A quieter kind of
executive coaching.
I coach a small number of African founders and senior leaders through the seasons of their work. My practice is private, senior, and slow-moving on purpose.
Four things that never change.
The container is different for every client. The way I hold it is not.
Off-the-record
Everything is confidential. No notes shared, no client stories published without written permission.
Senior thinking-with
Not therapy, not consulting. A senior peer to think with, honestly, on your hardest calls.
A held cadence
A fortnightly rhythm you can plan around. Voice-memo access between sessions when it matters.
Very small caseload
Eight active clients at a time. Full stop. When one finishes, one spot opens.
The Founder Container
My flagship engagement. Twelve 90-minute sessions across six months, plus voice-memo access between sessions. Built for founders in the messy middle — post product-market fit, pre operational maturity.
- A clear operating rhythm you can hold to under pressure
- The three-to-five decisions only you can make, made well
- A first-team you actually trust to run without you
Five ways to work together.
Choose the container that fits your season.
The Founder Container
A private 6-month coaching container for founders scaling their first serious company.
The Senior Leader Six
Six sessions for senior leaders stepping into scope they weren't trained for.
The One-Day Intensive
A full day, in person or on Zoom, to think through one hard thing.
“Iyabo is the calmest room I get to sit in every fortnight. I've become a different founder inside her container.”
Kemi A. · CEO · Series-B fintech
What clients tell others.
“Iyabo is the calmest room I get to sit in every fortnight. I've become a different founder inside her container.”
“She has an uncanny sense of what to say, and what not to say. My best hire this year wasn't a hire.”
“The intensive gave me a day I hadn't had in three years. I made the call I'd been avoiding for four months.”
“Our team offsite with Iyabo is the most useful two days we've spent as a founding team. Full stop.”
“The retainer is the best money I spend every month. It's how I've stayed sane through a hard year.”
“Six sessions, and I finally sound like myself in board meetings. Extraordinary.”
Iyabo Ogun
Executive coach · ex-COO · ICF-certified (PCC)
I spent 14 years as an operator — from early-stage lead to COO of a company that scaled to 400 people.
I've been coaching for six years now, working almost exclusively with founders, C-suites and senior leaders across Africa and the diaspora.
The work is one-to-one, over a private container of 12 sessions across six months. I take on 8 clients at a time.
Before you book.
You start with a free 30-minute intro call. We both use it to see whether the work I do and the work you need line up. Nobody says yes on the call.
Start with a 30-minute call.
No pressure, no pitch. Just a short conversation to see whether we should keep talking.