Frequently Asked Questions

I work with senior leaders and executives who are intentional about how they are positioned, perceived, and selected at the highest levels of responsibility. Clients often include executives preparing for increased scope, navigating pivotal career decisions, strengthening influence and visibility, or ensuring their narrative accurately reflects the value they bring to complex organizations. 

The TRANSCEND Framework is a proprietary, executive-level model designed to support intentional advancement, expansion, and sustained career success. The TRANSCEND Framework is designed to scale with the complexity of your career. 

Each coaching program delivers standalone value, while higher-level engagements expand scope, continuity, and advisory depth at pivotal moments. While the programs are independent and may be purchased individually, each higher-level program encompasses the full scope of services available in the lower-level programs, alongside additional strategic advisory.

This structure is intentionally designed for leaders who want their positioning, narrative, and decision-making to be shaped through a single, integrated lens—resulting in sharper differentiation, greater strategic coherence, and a more confident presence across high-stakes conversations and transitions.

The TRANSCEND Framework™ is delivered through three distinct coaching programs:

• Foundation: Executive Positioning & Personal Brand Architecture Coaching Program – Provides executive positioning and personal brand architecture, clarifying strategic direction and translating leadership value into a cohesive executive narrative.
   
• Activation: Executive Visibility, Influence, and Performance Readiness Coaching Program – Includes the full scope of Executive Positioning & Personal Brand Architecture support and extends that work into executive visibility, influence, performance readiness, and job search–related coaching for high-stakes conversations and evaluations.
   
• Stewardship: Executive Decision, Negotiation, & Transition Advisory Coaching Program – Includes the full scope of Executive Positioning & Personal Brand Architecture and Executive Visibility, Influence, and Performance Readiness and expands into executive decision-making, negotiation strategy, transition planning, and sustained advisory support as leaders step into and evolve within new roles or chapters.

Programs within the TRANSCEND Framework are designed as distinct, executive-level engagements. Each program delivers complete value on its own, while higher-level programs offer expanded strategic advisory, broader scope, and deeper continuity across positioning, visibility, and decision-making.

Clients may engage at the level that best aligns with their goals and context, without any required order or prerequisite.

Engagements are centered on strategic coaching, executive advisory, and decision guidance. The focus is on shaping differentiated executive positioning, refining leadership narrative, strengthening presence, and navigating high-stakes conversations with clarity and confidence.

When written or visible materials are developed, they function as strategic instruments—integrated into a cohesive executive narrative that evolves as roles, priorities, and opportunities change.

Each engagement is intentionally scoped following a strategic consultation to ensure alignment with the client’s level, objectives, and timeline.

No. Many leaders engage proactively to maintain strategic readiness, strengthen differentiation, and preserve optionality before a transition is required. The TRANSCEND Framework supports both active decision points and longer-term positioning for sustained executive relevance. 

Yes. Some clients choose to continue in an advisory capacity to support onboarding, influence-building, decision evaluation, or evolving career considerations. This allows for continuity of thinking and alignment as circumstances change and opportunities emerge. 

Timelines vary based on scope and objectives. Engagements are intentionally paced to allow for depth, reflection, and strategic refinement rather than speed. The emphasis is on quality of outcome, not velocity of deliverables. 

I work with senior leaders who are deliberate about how they are positioned, perceived, and selected at pivotal points in their careers. My role is not to produce materials or deliver tactics, but to shape clarity, narrative, and strategic judgment where the stakes are highest.

Clients engage with me when they want their experience, influence, and decisions interpreted through an executive lens—by an advisor who understands the complexity, visibility, and long-term implications of leadership movement.

My work is structured as a high-touch, boutique advisory engagement. Fees reflect the level of strategic judgment, discretion, and executive-level insight required to position leaders effectively at moments where visibility, influence, and decisions carry lasting impact.

The advisory approach is informed by extensive experience working with senior leaders and an in-depth understanding of executive positioning, leadership narrative, and high-stakes decision-making. The focus is not on producing outputs, but on shaping clarity, coherence, and confidence where misalignment can limit opportunity and influence.

Clients invest at this level when they value precision, continuity, and perspective—recognizing that the quality of strategic positioning directly affects the caliber of opportunities, conversations, and outcomes available to them.

Engagements are intentionally limited to ensure depth, continuity, and focus. 

 The first step is a strategic consultation. This conversation allows us to determine alignment, scope, and whether working together is the right fit. After the call you will receive a tailored engagement recommendation aligned to the TRANSCEND Framework. Complimentary consultation calls can be set up at https://calendly.com/,dbitler-vqa/zoom-meeting.