Leadership That Holds Under Pressure

Michael is the founder of the executive coaching practice at Velar Strategies. He works with C-Suite and senior leaders to strengthen judgment, emotional range, and effectiveness in complex organizational environments.

His work is grounded in deep experience with human behavior, including couples therapy, family systems, and executive team dynamics. Michael brings a distinctly human lens to leadership advisory at a time when organizations are increasingly shaped by systems and technology. He helps leaders stay anchored in how people actually think, relate, and make decisions, ensuring that trust, accountability, and sound judgment remain central as organizations grow more abstract and system-driven.

Liza is the organizational advisory founder of Velar Strategies.  She works with founders and senior executives on organizational effectiveness, leadership risk, organizational design, succession, and executive performance, particularly in periods of growth, pressure, and increased complexity.

Her work is informed by extensive experience operating inside fast-moving organizations. Liza brings a disciplined, evidence-informed approach to leadership advisory, grounded in real decision environments rather than theory alone. She delivers measurable improvements in leadership capability, team effectiveness, and organizational health with rigor and discretion.