Sean DeLaney

Executive Performance Coach

Private advisor to CEOs, founders, and investors.

I work with a small number of CEOs, founders and investors on the inner game. The things that don't have a playbook and can't be brought to your board, your spouse, or your team.

10+

Years Coaching

300+

Podcast Episodes

3

Published Books

Trusted by leaders from

JP Morgan
Point72
Goldman Sachs
Blue Infinitas Capital
Google
NBA
Salesforce
UBS

private advisory

Everyone looks to you for answers. Who do you turn to?

Most of the people I work with have rooms full of smart people around them. And they're still carrying things they can't talk about with any of them. They need somewhere they can think out loud with someone who actually gets what they're dealing with.

Isolation of Leadership

You're surrounded by people and you still can't say what you're actually thinking. That's what I'm here for.

High-Stakes Decision Fatigue

You're making calls that affect hundreds of people and millions of dollars. And you can't get out of your own head.

Success Without Fulfillment

You got everything you wanted. And something still doesn't feel right.

Self-Doubt at the Top

There's a voice that says you're not the one who should be leading what's next. And there's nobody you can say that to.

Stagnation & Plateaus

You're not growing and you can't figure out why. Something that used to work stopped working.

Major Life & Leadership Transitions

You're in the middle of a transition and the old playbook doesn't apply. New venture, exit, leadership change. Or the harder one, figuring out what you actually want.

Testimonials

What leaders say about Sean

Sean helped me refine my investment process, honing my craft and giving me a renewed sense of confidence. If you are serious about taking your craft and leadership to the next level, there is no better executive coach.
John Talbott, Managing Director
John Talbott
Managing Director
He'll call out your BS, all while being your number one fan, and truly extract the greatness you have within.
Joe Christensen, CEO of NuSkool Snacks
Joe Christensen
CEO, NuSkool Snacks
Sean has a unique ability to get to the core of what's required for true personal and professional growth. If you're looking to develop and uncover more of your potential then Sean is a great way to do that.
Joe Stolz, CTO and executive coaching client
Jim Dethmer
FoundingPartner, The Conscious Leadership Group

How Executive Coaching Works

How the work is structured

I don't follow a set methodology. Every engagement is bespoke to the person in front of me and is shaped by what you're actually dealing with. Here's how the partnership is structured:

01

Deep-Dive Discovery Session

We spend 90 minutes getting into where you actually are. Professionally, personally, and the space between the two. I spend most of it listening. For what you are saying, and for what you are not saying. By the end you will have said things you have never said out loud. This is where I learn your world. And where you start to see it differently.

02

Ongoing Advisory Partnership

This is an annual retainer. We meet regularly, typically weekly or biweekly depending on what you are navigating. The rhythm is something we calibrate together and it changes as your life and work evolve. I am fully in your corner for the entire year. I keep the number of people I work with extremely small so I have the space to fully immerse in your world. I am thinking about your life between our conversations, not just during them.

03

Post-Session Notes & Integration

After every conversation I send detailed written notes. They are what I saw underneath what we discussed and the patterns I am tracking across months of our work together. Over the course of a year these become a written record of your own evolution in a level of detail you have never had from anyone. You will come back to them and see things you were not ready to see the first time.

Sean DeLaney, executive coach and author of Masterpiece in Progress

About Sean delaney

Former pro athlete.
15 years coaching.
Still learning.

I work privately with a small number of CEOs, founders and investors, almost always by referral, on the inner game.
The stuff I help with doesn't have a playbook. It's the things you can't bring to your board or your spouse or your team.
You need someone who can sit in the complexity with you and actually help you see through it. That's what I do.
I listen more than I talk. I pick up on the things people don't say out loud. The patterns, the blind spots, the story you've been telling yourself that stopped being true a while ago.

I've been doing this work for 15 years. I've hosted 300+ conversations on my podcast What Got You There with people like Frank Slootman, Howard Marks, Brunello Cucinelli, Annie Duke, and Scott O'Neil. Thousands of hours studying how the best in the world think and what breaks down at the highest levels. That's in the room with me every time I coach.
I've written three books, including Masterpiece in Progress. I've sat across from public company CEOs, billionaire investors, Olympic gold medalists, and Navy SEALs. But the deepest work I do is one on one. That's where things actually change.

Top 10 Pro Draft Pick
15+ Years Coaching
3x Published Author
300+ Podcast Episodes

Insights on Leadership

Articles on leadership, presence, and performance

Ideas from over a decade of coaching. Each piece explores the inner work that drives outer results.

COACHING

The Art of Coaching

An essay on how I approach my craft. Lessons learned spending thousands of hours of private work with CEOs, founders, investors, and professional athletes.

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Self-Awareness

The Atmosphere You Create

Leaders set the emotional atmosphere of every room they walk into. When a leader is constricted, the team constricts. When a leader is expansive, the team expands.

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Inner Work

Beautiful Tone, Beautiful Heart

Suzuki believed the posture you approach the violin with dictates how you play. The same is true for how you approach your team, your work, your life. Before I do, I arrive. Before I act, I am.

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The Podcast

Two Shows. One Mission.

World-class guest interviews and intimate solo reflections — both designed to help you think deeper, live bolder, and craft an extraordinary life.
Guest Interviews

What Got You There

Conversations with CEOs, athletes, authors, and world-class performers about how they actually think and what it took to get there.
Solo Episodes

Beneath The Surface

Solo episodes. The stuff I'm thinking about, working through, and learning the hard way. Intimate reflections on identity, suffering, courage, awareness, joy, and what it truly means to live well.

Latest Guest Interviews

Conversations with world-class performers
All Guest Episodes  ➜

Latest Beneath The Surface

Solo episodes — Sean's most personal reflections
All Solo Episodes ➜

What Got You There is where I sit down with world-class performers — billionaire entrepreneurs, Olympic champions, Navy SEALs, bestselling authors — to uncover the mindsets, habits, and turning points behind their success.

These aren't surface-level interviews. They're deep explorations of what it actually takes to operate at the highest level — the same insights that inform my executive coaching and leadershipdevelopment work.

The Books

Wisdom Distilled Into Daily Practice

Three books designed to help you craft a life of intention, resilience, and extraordinary growth.
Masterpiece in Progress by Sean DeLaney — endorsed by Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman
365 Daily Passages

Masterpiece in Progress

A daily guide to a life well crafted. Endorsed by Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman.

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Insights of the Ages by Sean DeLaney — quotes for a life well crafted
Poetry & Prose

Insights of the Ages

Quotes for a life well crafted — timeless wisdom distilled.

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When Life Begins to Whisper by Sean DeLaney
Curated Wisdom

When Life Begins to Whisper

A journey through pain, awakening, awareness, and love.

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Want to talk?

It is no hyperbole to say that my marriage and relationship with my kids are because of Sean's coaching. I cannot recommend Sean enough to those willing to invest the time and effort.
Joe Stolz
Chief Technology Officer

I work with a select number of CEOs, founders, and investors at any given time. If you think there's a fit, let's have a conversation.

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