Leadership Coaching: From Stalled to Strategic
You know something needs to change. You can't see what's holding you back.
You're a capable leader facing organizational drift, stakeholder misalignment, or strategic limbo. You don't need motivation—you need clarity.
You don't need cheerleading—you need someone who can see what you can't see about your situation and help you move forward.
This coaching is for leaders who are stuck despite their high drive and ability, frustrated despite their determination, and ready to do the work required to get unstuck.
What This Coaching Does
I help leaders move from stalled to strategic in 90 days through structured, focused coaching that combines ethical frameworks with practical action.
You'll get:
Clarity on what's actually blocking you. Most leaders misdiagnose their own situation.
We'll figure out what's really going on—whether it's misaligned values, stakeholder conflicts, unclear strategy, or something else entirely.
You may experience this focus as uncomfortable.
It will unlock opportunities and power that would not otherwise be available to you.
It changes you. You'll develop insights that you can use long after our work together ends.
Frameworks can help— Beyond insight I bring practical approaches grounded in decades of executive leadership and ethical philosophy.
Accountability without judgment. I'll tell you the truth about what I'm seeing.
You'll have someone who expects you to follow through and helps you understand why you're not.
Movement, not just insight. Thinking about change isn't change. We focus on specific, measurable progress: decisions made, conversations had, actions taken.
Who This Is For
This coaching works best for:
Leaders and CEOs navigating stakeholder tensions, mission drift, or board dysfunction
Senior executives in professional services dealing with partnership conflicts, alignment challenges, or professional development dips
Founders and organizational leaders who've built something significant and now need to transform it
Leaders who've tried other coaching and found it too soft, too abstract, or insufficiently grounded in real organizational dynamics
This is too intense for people seeking general life coaching, quick fixes, or surface-level advice.
This is for you if you are ambitious and determined to take on what needs to change.
How It Works
Leadership Sprint: $2,500
Four intensive 90-minute sessions over 90 days, designed to give you breakthrough clarity and concrete progress on your most important challenge.
We start with diagnostic work—understanding where you are and what's blocking you.
Then we build frameworks specific to your situation and create accountability structures that ensure you actually implement what we discuss.
Between sessions, you'll have specific work to do. This isn't passive—you're actively building new capabilities while we work together.
What clients say:
"Cindy helped me see patterns I'd been missing for years. Within two months, we'd restructured our leadership team and our board finally understood our strategy." — Nonprofit Executive Director
"I came in thinking I had a people problem. Turns out I had a values problem. Cindy helped me get clear on what I actually stood for, and everything else followed." — Professional Services Partner
Why This Coaching Is Different
Most leadership coaching is either too abstract (endless exploration of feelings) or too tactical (here's a framework, go implement it).
This coaching starts with your alignment—your values, your goals, your opportunities to act—and builds from there.
I'm a PhD ethicist who spent 15 years as a nonprofit CEO and executive.
I understand organizational dynamics, stakeholder complexity, governance failures, and the gap between strategy and execution. I've lived the problems you're facing.
I bring philosophical rigor without academic detachment, practical tools without superficial solutions, and honest feedback without judgment.
I help you see what you can't see. That's what you're paying for.
Start Here:
Complimentary Discovery Call
We'll spend 30 minutes discussing:
What's not working in your leadership or organization
What breakthrough would actually look like for you and why it matters so much
Whether this coaching is the right fit
No pressure. Just clarity about whether we should work together.
You will know, without question, within 30 minutes whether you have found your coach.
About Me
I'm Cindy Chance—PhD in Ethics from Georgetown. I was a leader at Georgetown for over a decade, former CEO of the Appraisal Institute, former Executive Vice President at the Urban Land Institute, and founder of FosterChance, where my primary focus is leadership coaching, a very limited number of special project clients each year, and teaching, writing and speaking around your opportunity to embrace change and the power of your intelligent, values driven human agency.
I am on a mission to unlock your power to do important things in the world. The world needs you.
I've spent my career helping leaders navigate the tension between what they value and what their organizations demand. I specialize in getting people unstuck when competence alone isn't enough.
If you're ready to stop spinning and start moving, let's talk.