I help executive teams and organizational leaders operate at a higher gear – at higher speed and lower RPMs – so they can navigate complexity with less friction and greater capacity, traction, agility, and vitality.
Many leaders respond to complexity by pushing harder—creating speed through urgency, control, and personal effort. It may work for a while, but it often comes at a steep cost. High-RPM leadership creates friction at the top: decision churn, bottlenecks, overload, burnout, and short-term wins that lead to long-term drift. What organizations need instead are leaders who can create higher speed with lower RPMs.
6th Gear Leadership is the ability to lead from a higher operating gear. Instead of
creating speed through force, urgency, and control, 6th Gear leaders create speed
through steadiness, intentionality, clarity, trust, and long-term capacity. The shift is
not just about helping leaders do more. It is about helping them elevate their
Being so they can lead from a better operating gear.
Greater complexity tolerance. Leaders hold ambiguity and tradeoffs without defaulting to urgency or control.
Higher speed with less friction. Decision-making becomes cleaner, ownership rises, and execution accelerates.
Rapid realignment to change. Teams pivot faster and realign priorities without destabilizing the system.
More energy and ownership. Organizations experience less cultural drag and more healthy engagement, initiative, and accountability.
Do you want more capacity, traction, agility, and vitality in your organization?
When executive teams operate in 5th Gear, they often create friction at the top of the organization: urgency-driven decision-making, misalignment, guarded conversations, unclear priorities, and a team that becomes more of a bottleneck than a multiplier. I help executive teams shift to a higher operating gear so they can lead with more clarity, trust, traction, and collective capacity.
Many senior leaders are carrying too much personally. They feel the strain of complexity, growth, and change, and under pressure can drift toward 5th Gear patterns such as control, escalation, reactivity, and over-functioning. I help them shift into a more scalable, 6th Gear way of leading—one that strengthens trust, reduces friction, and elevates the leaders and systems around them.
Many talent leaders know that traditional leadership development often creates insight without producing real transformation. They want more than skill-building. They want leaders who are more mature under pressure, more effective in complexity, and better able to shape healthier cultures. I help organizations embed transformational development through 6th Gear programming, mindset work, assessments, and workshops.
For executive teams ready to make a transformational shift their operating mode
When executive teams operate in 5th Gear, they often create friction at the top of the organization: urgency-driven decision-making, misalignment, guarded conversations, unclear priorities, and a team that becomes more of a bottleneck than a multiplier. I help executive teams shift to a higher operating gear so they can lead with more clarity, trust, traction, and collective capacity.
Includes:
6 in-person half-day sessions, 360 feedback, 1:1 debriefs, assessments, and between-session integration work.
For organizations that want the shift, but need a more scalable path
This is ideal when an executive team or leadership cohort wants meaningful movement into 6th Gear Leadership, but a retreat-based intensive is not the best fit right now. The Accelerator provides a scalable way to help leaders shift from 5th Gear to 6th Gear through a structured series of sessions that strengthen leadership effectiveness, alignment, and execution. It is a powerful option for executive teams, senior leaders, leadership cohorts, and broader development efforts.
Includes:
6 two-hour sessions or 3 four-hour sessions, virtual or in person, plus access to assessments.
For teams and organizations that want to surface and elevate the mindsets shaping performance and culture
Mindsets shape how leaders think, respond, collaborate, and perform. Through my mindset assessment process and Collective Mindset Report, I help organizations make invisible mindset patterns visible. This creates a powerful foundation for shared awareness, honest discussion, and meaningful development. These engagements help leaders identify limiting mindsets, elevate them, and strengthen both personal effectiveness and culture impact.
Includes:
Personal Mindset Assessment, Collective Mindset Report, vertical development exercise, and a personal development plan.
For organizations that want a powerful catalyst within a broader development effort
I provide keynote, workshop, and webinar experiences that can be embedded into leadership development programs, offsites, and talent initiatives. These experiences serve as powerful introductions to 6th Gear Leadership, the Being Side vs. Doing Side of development, Success Mindsets, and Vertical Development. They can also be paired with assessments and collective reports to deepen impact and create a strong next step.
Includes:
Personal Mindset Assessment, Collective Mindset Report, vertical development exercise, and a personal development plan.
For executive teams that need a clear north star
One of the first priorities of 6th Gear leaders is to establish a clear, inspirational, and stakeholder-centric purpose. Purpose becomes the organizing center that energizes people, aligns leaders, sharpens decisions, and strengthens culture. I help executive teams take this vital 6th Gear step by developing a purpose statement that serves as a true north for the organization.
Best for:
Executive teams facing misalignment or an unclear north star.
For executive teams ready to make a transformational shift their operating mode
When executive teams operate in 5th Gear, they often create friction at the top of the organization: urgency-driven decision-making, misalignment, guarded conversations, unclear priorities, and a team that becomes more of a bottleneck than a multiplier. I help executive teams shift to a higher operating gear so they can lead with more clarity, trust, traction, and collective capacity.
Includes:
6 in-person half-day sessions, 360 feedback, 1:1 debriefs, assessments, and between-session integration work.
For organizations that want the shift, but need a more scalable path
This is ideal when an executive team or leadership cohort wants meaningful movement into 6th Gear Leadership, but a retreat-based intensive is not the best fit right now. The Accelerator provides a scalable way to help leaders shift from 5th Gear to 6th Gear through a structured series of sessions that strengthen leadership effectiveness, alignment, and execution. It is a powerful option for executive teams, senior leaders, leadership cohorts, and broader development efforts.
Includes:
6 two-hour sessions or 3 four-hour sessions, virtual or in person, plus access to assessments.
For teams and organizations that want to surface and elevate the mindsets shaping performance and culture
Mindsets shape how leaders think, respond, collaborate, and perform. Through my mindset assessment process and Collective Mindset Report, I help organizations make invisible mindset patterns visible. This creates a powerful foundation for shared awareness, honest discussion, and meaningful development. These engagements help leaders identify limiting mindsets, elevate them, and strengthen both personal effectiveness and culture impact.
Includes:
Personal Mindset Assessment, Collective Mindset Report, vertical development exercise, and a personal development plan.
For organizations that want a powerful catalyst within a broader development effort
I provide keynote, workshop, and webinar experiences that can be embedded into leadership development programs, offsites, and talent initiatives. These experiences serve as powerful introductions to 6th Gear Leadership, the Being Side vs. Doing Side of development, Success Mindsets, and Vertical Development. They can also be paired with assessments and collective reports to deepen impact and create a strong next step.
Includes:
Personal Mindset Assessment, Collective Mindset Report, vertical development exercise, and a personal development plan.
For executive teams that need a clear north star
One of the first priorities of 6th Gear leaders is to establish a clear, inspirational, and stakeholder-centric purpose. Purpose becomes the organizing center that energizes people, aligns leaders, sharpens decisions, and strengthens culture. I help executive teams take this vital 6th Gear step by developing a purpose statement that serves as a true north for the organization.
Best for:
Executive teams facing misalignment or an unclear north star.
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“The training and content was fantastic and applicable. Ryan was great with his delivery that resulted in meaningful personal and professional reflection and discussions. I look forward to future sessions.”
“Great seminar that truly helps change the perspective on leadership behavior. The simplicity of the material makes it easy to understand how improvement is possible for everyone.”
“This was an eye-opener for me and I’m glad I got to learn these 4 mindsets. I will definitely revisit these mindsets and begin to apply them in my everyday life, not only in my leadership positions.”
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