The Sherpa Guide is vital to the success of the climbers.    While the Sherpa has the knowledge and experience of knowing how to ascend to the summit, they realize that this is a personal journey for the climbers, so they share the path, keep climbers on pace, focused and alert climbers to potential dangers.   Every climber acknowledges the importance of their Sherpa Guide.  Sherpa guides are accustomed to the conditions of high altitude and can predict bad weather that makes a climb impossible. Sherpa’s design routes for the climb because they know the terrain.  Sherpas offer suggestions, ideas and improvements on the "tools of the trade": skills and resources needed for the climb. 

Sherpa coaches understand what life is like for leaders and executives. A Sherpa coach knows the dangers of professional life and what might make a leader’s journey unsuccessful. The Sherpa process is designed with a clear choice of paths a leader or executive can take to reach their own summit.  Finally, Sherpa coaches have an inventory of tools designed to aid a leader or executive's climb to the top.  Again, the Sherpa Coach is merely a guide; this is your journey, your ascent to the summit of your success. Our Elevate leadership development process is expected to produce specific, positive changes in business behavior within a fixed time frame.