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Leadership + Executive Coaching for those who don't settle for "Good Enough."

You're here because you're ready for something real.  To lead with authenticity, courage, and presence vs. reading a script you've been handed.  Let's dig in, figure it out, and build something worth showing up for.

Ready to stop settling?  Let's connect and start to map out a plan.

Leadership & Executive Coaching + Business Consulting

At humanKIND we believe leadership is personal.  It's not about chasing someone else's definition of success.  It's about getting to the heart of who you are, what you stand for, and how you want to show up in the world.

This work isn’t easy. It’s raw, real, and transformative. But if you’re ready to stop settling for “good enough,” we’ll walk with you every step of the way.

What kind of leader do you have inside of you that's ready to come out?

What impact are you waiting to share with our world?

Learn more about us and our approach to growth and leadership

Our ideal partners: Leaders, Executives Entrepreneurs, Founders

Where do you want to grow next?

We work with leaders, executives, founders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers who are tired of the grind and ready to lead with truth, ownership, and connection.

 

Whether that means redefining your leadership style, rebuilding after a setback, or simply finding space to breathe, we meet you where you are and help you create a path forward that feels as good as it works.

What type of leadership path are you on? 

  • Career growth, career transition, recently downsized or restructured, or looking to help your team perform and achieve at new levels? 

  • An entrepreneur ready to put some action behind your big ideas into action?

  • A founder looking for a sounding board to help plan forward?

  • Leader or executive returning from leave, looking to recover from burnout, or find more purpose in your life.

Check out our resource section for additional insight on our ideal types of partners.

What's your growth strategy?

Are you a leader tired of wearing masks and following someone else’s script? 

 

Our ideal partners are leaders & executives who know they have something big to give to the world but feel stuck, alone, exhausted, or unsure how to move forward. 

 

We work together to create a leadership growth plan that is unique to you and stand with you as you put that plan into action.

We work 1-1, with teams or with companies to create a growth and performance plan unique to you and your objectives and stand with you as you put that plan into action.

Create sustainable and consistent action

Here’s the truth: the path forward starts with you. When you take the time to know and listen to yourself deeply. When you take full ownership of your thoughts, actions, and how you show up in the world. When you are 100% responsible for your life, everything changes—your leadership, your relationships, your impact.

 

This work isn’t easy. But it’s worth it. And we will walk with you every step of the way.

Ready to move into action?

Read for a next step? Let's connect

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About humanKIND

At humanKIND, we believe leadership is personal. Founded by James Powell, we specialize in leadership coaching, team coaching, and business consulting to help leaders, teams, and organizations achieve courageous growth. We work with leaders, executives, founders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers who are tired of the grind and ready to lead with truth, ownership, and connection. Whether that means redefining your leadership style, rebuilding after a setback, or simply finding space to breathe, we meet you where you are and help you create a path forward that feels as good as it works. Our approach is rooted in authenticity, connection, and sustainable success—at work, at home, and in the world.

Leadership Coaching: Personalized 1:1 coaching to help leaders deepen self-awareness, build confidence, and achieve high-performance outcomes.

  • Leadership Coaching Specialization: career growth, career transition, leadership performance & resilience, finding purpose at work, finding balance, job downsizing, layoffs, restructuring, returning from maternity leave, returning from sick leave, burnout recovery, mental health in the workplace,

Team Coaching: Foster connection, collaboration, and empathy to build thriving, high-performance teams.

  • Team Coaching Specialization: team performance, team purpose and shared vision, role clarity, responsibilities, and expectations, new team formation, team norms and agreements, building trust and psychological safety, effective communication and active listening, conflict resolution and healthy debate, navigating difficult conversations, managing up, down, and across, understanding leadership styles across the team, leading through change and uncertainty, decision making frameworks (RACI, DACI), goal setting and alignment (OKRs, KPIs, SMART goals), understanding team strengths, motivations and work styles (MBTI, DISC, CliftonStrengths, Enneagram), retrospective analysis, strength & weakness mapping, team health check surveys, visioning & long-term planning

Business Coaching & Consulting: Transform your organization with strategies for growth, culture, and operational excellence.

  • Business Coaching & Consulting Specialization: Organizational vision, mission, values, brand, advertising & marketing strategy and implementation, operational planning, operational excellence, product development, product marketing, cause marketing, fundraising, employer brand strategy, employer brand implementation, business opportunity scoping, annual planning, strategic planning, culture analysis, new business start-ups.

Locations we serve

Based in Toronto, Quinte West, and Prince Edward County, we proudly support leaders and organizations across Canada and globally through virtual coaching and consulting.

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