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1-on-1 Executive Coaching

The work you carry
into every room.
Let us build the
architecture for it.

Five frameworks. Five fears. One structured coaching process that gives you the instruments to hold your ground, navigate your career, and perform at the level you already know you are capable of.

I.S. Matthew

Most coaching produces insight. This produces instruments. You leave each session with a completed tool you can deploy the next morning.

Who this is for

Capable professionals carrying questions they rarely name out loud.

The coaching is built for middle management to senior leadership professionals who have delivered results, built credibility, and still carry a private layer of questions about identity, direction, replaceability, and sustainability. Not because something is wrong. Because the demands are real and the tools most people carry were never designed for this level.

You have the record but not always the confidence to match it
Impostor syndrome does not disappear with seniority. The PROOF framework replaces it with a documented evidence architecture that holds under any condition.
You sense the current path no longer fits but cannot see what is next
Restlessness about direction is a signal, not a problem. The PIVOT framework converts that signal into a structured, deliberate next move.
You have ideas and knowledge that rarely reach the right rooms
Self-censorship costs organisations decisions they needed earlier. The POWER framework gives you a protocol for saying what you know in a way that lands and is heard.
You are performing at the top of your capacity and feel the weight of it
The PEACE framework reframes sustainability as a governance question. It builds the inner conditions your best performance depends on and protects them deliberately.
The Difference

Instruments, not conversations.

01
Grounded in two published books
Every session draws from 5M Unbreakable and Stitch In Time. The frameworks were forged inside real organisations over two decades. You are not getting a coaching model. You are getting a tested instrument system.
02
Discovery before any session begins
The intake process runs the five individual diagnostics before the first session. Your coach arrives knowing which frameworks carry the most weight for you right now. No warming up period.
03
You leave with completed instruments
Not notes. Not insights. Not homework. A completed Micro-Proof Ledger, MOVE Map, MOAT Stack, MESSAGE Protocol, or Maintenance Plan that you can deploy the next morning in the real conditions of your work.
04
A closing progress report
At the end of every programme, a formal written report documents your diagnostic scores over time, the instruments you have built, and your 90-day architecture. A record of work done, not a summary of conversations held.
The Method

Five frameworks.
One architecture.

Each framework is drawn directly from 5M Unbreakable. Each addresses one of the five professional fears that limit capable people at every level of leadership. Each produces a working instrument you keep.

01
PROOF
Professional Identity

Closes the gap between your record and your self-belief. The tool is the Micro-Proof Ledger: a factual, dated, evidence-based account of your contribution that holds under any challenge to your credibility.

Tool:
Micro-Proof
Ledger
02
PIVOT
Career Transitions

Converts restlessness about direction into a deliberate next move. The tool is the MOVE Map: a one-page view of your non-negotiables, drivers, current edge, and the options you are genuinely weighing.

Tool:
MOVE Map
03
PROTECTION
Career Resilience

Builds the combination of skills and proof that makes you genuinely hard to replace. The tool is the MOAT Stack: Master Craft, Outsize Outcomes, Adjacent Advantages, Transferable Options.

Tool:
MOAT Stack
Builder
04
POWER
Speaking Up Without Losing Ground

Moves from private knowledge to effective communication. The tool is the MESSAGE-to-Power Protocol: seven steps for preparing, timing, and delivering hard truths in high-stakes rooms.

Tool:
MESSAGE
Protocol
05
PEACE
Sustainable Performance

Governs the inner conditions that sustained performance depends on. The tool is the Maintenance Plan: Baselines, Reliefs, and Guardrails that protect the person every other framework depends on.

Tool:
Maintenance
Plan
How it works

Discovery. Sessions. Report.

The process is structured so that every session has a clear purpose, and you leave the programme with something you did not have before.

01
Intake Session
90-minute conversation. We map the Three Rooms of your professional life and identify which of the five fears carries the most weight right now.
02
Individual Diagnostics
Five scored instruments across all five frameworks. Completed before the first formal session. Your coach arrives with data, not assumptions.
03
Coaching Sessions
90 minutes each. One framework per session, in depth. You build the instrument, work with real situations from your professional life, and leave with a completed tool.
04
Progress Report
A formal written document at programme close. Diagnostic scores over time, instruments built, and your 90-day architecture for what comes next.
Programmes

Choose the depth that matches your moment.

Every programme begins with the intake session and individual diagnostics. The difference is how far into the architecture we go together.

3 Months
3 Months
6 sessions + intake & diagnostics
$2,800 – $3,500
Full package  |  ~$420–480 per session
  • Intake session and five individual diagnostics
  • Three frameworks in depth: PROOF, PIVOT, and one additional based on your diagnostic scores
  • Completed instruments for each framework covered
  • Closing progress report
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12 Months
12 Months
18 sessions + intake, diagnostics & quarterly reviews
$9,500 – $13,000
Full package  |  ~$450–520 per session
  • Full five-framework arc in first six months
  • Second six months: reinforcement, refinement, and application inside your organisation
  • Quarterly diagnostic re-runs with score tracking
  • Two formal progress reports: mid-year and year-end
  • 90-day architecture for the year ahead
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24 Months
24 Months
30 sessions + intake, diagnostics & quarterly reviews
$16,000 – $22,000
Full package  |  ~$460–550 per session
  • Full framework arc, reinforcement, and second-year application phase
  • Year two extends into leadership culture work inside your team or organisation
  • Four quarterly diagnostic reviews with trend reporting
  • Four formal progress reports
  • Optionally integrates with an organisational consulting engagement
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Not ready to commit to a programme? Start with the Strategic Leadership Audit.

The Discovery Sprint is available as a standalone product for individuals and organisations. 90 minutes. Five proprietary diagnostic instruments. A data-backed performance baseline, a 90-Day Architecture, and a one-page Execution Arc — built on your real data, deployable the next morning. For organisations, it functions as an independent Diagnostic Phase: SOW-defined, low-friction to approve, and classifiable under business advisory or risk management. No further commitment required.

$400 – $600
Standalone audit
& diagnostic debrief
Briefing Documents

Prepared materials for your decision-maker or procurement team.

If you are evaluating this for your organisation, or need to present the case internally, these documents are ready to share. Each is designed to answer the specific questions that senior decision-makers and corporate procurement teams ask.

ROI Brief
The Investment Case for Executive Coaching
For CEOs, CFOs and CHROs
Six slides covering the financial and organisational return on executive coaching investment. Includes verified statistics, the three-return framework, programme architecture, and a cost comparison. Built for the boardroom conversation.
6 slides  ·  PowerPoint (.pptx)
Download ROI Brief
Procurement Proposal
Strategic Leadership Audit Services
For MNC Procurement Directors across Africa
Three slides answering the questions corporate procurement teams ask before approving advisory spend: evidence of methodology, regional context, and contractual structure. The Discovery Sprint is framed as a SOW-defined Diagnostic Phase, classifiable under business advisory or risk management.
3 slides  ·  PowerPoint (.pptx)
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5M Unbreakable: the source framework for this coaching
Your Coach

I.S. Matthew, Founder, 5M Leadership

The 5M frameworks were not designed in a seminar room. They were forged over two decades inside organisations navigating real growth, real complexity, and real reinvention — as CFO, Director, Board Chair, and Founder across Africa, the Middle East, and beyond.

5M Unbreakable is the published account of what was discovered along the way about the five fears that limit capable professionals at every level. The coaching does not teach you about those frameworks. It deploys them, with you, inside the specific conditions of your own professional life.

Every coaching client works directly with I.S. Matthew. This is not a scaled programme delivered by associates. The depth of the engagement reflects a deliberate commitment to the quality of the work.

20+
Years in senior corporate and board-level roles
2
Published books grounding every framework
Africa
Primary context. Calibrated for where you operate.
Begin

The work starts
with one conversation.
Start it today.

Tell us where you are and what you are working on. We will respond within 48 hours with a recommendation for how to proceed and which programme fits your situation.

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All sessions are 90 minutes. Conducted virtually or in-person where available. Every programme begins with the individual intake and diagnostic session.