Future C-suite Candidates
Engaged by The Executive Leadership Council to guide 17 executives through curriculum deployment, coaching, and leadership assessments.
Our Work
Consequential decisions. Material outcomes.
The governing question for every engagement is simple: what changed that mattered?
Featured Case
The Billion-Dollar Decision
$1BEnterprise Judgment and Economic Impact
The Decision
A newly promoted Senior Vice President of Engineering for the Americas faced a consequential go-to-market decision involving new technology, changing workflows and significant organizational implications. His leadership scope had expanded from roughly 300 people to nearly 5,000. The business needed a decision.
The Pressure
The information was incomplete. The organizational consequences were significant. The timeline was compressed — and pressure was beginning to affect how he saw the decision itself.
The Work
The advisory conversations challenged the assumptions shaping the decision, separated the executive's capabilities from the internal narratives influencing his judgment, and widened the aperture through which he evaluated his options. Once the problem became clearer, so did the decision.
The Result
He made the call. The resulting go-to-market strategy contributed to approximately $1 billion in enterprise revenue across the Americas.
Perspective changed. Judgment followed. The business moved.
In his own words: the advisory conversation behind the decision.
Leadership Ascension and Observable Growth
Preparing for Bigger Scope
The Decision
A high-performing executive had the capability to operate at a significantly higher level. The question was whether his leadership could expand with the scope of responsibility ahead of him.
The Pressure
Success at one level can become a liability at the next. Greater scope brings more stakeholders, more ambiguity and decisions whose consequences travel farther. He needed to prepare for greater responsibility before it arrived.
The Work
The work broadened how he saw himself, his leadership and the organization around him — challenging assumptions, examining patterns that could limit effectiveness at scale, and strengthening his ability to navigate consequential decisions without compromising who he was.
The Result
He subsequently earned a promotion into an enterprise-level leadership role. Later, his mentor — a senior executive who had experienced company-sponsored coaching himself — reached out after witnessing the development firsthand. The growth had become visible beyond the advisory relationship.
When the person who mentored you starts asking who helped develop you, the growth has become visible.
Ways to Engage
One body of work, delivered three ways.
Executive coaching is one way we do the work. Stronger judgment is the outcome.
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Executive Advisory
For senior leaders navigating consequential decisions, transitions, power, complexity, and enterprise pressure.
Credentials
- PCCProfessional Certified Coach, International Coach Federation
- CECCertified Executive Coach, World Coach Institute
- Meta-CoachBeyond Emotional Intelligence
- Consequential enterprise and go-to-market decisions
- Executive transitions and expanded scope
- Power, politics, sponsorship, and influence
- Board and C-suite readiness
- Judgment under compressed timelines
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Enterprise Leadership Development
For organizations developing leaders capable of exercising strong judgment when conditions become difficult.
Credentials
- ToPTechnology of Participation Facilitation and Strategic Planning certification
- Executive development cohorts
- Custom leadership programs
- VANTA Elite
- Leadership facilitation and assessments
- Executive team development
- Succession and pipeline readiness
Working session with a senior leadership team — judgment built in the room, not delivered to it.
Enterprise leadership development in session — delivered inside a Fortune 500 environment.
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Keynotes & Executive Experiences
For organizations seeking provocative, practical leadership thinking that changes how leaders see pressure, perspective, and decision-making.
- Executive conferences and leadership summits
- Enterprise leadership kickoffs
- Board and senior team experiences
- ERG and talent development audiences
Where the Work Fits
The right support for consequential work.
Kiln Global works best when stronger judgment—not activity alone—is the outcome that matters.
A strong fit when
- A consequential decision is already in front of you
- The stakes are enterprise-level and the room is watching
- Scope, power, or visibility has expanded faster than the support around it
- An organization needs leaders whose judgment holds when conditions turn
The engagement needs
- A real decision, transition, or enterprise objective
- Active participation from the leader or sponsor
- Room for candor, challenge, and expanded perspective
- A commitment to translate insight into visible action
Selected Engagements
Evidence over assertion.
Zebra Technologies
Engaged through ZRG Bravanti to lead a multi-year Director leadership development program for emerging leaders.
Executive Leadership Council
Multi-year support across pipeline, board readiness, and sponsored client programs including Salesforce and Merck.
Organizations Served Directly and Through Partners
- Microsoft
- Cisco
- Merck
- Salesforce
- Capital One
- Coca-Cola
- Deloitte
- 3M
- Zebra Technologies
- Ferguson Enterprises
- WW Grainger
- SSM Health
- The Executive Leadership Council
- National Black MBA Association
- AT&T
“He possesses the rare qualities and skill to think strategically and drive execution to achieve tangible results.”
“He sees the big picture and gets to the point in a way that impacts the bottom line.”
Client Perspective
Stacey Hightower, in his own words.
Private Equity Technology CEO, on what changed under pressure and why it mattered.
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