Founder Coaching
Purpose-built coaching for founders, co-founders, owner-operators, and family business principals navigating scale, succession, delegation, board dynamics, exit readiness, and the personal identity pressures of leadership.
EVP Leadership helps Chicago executives, founders, and business owners build the capacity, resilience, and operating discipline to lead under pressure. Through confidential coaching and the PressurePoint System, leaders sharpen decisions, reduce overload, improve delegation, and create sustainable momentum for demanding growth seasons, transitions, and high-stakes moments across the city’s competitive business landscape, from the Loop to growing neighborhood companies.
Confidential coaching, conditioning, and facilitation for leaders navigating pressure, growth, transition, and team performance challenges.
Purpose-built coaching for founders, co-founders, owner-operators, and family business principals navigating scale, succession, delegation, board dynamics, exit readiness, and the personal identity pressures of leadership.
A proprietary 90-day leadership conditioning program that builds decision clarity, emotional capacity, execution discipline, and consistent performance for executives operating in high-pressure environments.
Intensive coaching for executives facing acute business crises, leadership transitions, financial distress, operational rupture, key-employee loss, reputational events, or sudden growth strain.
Coaching and operating-system design that helps leaders delegate authority cleanly, install accountability rhythms, create scorecards, and break the founder-bottleneck pattern.
Confidential executive coaching that addresses overload, decision fatigue, poor recovery cadence, unclear priorities, and weak delegation to restore sustainable leadership capacity.
Custom leadership programs for executives, managers, and high-potential teams covering communication, influence, accountability, strategic thinking, change leadership, and operating rhythm design.
We begin with a confidential scoping conversation to understand the leader’s role, business stage, current pressure points, and desired outcomes, whether the challenge involves growth, transition, burnout, delegation, or decision-making in Chicago’s fast-moving business environment.
EVP Leadership conditions leaders to perform with clarity, discipline, and resilience when pressure rises.
Advising thousands of entrepreneurs and executive teams through growth, complexity, and leadership transition.
A proprietary system built for Chicago leaders facing urgent decisions and operational strain.
Over 35 years working with C-suite executives, founders, and small business leaders.
Virtual coaching with periodic in-person sessions suited to busy Chicago executive schedules.
Experienced advisors for executive growth and leadership performance.
Founder
Gennifer Baker is a C-level executive consultant and Founder of EVP Leadership, bringing more than 30 years of experience in business strategy and leadership development. Since 2009, she has advised thousands of entrepreneurs and executive teams, helping them increase profitability, strengthen operations, and build systems designed for lasting growth. Gennifer specializes in strategic planning and leadership capacity, with a strong emphasis on aligning day-to-day operations to long-term business goals. Her disciplined, results-driven approach empowers small business owners and executives to navigate complexity, make confident decisions, and scale with intention. Known for treating every engagement as a true strategic partnership, Gennifer is committed to creating meaningful, sustainable change rather than short-term fixes.
Leadership Facilitator
Teri Evans is a Leadership Facilitator at EVP Leadership, bringing a uniquely diverse background spanning healthcare, education, athletics, and organizational leadership. Her career began in music therapy, where she designed therapeutic workshops and piloted a music therapy program in pediatric oncology and cardiac units at Mayo Clinic's Children's Hospital. This foundational work cultivated a leadership philosophy rooted in listening, psychological safety, and experiential growth. Teri has since expanded her expertise to youth development, nonprofit governance, and executive leadership, consistently helping teams strengthen communication and build trust. As founder of Care By Air, LLC, she also demonstrates her entrepreneurial spirit. At EVP Leadership, Teri helps clients develop presence, clarity, and purpose-driven performance.
Executive leadership coaching is a confidential development engagement for leaders responsible for complex decisions, teams, growth, and organizational performance. At EVP Leadership, coaching focuses on leadership capacity, decision-making under pressure, delegation, accountability, resilience, and execution discipline. The goal is not generic advice; it is practical conditioning that helps executives lead consistently when stakes are high.
Talk confidentially with EVP Leadership about your next challenge.
Advising entrepreneurs and executive teams since 2009
Deep C-suite and small-business leadership expertise
Proprietary framework for leadership under pressure
Share your leadership challenge, growth stage, or pressure point. EVP Leadership will help you identify the right coaching format and next step.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at (833) 991-0991. You can also send us a quick email at info@evpleadership.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at (833) 991-0991. You can also send us a quick email at info@evpleadership.com.