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Description
Grow the business while evolving into the leader it needs. This 6-session coaching package is designed for founders and founder-CEOs navigating the leadership demands of growth and scale in an early-stage company. Whether you're setting priorities, building the team, working through consequential decisions, strengthening operating rhythms, navigating founder or executive dynamics, or evolving your own role as the company grows, this package gives you a confidential place to cut through the noise, think clearly, and focus on what matters most. Session Overview Each session is tailored to the challenges and decisions in front of you, combining reflection, strategic thinking, and practical action planning. We may focus on founder priorities, team structure and key hires, leadership and cofounder dynamics, operating rhythm, stakeholder communication, or sustainable performance as the company grows. The six sessions flex around your stage and priorities so the work stays relevant to what will create the most leverage now. Who This Is For • Founders and cofounders building or scaling an early-stage company • Founder-CEOs whose leadership role is becoming more complex as the business grows • Founders who want to scale the company without becoming the bottleneck
What you'll get from this package
Greater clarity on the priorities and decisions that matter most
A more intentional approach to building and leading your team
Practical operating rhythms that support speed and accountability
Greater confidence navigating difficult people, leadership, and organizational decisions
Support evolving your own leadership as the company grows
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
One-on-one coaching tailored to your goals, role, and reality. You’ll work directly with Barb in private sessions that help you step out of the day-to-day and into a space where you can think, plan, and grow with purpose. Each package is built for impact. Asynchronous communication between live sessions is offered with all packages.
Most clients who work with me in packages continue to make meaningful progress toward their goals between sessions. To support that momentum, I’m responsive to thoughtful, text-based coaching through the Leland platform between scheduled sessions. This allows clients to sense-check decisions, reflect in real time, and stay aligned with their goals, helping them get maximum value from their investment.
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Offered by Barb B.
Joined July 2025
5.0
Partnership From Time In the Trenches With Founders as an Operator
My work with startup founders is grounded in having partnered with them from inside the business, not from the sidelines. I’ve served as a Chief People Officer and advisor to founder-led companies at critical stages of their growth, working directly with founders as they built teams, made early leadership hires, navigated inflection points, and translated vision into an operating reality. I understand the unique pressures founders face because I’ve lived them alongside them: making decisions with incomplete information, balancing speed with sustainability, managing investor expectations, and building credibility as the organization scales. I’ve been in the room for the hard conversations around role clarity, leadership gaps, co-founder dynamics, organizational design, and the moment when “doing everything yourself” stops working. As an operator, I’ve helped founders put real structure in place without over-engineering—establishing early operating rhythms, leadership expectations, and people systems that support growth instead of slowing it down. I’ve also supported founders through moments of reset, including shifts in strategy, funding changes, leadership transitions, and the emotional weight that comes with being ultimately accountable. My background as a C-suite leader with P&L ownership and enterprise-scale experience allows me to help founders think ahead, not just survive the present. I understand what breaks later when decisions are rushed early, and where founders need to invest judgment now to preserve optionality as the company grows. Founders work with me when they want a true partner—someone who understands the reality of building from the inside, who can hold both the business and human complexity at the same time, and who brings calm, practical judgment to moments that feel overwhelming or lonely. My role is not to replace founder instinct, but to help sharpen it as the company and the stakes get bigger.
$899
5h–8h of coaching