EXECUTIVE COACH & HUMAN CAPITAL CONSULTANT
About the Founder - Dr. Jeff Doolittle
For over 25 years, I've worked alongside senior leaders navigating high-stakes decisions, organizational complexity, and the isolation that often comes with executive responsibility. My work centers on helping leaders develop the clarity, habits, and systems that translate vision into sustained results.
AUTHOR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Life-Changing Leadership Habits:
10 Proven Principles That Will Elevate People, Profit, and Purpose
This book distills decades of executive coaching and organizational consulting into practical principles leaders use to improve decision quality, accountability, culture, and performance. It provides the conceptual backbone for my coaching and consulting work—helping leaders translate insight into sustained results without burnout.
Gold Book Award
"A beneficial addition to any workplace... I highly recommend this book to anyone in a leadership position, no matter the level or organization."
Literary Titan
My background spans Fortune 500 executive coaching, board advisory, and organizational transformation across industries including healthcare, technology, financial services, food service, and manufacturing. I've guided leaders through mergers, turnarounds, succession planning, and culture redesign—always with a focus on building leadership capacity that outlasts any single initiative.
Academic Foundation
Doctorate in Strategic Leadership with deep expertise in behavioral science, change management, and executive development.
Executive Credentials
ICF-Certified Executive Coach with board governance experience and senior leadership roles across multiple industries.
Select Corporate Experience
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Culture Building
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Employee Experience
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Leadership Competency Frameworks
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Organizational Design
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Performance Improvement
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Succession and Workforce
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Planning Strategic Planning
Beyond the professional work, I'm driven by a belief that leadership done well creates ripple effects—healthier organizations, stronger communities, and more fulfilled individuals. 15% of profits are donated to non-profits supporting orphans and vulnerable children, reflecting a commitment to leadership that extends beyond the boardroom.
Who I Serve
I work with senior leaders who recognize that continued growth requires intentional development—not just harder work.
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CEOs & C-Suite Executives
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Executive leadership teams
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Boards & Associations
My clients are rarely failing.
They are often successful leaders facing harder problems—where decisions carry more weight, tradeoffs are real, and simple answers no longer exist.
Organizational Talent Consulting is a premier executive coaching and business consulting firm based in Zeeland, MI, servicing West Michigan and nationwide.
How I Help
Coaching + Consulting, Intentionally Integrated
Most challenges are not a lack of capacity to perform or effort.
They are the result of leadership beliefs that quietly shape habits—and organizational culture and systems that reinforce behaviors and outcod
They require both personal leadership growth and organizational clarity. That’s why my work intentionally blends executive coaching and organizational consulting.
COLLABORATION
A long-term view of relationships and partnership.
AUTHENTICITY
Honest with ourselves and our clients.
HUMILITY
No one of us is as strong as all of us.
DRIVE
The passion for getting things done and unafraid of hard work.
Personal and Organizational Development to Thrive
Problems I Help Leaders Solve
Leaders typically reach out when they notice patterns like:
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Performance issues that don’t improve despite capable people and hard work
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A culture that has drifted from what made the organization successful
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Decision-making has slowed down or become politically charged
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A strategy that makes sense but isn’t translating into execution
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High performers are leaving while underperformers persist
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The executive team lacks alignment or productive conflict
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Carrying strategic weight that feels increasingly isolating
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Leadership team misalignment or unspoken tension
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Accountability systems have eroded or never existed
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Burnout risk at the senior leadership level
These challenges are not motivation problems.
They are leadership habits and system problems—and they are solvable.
How I Diagnose Leadership and Performance
Rather than reacting to symptoms, I use evidence-based frameworks to understand what’s actually driving outcomes.
We look at:
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Clarity of direction and expectations
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Capability and support
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Motivation and meaning
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Resources and constraints
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Leadership behaviors
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Organizational systems and signals
This diagnostic approach helps leaders stop guessing—and start fixing what matters.
Executive Coaching
Coaching focuses on how leaders think, decide, regulate emotion, and show up—especially under pressure.
In coaching sessions, leaders work on:
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Making better decisions in complex environments
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Examining leadership habits and behavioral patterns
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Clarifying priorities and tradeoffs
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Strengthening accountability without eroding trust
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Leading with steadiness during uncertainty and change
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Sessions are confidential, structured, and grounded in real work—not theory.
Organizational Consulting
Consulting focuses on the systems and conditions shaping behavior and results.
Together, we examine:
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Role clarity and expectations
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Accountability and decision rights
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Organizational structure and workflow
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Cultural signals and incentives
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Barriers to execution embedded in the system
This ensures leadership growth translates into measurable organizational impact.
What Changes as a Result
Leaders and organizations typically experience:
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Clearer thinking and more confident decisions
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Reduced friction, rework, and unnecessary pressure
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Improved execution and accountability
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Healthier leadership behavior under stress
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Greater trust and alignment across teams
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Sustainable performance—not short-term spikes
What an Engagement Typically Looks Like
Engagements are tailored to the leader and organization, but often include:
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Executive coaching sessions
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Targeted organizational diagnostics
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Leadership and team development
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Practical tools leaders can apply immediately
The goal is always the same: elevate people, profit, and purpose
Next Step
If you’re navigating leadership complexity and want a thoughtful, evidence-based partner, the best place to start is a conversation.
Executive coaching and organizational consulting grounded in evidence-based leadership, systems thinking, and practical application.