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Helping a founder lead a leadership team at Harbor & Finch
The challenge
Harbor & Finch had grown from a scrappy studio into a real firm, but its founder was still the decision-maker for everything. The leadership team deferred rather than owned, and the founder was the bottleneck.
What we did
We combined 1:1 executive coaching for the founder with team coaching for the leadership group, focused on decision rights and accountability.
The results
Clear decision rights across the leadership team
Founder time in operational decisions cut by a third
Two new service lines launched without the founder leading them
"My coach was direct, warm, and never let me off the hook. Exactly what I needed and rarely get."