Founder Coaching
Purpose-built coaching for founders, co-founders, and owner-operators navigating scale, board dynamics, delegation, succession, exit readiness, and the identity pressures unique to founder-led businesses.
Build the leadership capacity to make clearer decisions, lead under pressure, and scale with intention. EVP Leadership supports Minneapolis executives, founders, and business owners with confidential coaching, structured leadership conditioning, and practical operating systems designed for complex growth environments—from fast-moving professional services firms to founder-led companies across the Twin Cities business community.
Confidential coaching and leadership conditioning for executives, founders, owners, and teams navigating pressure, growth, and complexity.
Purpose-built coaching for founders, co-founders, and owner-operators navigating scale, board dynamics, delegation, succession, exit readiness, and the identity pressures unique to founder-led businesses.
A proprietary 90-day leadership conditioning program that strengthens decision-making, emotional capacity, execution discipline, communication clarity, and consistent performance during high-pressure business seasons.
Intensive, confidential decision support for executives facing acute business crises, leadership transitions, financial distress, reputational events, sudden growth strain, or operational breakdowns.
Focused coaching that helps leaders break founder bottlenecks, establish accountability rhythms, delegate with authority and clarity, and create operating discipline across the team.
Personalized coaching for executives experiencing overload, decision fatigue, reduced capacity, or loss of purpose, with systems for resilience, recovery, and sustainable leadership performance.
Strategic partnership for C-suite leaders and business owners focused on growth planning, operating rhythm design, leadership capacity, profitability, succession, and scale-up readiness.
Executive leadership coaching with EVP Leadership is designed for leaders who carry real operational weight. In Minneapolis, where business leaders often balance growth, talent pressure, seasonal demands, and competitive regional markets, our work strengthens your internal capacity, decision framework, delegation rhythm, and leadership presence so you can lead with discipline instead of reaction.
EVP Leadership helps high-responsibility leaders build capacity, clarity, and execution discipline.
Over 35 years working with C-suite executives and small businesses through complex growth.
The 90-day PressurePoint System conditions leaders for high-stakes decisions and disciplined execution.
Coaching fits founder-led Minneapolis businesses facing delegation, scale, succession, and leadership identity shifts.
Practical frameworks help Twin Cities executives lead through uncertainty without defaulting to reactive habits.
Experienced advisors for executives, founders, and leadership teams.
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 confidential support for senior leaders who need to improve decision-making, communication, execution, resilience, and leadership capacity. EVP Leadership’s approach goes beyond advice by conditioning leaders to perform under pressure using structured frameworks, practical operating rhythms, and real-world application tailored to executives, founders, owners, and leadership teams.
Start with a confidential conversation about your leadership pressure points.
Advising leaders and teams since 2009.
Proprietary framework for leadership under pressure.
Decades supporting executives and business owners.
Share what you are navigating, and EVP Leadership will help scope the right confidential coaching or consulting engagement.
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.