1:1 coaching for your CEO
Private sessions on how you lead, decide and show up when the pressure is highest.
Fractional Leadership CoachingYour leadership team’s coach. Without a full-time hire.
As your fractional leadership coach, I work inside your company part-time, coaching your CEO and key leaders 1:1 and your leadership team together, so the people driving your business perform at a higher level.
Start the conversation Takes about 5 minutes
A few companies at a time · Personal reply within 24 hours
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The gap
Your company is growing faster than your leaders.
Most leadership teams are made up of people who were great at the work and got promoted to lead it. Almost nobody gets trained for that jump. Now they’re leading bigger teams and making bigger decisions under more pressure, with the same habits that got them promoted.
You see it in slow decisions, the same conflicts coming back every quarter, meetings that go in circles and a founder who is still the bottleneck.
A full-time head of leadership development is a big hire, and most companies aren’t ready for one. A coach for one executive helps one person, while the rest of the team keeps running on the same habits.
Fractional coaching gives your whole leadership team the reps, without adding a full-time role.
I work with your company for a set amount of time each month. I coach your CEO and key leaders 1:1, run working sessions with the leadership team, and stay close enough to the business to see what’s really going on.
The real edge
AI can copy your technology. It can’t copy the minds behind it.
AI can now replicate almost anything a company builds: the product, the process, the marketing and the code. What it can’t replicate is the thinking all of it came from. The judgment, clarity and trust inside your leadership team are the one advantage nobody can download.
What AI can copy
- Your product and its features
- Your processes and playbooks
- Your marketing and content
- Your code and your tech stack
What it can’t
- How your leaders decide under pressure
- The trust between the people on your team
- The clarity to lead when everything speeds up
- How your people show up when it matters most
Within is the edge.
Your leaders’ internal skills are your company’s real advantage. They can’t be copied, but they can be trained, and that’s the work we do together.
Your options
Three ways to develop your leaders.
Option 01
A full-time hire
- Months to recruit and onboard
- Full-time salary, benefits and equity
- Makes the most sense once you’re much bigger
Option 02
A coach for one leader
- Real growth for one person
- The rest of the team stays where it is
- No shared language across your leadership team
Option 03 · Fractional
A coach on your team
- Up and running in weeks, not months
- Workshops, 1:1 and team coaching in one engagement
- Built around your company and adjusted as you go
- Easy to scale up or down as you grow
What’s included
How fractional leadership coaching works
Every engagement is built around your company. Most include a mix of these:
1:1 coaching for key leaders
Coaching for the executives and managers who carry the most weight in your business.
Leadership team sessions
Working sessions on communication, trust, decision-making and how your team runs the business together.
Support between sessions
Direct access for the moments that can’t wait: a hard conversation, a big decision or a tough week.
Workshops and offsites
Hands-on workshops that get your whole team building the same skills, in person or virtual, and that people put to work long after the session ends.
Monthly CEO check-ins
A monthly review of what’s working, what’s changing and where to focus next. Private coaching conversations stay private.
The HeartMind method
The heart of a conscious leader. The mindset of an elite athlete.
Every leader on your team builds the same skills and speaks the same language, across three areas.
01
People
Build real connection, strengthen collaboration and create the kind of trust where people and teams do their best work.
02
Performance
Develop the mindset, habits and practices behind resilience, creativity and flow, so you and your team deliver when the pressure is highest.
03
Psychology
Use the science of human behavior to make better decisions, manage stress and motivate people with clarity and confidence.
Who it’s for
Built for companies ready to challenge the status quo.
I partner with forward-thinking companies, from fast-growing startups to established businesses, whose leaders want to perform at a higher level.
This is for you if…
- You’re a founder, CEO or executive leading a team through fast growth or real change.
- Your leaders are talented, but they’re carrying more than they were trained for.
- You want leaders who stay clear and composed when the pressure is on.
- You’re ready to invest in your people as seriously as you invest in your product.
This is not for you if…
- You’re looking for a one-time event, not ongoing work.
- You want someone to fix your team without your involvement.
- You aren’t ready to commit to at least six months.
If that sounds like your team, let’s talk.
Start the conversation Takes about 5 minutes
A few companies at a time · Personal reply within 24 hours
The proof
Forged with basketball’s elite. Brought into the boardroom.
15Years with basketball’s elite
Top 50Keynote speaker · Real Leaders
#1Best-selling author
I coached NBA MVP Joel Embiid, served as assistant director at Steph Curry’s first skills academy and spent 17 years building a business I started in my college apartment. Today I bring that work to leaders at companies of every size, including Google, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, Wells Fargo and Cisco.
Start the conversation Takes about 5 minutes
A few companies at a time · Personal reply within 24 hours
Your coach
Mike Lee
Mike Lee is a leadership and peak performance keynote speaker, coach and the Miami-based founder of MindShift Labs. He helps leaders cut through the noise, perform under pressure and win the moments that matter.
He spent 15 years with basketball’s elite. He coached NBA MVP Joel Embiid and served as assistant director at Steph Curry’s first skills academy, after starting his training company out of his college apartment and running it for 17 years.
Today he brings the HeartMind methodology to leaders and leadership teams at companies including Google, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, Wells Fargo and Cisco. Real Leaders named him a Top 50 keynote speaker, and he is the author of Moment by Moment.
How to start
No sales pitch. A real conversation.
I work with a small number of companies at a time, so I want to make sure we’re a great fit before we get started.
1
Apply
Tell me about your company, your leadership team and what you want to change. It takes about 5 minutes.
2
I review it personally
I read every application myself, and you’ll hear back from me within 24 hours.
3
Our first call is on me
If it looks like a fit, I’ll send you a link to book a call. We’ll talk through your team and what you need, with no cost and no pressure.
4
Your custom plan
If we decide to work together, I’ll build an engagement around your leaders, your goals and your calendar.
Start the conversation Takes about 5 minutes
Personal reply within 24 hours
Questions
Before you apply
What is fractional leadership coaching?
Fractional leadership coaching means bringing in a senior leadership coach part-time and on an ongoing basis, instead of hiring a full-time coach or head of leadership development. I coach your CEO and key leaders 1:1, run sessions with your leadership team and facilitate workshops, so your whole team builds the same skills.
Why does leadership development matter more with AI?
AI makes technology, content and processes easier to copy than ever. That puts more weight on what it can’t copy: how your leaders think, decide and work together under pressure. Those internal skills have become a company’s real edge, and they can be trained.
How is this different from 1:1 coaching?
1:1 coaching is for one leader. Fractional coaching is for your company. I coach your CEO and key leaders individually and work with the leadership team as a group, so everyone builds the same skills. If you’re looking for coaching for yourself, see 1:1 leadership coaching.
How many leaders can be included?
It depends on your team and the scope we agree on. Most engagements cover the CEO or founder and a core leadership team. We’ll decide the right group on our first call.
How long is an engagement?
There’s a six-month minimum. That gives your leaders time to turn new skills into habits that hold up under real pressure.
Is it remote or in person?
Both. I’m based in Miami and work with companies anywhere. 1:1 sessions run over Zoom. Leadership team sessions and offsites can be in person or virtual, depending on what your team needs.
What does it cost?
Every engagement is built around your company, so the investment depends on the scope. If your application is a fit, we’ll walk through the details on our first call.
Is what my leaders share confidential?
Yes. What a leader shares in a 1:1 session stays between us. In CEO check-ins, we talk about themes and progress, not private conversations.
Let’s get to work
Transform your people. Grow your business.
If your company is growing faster than your leaders, let’s talk about what a fractional engagement could look like for your team.
Start the conversation Takes about 5 minutes
A few companies at a time · Personal reply within 24 hours
With Peace + Presence,Mike Lee
