Breakthrough Coaching is the executive coaching practice founded by Dan Sakaki, a certified executive coach and seasoned facilitator with over 25 years of experience developing leadership capacity across the non-profit and business sectors. It guides individuals, leaders and groups toward meaningful, measurable growth.
“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”
Henry Ford
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.”
John Ruskin
Execution Through Leadership Overview
From Strategy to Results: Leading Teams That Deliver. A one-day course that equips leaders to close the gap between strategy and results by building disciplined execution habits across their teams. Six modules, four exercises and one capstone, built on a 70% practice, 30% instruction design.
Participants leave with real commitments, not just concepts. The 30-Day Execution Sprint and accountability-partner pairing create post-training sustainability, and a follow-up coaching session with Q&A increases skill transfer.
What we cover
Module 1: The Execution Mindset The execution gap and why smart plans fail. The 4 Disciplines of Execution (FranklinCovey): focus, lead measures and a cadence of accountability. Cases: Boeing, Amazon, Kodak, Nokia. Exercise: Execution Diagnostic.
Module 2: Clarity & Direction OKRs: writing measurable outcomes, not tasks, and cascading goals from company to team to individual. Cases: Google, Intel, Spotify. Exercise: Write Your Team OKR, with a gallery walk.
Module 3: Accountability Culture The Accountability Ladder (eight levels). Moving teams from a victim to an ownership mindset. Coaching language that drives ownership. Case: Satya Nadella at Microsoft. Case study: The Missing Deadline.
Module 4: Decision-Making Under Pressure The OODA Loop. The Eisenhower Matrix. Decision rights and RACI. Case: Amazon's two-pizza teams. Exercise: 10-10-10 Decision Sprint.
Module 5: Leading Through Obstacles Stop, Assess, Options, Decide and Act. Navigating resistance and change fatigue. Cases: Airbnb's COVID pivot, Steve Jobs at Apple. Obstacle coaching role-play.
Module 6: Sustaining Momentum The Leadership Operating Rhythm (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly). The Wins / Blocks / Commits team cadence. Scoreboard culture. Cases: Ray Dalio, the Toyota Andon cord. Exercise: 30-Day Sprint Planner with an accountability partner.
Capstone: Operation Phoenix Cross-functional teams of five to six receive a brief to rescue a failing quarter, build a 60-day execution plan and present it for peer scoring against the Execution Rubric.
Recommended reading
Execution, Bossidy and Charan
The 4 Disciplines of Execution, McChesney, Covey and Huling
Measure What Matters, John Doerr
The Oz Principle, Connors, Smith and Hickman
Radical Candor, Kim Scott
The Obstacle Is the Way, Ryan Holiday
Every session is customized to your industry and environment. The final agenda is confirmed with your facilitator before delivery.
For organizations that want strategy to turn into results: clear priorities, real accountability and an operating rhythm that keeps delivery on track.
Leaders whose teams have good plans that keep slipping
Managers who want a repeatable operating rhythm rather than heroics
A full day of instructor-led instruction, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Printed worksheets for every participant
A 30-Day Execution Sprint plan and an accountability partner
A follow-up coaching session with Q&A (a day-30 follow-up webinar is recommended)
Live online: instructor-led, fully interactive, no travel
In-person: at your offices or a venue of your choice
Designed for cohorts of 6 or more
No pre-reading required
Pricing depends on delivery mode, group size and how much customization you want. Tell us the shape and we will quote it.
