Grow And Succeed With
A Strategic Business Leader Coach
If you are a leader, owner, professional, or entrepreneur, Strategic Business Leader coaching is designed to help you grow your business and reach your vision of great success.
A Strategic Business Leader coach will use their business expertise and deep experience and our world-class coaching platform, planning and implementation processes, and trove of knowledge tools to offer you:
An unbiased, expert perspective on the steps you can take for greater success.
A unique planning and execution-based coaching approach that helps you create your vision of success and aligns your focus on what will help you reach your vision.
Smart thinking and tools to help you be most productive.
A sounding board for tackling important issues and opportunities.
Knowledge and understanding of what works and what doesn’t work gained from helping many business leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and businesses.
A strategic business plan with goals, strategies, and action steps leading to to your vision.
A focus on best practices and SOPs to help you work on your business rather than in it and to grow the value of the business.
Expertise in and a format for setting Key Performance Indicators to help you measure and manage progress.
Accountability for your goals.
A reliable, confidential, and ongoing partner who encourages and supports you.
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Pick your Strategic Business Leader coaching format.
One-On-One Coaching
Start-Up/Accountability
One-on-one coaching for entrepreneurs with limited resources needing guidance and accountability.
$380/month + $380 for strategic business plan
Includes:
intensive 1-1 coaching sessions
Video or face-to-face
2 hours of coaching a month
In-session problem-solving, goal setting, KPIs, and accountability
Session notes and reminders
Free limited access to coach outside of sessions
Month to month (no annual contract): Pay ahead for sessions
Group coaching for business owners,
leaders and professionals
Group coaching for business owners, partners, C-Suite executives, and professionals with established businesses.
$295/month
Includes:
Monthly 2.5-3.0 hour video group coaching sessions with 4-12 group members
Weekly 1-1 accountability engagements with other members of the group
Quarterly individual coaching sessions
Annual strategic business plan for each member
Using the Healthy Organization Framework. a continuing focus on growth and success, including the organization and people, finances, productivity, business development, customer retention, resilience, and business exit.
In-session problem-solving, goal setting. KPIs, and accountability
Session notes and reminders
Free access (with limits) to coach outside of sessions
Month to month (no annual contract): Pay ahead for sessions
Small Business/Nonprofit
One-on-one coaching for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and leaders of small non-profit organizations.
$740/month
Includes:
Intensive 1-1 coaching sessions
Video or face-to-face
3.5 hours of coaching a month
Annual strategic business plan
Guidance on key business topics and best practices
In-session problem-solving, goal setting, KPIs, and accountability
Session notes and reminders
Free limited access to coach outside of sessions
Month to month (no annual contract): Pay ahead for sessions
Silver Membership ($195/month)
Get your seat in the group!
Benefit from your exclusive seat in the monthly coached group
Work with an accountability partner
Get an edge from quarterly planning sessions with your coach
Develop an annual strategic business plan
Group Coaching
Owner/Executive/Professional
One-on-one coaching for owners, partners, C-Suite executives, and professionals with established businesses.
$1,005/month
Includes:
Intensive 1-1 coaching sessions
Video or face-to-face
5 hours of coaching a month
Annual strategic business plan
Using the Healthy Organization Framework. a focus on growth and success, including the organization, people, finances, productivity, business development, customer retention, and business exit.
In-session problem-solving, goal setting. KPIs, and accountability
Session notes and reminders
Free access to coach outside of sessions
Month to month (no annual contract): Pay ahead for session
Enterprise coaching for the CEO/owner
and the executive team
1-1 coaching for the CEO or owner and group coaching for the executive team.
$1,005 for CEO/owner
$380/month per executive team member
For the CEO/owner, includes:
Intensive video or face-to-face 1-1 coaching sessions
3.5 hours of 1-1 coaching a month
Annual strategic business plan for the enterprise
For the executive team, includes:
Monthly 3-hour video or face-to-face group coaching sessions
Weekly 1-1 accountability engagements with other team members
Semi-annual individual coaching sessions
Annual strategic business plan for each executive team member based on the enterprise plan
For both the Owner/CEO and executive team coaching, includes:
Guidance on key business topics and best practices
Using the Healthy Organization Framework. a continuing focus on growth and success.
In-session problem-solving, goal setting, KPIs, and accountability
Session notes and reminders
Free access (with limits) to coach outside of sessions
Month to month (no annual contract): Pay ahead for sessions
New! Group coaching for business development professionals
and owners whose focus is business development
The Strategic Business Leader Business Development Group is a confidential, non-competitive, coached, focused community of business development professionals and business owners sharing strategies, solving BD-specific challenges, and holding each other accountable for reaching goals and targets. The program is based Forrest Consulting coaches’ deep experience developing business for all sorts of organizations, managing and training sales people and sales teams, and coaching business owners and business development professionals.
Choose Your Level of Support
Platinum Membership ($395/month) Combine the group with 1-1 coaching!
Everything in Gold
Plus monthly private planning, support, and accountability sessions with your coach
Offers maximum accountability and accelerated results through personalized guidance
Keep reading for more details on the group. To see if the group is right for you, book a short Zoom chat with head coach Lee Crumbaugh here.
Monthly Meeting Structure
Second Monday of the month, starting November 11, 8:00-9:45 AM:
Strategic warm-up to sharpen your BD mindset. Network and set your focus for the session.
Real-time problem-solving and guidance. Share wins and get help on tackling challenges and opportunities.
Expert-led education on advanced BD strategies and techniques. Learn and discuss ways to attain greater success.
Goal setting and accountability for pipeline growth. Set clear goals with group accountability to keep you on track.
What You’ll Master
Prospecting techniques that work
Strategic funnel management for predictable revenue
High-impact consultative selling approaches
Client avatar development and targeting
Professional branding
Strategic COI relationship building
Advanced closing techniques
Value-based pricing strategies
Social proof and referral systems
Performance metrics that drive results
The BD Pro's Edge!
Unlike generic business groups, every session focuses on the unique challenges and opportunities in business development, including:
Testing and refining your pitch
Overcoming common objections
Shortening sales cycles
Increasing deal size
Building a predictable pipeline
Converting more opportunities
Ready to transform your business development results?
Schedule a brief discovery call here with head coach Lee Crumbaugh to learn more.
P.S. Don't let competitors get a jump on you! Secure your spot in this exclusive, non-competitive group now, before they act. Whatever type of business you're driving growth for, be it financial management, IT, banking, real estate, landscaping, business services, events, entertainment, fitness, health, business services, construction, or another industry, this group will help you sharpen your skills and drive results.
Group coaching for business
and nonprofit teams.
Group coaching for individual business or nonprofit teams.
$255/month per team member for businesses
$210 /month per team member for non-profits
Includes:
Monthly 3-hour video or face-to-face group coaching sessions with the team members
Weekly 1-1 accountability engagements with other team members
Semi-annual individual coaching sessions
Annual strategic business plan for each member based on the organization’s plan
Using the Healthy Organization Framework. a continuing focus on growth and success, including the organization and people, finances, productivity, business development, customer retention, resilience, and business exit.
In-session problem-solving, goal setting. KPIs, and accountability
Session notes and reminders
Free access (with limits) to coach outside of sessions
Month to month (no annual contract): Pay ahead for sessions
Gold Membership ($295/month)
Add more accountability from your coach!
Everything in Silver
Plus monthly accountability 1-1s with
your coachEnables faster course corrections and
better implementation of winning
strategies
Pick your coach.
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Rod Bourn
Rod is founder and Lead Ninja of Down Set Lead. He helps leaders, professionals, and organizations get unstuck and grow into what they want to be. That happens though coaching, executive trips and retreats, training, and facilitating mentoring programs.
Rod manages continuing education curriculum and specializes in workforce development and contract training. He coordinates large conferences and events, including fundraisers and galas. Rod also serves as Project Director (through CCBC) of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Baltimore program.
Rod is the author of Down Set Lead!, a guide to the chronology of team leadership, written especially for young professionals, all with a football motif and a few movie quotes thrown in for good measure. Rod shares this methodology for creating a well-oiled, high-performing team.
As a Strategic Business Leader coach, Rod is able to leverage his diverse experience and deep knowledge to help owners, professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurs be more successful.
Rod earned his MS in Organizational Development from The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School and his BS in Business Administration from Towson University.
Email Rod at RodB@StrategicBusinessLeader.com or give him a call at 443-286-9109..
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Lee Crumbaugh
Business coach and strategy consultant Lee Crumbaugh, SMP, CEO of Forrest Consulting since 1988, has helped 100s of companies, associations, non-profits, leaders, owners, and entrepreneurs be more successful. His mission is to help leaders and professionals achieve their vision of great success by developing and implementing strategic plans.
Armed with a University of Chicago MBA and a University of Illinois communications degree, Lee has been a leader in banking, associations, publishing, and philanthropy. He has launched a publishing company and a business group as well as his consulting and coaching firm.
Lee is past president of the Association for Strategic Planning (now the International Association for Strategy Professionals), co-founder of the International Association of Facilitators’ Chicago Chapter, a certified Strategic Management Professional, and author of two books, BIG DECISIONS: 40 disastrous decisions and thousands of research studies tell us how to make a great decision when it really matters and AHEAD: Strategy is the way to a better future, and a blog, Strategic Thinking & Strategic Action.
He has two children and three grandchildren. In 2016, he relocated to Annapolis, Maryland, from Chicago..
A 10-time Ironman and 60-marathon finisher, Lee now runs shorter distances and coaches runners. Also, he sails on the Chesapeake Bay and paddles with the Annapolis Dragon Boat Club.
Contact Lee at LeeC@StrategicBusinessLeader.com or give him a call at 630-730-9619.
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Brandon Dall'Acqua
Brandon came into coaching after building an extensive and diverse background at the executive level across multiple industries. With more than 20 years’ experience in strategic planning, financial optimization, and operational excellence, he has successfully guided numerous companies in shaping their futures.
A graduate of Northeastern University, Brandon holds a dual major in Finance and International Business, complemented by a minor in Spanish. His career began internationally, where he served as CFO for various companies in the residential and commercial real estate sectors, as well as a founding partner and CFO of an adventure tourism destination. His experience also includes project management in construction, leading turnaround initiatives for a casino, and owning and operating a fitness facility.
Since returning to the US, Brandon has been instrumental in startup leadership, facility launches with Amazon, system implementations for financial institutions, and consulting with international companies to advise on their US expansion.
Brandon is a certified Project Manager with the PMI and Six Sigma Black Belt from SSGI, among various certifications. Now based in the Annapolis area, he is leveraging his global insights and extensive experience to help small and medium-sized businesses and leaders elevate their organizations to new heights.
Email Brandon at brandon.dallacqua@gmail.com or give him a call at 443-370-4463.
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Nancy Kobel
Nancy is an accredited coach with the International Coach Federation, bringing over a decade of coaching expertise and more than two decades of facilitation experience to her role. Specializing in coaching leaders across diverse sectors, including Fortune 100 companies, private enterprises, consulting firms, government agencies, small businesses, and startups, Nancy has made a significant impact in cultivating effective leadership.
As a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, Nancy draws on the transformative principles of Dr. Brené Brown's empirically based courage-building program, Dare to Lead™. Her commitment to fostering courage and authenticity in leadership positions her as a sought-after professional in the coaching realm.
Nancy began her career as an engineer for NASA. After completing her Masters, Nancy transitioned to developing engineering managers. She expanded her career into Leadership Development, Organizational Development, and Executive Coaching.
Having worked with clients such as NASA, NOAA, NIH, Department of the Interior, Kimley-Horn, Chief, BetterUp, SkillSoft, ASRC Federal, Northrup Grumman, and more, Nancy brings a wealth of experience and insight to her coaching practice.
Nancy holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland and an MA in Instructional Systems Development from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Beyond her professional endeavors, she is an avid paddleboarder and actively contributes to the community by serving on the board of the Live Water Foundation in Annapolis, MD. The foundation facilitates watersports programs to support veterans, underprivileged and disabled youth, and advocates for clean water education.
Email Nancy at NancyK@StrategicBusinessLeader.com or give her a call at 443-286-9109.
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Christopher Martin
Christopher‘s eclectic background, engaging personality, and empathetic approach equip him to be a dynamic business coach. He is entrepreneurial and yet has served in many organizational roles. Retired from the US Army, he founded and ran his own executive protection firm, Loriakin Seven Protection, for a decade and has been a consultant, teacher, and business development executive.
Christopher has strong leadership skills. He has operated in high-stress, volatile situations in complex, ambiguous environments. He has shown discretion, finesse, and confidentiality in dealing with leaders in boardrooms and government-secured facilities.
Christopher earned his Bachelors in Criminal Justice from University of Maryland Global Campus. After his Army career, he earned his MBA from the University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business, focusing on entrepreneurship, international business, and emerging markets. He was involved with the DC I-Corps Federal Tech Venture program, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Jumpstart Workshop, and, in South Africa, Studying Abroad Emerging Global Markets Program.
Christopher’s pursuits include being an athlete - he played baseball in college and rugby in the Army and now plays with his local rugby club - and, as an Eagle Scout and Assistant Scoutmaster, helping the next generation gain skills in leadership and problem-solving and to develop the work ethic needed to become productive adults.
Christopher’s family is his number one priority: he seeks to exemplify a “team first” mentality for his children.
Email Christopher at ChrisM@StrategicBusinessLeader.com or give him a call at 240-698-9370.
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Here’s what you get.
Bridge to success.
PERSPECTIVE, COUNSEL AND ACCOUNTABILITY. We give you an outside perspective, objective counsel, and accountability in a safe, confidential environment.
GREAT STRATEGY AND EXECUTION. We help you think strategically, create a vision of future success, identify barriers to achieving your vision, develop an effective business model, identify strategic goals and strategies to move toward your vision, and create and execute an implementation plan for achieving the goals and strategies.
CUSTOMER GROWTH. We guide you in developing, refining, and executing a reliable and productive client/customer development process.
A SOUND OPERATING BASIS. We provide you with knowledge of important principles involved with building and running a successful business.
PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION SUPPORT. We offer you a superior way to spot problems and issues, identify weak points and blind spots, gain guidance on working through complex problems quickly, and get support when you are faced with difficult decisions.
FRAMEWORKS AND TOOLS. From our years of working with leaders and businesses and our management education, we can introduce many frameworks, concepts, and tools to help you grow and succeed. Examples: Action Steps, Anchoring, Avatars, the Balanced Scorecard, the Base Rate, Bayesian inference, the Black Swan, Blue Ocean, Brainstorming, the Business Model, Change Management, the CLIME Model, the COI process, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Communications Theory, Consensus, Consultative Selling, Debiasing, the Fast Track Strategic Planning System, Forecasting, Gap Planning, the Healthy Organization framework, Hypotheses, the iDECIDE framework, Incentives, KPIs, the Kubler-Ross Change Curve, the Law of Strategic Difficulty, Logic Model, Managing Choice, Mission, Network Brokerage, Objectives, the OODA Loop, Opportunity Cost, the Pre-Mortem, Prospect Theory, Positioning Theory, Project Management, Risk Management, the S Curve Model of Change, Scaling, Scenario Planning, Strategic Foresight, Strategic Initiatives, Strategies, Shared Values, the Success Branding process, SWOT Analysis, Systems Theory, TQM, Value Proposition, Vision, and Wide Thinking.
THE BASIS FOR ON-GOING SUCCESS. We advise you on building structures, accountability, and support that will ensure sustained commitment and ongoing success.
SATISFACTION. We help you get greater satisfaction from your business and adapt it to your lifestyle and personal goals.
Focus to advocacy.
BETTER FOCUS. A business coach can help you see the big picture and then focus on the specific areas that need your immediate attention.
CRYSTAL-CLEAR GOAL SETTING. Setting goals is a critical part of success. A business coach can help you think more strategically to see how every move you make puts you one step closer to your goals.
MORE ACCOUNTABILITY. In addition to helping you set your goals, a good business coach will hold you accountable for following through on the things you need to do to achieve those goals. Fruitful brainstorming: It can be difficult to see all of the different ways to tackle a problem by yourself. A business coach can be a sounding board and a creative thinker who has ideas that you never would have considered.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. Business coaching can be instrumental beyond just growing your business. The skills you will learn and knowledge you have will gained will help you grow as a person, as well.
EXPERIENCE. An experienced business coach has seen it all—the good, the bad, and the ugly. You simply can’t discount the wisdom that comes from years of working with so many different types of companies and other organizations, and business owners, leaders, executives, professionals and entrepreneurs from all walks of life.
KNOWLEDGE. You may be expert on the content of your business. A business coach is expert on building a successful business. A business coach educates and upskills you to make you a better leader and business person.
IMPROVED PROFITABILITY. A business coach can help you redirect your efforts and your business to what most contributes to profitability and can help you adapt to the changing economy.
SMART FINANCIAL PLANNING. A business coach can help you with everything from developing a budget to pricing new services.
AN ADVOCATE. Working with a business coach puts an advocate in your corner every step of the way along your road to success.
Deep relationship.
ONE-ON-ONE COACHING RELATIONSHIP:
We meet to get to know one another and determine compatibility, begin to develop an understanding of your situation and goals, and provide information on our coaching process.
We agree on the initial length of engagement (at least three to six months and ideally a year are recommended for meaningful progress and to instill processes and good habits) and frequency of meetings (3-4 meetings a month are recommended to maintain momentum).
We have you complete a thorough intake questionnaire and provide more information on your business, position and or practice.
We begin regular meetings in which we document our discussions as we develop your plan and actions steps, work through your challenges and opportunities, set goals, track your progress, share business processes, tools and resources to help you plan, implement and measure results, and provide support and accountability.
GROUP COACHING RELATIONSHIP, IN A STRATEGIC BUSINESS LEADER GROUP:
We meet to get to know one another, develop an understanding of your situation, and provide information on our coaching process.
You complete an intake questionnaire in which you offer thoughts about your vision of great success and goals. Then you meet with your coach to develop your plan and implementation action steps.
You meet monthly in 2.5-3.0 hour sessions with 4 - 12 business peers. Here’s a typical meeting agenda:
Introductions/check-in (what's on your mind?) 8:30 - 8:40
Open session. Each member raises a current problem and/or opportunity and gets feedback 8:40 - 9:20
Topics for group consideration: Presentations and discussion 9:20 - 9:50 (Examples: achieving long-term success; developing good habits; productivity; goal setting; KPIs.)
"Hot Seat” in which a member gets deep input from the group on a key business issue or opportunity 9:50-10:25
One-on-ones and accountability calls 10:25-10:30 Pairing of group members for weekly accountability calls.
Commitments 10:30-11:00 Members report progress on 30-day accountability goals and commit to new 30-day goals.