Build a Better Life

Are you ready to make some big changes but don't know where to start?

Whether you're interested in a career shift, improving your relationships, or becoming a more effective leader, Yanker Coaching is here to help you build a better life.

Feeling stuck? We can help with that.

  • One-on-One Coaching

    Our approach to one-on-one coaching is personalized. We recommend meeting once a week to start, and your appointments can be done in a way that you’d most enjoy: over coffee, while walking, via Zoom, or through an old-fashioned phone call. You decide! Steps include:

    • Identifying your goals

    • Exploring obstacles to your success

    • Mapping a path forward

    • Making and keeping commitments to yourself

  • Team Coaching

    Yanker Coaching offers in-person or virtual half-day team coaching sessions that are designed to help participants (15 or fewer at a time) explore skills related to a single competency (chosen in advance by the group). Sessions are highly interactive. Common topics include but are not limited to:

    • Managing transitions

    • Time management and delegating tasks

    • Conflict resolution

    • Initiating difficult conversations

  • First Half-Hour Free

    Taking that first step on your coaching journey can be difficult so we are offering a free session by phone or Zoom to help you get started. In this initial half-hour session we will:

    • Discuss your coaching goals

    • Explore where you’re getting stuck

    • Identify some first steps

    If, at the end of the session, you decide it’s not a good fit, there’s no obligation to continue.

Our Clients

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

Pherson Associates

ACT Government Services

Academy for Defence Intelligence (ADI)

Career Network Ministry (CNM)

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Are you ready to start building a better life?

Yanker Coaching is a leadership coaching business based in Northern Virginia with a focus on helping clients pursue their personal and professional goals.

We offer one-on-one and team coaching. Coaching can take place in person, via Zoom or on the hiking trail.

We are experienced in working within the intelligence community and have security clearance.

“I love Jim's coaching style, and his process. He's calm, thoughtful, curious, and can really listen. It's obvious that he genuinely cares about the people he works with. In speaking with others who've been coached by Jim, it’s clear that we all feel the same - trusted, cared for, and championed.”

— Dexx