For nearly three decades, we’ve partnered with executives, senior managers, and HR leaders to build the leadership capacity organizations need to change, grow, and perform.
We’ve developed an approach to coaching and advising executives, developing managers into coaches, leading Human + AI teams, and Ultra OS — a shared leadership operating system that’s been tested and proven across industries and geographies.
Behind our approach is a team of coaches who’ve done the work themselves. Every coach on the team has led people, run functions, or built companies — and now partners with leaders navigating the same demands.
Meet our people
Dr. Greg Giuliano is an advisor and executive coach to senior executives and teams all over the world, designing change leadership and team development strategies to lead organizational transformation. His mission is to help leaders and teams grow their capacity to enable positive disruption for markets, organizations, teams, and individuals.
Greg is the author of soon to be released, Ultra Leadership 2.0, An OS for the Age of AI, and the Bestselling books, Coaching for (a) Change: How to Engage, Empower, and Activate People, The Next Normal: Transform Your Leadership, Your Team, and Your Organization, the #1 Amazon Bestseller Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change and The Hero’s Journey: Toward a More Authentic Leadership.
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Greg Giuliano
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AAA
AbbVie
Blue Shield of California
BMC Software
Cisco
EY
Humana
Intel
Kaiser Permanente
Marvell
M&T Bank
NW Farm Credit Services
Pharmacyclics
Red Lion Hotels
Riverbed Technology
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DUNCAN DRECHSEL
Duncan Drechsel brings a significant depth of operating expertise with high-growth and emerging businesses as context to his work with clients including general management, marketing, strategy and product management.
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AAA
Bank of the West
BMC Software
Cisco
Clorox
Eventbrite
The Hewlett Foundation
Intersect Power
LinkedIn
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DAVE DRESDEN
Dave Dresden partners with leaders and teams across industry verticals to build leadership capacity and drive transformation. He works with senior executives, high potential mid career leaders and intact business units, bringing a unique; in-the-trenches perspective honed through 25 years of first-hand experience in corporate leadership roles.
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AAA
Aid for AIDS
BMC Software
Cisco
Goodwill
Goldrich Kent
Google
Mattell Inc.
Moffate & Nichol Engineering
Recurrent Energy
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ELISA FRENCH
Elisa French brings the learning and wisdom of over two decades working in the domains of Executive Coaching, Strategic Management, Organizational and Learning Development.
“Aligning heart, mind, and hands to lead and achieve positive change.”
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Autodesk
Deloitte
EY
Henkel
Initial
Johnson & Johnson
KMPG
Marriott
Metro Group
Nokia
SAP
Vorwek
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sina johnson
Sina Johnson works with professionals who want to identify and activate the path for change. Her 20 years of operations experience in human resources, accounting, marketing, sales and project management provides her a deep understanding of her clients’ world.
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AAA American
Chemet
Blue Shield of California
Energy Recovery
Idaho Forest Group
iSpecimen
M&T Bank
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Kristina Mangelsdorf
After 25+ successful years as a people leader in Fortune 50 and 200 companies, Kristina now helps the next generation of leaders achieve career success and fulfillment. As a certified executive and career coach, she helps executives and rising executives strengthen leadership skills and presence, inspire teams, communicate with impact, and deliver results, all while doing work they love and staying true to themselves.
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Kristina works with clients at…
American Red Cross
Biogen
BMC Software
Grant Thornton LLP
M&T Bank
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Alex Patient
Alex brings an “in-the-trenches” perspective honed through over 20 years of first-hand experience in corporate leadership roles. He has worked in the domains of risk management, strategy consulting, and data analytics, across financial services and energy sectors. His career highlights have included leading the Performance Insight division for the FTSE100 Natwest plc through Covid, and being the risk specialist to support the Financial Services Authority’s Risk Managing Director through the financial crisis of 2008-09.
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Accenture
AgeUK
Citibank
Bank of England
Crosslight
Datakind
Diageo
Financial Conduct Authority
Hope & Homes for Children
Mansfield Building Society
M&T Bank
Natwest plc
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SAMANTHA YARWOOD
“Connecting people to accelerate impact.” This belief fuels my approach to leadership, change, and transformation. I enable leaders and teams to thrive amidst complexity and uncertainty by combining deep coaching, dynamic facilitation, and evidence-based leadership practices. My mission is to catalyze meaningful, measurable impact through human-centered transformation—one conversation, one insight, one bold move at a time.
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Samantha works with clients at…Adyen
Arcadis
ASML
Beiersdorf
Booking.com
GN
Hybr
J&J
Media Monks
Naffis
Novactus
Rainforest Alliance
SAP
Servebolt
Siemens Energy
Starbucks
STC
UAE Early Childhood Education Authority
UAE Government
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