Executive coaching · Riverbank, CA
Not a pep talk. A map for your next nine months.
Tandem Compass runs structured 1:1 executive coaching, 360° leadership reads, and team offsites. Clear written goals, sessions every two weeks, and a plan you and your manager can actually see.
Working with directors, founders, and newly-promoted VPs across Riverbank and the Central Valley. The first call is free, and there's nothing to prepare.
The shape of it
What working together actually looks like
A 30-minute fit call
We talk through what's going on and whether coaching is even the right tool. No charge, no slide deck, no pressure to sign anything.
An honest 360° read
We ask the people around you how you actually land — peers, reports, your manager — and turn it into a picture you can use, not a scorecard.
A written plan, two or three goals
We agree on a short list of changes worth making and write them down. Your sponsor signs off, so everyone's pointed the same way.
Biweekly sessions until it holds
Every two weeks we meet, work the plan, and adjust. We're done when the change sticks — not when the calendar says so.
Why people stay the course
Coaching you can point to later
Every goal is written down
Vague intentions are easy to lose. We keep a short, plain-language plan you can re-read between sessions — so progress is something you can actually see, not just feel.
A steady second opinion
Most leaders don't lack ideas — they lack a clear-headed person to think out loud with before the meeting that matters. That's what every-two-weeks is for.
What's said in the room stays there
Your sponsor sees the goals and the progress against them — never the contents of our conversations. The notes are yours to keep when we're done.
Who this is for
We work with people who'd rather have a plan than a pep talk.
If you've just stepped up, you're leading people who used to be peers, or you've a tough stretch ahead — that's exactly when a structured engagement earns its keep.
The two of us
Meet the coaches
“Coaching shouldn't feel like a test you can pass or fail. It should feel like having a clear-headed second opinion in your corner — every two weeks, for as long as it takes the change to stick.”
- Who you work with
- The same two coaches, start to finish
- Engagement length
- 3 – 9 months
- Session cadence
- Every two weeks
- Where
- Video, or in person in Riverbank
- Sponsors
- Looped in at start, mid & close
- Your notes
- Yours to keep, always
How an engagement runs
A clear path — and a clear way out
- Week 0
Fit call
A free 30 minutes to decide if coaching is the right tool right now.
- Weeks 1–2
Intake & 360°
We gather the read from the people around you and meet to make sense of it.
- Week 3
Goals agreed
Two or three written goals, signed off with your sponsor.
- Ongoing
Biweekly coaching
The working sessions, every two weeks, against the plan.
- Mid-point
Sponsor review
A short check on progress — goals only, never the conversations.
- Close
Handoff
A wrap-up, a plan to hold the gains, and your notes to keep.
If it isn't a fit, you stop early. Don't feel the first two sessions are landing? We part ways and you're billed only for those two — no engagement fee, no awkwardness.
We don't sell transformation. We help one leader, over a few honest months, get measurably better at the handful of things that matter.
What it costs
Three ways to start
360° Leadership Read
A full 360° plus two debrief sessions. The clearest picture of how you land today — and a sensible place to start before committing to more.
Start with a read1:1 Coaching Engagement
The full program: intake, 360°, written goals, biweekly sessions, sponsor check-ins, and a proper close. Notes stay yours.
Book a fit callTeam Offsite Facilitation
A facilitated full day built around real decisions your team needs to make — not trust falls. We design it with you and run the room.
Plan an offsiteGetting started
Ready when you are
Most engagements begin within two weeks of the fit call. Pick a time that works and we'll do the rest.
Call (209) 502-7036Not sure which to pick?
Tell us roughly what's going on and we'll point you to the right starting place — even if that turns out not to be us.
Ask us firstStart here
Book your fit call
Send a couple of lines about what's going on. We reply the same day during opening hours.