CEO Coach
A CEO Coach Who Doesn't Accept Excuses
History doesn't remember life's triers. In ten years, your subordinates won't be waxing lyrical about how much effort you put in, or what a great guy you were; they'll remember you for your business results. So, unless you're delivering, you're not succeeding. And it's not just yourself you're letting down—it's your people, too. That's why you need a CEO coach right now. And it's why you arrived here.
I'm a CEO Coach Who Won't Accept Anything Less Than Your Best
My name is Jake Smolarek, and my speciality is life and CEO coaching. But as you'll find out when reading this text, I'm not like other executive coaches. For a start, I don't accept excuses. Even if a failure wasn't your fault, you're accountable for it. If you have an issue with that, you will probably be drawing that substantial salary of yours!
My approach to executive coaching involves training you how to look within yourself for answers. Answers to why you're unable to negotiate the obstacles between you and success. Answers to why your leadership skills aren't delivering tangible results for the people who look to you for guidance. And answers to the age-old question: What was I put on the Earth to do?
My brand of CEO coaching leaves nowhere to hide. You're paid for delivering results, so I expect you to deliver them during our one-on-one coaching sessions. Remember: I'm a life and business coach; not your Mother or a member of your workforce trying to impress you to secure a promotion. I'm here to squeeze every last bit of potential out of you.
So, if you need a kick up the a** and someone to tell you the home truths no one else will, you've come to the right place. Our journey together starts with free consultation, during which I'll look for valuable insights into you, your aspirations, your strengths, and your weaknesses. And if you still wish to proceed, I'll create a personal success program predicated on delivering results in every aspect of your life. Book that all-important consultation today.
What Is CEO and Executive Coaching & How Executive Coaches Help?
You've obviously got some business and leadership skills, or you wouldn't have been bestowed the title of CEO. The reason I use the term 'title' is because when you step into my London office, your title means nothing to me. I'll judge you on your merits, and I'll be brutally honest about why you're not succeeding.
My role as an executive coach is to give you the guidance, insights, and focus you need to fulfil your potential. Obviously, we'll concentrate on how to deliver the best possible business results, but we'll also address your personal development and what you need to do to become a better leader.
CEO Coaching Methods that works
My method of CEO coaching begins by exploring what it is, ultimately, you want to achieve. Perhaps it's to retire a millionaire. Maybe your goal is to become the most successful CEO in the history of your company. Once we've discovered your life's vision, we'll take a holistic approach to helping you achieve your version of success.
However, unlike many other CEO coaches, I will hold you accountable. We will never discuss excuses and reasons for your failures in my office. Why? Because you're a CEO, and it's your job to take responsibility for shortcomings in your company—wherever they lie.
Why Is CEO Coaching Important?
CEO coaching is only important if you know that you're not delivering the results you know you're capable of. But what results am I talking about? It might be that your company isn't delivering, and you're rightly taking the blame. Perhaps you're looking for results in terms of your personal successes.
As your dedicated executive coach, it will be my job to help you fight your entrenched biases and self-doubt in an effort to paint a picture of what success means to you. Along the way, I'll help you achieve a number of goals to ensure we gradually work towards a better, more successful you.
I won't have all the answers, but that's not why I'm here. Whether you need to increase your company's annual revenue to learn how to attract top talent to your organisation, I'll focus on addressing the obstacles that are stopping you from getting the job done. I'll be your confidence coach. Book your free initial discovery meeting today to find out how I can help you.
My approach to executive coaching will focus on helping you do the following:
Become a Better Leader
Through my executive coaching sessions, you'll learn how to adapt your leadership approach according to the needs and challenges of the people you're leading. We'll cover a range of issues, from your communication skills to how you interact with other executives on your level.
Become a Visionary Thinker
You can't deliver consistently impressive results as a CEO if you don't have a vision. I'll help you navigate the blind spots and obstacles that are preventing you from thinking big. Changing the way I looked at myself and my vision for success was a game changer for me, so with my help, you'll embrace change like I did and learn to dream big.
Make Personal Growth Your Vision
My form of executive coaching involves developing a growth mindset. In practice, this means embracing change instead of avoiding it. It involves always looking for ways to progress towards achieving your ultimate vision.
By its very nature, this process can be uncomfortable. But you're part of an elite group of business professionals, so it's your job to use change as a tool for success. With my proven framework for growth, I'll show you how.
Make Better Decisions That Deliver Tangible Results
Top leaders are able to roll with the punches; they're able to face down the most unimaginable pressure and setbacks and come out the other side with a plan.
It's not enough to simply survive—you have to make the kind of decisions that will turn potentially disastrous situations into opportunities. Once you're able to deftly navigate these momentous events, you'll become stronger and more resilient than other CEOs.
What Does a CEO Coach Do?
My approach to executive coaching in London probably differs greatly from the approach favoured by other CEO and career change coaches.
In the most basic terms possible, the core of my job involves helping my clients improve their leadership qualities and their ability to pursue their goals and vision in life.
Effective coaches will always seek to develop a personalised strategy that involves the following goals:
- Assess your strengths and weakness
- Develop your ultimate vision of success
- Set the goals required to take your company (or yourself) to the next level
- Develop a long-term plan to maximise your potential as a CEO
- Make unconditional accountability an intrinsic part of who you are
When you walk into my office or join a Zoom call, it will be just me and you. I'll be direct and brutally honest. Let's face it; neither of us will have time for anything less.
Why It's Time to Hire an Executive Coach
Losing focus at crucial times? Struggling to deliver the consistent business results your company needs and expects? Some executives know exactly what they need. Others realise there's something missing in terms of what they've achieved.
When there's an obvious shortfall between your capabilities and your list of accomplishments, the obvious solution is to identify the mental obstacles that are preventing you from becoming the best version of yourself.
You may benefit from executive coaching if one or more of these scenarios applies to you:
- You're in a transitional phase of your CEO career
- Your company isn't delivering the results it once was
- There are significant challenges within your business that require root-and-branch change
- You're not fulfilling your potential due to blind spots and leadership failures
- You lack the vision required to take your company and your people forward
- You're in a speedy growth stage of your career
- You require help to formulate a strategy for personal development
Test drive my executive coaching approach by booking an initial consultation session and find out if I can help you improve as a leader and an entrepreneur.
My Approach to Executive Coaching
As I mentioned earlier, I'm an executive coach who doesn't listen to excuses or reasons for failure. When you waste time thinking about who's to blame, you're missing the opportunity to work out how to succeed the next time around.
Everyone has their own set of unique challenges to overcome. But all too often, people pick the wrong times to fight. They don't choose their battles, or they take on long-term goals they're just not ready to deliver.
A Japanese proverb goes something like this:
"It's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war."
When you're the brightest and most capable person in the room, you'll be the master of all you survey. Another facet of my approach to business coaching involves making sure you're always in the right room. If you can't find that room, you may be in the wrong job! And if that's the case, you can rely on me to tell you—no matter how much it bruises your ego.
Your unique situation is just a leg of your ultimate journey in life. To achieve your ultimate vision—whether that's becoming the nation's best-performing CEO or retiring at 50 with a billion pounds in the bank—you have to map out your journey in advance.
I recommend using my Vision GPS. It's a system that's focused on getting you where you need to be. And just like the GPS in your car, it will recalculate your route when you hit roadblocks or when the rules of the road change.
Start by defining your vision, which isn't always an easy process. Once you've done that, you'll need to set achievable goals (G) that you can target each day, week, or month. Think of these as markers on the road to success. And once you have your destination and markers set, you'll need to create a plan (P) to get there. Which roads will you take?
The final part of my Vision GPS system is 'S' for systems. Whether you need time management coaching to make better use of your time or a series of checklists to ensure you're on track to hit your goals, these are issues we can approach together.
MY CLIENTS SAY
Jake is a fantastic coach who gets to the core of the issues excellently. He helped me to take drastic steps (they were needed!), which brought me a massive shift in my business and my family life. Now, I work less, earn double that I used to and have more time for my kids. What I like about Jake is that he can be straightforward if needed and when necessary. He is not afraid to ask the difficult (fundamental) questions when the situation calls for them. An outstanding return on investment! Thank you, Jake. See you again soon.
What a tremendous coach. Jake has a very unique and powerful style. His help allowed me to fix my objectives and build a very profitable online business. He pushed me to reach my full potential! I have been motivated and inspired, and have learned powerful tools for my business and personal life. I feel the happiest in my entire life. Thank you so much. You are a huge inspiration, Jake!
Jake has had an enormous effect on my motivation, my decision making and discovering my true potential. Over the past year, I have found my dream job, got out of a toxic relationship, lost weight and started my own part-time business. I found Jake's coaching to be superb and life-changing. The best investment in my life.
When I started coaching with Jake, I was in the darkest depths of my relationship, my business, and my entire life. I was a walking shadow, and I couldn't see any light at the end of the tunnel... However, Jake helped me to turn everything around and put me on the right tracks. His coaching helped me to change how I can see the world. The impact it has had on my business and personal life is priceless. His business ideas are so easy to implement and at the same time very powerful!
Jake's work as a coach has had tremendously positive feedback on my life. I feel like a different person. Working with Jake has helped me to concentrate on my vision, goals and the essential ACTIONS! Without a doubt, he has helped me achieve more in a few months than I did in the last five years. I am a different person now compared to when I initially started my coaching sessions with Jake.
The only thing I can say is a "huge thank you, Jake"! I already had the right tools in place to create a good income. However, Jake added a few missing puzzles to my plan and helped me accelerate my income tremendously in just a few weeks. He could see what I was missing and helped me to make the right decisions and changes. It wasn't always easy, but it was worth it.
Jake helped me change my life when I felt lost. I decided to work with him because I wanted to change my career path. With his genuine personality and sense of humour, I instantly connected with him. He helped me find my new way, and I am now doing what I always wanted to do, but wasn't brave enough to try. Jake believed in me when I doubted every action and feeling I had. He pushed me to my limits, so I had to break them, and to my surprise, I did.
There aren't any words that could describe how much Jake has supported me through his coaching. His knowledge, experience, and professionalism are to be admired. He will always go the extra mile to help you achieve your goals. The new approach and tools I now have, enable me to have a much stronger focus and plan to action in achieving my deepest dreams. I also like his (sometimes brutal) honesty and speaking the "truth", exactly how it is. Only a coach can tell you what you have to fix to get better results. He doesn't just cheerlead his clients through the highs, but also through the challenges. I decided to extend his services to another few months for other problems and goals. I look forward to working with you again and again.
Jake offers an excellent service. It is incomplex and at the same time full of wisdom. He was able, in a straightforward way, to help me find my inner truth. At the same time, he inspires, not only through his fantastic support, faith, and confidence but also with his contagious vibrancy and beautiful personality. My self-belief and determination have soared. I can honestly say since coaching with Jake, my life has never been lovely. I wholeheartedly recommend him as your life coach!
Coaching sessions with Jake were life-changing. Even after one or two sessions, there were absolute and distinct differences in my thinking and in the actions that I took in my business and day-to-day life. In addition to confidence, he helped me develop valuable sales and communication skills that helped me grow my business. He made me find ways to overcome my limiting beliefs. Jake opened up the doors to those talents and ideas that had never crossed my mind before. He is truly a fantastic example and representative of the coaching industry. I now know for sure that working with a coach can not only multiply your productivity but also give you more freedom and help achieve incredible business goals.
Jake! The only thing I can say is THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! You have changed my life for the better. Finally, I feel like I am alive. Thank you for showing me that I can do what I always wanted to do.
Choosing to work with Jake has been one of my best decisions. I was a little bit doubtful about life coaching. However, I decided to give it a go after the first session with this amazing man, and I was blown away by his style and knowledge. He's helped me to clarify my vision, find exactly what I want from life, lay out the path for my future, and gain new insight into how to carry out my life goals. All our coaching sessions were run in both a professional and friendly manner. However, Jake likes to get to the core of every problem and could be strict and firm, but only to help you get your best. Most importantly, he helped me overcome my eating disorder problem. He has changed my entire life. It was a privilege to work with him.
Jake is a great coach. My sessions with him were fantastic and open minded. I thought I knew a lot, but he gave a lesson that we can not ever stop learning and getting better. Jake is very intelligent, alert and unique. He looks through people to find the right path for everyone he works with. He is very experienced and I'm truly grateful for the support he gave us to work through this troubling time. He is definitely made for being a life coach.
Working with Jake gave me tremendous confidence and motivation. He is an excellent coach, and I'd highly recommend him to anyone looking for one. He took me from talented but with a lack of confidence and self-belief to a bold athlete. He has taught me to dream big dreams, aim to the top and to be the best. Now I am interested only in the 1st place - second place is the first place among the last ones.
Getting a coach was one of my best decisions in life! If you are hesitating, please STOP! In my case in a few short months, I went from procrastinating and agonising over taking my next step, to putting myself out there and succeeding! It was an amazing and profound experience. Jake is intuitive and positive. And most importantly, he doesn't waste time. His style is an excellent balance of “let's get things done” and also creative and exploratory. He seems to know when to focus on the concrete goals and when to explore our motivations and feelings.
Jake is a charming coach to work with. He is not only a great listener but also very generous with his time when needed. He is very determined to help you with achieving your best version of yourself. He helps you assert yourself and take daily actions in order to complete your goal. He helped me reveal my inside genius and also discover that I am really able to be successful in all areas of my life. Jake helped me a lot. I was in a very stuck position when I met Jake. Thanks to his magic, I am on my way of taking on the whole world! He has helped me to discover ways to improve many areas of my life and he has helped me to create the foundation for my new future, the things I would never think could happen to me.
Jake coached and mentored me through the first phases of my internet company. He is a very talented, knowledgeable and experienced businessman. I cannot speak highly enough about him and his incredible help. Jake helped me a lot by merely believing in me and my business. My confidence soared through the roof from the very first chat with this brilliant man. He helped me set up my own online fashion business, and it is running very successfully now. Thank you for your impressive help. Keep doing what you are doing!
I can highly recommend Jake and his excellence services. He helped, mentored me and coached me to take me and my business to the next level. And then another and another one. I can not thank him enough!
Before my coaching sessions with Jake, I was in a terrible position. My relationship was in a bad state, my feelings and sense of self-worth were very low, and I was barely able to stay emotionally stable. I hated my job and my whole life. However, since working with Jake, I've become much stronger, my self-belief went through the roof, and I know how valuable I am. I have found a company I love to work for, and my relationships with others are much more profound and exciting.
I have just one word to describe this guy: Phenomenal! Jake gave me the tools, insights, and courage to chase my real dreams. Thanks to life coaching with Jake, my life has changed dramatically! I am now on my way to realise my biggest dreams and goals. The techniques Jake has given me are life-changing. Jake is the best coach I have ever met.
Fulfil Your Potential: Book a Free CEO Coaching Discovery Session Today
I'm one of London's best executive coaches because I've experienced the highs and lows of leadership and business. I've emerged from health issues and countless setbacks to set up several successful businesses. I decided to help CEOs in London and the UK because I'm passionate about helping people fulfil their potential.
Higher levels exist within you. All you need to access them are the resources, motivation, and strategies needed to change your mindset.
If you're prepared to embrace change, listen to uncomfortable truths, work hard, and make accountability part of your everyday life, I know I can help you improve as a CEO. If all that's true, I'm confident I'm the right life coach for you. To learn more or to book your initial coaching session, contact me today by simply filling out the form below.