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Enterprise and Leadership Coaching

Grow. Lead. Achieve.

Leading at senior levels is different. The stakes are higher, the context more complex, and the margin for error narrower. Strategy and execution still matter — but at this level, what determines whether they land is you: how you think, decide, communicate, and show up under pressure.

My work is to help leaders sharpen that self-understanding, so it translates into better decisions, stronger execution, and leadership that's authentically their own.

Enterprise and Leadership Coaching

Grow. Lead. Achieve.

Christopher Brookfield
Executive Coaching for Leaders Seeking Greater Clarity, Range, and Impact

Meet Chris

Professional coaching for busy professionals

I've spent 20 years working with leaders — first as an operator building a high-growth company, then as a coach at Heidrick & Struggles, where I spent nearly a decade partnering with senior executives and teams across global organizations. Today, much of my work is in healthcare and alongside executives navigating complexity at scale — strategy, org design, talent decisions, performance under pressure.

I bring humor and warmth to my coaching relationships, along with a grounded pragmatism that comes from having lived the realities of the corporate world myself. I'm also a husband and father of three, which shapes how I think about leadership, presence, and what actually matters.

One insight has remained constant across those 20 years: the more senior the role, the more “personal” the work.

Leaders need sharp strategy and strong execution at every level — that never stops being true. But at the top, something else starts to determine whether that strategy actually lands: you. Your instincts, habits, and presence get amplified, for better or worse. Self-awareness and emotional intelligence aren't a substitute for capability — they're what makes capability count. They're the difference between a good plan and a plan your organization actually believes in and follows.

That's my focus: helping leaders build the self-understanding that makes everything else they know how to do land harder.

"Chris is so incredibly valuable as my coach. His business acumen and coaching expertise, combined with high emotional intelligence enable a trusting, empowering, solution-minded partnership. Above all he is deeply present in guiding me in my development as a leader."
Matt – Healthcare CFO

Credentials

Education

DUKE UNIVERSITY
MA Psychology
DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
UNIVESTITY OF VIRGINIA
MBA

Certifications

ICF PCC CERTIFIED COACH
HEIDRICK AND STRUGGLES
Certified Team Coach
CPCC CERTIFIED
CTI (Coaches Training Institute)
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
Heidrick and Struggles
Executive Coaching Certification

Trusted by Executives

"Chris’s coaching has deeply impacted me and accelerated my growth as a leader. His sessions are thoughtful, well-structured, and focused on clear goals and actionable strategies that lead to meaningful results. Chris combines exceptional insight with genuine empathy, creating an environment that builds both clarity and confidence."
Bob - VP Adventhealth

Services

Executive Coaching

Senior leaders today often carry a complicated mix of excitement, ambition, uncertainty, even overwhelm. At higher levels, technical competence is only the starting point. The real challenge is leading clearly and effectively amid complexity, high visibility, and constant change.

I believe exceptional executive coaching combines deep coaching capability with a structured, rigorous process. Leaders do not operate in a vacuum. Effective coaching must account for the organizational environment, business realities, stakeholder dynamics, and the evolving demands of leadership itself. My role as a coach is to help leaders deepen self-awareness, clarify values, work productively with emotion, and separate fear from risk so they can make thoughtful, grounded decisions under pressure.

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Data Gathering

We begin with a comprehensive assessment process that may include leadership assessments, stakeholder interviews, and client self-reflection. Together, we identify several clear developmental priorities that serve as guiding objectives throughout the engagement.

Organizational Alignment

Coaching is most effective when personal growth and organizational need intersect. Early in the process, we engage with the leader’s manager to ensure alignment around expectations, priorities, and desired outcomes.

Coaching Engagement

Coaching sessions typically occur twice monthly. This is where sustained growth and meaningful behavioral change occur — through reflection, challenge, skill development, and real-time leadership problem solving.

Progress Assessment

Toward the latter part of the engagement, we reconnect with selected stakeholders to assess progress against the leader’s developmental goals. This feedback allows us to refine focus and reinforce growth while coaching is still underway.

Reflection & Sustainability

At the conclusion of the engagement, we meet again with the leader and manager to reflect on progress, evaluate outcomes, and establish a practical path for sustaining development long after the coaching engagement ends.

Leadership Team Coaching

Leadership teams are uniquely challenging because they are composed of highly capable individuals with strong perspectives, competing demands, and significant organizational influence.

I have worked with leadership teams across healthcare, manufacturing, professional services, distribution, and other industries. While every team is different, meaningful growth consistently depends on three core principles:

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1. Engage the Leader

The single greatest predictor of success in team coaching is the leader’s willingness to fully engage in the process. We establish alignment early — clarifying expectations, ownership, and commitment — to ensure the work is meaningful, practical, and sustainable.

2. Leverage Team Expertise

High-performing teams know how to align their strengths, expertise, and structure around what matters most. Our process helps teams identify the behaviors, priorities, and operating rhythms that will have the greatest impact, creating greater clarity, agility, and effectiveness.

3. Measure Growth

Teams improve faster when they can clearly see where they are today and what progress looks like. At Brookfield Leadership, we use a research-based team assessment to identify the specific behaviors and dynamics that most influence team effectiveness. This creates a measurable baseline and allows the team to track growth over time while identifying the next areas for development.

“Leader as Coach” Training

Today's organizations need leaders who don't just manage — they motivate, support, and develop the people around them. "Leader as Coach" training builds that capability directly, drawing on my years as a master instructor of coaches to expand the coaching skills of your leadership team.

The result: leaders who increase their own impact, accelerate the growth of the people they lead, and strengthen the organization as a whole.

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Participants will learn to:

Run a coaching conversation with a clear, repeatable structure
Leading with curiosity and reflection in order to create win-win and collaborative solutions
Carry a presence that earns trust and invites real partnership
Ask questions and reflect back in ways that generate insight, not just answers
Lead with integrity, grounded in their own values rather than someone else’s playbook
Recognize the mental filters and biases shaping their own perspective — and adjust for them
Model a coaching mindset that up-and-coming leaders absorb and carry forward

"I have appreciated Chris’s thoughtful guidance and seasoned insights. In our coaching sessions, he is an active listener who reflects back what he hears in ways I had not previously recognized or considered. He is exceptionally skilled at helping me refine my approach so I can lead with greater clarity, effectiveness, and impact."
Brent – Strategy Lead - Leading Hospital Group

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