intelligence (also known as mental fitness) and clean language (help the client to develop their own metaphor into a proper landscape), a practitioner in strength and DISC gives me ample tools & techniques to tab into. More importantly, I bring a wealth of work and personal experience which allows me to journey with my clients in a holistic manner – be it emotional intelligence, positive intelligence based on science or clean where the clients dive deep into their uncovered self. It is about knowing full self and how that brings about your behaviours – whatever that might be.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My ability to listen deep, to see my client as a whole person ie there might be challenges at work, confidence, issues, etc . When we get deep into the person – we get clear on who we are, what stand for, all difficulties even adversities take a different lens
Michelle Hammons
Michelle has experience coaching clients worldwide from over twenty-six countries. Her clients are diverse across many business sectors, including Fortune 500 Companies, C-Suite Executives, Health Care, Energy, Utilities, Travel and Transportation, Information Technology, Real Estate, MLM’s, Small Business Owners, Family Business, Entrepreneurs, and Online & Brick and Mortar Business Owners. Michelle is a Certified High Performance Coach™ who elevates human potential and creates uncommon results for her clients.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help individuals, leaders, and organizations leverage their creative strengths to achieve their desired outcomes. I utilize a mix of art and science; I help you clarify your vision and lean into your creative edge as we create courageous action plans with defined outcomes and measurements.
I leverage an expansive toolkit that includes science-based coaching methodologies, including Certified High Performance Coach™, Positive Intelligence, Personality. Values and Strengths Assessments. I infuse creativity, learning, fun, and challenge to expand what’s possible for my clients.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My creative edge weaponizes me as a coach. This edge includes high levels of intuition and a multi-disciplinary background in a variety of creative project(s) and processes. I have diversified business experience across Corporate, Entrepreneurship, Non-Profit, and Small/Family businesses. I draw out the concepts, ideas, or visions to help my clients progress their dreams and goals. I have a strong capacity to find the source of where they lack vision or are stuck by engaging in creative problem-solving.
John Marshall
John Marshall, co-author of the book Path to Relevance is a ICF Certified Life Coach, ICF Certified Executive Coach with Symbiosis Coaching Boston, ICF Certified Wellness Coach with World Coach Institute, Inc. and is currently completing his ICF ACC (Associate of Certified Coach) accreditation. Additionally, he is currently working on an associate’s degree in Ministry at Gobble University in the USA.
With over 40 years of international corporate experience in communications & technology, finance, media, broadcast, marketing, and hospitality, he has acted as founder, CEO, and Director of both private and public corporations.
He is also the lead Pastor at Pathways-International.org where he hosts a live interactive video Prayer broadcast every morning at 6am EST.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
As the Founder of Peak Performance Coaching, John believes in helping to transform the world one life at a time by coaching clients to a life of fulfillment and relevance. In his world, living a relevant life is defined as:
- Achieving a state where one’s words and actions align with their highest values
- Having healthy relationships
- Knowing one’s purpose in life
- Having a meaningful and valuable impact on people, places, and things regardless of the circumstances surrounding one’s life
John considers this mission accomplished only when a client has obtained this optimum state.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I would say the key to the success of my coaching is actual two things:
- Being an ICF instructor for Symbiosis coaching. As a teacher I am constantly teaching, guiding and mentoring students in the core principles of coaching. This allows me to continually deepen my own understanding and use of each aspect of our coaching model providing my clients with an incredible outcome in every session.
- Is my absolute belief that the client is naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. Capable of achieving their own perfect Solutions. This belief has helped me empower clients to outcomes otherwise not attainable.
Paul Glover
Paul is the No B.S. Leadership Development Coach, a “recovering” trial lawyer, an ex-felon, an unabashed Starbucks addict, a Chicago Bears fanatic, the author of WorkQuake™, an online course creator, a speaker on The Future Of Teamwork, Stakeholder Capitalism and Resilience and a Member of the Forbes Coaching Council.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I believe so strongly that every leader can create a positive work legacy through my no B.S. approach to coaching that I put my skin in the game by basing my compensation solely on the success of my clients in reaching their stated goals. They don’t succeed, I don’t get paid. This level of commitment on my part creates an equally strong commitment to success on the part of my clients.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach is my ability to assist my clients in recognizing their blind spots and then developing processes that stop them from creating patterns of self-destructive behavior.
Kevin Campbell
Kevin G. Campbell, M.A. is an Ex People Scientist with Qualtrics, the leader in employee and customer experience management, and the founder of Lifted Leadership, a data-informed coaching practice. Over time Kevin has had the privilege of coaching and consulting with leaders from firms like Google, Airbnb, and Amazon. Kevin uses science to help organizations acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people. He also helps people manage an aspect of their lives that plays a key role in their happiness: their work.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I’ve spent my career helping professionals uncover their natural patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior and leveraging those natural patterns into strengths. As a result, my clients walk away feeling clearer on who they are and where they’re best able to contribute. Essentially, I help clients answer the question: what can you contribute to the world that 10,000 others would struggle to bring? I also use employee listening and experiential data to help organizations identify and close gaps in their employee experience. I help leaders become the boss people want to work for.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Prior to founding Lifted Leadership, I worked as an Organizational Psychologist and People Scientist for firms like Gallup, Deloitte, Culture Amp, and Qualtrics. This background has given me the ability to use data and science to help leaders achieve their goals based upon practices that actually work–not just things that sound good. I also had the honor to study under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the co-founder of Positive Psychology and the first researcher to recognize and name the mental state of flow—the optimal experience of total engagement.
Karen Flynn
Karen Flynn’s (aka Coach K) work as a coach is to better people’s lives by improving their performance: how they live and work to achieve their full potential and happiness. She creates heightened awareness of strengths, deepens their focus and commitment to longer-term goals and most of all, she speeds up their transition to growth and success.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
The truth is, she is a tough, no ‘BS’ coach and cuts to the chase to focus on direction, solutions, and action. By working through clients’ perspectives and limiting behaviours, she helps them to find clarity and direction, and together, explore tools to address adaptability and empowerment.
When working with Coach K, clients must prepare for honesty and be ready to do the work in order to adapt, change behaviors, set brave goals, innovate, and be inspired to take consistent actions.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Her 22 years of international business experience as a communications consultant brings a unique asset to coaching. As an advocate for living our best lives, she brings curiosity, a big appetite for learning and embracing change as a journey, to deliver transformative results. Her professional life experiences gives her an acute understanding of the pain-points that clients bring, which makes her coaching all the more effective.
Daniel Diaz
Daniel Diaz is a performance and life mastery coach for purpose driven men. Featured in Yahoo Finance as a top 10 performance coach to follow, Daniel uses a heart-centered approach in his Peak Life Now coaching program. Aimed to accelerate his clients’ achievement without missing the moments that matter most. He is on a mission to help millions of men unleash their greatness, build the legacies they were called to create, and maximize their fulfillment throughout the process.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
The mastery of energy is a core principle in my program. By mastering our emotional, physical, and spiritual energy we can do anything we want in this world. I believe, and coach through, the principle that success does not require sacrifice, it requires perspective. I guide my clients through a unique neural rewiring experience that helps them master their input and output of energy. The outcome is a perspective shift that unlocks their highest levels of performance, awareness, presence, and fulfillment.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The number one thing that has contributed to my success has been hiring a coach. In total transparency, I hired a few that did not work out as I hoped. Once I found the perfect coach for me, it unlocked so much in my business, my skill set, and my life. My belief is that being an avid learner is the single most important thing we can do as coaches. This not only requires us to sharpen our skillsets daily but also hiring people that can help us see our blind spots.
Raymond Perras
Raymond Perras is a published bestselling author and peak performance coach who has guided and assisted professional sports and business clients for over 25 years. His work provides a blueprint for the implementation of a 7 Step Life Mastery Program. It teaches a continuous improvement process that enables the integration of the concept of The right stuff, in the right amount, at the right time.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My coaching is wholistic and focuses on the total person, working from the inside out through awareness, mental flexibility through proprietary techniques, discovery of acquired skills and knowledge, and the structured, strategic and systematic application of a process that results in personal mastery. This leads to self-awareness, mental and emotional presence, the ability to face challenges with a positive attitude, and increasing results while reducing stress. Overall, it installs a state of well-being that radiates in all interactions and relationships.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
All my life, I have been blessed with coaches and mentors in business and in sports who taught me how to create the best possible outcomes using my strengths and acquired abilities. Four basic principles were: listening to understand how a person feels; giving positive feedback to boost confidence; challenge people in their area of strengths; and being a cheerleader to encourage people to be the best they can be. I developed a deep belief that people are fundamentally good and want to do well. It’s a recipe that has served me and my clients excessively well.
Carlie Jayne
Carlie is an International Award-Winning Mindset and Performance Coach, Trainer and Consultant. With over 15 years experience, she is a highly regarded speaker and advisor on personal and professional development. She founded The Social Connective where they specialize in helping professionals become high performers without suffering unmanageable stress and burnout.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Over the last 15 years I have assisted hundreds of professionals to improve their performance. During this time, I have seen that there are 3 main challenges professionals face. They must develop the structure and systems to achieve the required results. They need the strategies to manage increasing levels of stress. And they require the right skills to consistently create win-win outcomes for all. I offer frameworks that can be implemented to solve these problems.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing for me has been how I have been able to interpret and incorporate my own life experience into an actionable coaching approach, that is forward thinking but underpinned by the traditional foundational coaching models. I have seen first hand how focusing on solutions, devising and implementing the right strategies, and taking action enables our lives to become more satisfying. My mission is to help individuals achieve their personal version of success without work-life balance being negatively impacted.
Susan Hobson
Susan Hobson is a High-Performance Leadership Coach, published author, Founder/CEO of Elite High Performance Inc. and host of the podcast ‘The Leadership Launchpad Project.’
Susan’s science-based Elite High-Performance Coaching process draws on her first hand experience competing at some of the most competitive environments on the planet – Princeton & Harvard Universities and The NWHL (National Women’s Hockey League).
She now leads a practice of High-Performance Mindset Coaches based in the financial district of downtown Toronto, Canada.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Over the last 15 years I have assisted hundreds of professionals to improve My specialty is Mindset Strategy Architecture – helping High-Achiever Leaders deconstruct their broken, unsustainable, maladaptive 1.0 mindset strategies when they’re up against a brick wall or glass ceiling in their performance, and re-architect the playbook of high-performance, intrinsically based, adaptive Leadership 2.0 mindset strategies that will unleash their highest potential, so they can optimize their people’s rate of growth sustainably until the rocking chair and play their biggest impact game.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My firsthand experience competing in some of the most competitive environments on the planet and discovering the winning mindset strategies – Princeton and Harvard Universities and The National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL).
DiIvory Edgecomb
DiIvory Edgecomb is a #1 bestselling author, Performance Coach, and Entrepreneur. As a former collegiate athlete he knows what it takes to edge out the competition. With first hand experience of failures to the rise and succession of his own businesses he is constantly helping others breakthrough boundaries. He is also the founder of Legacy Builders Academy which is an online community to help you achieve MORE in life!
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help Athletes, Entrepreneurs, and Working Class Professionals perform at higher levels consistently over a long period of time. My coaching is based on high performance principles and human psychology used to help them develop higher levels of self-awareness and an assortment of mental fitness benefits. This helps them enhance their ability to self-actualize their situations and understand high performance techniques and drivers to use towards the outcomes they desire.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has contributed to my success as a coach is being relatable. Having first hand experiences of the struggles, failures, and issues on the road to success within high performance makes each teaching moment more authentic. Everyone’s journey throughout life shares common highs and lows which define who we are. When we compare our obstacles, we are able to develop the value of each crosspoint, adding credibility to each lesson thus understanding high performance a little better.
Dr. Jason Selk
While serving as the Director of Mental Training for the St. Louis Cardinals, Dr. Jason Selk helped the team win their first World Series in over 20 years; and in 2011 he assisted the Cardinals in the historic feat of winning their second World Championship in a six-year period. In addition to working with world-class athletes, Dr. Selk helps business leaders, executives, and top sales people develop mental toughness, increase confidence, and substantially grow the bottom line.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Winning at the highest level isn’t complicated. It requires that a person knows what he or she wants, and then puts into practice the skills and tools to consistently execute on the most important daily actions. Doing so causes success to become inevitable. I help individuals learn how to use their minds to unlock hidden potential, stop making excuses, and attack relentlessly. My approach may not be terribly sexy, but it is flat out effective.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I eat my own cooking. My coaching practice isn’t about self-promotion or marketing. I spend the majority of my time, focus, and energy researching best practices on helping people find true balance, happiness, and improved performance. Everything I teach is based on the empirical evidence of what works at the highest level. I never ask my clients to do anything that I don’t personally practice myself. I assure you it has worked for me, and it will work for you.
Bethany Parker
Bethany Parker is a High-Performance Health & Success Coach. She helps female entrepreneurs shift from a hectic lifestyle to a more balanced and natural life. She works with leaders in achieving optimal performance through multifaceted, holistic approaches. She is certified by the International Association of Health Coaches (IAHC), the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaches (NBC-HWC), and an active member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP).
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help high-achieving female CEOs prioritize their wellbeing, become more effective leaders, and access their full potential, so they can achieve their biggest goals and lead a more fulfilling life. Entrepreneurship was instilled in me at a very young age by my dad, grandfather, and great grandfather: three generations of entrepreneurs before me.
After earning my dual master’s degrees in business psychology and coaching, I fell even deeper into love with the entrepreneurial world. I was inspired to help entrepreneurs run their businesses more efficiently and help their teams operate at peak performance — without sacrificing their health and wellbeing.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has contributed to my success as a coach is continuously surrounding myself with like-minded entrepreneurs who serve as a source of inspiration and empowerment in my life. No matter how much education or experience we have, it’s essential to surround ourselves with other individuals who strive to make a positive difference in the world.
Leeza Steindorf
A global thought leader, consultant and leadership coach in 35+ countries, Leezá guides individuals and organizations to gain clarity amid confusion, simplify structures from complexity, transform tension into ease.
An executive coach for the Forbes Coaches Council, Canfield Success Trainer, and host of the public TV show “Live with Leezá,” Her certifications include ICF Executive & Life Coach, Trainer & Group Facilitator, Mediator, Non Violent Communication Trainer.
She holds a degree in Business Management and her CORE Success TM trainings are internationally acclaimed and accredited.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
In a systematized process of tailored coaching for intentional leadershipI, I guide individuals to shift their own power paradigm and transform limiting beliefs, discrimination, conflict and crisis into their greatest opening.
This coaching delivers a laser-focused, time-proven, clarifying process that enables you to harness your unique innate value, identify objectives and dreams, and guides your steps to materialize exactly what you aim for. Using the impactful strategic tools, my clients break through old patterns and thrive through challenges. They build strong relationships, beyond fighting for validity to excelling personal value. They lead with the clarity and vision that empowers others and anchors the strength and goodness of our humanity.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Working as assistant for 7 years alongside Dr. Natalie Rogers (daughter/colleague of Dr. Carl Rogers) in her Person-Centered Therapy trainings in Europe set the trajectory for my work in this field.
My conviction, and time-proven experience, that when an individual is heard, and feels seen, in their inner most experience of themselves, deep healing takes place, true potential is tapped and life-long barriers and limiting beliefs dissolve. This shift from to a clear experience of one’s impeccable value changes everything, permanently.
It is an honor to facilitate and witness such unfolding.
Tracey Grove
Tracey Grove is a high-performance consultant specializing in leadership effectiveness. An executive coach to leaders at world-leading brands and high growth companies, she is the founder of Pure Symmetry, specializing in empowering leaders to build resilience, hone their ability to lead through change, and help their teams to do the same. A sought-after speaker, she has brought the power of resilience to thousands in over twenty countries around the world.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My mission is to help people and organizations thrive through leadership development programs based on organizational psychology, neuroscience, cognitive behavioral and positive psychology approaches to help clients break down patterns of behavior that do not serve them well. I leverage communication and organizational relationship theories in executive coaching to help leaders have authentic conversations that empower them and others to succeed. This helps leaders to reflect on and adapt their behavior by experimenting with new narratives, interrupting old patterns, and expanding their mental models. And stress management builds resilient individuals and organizations that are adaptable to a rapidly changing environment.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing is leadership development programs centered around the premise that consistent, systematic, programmatic habits are needed to drive long-term behavioral change. The Leadership Challenge provides insight into how leaders view themselves, how others view them, and what actions they can take to improve their effectiveness. Taming the Sabertooth digs deeper into the topics of cultivating trust, increasing productivity, overcoming fear to drive innovation, and leading effectively through change. Sharpen the Saw enables leaders to build behavioral intelligence and create a culture of empowerment and accountability that inspires their teams to bring their best every day.
Conclusion
These top leadership coaches demonstrate that success in coaching comes from a blend of personal experience, innovative methodologies, and a deep understanding of human dynamics.
Their unique approaches offer valuable lessons for anyone looking to enhance their professional and personal lives.
By learning from their experiences and applying their strategies, you can unlock your potential and achieve greater fulfillment in your career and beyond.
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