We ask the right questions. You find your answers.
Executive Coaching

A consultant is paid to have answers. A coach is paid to ask great questions and listen. Smart leaders solve their own problems — and walk away more confident and committed because they created the solutions themselves.

Work with us
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4 Step Journey

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Assess

Listen first. Your world, your role, your team, your strengths, your struggles, what meaningful progress looks like. We use assessments and feedback like a mirror to surface patterns and potential.

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Aspire

Clarify the destination. Instead of a To-Do List, a leader should wake up with a crisp and clear To-Be List.

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Align

Build the path. Values become virtues. Goals become habits. Insights become impact.

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Achieve

Celebrate success as your values become virtues and insights become impact. Overcome obstacles and identify the next mountain you want to climb.

Who We Coach

  • New Leaders

    Navigating the transition from individual contributor to leader. Building confidence, clarity, and presence.

  • Senior Leaders

    Executives who know what got them here won’t get them there. Breaking through with new levels of insight, influence, innovation and impact.

  • Leaders in Transition

    New roles, stretch assignments, or major organizational changes requiring different leadership muscle. Start on the right foot with The First 90 Days to accelerate learning and key wins.

  • High-potential Leaders

    We cultivate and intentionally develop your next-gen talent in vision, values and capability, honing key leadership skills in prep for greater responsibilities.

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HOW WE UNDERSTAND YOU
Assessment Toolkit.

“By far, the greatest asset we bring is our ability to ask the right questions and listen to understand our clients' strengths, struggles, and dreams."

Insights Discovery

Myers-Briggs (MBTI)

Strong Interest Inventory

5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team

DISC Colors

Korn Ferry 360

FourSight Creative Problem Solving

Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument

Clifton Strengths

CPI-260 Leadership

Change Readiness Assessment

And many more

The Range
From healthcare executives to Beyoncé's musical director.

physicians


budget

A VP of Clinical Operations

Enhancing EQ.
Leaving an amazing legacy.

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Three middle-aged men in business suits sitting at a conference table with laptops and tablets during a meeting, with a whiteboard in the background.

 350     

 $375M

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physicians


budget

A VP of Clinical Operations

Enhancing EQ.
Leaving an amazing legacy.

  350  

$350M

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Bibi McGill

Musical director and lead guitarist for Beyoncé
Exploring purpose, presence, and what's next.

Bibi McGill

Musical director and lead guitarist for Beyoncé
Exploring purpose, presence, and what's next.

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A woman with an afro hairstyle, tattoos on her arms, and wearing a black sleeveless top with a cross necklace, is smiling and playing an electric guitar outdoors on a sunny day with soap bubbles floating around her.

NFL Coach

Navigating leadership under pressure and public scrutiny

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NFL Coach

Navigating leadership under pressure and public scrutiny

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Football coach wearing a headset and holding papers on the sideline of a game, with players in helmets and jerseys in the background.

Emerging Leaders

At Bridgestone, Brenntag, and Adventist Health making the transition from expert to coach.

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A group of five diverse professionals having a meeting in a modern office. They are seated around a table with laptops, documents, and coffee cups, engaged in discussion.

Global Executives

Leaders at Kraft Heinz, Mars Wrigley, Microsoft and Oracle

Global Executives

Leaders at Kraft Heinz, Mars Wrigley, Microsoft and Oracle

Around The World

Leaders in New York, San Francisco, London, Dubai, and across Latin America

Virtually and in-person

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World map with four green dots marking locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America.
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Emerging Leaders

At Bridgestone, Brenntag, and Adventist Health making the transition from expert to coach.

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Two people sitting at a conference table in a meeting room. The woman has long dark hair, is wearing a grey suit, and has a nose piercing. The man has curly hair and is wearing a white shirt. There are water bottles and notebooks on the table, and a large screen is visible on the wall behind them.

Around The World

Leaders in New York, San Francisco, London, Dubai, and across Latin America

Virtually and in-person

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World map with dots and four green circles indicating locations in the United States, France, India, and Indonesia.

What our clients say

  • For the past 10 years, I was VP of Clinical Operations for a 350-physician group with 1,700 employees and a $375M budget. I have had many professional coaching experiences and mentors during my career transitions — but Evergreen is different. I was led through a process of self-discovery. They used stories and questions to unleash stores of energy which were previously undiscovered but always present. They were especially helpful in getting me 'un-stuck' from my usual way of solving problems — allowing me to use my own emotional intelligence and extensive experience to design a new way of being. I have been able to go from very specific daily actions to an understanding of what provides meaning in my life as a whole. They helped me put together a linkage between my personal life, my emotional needs, my spiritual self, and my professional future into a uniform picture of balance and success.


    David E. Hooper, MD
    VP, Clinical Operations · Palo Alto Medical Foundation, part of Sutter Health

  • Sam has designed and his team at Evergreen have led some of our highest-rated virtual and in-person leadership courses in our organization. They’ve trained more than 1,800 Bridgestone leaders. They have connected with all types of leaders, from first time leaders in manufacturing to our executives in our corporate offices. Their professionalism and ability to connect to people is unmatched.

    Rachel M. Thomas
    Director of Culture and Engagement, Organization and Team Effectiveness · Bridgestone Americas

  • What set Sam apart was his ability to weave personal storytelling and genuine humor into content that had real strategic weight. He wasn't just engaging, he was purposeful. Sam took the time to understand the specific leadership behaviors we were cultivating as a team and shaped his entire session around reinforcing them. The result was a retreat that felt cohesive rather than disconnected, and a team that left energized and aligned.
    In healthcare, we work in a mission-driven environment where leadership development goes beyond skill-building. Sam understood that. His approach honored the whole person, including the spiritual and relational dimensions that matter deeply in our community. That's rare, and it resonated.

    Jeff Mock
    System Service Line Executive · Adventist Health

  • Sam and his team don't deliver a program — they deliver a transformation. They took the time to understand who we are and where we want to go. The result felt like it was made for us, because it was. Sam and I co-created one of the highest rated sessions that engaged our 800 store managers and left them not just talking about but living it in the months that followed.

    Susie Long
    CHRO · Sun Auto

  • Sam facilitated our Leadership Offsite. He immediately brought humanity and a sense of humor to our session. Sam’s approach to engaging our leaders was perfect for the time, knowing we were a newly formed group. He kept the dialogue flowing with activities to challenge us to think differently and put us in one another’s shoes. The team walked away more familiar with one another’s skills and opportunities for us to tackle as a group. I’d highly recommend Sam if you need a facilitator and thought partner for your Leadership Team.

    Jeremy Bolds
    VP @ Nike · General Manager, Retail Sales, Account Management

  • Sam has an amazing ability to read a room, adapt his facilitation style and truly connect with the people he's working with. His passion and authentic nature are contagious. Over the past decade, each engagement has delivered tremendous results.

    Donovan Mattole
    Head of Human Resources · Brenntag Americas (formerly Mars Wrigley)

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