Executive Leadership Coaching
Empowering Startup Founders and Executives, along with their teams, to lead and excel at every stage of growth.
Developing Your leadership Team
Are some of your team members struggling to scale with your growing startup?
Investing in leadership development is crucial for overcoming challenges like inadequate strategic thinking, resistance to change, and managing larger teams.
Poor communication, overwhelming workloads, lack of accountability, cultural misfit, and poor decision-making can also hinder progress. Coaching helps address these issues, fostering the leadership needed for team success and growth.
Systematic Leadership Development
- "Rich's approach turned leadership from this kind of amorphous thing into just small steps for self-improvement."
- "He gave me the roadmap to actually implement the things I wanted to do."
Practical Tools and Frameworks
- His rubric of creating change in an organization... made more sense to people and was more logical."
- "Implementing 360 feedback gave me a clear understanding of what organizations that reward on merit look like."
Enhanced Decision-Making
- "I'm definitely more objective in evaluating myself."
- "Rich improved how I spoke with my employees, ensuring we consider everyone’s feedback."
Cultivating a Collaborative Culture
- "Now it's much more about making sure I'm getting everyone's feedback and watching out for potential blind spots."
- "Rich really improved the way I spoke with my employees, transitioning from top-down to inclusive dialogue."
Strategic Talent Management
- "Rich's insights in the hiring process have enabled us to make the most informed choices."
- "I simply would not hire an exec into our organization without Rich being involved."
Data-Driven Insights and Strategies
- "Rich's coaching is invaluable, particularly because it's backed by a unique dataset of leadership insights."
- "He provides data-backed best practices that are a masterclass for any leader."
Are You Blocking Your Startup’s Growth?
Insights by Dr. Hagberg
Are you a founder struggling to bridge the gap between your vision and effective execution? Many founders find that while they're creative and bold risk-takers, they often struggle with systematizing processes and empowering their teams to scale successfully. Without a structured approach, founders risk burnout and bottlenecks that can hinder growth.
Unlocking Success:
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Hi, I'm Richard Hagberg, Ph.D.
“Silicon Valley’s CEO Whisperer.”

Rich Hagberg is a consulting psychologist with an extensive background spanning 45 years, during which he has worked with more than 500 companies globally.
His professional tenure includes 30 years in Silicon Valley, working with some of the area’s most significant tech firms. Since 2009, Rich has pivoted to assist startup founders and their teams, as well as continuing his work with larger corporations.
Based on Whidbey Island in Washington State, he serves clients worldwide.