Executive and leadership team coach in Alpharetta, in person.
I live and work in Alpharetta. My office is at North Point, and this page is for the work that lands best across a table: executive team coaching, leadership team coaching, executive mentoring, and coaching through a transition, for the people who run companies in Alpharetta and across North Fulton.
I have held the seats on the other side of the table: founder and CEO of the company that became Web.com, taken to a Nasdaq IPO; EVP at New Relic while it grew from $300M to $500M; VP at Cox Automotive through a cloud and DevOps transformation; COO in a VC-backed turnaround. Sessions run at my office, at yours in Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek, Cumming or Sandy Springs, or on video. I am CEC and ICF certified, with a BS in Psychology and a master’s in CMHC underway.
I keep the in-person side deliberately small: a select few Georgia engagements at a time, so the work gets the attention that being in the room deserves.
Three ways to work in person in Alpharetta.
Executive coaching, across a table
Some conversations land differently in person. Sessions run at your office or my Alpharetta base, on the same terms as all my executive coaching: a practical, candid thought partner who has held the seat you sit in. Executive mentoring in Alpharetta on a standing cadence, for CEOs, founders and senior executives who want an operator across the table.
Offsites, in your room
Executive offsites, strategic planning sessions, retreats and leadership alignment workshops, run by an operator, not a moderator. The most requested in-person work. See facilitation for how the room works. Leadership team coaching and executive team coaching for Alpharetta companies: the team as the unit, in your room, session by session.
Consulting, on your site
Operational work happens where the work is: your floor, your standups, your board meeting. From strategy consulting to AI consulting, the on-site version is easiest here at home. Strategy consulting on site across North Fulton: transformation leadership, board counsel and work with private equity portfolio companies.
What you get from executive coaching.
Executive coaching is leadership development built around the seat you are in, not a course. Here is what an engagement delivers, as leadership development for Alpharetta executives built around the company you actually run.
Success, defined up front
Before the work starts we agree what success looks like and how we will both know, and we check the work against that measure at set points along the way, not only at the end.
A thinking partner who has held the seat
Standing calls weekly, every other week or monthly, in person or on video, and access between calls, because the hard things do not wait for the calendar.
A sharper view of your own patterns
Blind spots named early, and a clear view of how you lead under pressure. We can work on the board meeting and the person walking into it in the same hour.
Executive presence and stakeholder management
Presence with a board, investors, PE operating partners and the peers who wanted your job, and a plan for the transition into a bigger seat before it arrives.
Progress on the problems that do not fit on a slide
The team that worked at the last size and does not at this one. The difficult conversation you have been putting off. Accountability that does not backfire. Alignment across a leadership team.
Habits that outlast the coaching
The right formula, the right tactics, and repeatable actions: the rhythm that keeps the change alive after we finish. Insight alone does not survive a real quarter.
Your company can fund it. Most of my clients are funded by their company as leadership or professional development, because companies invest in the leaders they intend to keep. If you need to make that case internally, I will help you build it.
Who I work with in Alpharetta.
I have sat on every side of the table, so I understand how the whole organization moves, not just the seat you are in.
Technology founders and CEOs
CEO coaching for founders and first-time CEOs: scaling past the team you started with, investor expectations, and the move from founder-led to a real leadership team. I have made that move myself, and I was EVP at New Relic while it grew from $300M to $500M.
Leaders of PE- and VC-backed companies
A sponsor with a playbook and a clock, and a board that wants the plan delivered. I spent a decade as a managing partner at a venture firm, and I was COO in a VC-backed turnaround.
Executives at Alpharetta’s corporate offices
Senior leaders at the offices that anchor the GA-400 corridor: Fiserv, ADP, Verizon, Equifax, Jackson Healthcare and Morgan Stanley are the city’s largest private employers. Transformation inside an established enterprise is the work I led at Cox Automotive.
Leadership teams
Leadership team coaching: the team as a unit, not only its leader. Executive team alignment, clear decision rights, and an offsite that turns into follow-through. More on facilitation.
COOs, presidents and product leaders
The second in command, whether the title is chief operating officer or president, and the most senior product leader. I have held the COO seat and the product seat. More on coaching for COOs and coaching for Chief Product Officers.
Executives in transition
A bigger seat, a new company, or the quarter after a reorganization: executive transition coaching and leadership transition coaching for the first months in the new role. I have made those transitions myself, from founder to public-company CEO and into the COO seat of a turnaround.
Based at North Point. This is home.
This is my home market. I live in Alpharetta, my office is at North Point, and the in-person work on this page happens across a real table: at my office, at yours anywhere in North Fulton, or in your room for team sessions. No commute math, no fly-in windows; the standing cadence can simply be in person here.
The Alpharetta an executive leads in is a technology town. The city is home to more than 640 technology companies by Tech North Atlanta’s count, it has invested in optical fiber since the 1980s and hosts multiple data centers, and the fintech industry has driven their expansion; I founded and ran a hosting company, the one that became Web.com, so that infrastructure is the world I come from. The city’s largest private employers run corporate offices here: Fiserv, ADP, Verizon, Equifax, Jackson Healthcare, Morgan Stanley and UPS Supply Chain Solutions, the kind of enterprise where I led transformation at Cox Automotive. And around Avalon and Downtown Alpharetta sit the founder-led and PE- and VC-backed companies I have sat inside as a venture managing partner for a decade and as COO in a VC-backed turnaround.
100 North Point Center E, Suite 125, Alpharetta, GA 30022. In person across North Fulton: Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek, Cumming and Sandy Springs. (629) 304-8755 · ken@kengavranovic.com
Executive and team coaching in Alpharetta: the questions people actually ask.
How do I choose an executive coach in Alpharetta?
Ask what you would ask anywhere, starting with which seat the coach has held and what happened to the company, then how in person works week to week. I wrote up six questions to ask any executive coach, including me.
Do you coach leadership teams in Alpharetta, or only individuals?
Both, and the team work is what this page is for. Leadership team coaching and executive team coaching treat the team as the unit: decision rights, how the team disagrees, and the follow-through after an offsite. It often starts with one executive and widens to the team.
What is executive mentoring, and how is it different from coaching?
Mentoring leans on the operating record: you borrow judgment from someone who has run the play. Coaching builds your own. My engagements are both at once, because I have held the seats and I am a trained, certified coach. You get the question and, when you want it, the answer.
Do you coach executives stepping into a new seat?
Yes: executive transition coaching for the first months in a bigger role, a new company, or the quarter after a reorganization. I have made those transitions myself, from founder to public-company CEO and into the COO seat of a company in a turnaround.
Where do sessions happen in Alpharetta?
My office at North Point, 100 North Point Center E, Suite 125, or your office. Team sessions run in your room or a room we choose for the work.
Which towns do you cover in person?
Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek, Cumming and Sandy Springs are routine; the wider metro and broader Georgia by engagement; on video, anywhere.
How much does executive coaching cost in Alpharetta?
Most of my clients are funded by their company. The price depends on cadence, length and how much of the work is in person; you get a scope and a number on the discovery call. What the market charges is in my guide to executive coaching costs.
What is different about leading a company in Alpharetta?
The concentration. More than 640 technology companies in one city, data centers on fiber the city has invested in since the 1980s, corporate offices of Fiserv, ADP, Verizon, Equifax and Morgan Stanley along the GA-400 corridor, and founder-led and investor-backed companies around Avalon and Downtown Alpharetta. The local proof section above walks through which of those worlds I have led inside.
Do you run offsites for Alpharetta teams?
Yes: executive offsites, strategic planning sessions and leadership team working sessions, run by an operator, in your room. See facilitation for how the room works.
How do we start?
The same way every engagement starts: a discovery call. If in person is the right fit, we set the first session at North Point or your office.
Same table, same city.
Forty-five minutes, no pressure, no pitch. Bring the real problem on your desk and you will leave with a sharper version of it, and a straight answer on whether I am the right person for it.
- Send the note, or book the call if you would rather pick a time.
- Forty-five minutes, on video or across a table in Alpharetta.
- A scope and a number if it makes sense to work together, and a straight no if it does not.
Or reach me directly:
(629) 304-8755
ken@kengavranovic.com
In person, or remote. City by city.
Executive coaching across a table, offsites in your room, consulting on your site. Based in Alpharetta, Georgia; remote everywhere.