Executive coaching and leadership development
Enlightened leadership for an evolving world
Enabling individuals and organizations to lead with clarity, purpose, and impact.
Awareness
Growth begins with awareness—of yourself, your purpose, and your potential.
Action
With clarity and strategic focus, you gain the confidence to communicate effectively, expand your influence, and inspire others.
Impact
The result is lasting impact, a healthier balance, and the peace of mind that comes with moving forward with purpose.
Guiding growth for people and organizations
Whether you’re advancing your career, strengthening your leadership, or building a thriving organizational culture, we provide tailored coaching and facilitation to help you succeed. Our approach combines proven strategies with practical tools, giving individuals and teams the clarity and confidence to achieve lasting results.
We enable
The foundations of leadership—awareness, clarity of purpose, and strategic capacity.
You achieve
The skills to communicate with intent, expand your influence, and motivate action.
We work across two key areas
For Individuals:
Leadership Development
Discover a coaching experience designed around you for the world you live in. We help you focus on what you most want to improve, connect your daily challenges with your bigger goals, and build the skills to lead with confidence and authenticity.
Career Growth & Interview Preparation
Whether you’re clarifying long-term career goals or preparing for a key interview, we help you define your value, sharpen your message, and present yourself with clarity and confidence.
Transitions
Stepping into new responsibilities or navigating life changes? We offer a confidential space to plan, reflect, and adapt—so you can thrive in what’s next.
For Organizations:
Leadership Team Development
We help leadership teams create alignment between vision, strategy, and management—so they can lead with clarity and purpose.
Skill-Building Workshops
From delivering clear briefings to managing performance, building resilience, and navigating team dynamics, our workshops strengthen the skills your organization needs most.
Facilitation
We design and lead meetings and conferences that achieve their objectives—clarifying issues, finding common ground, and moving decisions forward.
Our team
Our team brings together experienced coaches, learning designers, and trainers across Canada and Europe, fluent in English, French, Italian, and Spanish. Each team member combines deep professional expertise with proven coaching and facilitation skills, helping leaders and organizations unlock their full potential.
With years of leadership and industry experience, our coaches are committed to guiding meaningful change, enhancing self-awareness, strengthening strategic thinking, and fostering sustainable growth. Whether working with your team or ours, we provide the insight and support needed to achieve lasting impact.
Who we work with
Partnering with governments, not-for-profits, international agencies, and academic institutions, we help organizations strengthen leadership, collaboration, and impact. Our approach is practical, human-centered, and results-driven, designed to navigate complex challenges and deliver measurable outcomes.
Whether partnering with public institutions or global organizations, we collaborate to develop leaders, strengthen culture, and build the capabilities that matter most.
Testimonials
“Ian helped me reach a deep understanding of the various dimensions of leadership and how to use them effectively to support people. He is truly gifted at what he does.”
Head of Service,
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
“Our session today was the best I have had in all my Public Service search for mentoring/coaching. Thank you so much. It gave me a lot to think about.”
Director General,
Employment and Social Development Canada
Every advance, every conceptual achievement of mankind has been connected with an advance in self-awareness.
– Carl Jung
Resources
At one point in his career, Ian Matheson taught classes on How Government Works at the Canada School of Public Service. He created a blog with one page explanations of various aspects of how the federal government works that can be found here.
From Polarization to Integration: A Leadership Discipline
When we are assigned responsibilities, it is normally clear who will be assessing how well we have done our job. While we are responsible for things, we are accountable to a person (or group of people).
Leading Through Uncertainty: What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
How to lead in uncertain times is a question that has been coming up frequently with my clients over the last few months.
Responsibility and Accountability
The concepts of “responsibility” and “accountability” are fundamental to understanding Canada’s system of “responsible government.” This post explains these concepts and shows what they look like in practice.