We train leadership teams in the three capacities that make both possible: complexity thinking, productive conflict, and deep connection.
“The combination of these two humans? Work with them as soon as possible.”
Tracy Hutton
SVP of Talent, lululemon athletica
Our Approach
Most team development happens in the head — the next workshop, the next framework, the next list of action items. But that's not where teams change.
Teams fundamentally shift their patterns when they mature in how they think together, handle conflict, and connect with each other under pressure. We don't run side activities for leadership teams. We work in the room, while the team works.
Leaders don't rise to the level of their aspirations. They fall to the level of their training.
The three capacities we train
Seeing the whole field. The landscape of patterns, polarities, and dynamics shaping how your team really moves.
Turning the conversations you've been avoiding into the ones that move you forward.
The ground beneath all collaboration. Built in the room. In real time.
Services
Three pathways, in increasing depth. Most teams begin with the Diagnostic and the Retreat — they're powerful in combination.
I
A rigorous, honest picture of your team — built from individual interviews, meeting observations, and data-driven profiling. You receive a customized report with clear recommendations.
The starting point, and the foundation for a Retreat.
◆“Gabe effortlessly identifies the core dynamics holding back groups of leaders.”
— Julia Bromka, COO, Food Corps
II
A customized immersive experience that takes you into the conversations that matter most. Surface unspoken challenges, reconnect with shared purpose, and build the relational foundation for what's next.
Paired with the Diagnostic, this is the engagement that creates the most change in the shortest time.
◆“Gabe held the space masterfully through tricky tension.”
— Tracy Hutton, SVP of Talent, lululemon athletica
III
Where insight becomes practice and practice becomes how your team operates. We embed with your team over time: real-time coaching during your meetings, observational feedback, advanced workshops, and 1:1 coaching for key leaders.
For teams ready for the deepest shifts.
◆“Andy is a master at his craft — sentient, generous, strategic, and authentic.”
— John Todd, Executive Director, Wild Montana
I
A rigorous, honest picture of your team — built from individual interviews, meeting observations, and data-driven profiling. You receive a customized report with clear recommendations.
The starting point, and the foundation for a Retreat.
◆“Gabe effortlessly identifies the core dynamics holding back groups of leaders.”
— Julia Bromka, COO, Food Corps
II
A customized immersive experience that takes you into the conversations that matter most. Surface unspoken challenges, reconnect with shared purpose, and build the relational foundation for what's next.
Paired with the Diagnostic, this is the engagement that creates the most change in the shortest time.
◆“Gabe held the space masterfully through tricky tension.”
— Tracy Hutton, SVP of Talent, lululemon athletica
III
Where insight becomes practice and practice becomes how your team operates. We embed with your team over time: real-time coaching during your meetings, observational feedback, advanced workshops, and 1:1 coaching for key leaders.
For teams ready for the deepest shifts.
◆“Andy is a master at his craft — sentient, generous, strategic, and authentic.”
— John Todd, Executive Director, Wild Montana
Testimonials
“Gabe held compassionate space for us.”
As a first-time CEO, I felt completely off-balance. Gabe helped us parse heavy emotions and communicate directly. He helped me grow into the leader I am today.
Kellie Wagner
Founder & CEO, Collective
Clients we've worked with
Fortune 100 companies, global NGOs, philanthropic foundations, social impact entrepreneurs, and state and federal agencies.
Coaches
Executive and Team Coach, Author.
Andy has coached over 500 VP+ executives around the world and designed multi-year leadership development initiatives for clients including Microsoft, Patagonia, lululemon, Marriott, the Obama Foundation, MIT, and the Broad Institute. His approach integrates modern psychology — Internal Family Systems, evidence-based coaching — with contemplative wisdom and practice. He is also the host of the Wonder Dome podcast and author of the novel Gradient.
Executive and Team Coach, Author.
Gabriel coaches senior leadership teams at organizations including Google, lululemon, Airbnb, Stanford, MIT, the Packard Foundation, and Democracy Fund. He helps leaders see and disrupt the ego defense patterns that keep them stuck — building the capacity to feel and think clearly at the same time, so they can navigate complexity, conflict, and difficult conversations more powerfully. He brings over 12+ years of contemplative training as a Zen monk to this work, and is co-author of Compassionate Conversations and Waking Up and Growing Up by Shambhala Publications.
Contact
No pitch — just a real conversation about whether we're a fit. We respond within two business days.
