Private Executive Coaching

For the leaders everyone else leans on.

I work privately with senior leaders during inflection points — when being reasonable, accommodating, or overly collaborative starts to cost them clarity and authority.

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Nick Pollard
Author, I Hope You Hate This — Penguin Portfolio, 2027  ·  Trusted by founders, operators & C-suite leaders
What this actually is

I hold leaders steady while they change themselves.

Most of the people I work with don’t need advice. They’re already capable. What they need is someone who can hold them steady while the stakes rise — so they can act decisively without negotiating with themselves first.

  • Nervous-system regulation under pressure
  • Internal alignment when external stakes are rising
  • Decisive action without over-explaining
  • Internal authority, restored
Who this is for

A specific kind of leader, at a specific moment.

  • Newly promoted into more authority than feels natural
  • Founders post-liquidity or acquisition, recalibrating who they are now
  • The leader whose “reasonableness” has started to cost them
  • Decision velocity slowing under the weight of everything they carry

If you’re looking for motivation or reassurance, we’re not a fit. This is for leaders ready to restore their own authority.

The work

Two ways in. One conversation decides which.

The Gateway

Solve what’s costing you now.

11 weeks · weekly 1:1

A contained engagement on the one pattern or decision creating the most drag right now. Defined start and end. The way most leaders begin.

The Program

Rebuild how you operate.

9 months · high-touch + in-person

The deep work — authority, boundaries, decision velocity, identity under pressure. Priority access between sessions. Internal authority restored as a default, not a project.

Engagements begin at $13,500 and scale to full-immersion partnerships.

In their words

Leaders who already had everything — except the truth about what they wanted.

Glen Lortscher

“You are the secret weapon I needed when I was running my company. I’m living a life I couldn’t have even imagined a year ago.”

Glen Lortscher · Co-founder & CIO, Curology
Dr. Jeffrey Eisen

“It’s not an exaggeration to say that working with Nick has changed my life. Be ready — your life will change.”

Dr. Jeffrey Eisen · COO, Multihealth Network
Christopher Morgan

“He did not collude with comfort, ego, or narratives that executives often protect under pressure.”

Christopher Morgan · CFO, Renewable Energy

“You make experienced leaders more effective at the moments that matter most. The return compounds.”

Private Client · CEO
Bou Feith

“You truly feel he has your back — like adding a massive asset to your support network.”

Bou Feith · General Manager, Reckitt
Zach Hendrix

“Nick helped me uncover the root of it. By the end, I’d experienced profound personal growth.”

Zach Hendrix · Founder & COO, Driven Data

I take a small number of private clients at a time.

If the timing is right, apply below. We’ll talk, and find the right depth of work.

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Nick Pollard · I Hope You Hate This, Penguin Portfolio 2027