Helping CEOs Lead with Clarity, Confidence & Purpose — Especially When the Stakes Are High

I work with a small number of exceptional leaders each year.

CEOs. Founders. Investors. People navigating high-stakes decisions, complex transitions, or the question: What now?

You don’t need a cheerleader. Or a consultant.
You need a partner who can hold the full weight of your experience — and challenge you to go deeper.

I’m not here to optimize your performance. I’m here to help you realign, so your next chapter isn’t just successful — it’s also fulfilling.

LET’S TALK


ABOUT ME

I’m a multi-exit founder, former CEO, and PhD psychologist who understands the intense complexity of high-level leadership — because I’ve lived it.

I’ve built companies, led through crises, and sold to a Fortune 20 acquirer. I’ve also experienced what it’s like to look successful from the outside, while feeling disconnected and off-track inside.

Even with great support around me, I learned firsthand how hard it is to carry the weight of leadership when your inner and outer worlds are out of sync.

Today, I help other CEOs navigate those same moments with more clarity, confidence, and control. My work blends psychological depth with operational experience to create space for reflection, alignment, and growth — personally and professionally.

HOW I HELP

I offer a set of focused engagements designed to meet CEOs where they are — and help them move forward with clarity.

The CEO Reset
For high-performing CEOs seeking clarity and renewed direction.

Even the most successful leaders encounter moments of uncertainty. This focused engagement is designed to help you realign with your purpose and lead with renewed energy.

Includes:

  • A 3-week or 30-day personalized engagement

  • Strategic sessions tailored to your leadership challenges

  • Tools for personal clarity and leadership alignment

  • A customized roadmap to navigate your next phase

This is a confidential, high-trust space to recalibrate — not coaching, not therapy, and not a long-term program. Just focused clarity, fast.

CEO Acquisition Partner
Guidance through the complexities of selling your company.

Selling a company is more than a financial transaction; it's a significant identity shift. Having navigated this journey myself, I provide support to help you stay grounded and purposeful throughout the process.

Includes:

  • An 8–12 week engagement, customizable to your timeline

  • Pre-acquisition clarity on goals, values, and decision-making

  • Support during negotiations to maintain strategic focus

  • Post-acquisition guidance to redefine you leadership identity

This isn’t legal or financial advice — it’s personal and leadership clarity from someone who’s actually been through it.

Executive Team Reset
Elevate your executive team’s performance and cohesion

Teams can drift, leading to inefficiencies and misalignment. With a background in psychology and executive leadership, I facilitate a structured reset to enhance team dynamics and performance.

Includes:

  • Discovery interviews with key stakeholders

  • 2–4 day in-person or hybrid facilitation

  • Clarification of roles, accountability, and decision-making

  • Development of a custom team operating system or culture framework

This work is practical, human, and built for teams that want more, not just to fix what's broken.

Executive Roundtable
Join a curated group of CEOs for deep, strategic conversations.

Leadership can be isolating. This roundtable offers a space for candid discussions, shared insights, and mutual support among high-caliber peers.

Includes:

  • Monthly in-person, 2.5-hour facilitated sessions

  • A curated group of experienced, high-caliber, non-performative CEOs

  • Focused discussions on leadership challenges and opportunities

Most CEOs don’t have a space where they can be fully real — about the pressure, the uncertainty, or what leadership actually feels like. This roundtable provides that space.

WHO THIS IS FOR

You may be in the right place if

  • You’re leading a company, but it’s starting to feel like the company is leading you.

  • You’ve hit major milestones, like an exit, and are wondering, “is this all there is?”

  • You’re facing a decision where the stakes are high and you’re tired of carrying it alone.

  • Your executive team is misfiring or not reaching the level you know they can, and you know something deeper needs to shift.

  • You’ve been the strong one for everyone else, and you’re finally ready to create space for yourself.

If any of this resonates, I invite you to reach out. We’ll talk. No pressure, no pitch — just real conversation.

LET’S TALK

If something here resonates, reach out.

There’s no pressure, no funnel, and no awkward pitch. Just a real conversation about what you're carrying — and whether I can help.

➡️ Let’s talk.

Those of you who are considering this should understand that Doug combines the best background and elements an advisor, counsel, or executive coach can have: solid experience as a psychologist, extraordinary entrepreneur, business executive, and a top leader of people. I recommend him unconditionally; he’s in his sweet spot, so let him help you reach yours.
— Gene Raitt, Chairman, Datatrade Group