Leadership development, executive coaching and organizational health for West Virginia business owners. Based in Northern Virginia, with in-person sessions across the Eastern Panhandle. Remote anywhere.
West Virginia business owners have been under-served for a long time. Most business coaches are based in DC, Boston or New York. Most of them do not understand a business that started in a pickup truck. We are different.
Ted Williamson is a Professional EOS® Implementer and business coach living in the region, working with second-stage WV companies in person and online. We help owners get clear on vision, build accountable leadership teams and run a healthier business.
If your business has grown past what duct tape and long hours can hold together, it is time for a different conversation.
Built for West Virginia Business Owners
Our clients tend to look like this:
- Second-stage companies, typically ten to one hundred employees
- Owners who built something and are ready to lead it differently
- Leadership teams that want alignment, accountability and a scoreboard they can actually see
- Industries including construction, manufacturing, trades, logistics, professional services, healthcare and family-owned businesses
Where we work. Our strongest in-person presence is in the Eastern Panhandle: Martinsburg, Charles Town, Shepherdstown, Berkeley Springs and Hedgesville.
For the rest of West Virginia (Morgantown, Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Wheeling) and beyond, we work remotely. All full EOS® engagements are in person.
Three Ways We Help
- Business coaching and leadership development. One-on-one and team-level coaching for owners and leadership teams. Get clear on vision. Build a leadership team that owns the work. Solve the people problems before they become the business problems.
- Organizational health. Teams do not get sick overnight. They get sick one unmet expectation at a time. We help you build the rhythms, habits and conversations that keep a team healthy long-term.
- Professional EOS® Implementer services. Ted is a Professional EOS® Implementer. For full information on the EOS® process and how an EOS® engagement works, visit his EOS Worldwide® microsite at https://www.eosworldwide.com/ted-williamson.
Local Coach. On-Site Sessions. Real Results.
The coaching industry is saturated with people who have never run a real business. We have. Ted spent nearly thirty years at Caterpillar before building his coaching practice. He knows what a leadership team looks like when it works, and what one looks like when it is falling apart. He is also based in the region, which means in-person sessions are a real option, not a travel expense.
Most of all: he speaks the language. Not the coaching industry language. Not the DC language. The language of people who actually run businesses, not just advise on them.
Many of our Eastern Panhandle clients are in construction and the trades. See how we work with construction companies.
Multiple WV Clients and Counting
Our deepest work right now is in Martinsburg. Multiple leadership teams in the Eastern Panhandle have run full engagement cycles with us, and the pattern is the same: clearer priorities, fewer fires, better meetings, owners able to step back and lead.
Had our best month ever in the history of the dealership.
Owner, Martinsburg Ford dealership (after three foundational days)
We Also Offer
- Leadership development programs for new managers and seasoned teams
- Gen Z workshops that bridge the generational gap from both sides
- Mentor program design for companies serious about developing their people
- Workshop facilitation for leadership retreats and off-sites
Start With a 90-Minute Meeting. It Is Free.
The 90-Minute Meeting is the front door. You bring your leadership team (or come solo if you are early-stage). We walk you through how we work, whether it is a fit and what it would look like to engage. No sales pitch. No pressure. If it is not a fit, you will know, and so will we.
Or email info@gystbusinesscoaching.com with a few sentences about your business.