The model

The 1% Executive Standard

Most strong leaders are excellent at one or two of three things. The leaders the room follows bring all three at once, and keep bringing them when the pressure is on.

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The 1% Executive Standard model
Why effort stops working

What got you here was never going to get you there.

"There's no course on this stuff."Newly promoted CIO

You were promoted for what you could deliver. Above a certain level, nobody's measuring that anymore. They're watching how you show up when it's hard: in the tense meeting, in the call nobody wants to make, in the room where you're the most senior person and every eye turns to you.

That's not a skill you can cram. It's a way of being. The 1% Executive Standard names it, so you can see exactly where you stand and what to work on.

Three capacities, nine keys

What the Standard is made of

Each capacity has three keys. Together they describe how a leader shows up, not just what a leader knows.

Composure

What happens in you before you've decided anything.

RegulationWhether pressure reshapes you, or reveals you.
RecoveryHow long a hard moment stays with you.
ResponseWhether you choose your response, or your trigger chooses it for you.

Clarity

What you protect when everything is pulling at you.

DecisionsWhether a call stays made, or gets reopened every time someone pushes.
PrioritiesWhether your calendar would back up what you say matters most.
BoundariesWhether your yeses and nos come from what matters, or from who's asking.

Influence

What happens when you're not in the room.

AlignmentWhether “we agreed” means the same thing to everyone a week later.
CandorWhether the hard thing gets said, kindly, or softened until it means nothing.
LeverageWhether the work moves without you pushing it.
Strong in one, you're a capable manager. Strong in two, you're a very good leader.
Strong in all three, under pressure, you're operating at the 1% Executive Standard.
When one is missing

The pattern has a name.

Often, you may be strong in two capacities and quietly paying for the third. Each version shows up differently.

Composure and Influence, missing Clarity

Authority without Aim

You hold the room and people follow you. But priorities blur, the calls don't stay made, and a lot of good energy goes nowhere in particular.

Clarity and Influence, missing Composure

Power without Presence

You know what to do and how to move people. Then the pressure hits, and what comes out is rushed, sharp or defensive. That's the version they remember.

Composure and Clarity, missing Influence

Insight without Impact

You're steady and you see it first. But it isn't moving through other people, so you end up carrying it yourself.

What we believe
Presence isn't built.
It's uncovered.

The presence is already there. What gets in the way is everything you learned to carry, prove and control on the way up. The work is putting that down, so the leader you already are can finally show up.

The 1% Executive Standard was created by Tim Kollatschny, founder of Coach to Elevate and Retired Shell Executive. Every coach here works from it.
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How we get you there
The 1% Executive Passage is the comprehensive program that takes you through all three capacities, with one-to-one coaching at the center.
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Where do you stand on the Standard?

When you book, you'll take a free, private assessment across all nine keys. It shows you where your reds and yellows cluster, and gives us a clear place to start on what's getting in your way. Confidential.

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