More choice in how you lead. More freedom in how you live.
A bespoke coaching experience for thoughtful founders and professionals navigating leadership transitions that reduce founder dependency and create greater Founder Freedom.
Founder Freedom Is About Choice…
The choice to decide how you work, where your attention goes, which decisions still belongs to you, how you contribute, and what the next chapter of your life and leadership looks like. The work we do together is about building the leadership capacity around you (and within you), so the business no longer depends so heavily on your constant presence.
Areas of Transition We Help With
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Operator to Strategic Leader
You want to remain involved in your business without remaining at the center of everything.
We work on the leadership, decision making, systems, trust, and organizational capacity required for you to step out of the day-to-day operations while continuing to contribute where you matter most.
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Founder-Ler to Successor-Led
You’re preparing another leader to assume greater—or primary—leadership responsibility.
We focus on the human and leadership side of succession: preparing the founder, developing leadership capacity, transferring trust and decision ownership, and navigating the changing roles and identities involved.
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Founder to Life Beyond Business
You’re preparing to significantly step back, transition out, retire, sell or entire a new chapter.
The work focuses on identity, leadership, purpose, and personal transition that comes with asking a deceptively difficult question:
Who am I when the business no longer needs me in the same way?
Trusted Expertise, Built Around You
We begin by understanding your situation, diagnosing what’s keeping you or the organization stuck, and identifying the priorities that matter most now.
From there, we develop a bespoke coaching approach around the transition you’re actually navigating. As circumstances change, the work changes with you.
AREAS WE MAY WORK ON
Ways We Work Together
Choose the level of support that fits where you are and what you need right now.
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90-Day Private Coaching (TFC3)
For the Founder
Individual executive coaching advisory for a Founder navigating one of the three leadership transitions. Together, we’ll diagnose what’s keeping you or the business dependent on your involvement and focus the next 90 days on the priorities most important to your transition.
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Leadership Advisory Partnership (LAP)
For the Founder and the leaders around them.
For organizations where a leadership transition involves more than the Founder alone.
LAP creates space to work with Founders, successors, managers and members of the leadership team on the human and leadership dynamics required to transfer responsibility and build greater organizational independence.
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The Focused CEO Academy
For continued leadership development.
The Focused CEO Academy is a collection of workshops, trainings, and resources designed to help you simplify your business, strengthen your foundation, and build more intentional ways of working.
It’s a self-paced space for business owners who want practical guidance they can apply directly, with tools designed to support real, consistent progress.
You started your business to have more choice, more meaning, and more peace of mind. If it no longer feels that way, it’s time for a shift.
Hi, I’m Shakeena!
I work with founders who have reached a point where something about their relationship with the business needs to change.
Sometimes that means becoming a more strategic leader. Sometimes it means developing other people to lead. And sometimes it means figuring out how to step back from a business that has been a significant part of who you are.
My role isn't to hand you a predetermined roadmap. It's to help you think through what's actually happening, ask the questions that need to be asked, and make the leadership decisions that fit your business, your people, and the life you're trying to create.
My background spans entrepreneurship, leadership, higher education, and executive coaching. I bring that experience into the room—but the work starts with understanding you.
FREE ASSESSMENT
Founder Dependency Scorecard
How dependent is your business on you? If your business can't function without your constant involvement, it may be time to take a closer look. This free Founder Dependency Scorecard helps business owners identify areas of dependency and take the first step toward stronger leadership and sustainable growth.
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