Executive coaching and building high performing teams

One-on-one executive coaching

We provide one-on-one executive coaching for CEOs, Presidents, and senior leaders who want to lead with greater clarity, confidence, and impact. Together, we clarify your personal development goals, strengthen core leadership and communication skills, and connect your day-to-day actions to your values and long-term vision. A key focus is shifting your team from dependency to ownership—coaching you to empower, train, and hold others accountable for bringing thoughtful recommendations and solutions, rather than just problems and barriers.

Building High Performing Teams

We help leaders build healthy, high-performing teams by focusing on trust, clarity, and accountability. Our work often includes:

Establishing a values-based culture and shared norms
Teaching practical skills for giving and receiving constructive feedback
Resolving conflict in a way that strengthens, rather than erodes, relationships
Clarifying roles and responsibilities so work is efficient, effective, and rewarding
Encouraging a “leading with recommendations” mindset so team members take ownership

We facilitate and moderate one-on-one interactions as well as group training sessions, always with an eye toward sustainable performance—not just short-term results.

Forum and Peer Group Facilitation

John is an International Facilitators Organization (IFO)–certified facilitator. IFO is a leading provider of training, certification, and community for professional peer group facilitators.

We use this facilitation expertise to support forums, peer groups, and leadership circles—creating structured, safe environments where leaders can share challenges, learn from each other, and be held accountable in a constructive way.

Executive coach with extensive experience clarifying mission vision and values and building culture.

Inculcating Culture

We support owners, founders, boards, and CEOs as they clarify their organization’s mission, vision, and values, then translate that clarity into a living, breathing culture.

Culture starts at the top. We work with leadership teams to:

Align around a shared vision and set of behaviors
Model the culture they want others to adopt
Encourage team members to assume positive intent and lead with recommendations
Implement practical tools and rituals that reinforce the desired culture as the company scales

Our goal is a culture that supports both strong performance and healthy, sustainable ways of working.

Performance Management

We design and implement right-sized performance management and development processes that fit your organization’s stage and culture. This often includes:

Custom performance and development planning templates
Best practices for aligning and cascading goals across and within teams
Simple, effective structures for giving and receiving feedback

Performance management doesn’t have to be bureaucratic or burdensome. Done well, it provides clarity, focus, and growth—for both the organization and the individuals within it.

Succession Planning

We build custom, practical approaches to succession planning across executive and functional leadership teams. Our work includes:

Identifying and developing future leaders within the organization
Creating plans for key roles to ensure continuity and resilience
Advising owners and boards on short- and long-term succession options for management and ownership

Effective succession planning supports both business continuity and peace of mind—for leaders, teams, and stakeholders.

Navigating Dynamics of a Family Business

Running a business with family members—whether a spouse, sibling, or parent-child duo—requires a careful balance of professional roles and personal relationships.

We support family-led executive teams by:

Improving communication and decision-making
Addressing conflict constructively, before it becomes destructive
Clarifying roles, expectations, and boundaries
Planning for long-term leadership and ownership transitions

Our goal is sustainable growth and healthy family dynamics, so the business and the relationships can both thrive.

Why Leaders in Every Field Can Benefit

Leadership isn’t just about having technical skills.

Leadership about how effectively you lead others, drive results, and grow alongside your team. Whether you’re a doctor running a clinic, a lawyer navigating the pressures of managing a firm, an optometrist juggling patient care and business ownership, or a small business owner wearing multiple hats, one truth remains:

There’s no gold star for doing it all on your own.

We work with professionals from every sector who want to move from competent to exceptional leaders. Executive coaching isn’t just for CEOs at Fortune 500 companies—it’s a powerful tool for anyone who wants to lead more effectively, think more strategically, and build a culture where others take ownership and thrive.

Why Coaching Works—Especially for Professionals

Most professionals didn’t go to school for leadership. You trained to become an excellent clinician, attorney, designer, accountant, or entrepreneur. But now, you’re responsible for people. You’re leading teams, making decisions under pressure, and setting the tone for your organization. That’s where executive coaching can be transformative. Here are some themes we see in our work that coaching helps address:

1. Identifying Blind Spots

Every leader has them—patterns of thinking or behavior they can’t see clearly on their own. A coach helps you surface these blind spots through thoughtful feedback, pattern recognition, and challenging questions.

2. Creating a Culture of Accountability and Initiative

Do your employees wait for direction—or do they bring solutions and take initiative?

High-performing teams thrive when people feel ownership. Coaching helps you design clear systems of accountability and shift your leadership style from micromanaging to empowering. You’ll learn to ask better questions, set clearer expectations, and model the behaviors you want to see.

3. Clarifying Roles and Expectations

Misalignment is one of the biggest causes of frustration, inefficiency, and burnout. Coaching helps you step back and define: What is your job really? What should your team own? What does success look like for each role? With clarity comes confidence—and results.

4. Strengthening Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Great leadership is about influence, not authority. Whether you’re leading a team meeting, handling a difficult employee conversation, or trying to win buy-in for a new initiative, your ability to connect, listen, and communicate clearly will make or break your effectiveness. Executive coaching hones these skills in real-time, often using real challenges from your day-to-day experience.

5. Building Trust

Trust is the foundation of any high-functioning team. Without it, collaboration breaks down, accountability is inconsistent, and innovation stalls. Through coaching, leaders learn how to foster trust—not just through their words, but through their actions. This includes consistency, follow-through, transparency, and the ability to genuinely hear others. Trust isn’t built overnight, but with intention and self-awareness, it can become one of your most powerful leadership tools.

6. Understanding Values and Navigating Conflict

Conflict in teams often arises when people operate from different, often unspoken, values. One team member may prioritize efficiency while another values thoroughness. One may seek harmony, while another values directness. Coaching helps you clarify your own core values—and how they shape your leadership. Just as importantly, you’ll learn to recognize how different values drive others' behavior, and how to reduce friction by aligning around shared goals and creating space for respectful difference. Values-based coaching supports empathy, improves conflict resolution, and strengthens team cohesion.

Is Coaching Right for You?

If any of this sounds familiar, coaching might be a fit:

Your high expectations and drive for perfection can overwhelm others—even when your intent is to raise the bar
You feel like your business or team is plateauing, and you're not sure what’s next
You spend more time reacting to problems than leading proactively
You’re burned out or stretched too thin
You want to grow your leadership skills but don’t know where to start
You are feeling self-doubt (“imposter syndrome”) despite your success in many areas
You’re feeling unprepared to manage people
You want to cultivate a team that leads itself—not just follows your instructions
You’ve been told that you could improve the way you give feedback

Even coaches need coaches…think Ted Lasso! Coaching can help you take a step back, reset, and build a healthier, more effective leadership approach.

What Makes Coaching with Sight Casting Unique?

We help you ask the right questions, reflect deeply, and build the habits, mindset, and strategies that will serve you long after our coaching engagement ends.

You can expect:

A focus on real-world application, not abstract theory
Tools to improve performance and team culture
A safe space for honest reflection and professional growth
An accountability partner, to help you turn insight into action

Confidentiality and Trust

We understand that coaching often brings up personal and professional vulnerabilities. You might be navigating conflict, career decisions, or internal doubt—and you need a safe space to process it all. All coaching conversations are private and protected. If your coaching engagement is supported or funded by your organization, we establish clear agreements at the outset about what is and isn’t shared. We believe meaningful growth can only happen when there’s trust, safety, and respect.

Ready to Explore?

Working with a coach is a commitment—to yourself, your growth, and your future success. We’re here to walk alongside you as you tackle tough questions, build stronger leadership habits, and lead with purpose. Reach out for a complimentary consultation to learn more about our coaching services for professionals across industries.

Let’s find your blind spots, build a culture of ownership, and unlock your full leadership potential.

Frequently Asked Questions About Our Executive Coaching

Please call us at 434-326-4670 or fill out a contact form if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Do you provide coaching on a remote or in-person basis?

The typical engagement includes both in-person and remote coaching. Because trust is critical, we strongly encourage in-person sessions, especially early on.

We hesitate to engage in a coaching relationship unless there is sincere commitment to the process, self-discovery, and a willingness to have authentic—sometimes uncomfortable—conversations. These crucial conversations are often most effective in person.

Do you work on an hourly or retained basis?

We can provide hourly or retained support. After an initial discussion to understand your needs for executive coaching support, we can determine the best path forward. Unless there is a very specific, short term deliverable, we typically ask for a minimum commitment of hours but then can shift to either retained or hourly support depending on which will better support the client.

How much do you charge for an initial discussion?

There is no charge for an initial phone call to discuss the reasons you are exploring a partnership with an executive coach.

Are you willing to travel to clients in regions outside of Central Virginia?

Most of our executive coaching clients are located within a few hours of our office in Charlottesville. We feel that an effective executive coaching partnership should include in-person work and long distance engagements can be challenging. However, we have facilitated meetings and met with clients in locations throughout the U.S.

Do you facilitate executive retreats and offsite meetings?

Absolutely. We have led and facilitated a range of meeting types and, depending on your objectives, we can propose options ranging from building trust and team exercises to strategic planning and feedback sessions.

Contact Sight Casting Consulting and Executive Coaching

We are based in Charlottesville Virginia and support business clients across the entire U.S.

Sight Casting Consulting and Executive Coaching

350 Cedar Bluff Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States

4343264670