You're a senior leader who's stuck. Not failing. Not underperforming. Just stuck. In reactive mode when you should be strategic. Going blank under pressure when you need to stay sharp. Trapped in patterns you know aren't serving you.
You're not failing. But you're not moving forward either. And here's what most people don't understand: being stuck isn't a motivation problem. It's a brain pattern problem.
When you're stuck in reactive leadership, your amygdala — your brain's threat detector — is overwhelming your prefrontal cortex, the centre responsible for strategic thinking and decision-making.
When you go blank under pressure, stress hormones are shutting down your working memory and verbal fluency. When you're stuck in perfectionism, chronic amygdala activation around mistakes creates ongoing threat sensitivity.
Different stuck states come from different broken brain patterns. You don't need motivation. You need someone who can identify which pattern is keeping you stuck and retrain it.
Your brain has learned to handle a certain level of stress. When pressure exceeds that level, you go blank, make poor decisions, or react emotionally.
Stakeholders see you falter under pressure when it matters most.
High-stakes moments you can't capitalise on because your brain goes offline.
Hours spent recovering from each stress spike instead of leading forward.
Your team mirrors your stress response. Your state becomes their ceiling.
Analysis paralysis. Overthinking. Can't make decisions. Your mind loops without landing.
Can't execute. Hesitation. Knowing what to do but unable to act on it.
Team dynamics. Conflict avoidance. Can't have the hard conversations.
Momentum loss. Stagnation. Can't build or maintain forward motion.
I get leaders unstuck by retraining the brain patterns keeping them stuck — and I train your brain to handle higher levels of stress so you stay sharp when pressure peaks.
Diagnose which brain pattern is keeping you stuck. Using CliftonStrengths, FITT16, and amygdala-PFC assessment, we map how you're wired, where you're misaligned, and what patterns keep repeating. This isn't abstract. It's diagnostic precision.
Retrain the specific brain pattern. Using targeted protocols that strengthen your prefrontal cortex and regulate your amygdala, matched to your specific stuck pattern. Simultaneously, we build your stress tolerance so you handle higher pressure without going offline.
Your brain has new neural pathways. Your amygdala no longer hijacks your PFC under normal pressure. You default to strategic thinking instead of threat response. I don't create dependency. I get you unstuck and you go.
I thought I just needed to push harder. John showed me I'd been operating with cognitive depletion for months without realising it. The shift was immediate.
This wasn't feel-good coaching. It was rigorous, evidence-based work that actually restored my decision-making capacity.
Coaching with John has given me renewed focus and confidence at a point in my career when I really needed it.
Psychometrics, brain retraining protocols, and strategic models. Not motivational slogans or vague wellness practices.
Performance coaching grounded in neuroscience. Not therapy. Not motivation. Structured work that creates measurable change.
I built my practice outside traditional coaching because burnt-out leaders don't trust the systems that exhausted them.
Trusted by over 25 million individuals and 90% of Fortune 500 companies. Reveals how you're wired to lead and why certain challenges keep recurring.
Reveals your personality whole and purpose. What gives you energy. Where misalignment creates friction. How you're designed to contribute.
Identifies when and why your brain gets stuck. What your current stress tolerance threshold is. Where we need to build capacity.
If I could get you unstuck and train your brain to handle higher pressure, would that be worth paying for?
Tell Me Where You're Stuck