The Head of the Table

A Coaching Method
With a 95% Success Rate,
and Undeniable Results

Eight to Fourteen Months of
1-on-1 Coaching with Robert.

As a Goldsmith-certified coach, he'll walk beside you
until leading this way is second nature.

A Coaching
Method With
A 95% Success
Rate, and
Undeniable
Results

Eight to Fourteen
Months of 1-on-1
Coaching with Robert

As a Goldsmith-certified
coach, he'll walk beside you
until leading this way
is second nature.

The Process Behind the Shift

Three phases. Seven steps. Built around the behaviors that matter most.

PHASE 1

The Prework

STEP 1:
Discovery
Where You Are Now

An anonymous 360° assessment reveals how
your leadership is currently experienced.

Not what you think. What they experience.

Together, we identify the
1-2 specific behaviors that will have
the greatest impact on your effectiveness.

STEP 2:
Identifying the Focus
What You'll Work On

Together, we identify the
behavior worth your focus.

Not what sounds good on paper.

What will actually
shift how you're experienced
in your daily leadership.

STEP 3:
Going Public
The Courage That Changes Everything

This is where the real change begins.

With my guidance, you share your
development goal with your key stakeholders.

Your team. Your peers. Your boss. Naming it
out loud builds immediate credibility and trust.

A leader with the humility to say
I'm working on this earns respect, not judgment.

PHASE 2

The Coaching

STEP 4:
FeedForward
Building Your Support System

You regularly ask your stakeholders one question:
what can I do to be better at this?

Then you listen without defending, thank them
for their input, and act on what you've learned.

Your stakeholders become invested in your success.
They're no longer observers, they're participants.

STEP 5:
Monthly Check-Ins
Consistency That Compounds

2 to 3-minute conversations with your stakeholders.

How am I doing?
What should I keep doing?
Where can I improve?

Small, consistent conversations like these
compound into real leadership change.

STEP 6:
Mini-Survey™ Measurements
Objective Proof

At set points in your coaching,
your stakeholders rate your progress
on a -3 to +3 scale.

Not your opinion.
Not mine.

The people who work
with you every day, confirming
what's actually changing.

PHASE 3

Locking in the Shift

STEP 7:
Sustained Behavior Change
Results That Last

As your coaching continues,
these practices become habits.

The habits become your
new leadership patterns.

And your stakeholders don't just
see the difference, they confirm it.

The Process
Behind
the Shift

Three phases.
Seven steps.
Built around the
behaviors that
matter most.

PHASE 1

The Prework

PHASE 2

The Coaching

PHASE 3

Locking in the Shift

A Guarantee I Can Make Because the Process Works

On the fourteen-month engagement, my fee is tied to your results.

Not my opinion of your progress, and not yours...

The people who watch you lead every day, the ones who've been asked all along what's moving and what isn't. If they don't confirm real, measurable change by the end of the fourteen months, the guarantee stands. This is the same pay-for-results model behind the most researched coaching method in the world. Eight months and eleven months follow the exact same rigorous process, just on a shorter runway, without the guarantee attached, because a full year is what real change reliably takes to prove.

A Guarantee
I Can Make
Because the
Process Works

On the fourteen-month
engagement, my fee is
tied to your results.

Not my opinion of your
progress, and not yours...

Choose Your Depth of Support

Every engagement includes the full process. The difference is how far you go with it.

8 Months

✓ The Prework:
A 360° assessment
and stakeholder interviews
to find the one behavior
worth your focus

✓ 6 months of
monthly 1-on-1 coaching
sessions with me

✓ 1 stakeholder survey,
at month 5 of your
coaching phase

✓ Locking in the Shift:
the final phase where
your stakeholders confirm
the change has held

11 Months

Everything
in the
8-month
engagement

PLUS:

✓ Three more months
of private coaching

✓ 2 stakeholder surveys,
at months 4 and 8
of your coaching phase

14 Months

Everything
in the
11-month
engagement

PLUS:

✓ Three more months
of private coaching

✓ 2 stakeholder surveys,
at months 6 and 11
of your coaching phase

THE RESULTS GUARANTEE:
If your stakeholders don't
confirm real change, it stands

This is included, whether you choose
eight, eleven, or fourteen months

✓ Access to The Full Table course for the lifetime of the program, including every future update
✓ A written progress report at the halfway point of your coaching, and again at the end
✓ Direct access to me between sessions, by personal cell

✓ Free access to the paid Substack tier
✓ A physical welcome gift
✓ A copy of the Atomic Habits book

✓ A Leadership Table certificate upon completion

✓ First access to any future group programs or events

✓ One complimentary check-in session, six months or a year after your engagement ends

Choose Your
Depth of
Support

Every engagement includes
the full process. The difference
is how far you go with it.

8 Months

11 Months

Everything
in the
8-month
engagement

PLUS:

✓ Three more months
of private coaching

✓ 2 stakeholder surveys,
at months 4 and 8
of your coaching phase

14 Months

Everything
in the
11-month
engagement

PLUS:

✓ Three more months
of private coaching

✓ 2 stakeholder surveys,
at months 6 and 11
of your coaching phase

THE RESULTS GUARANTEE:
If your stakeholders don't
confirm real change, it stands

This is included,
whether you choose
eight, eleven, or
fourteen months

✓ Access to The Full Table course for the lifetime of the program, including every future update

✓ A written progress report at the halfway point of your coaching, and again at the end

✓ Direct access to me between sessions, by personal cell

✓ Free access to the paid Substack tier

✓ A physical welcome gift

✓ A copy of the Atomic Habits book

✓ A Leadership Table certificate upon completion

✓ First access to any future group programs or events

✓ One complimentary check-in session, six months or a year after your engagement ends

How to Apply

Fill Out
the Application

In-depth questions
about your role and the
leadership challenges
you're bringing.

I'll Review
It Personally

No algorithms,
no forms, just me
making sure it's the
right support for you.

You'll Hear From Me
Within 48 Hours:

If it's a good match,
I will send you a link
for your initial call. That's where
the real conversation starts.

APPLY FOR PRIVATE COACHING

How to
Apply

Fill Out the
Short Application

In-depth questions
about your role and the
leadership challenges
you're bringing.

I'll Review
It Personally

No algorithms,
no forms, just me
making sure it's the
right support for you.

You'll Hear From Me
Within 48 Hours:

If it's a good match,
I will send you a link
for your initial call. That's where
the real conversation starts.

APPLY FOR PRIVATE COACHING

The Place Setting Framework for Leaders

A way of finding the parts of your leadership that are quietly working against you.

There are seven parts of how you lead.

This framework doesn't teach leadership.
It shows you which part of yours needs attention.

The Place Setting
Framework
for Leaders

A way of finding the one
part of your leadership that's
quietly working against you.

There are
seven parts of
how you lead.

This framework
doesn't teach leadership.

It shows you which part
of yours needs attention.

INCLUDED IN THE PRIVATE COACHING

The full framework. 7 elements.
Built to fit into a leader's real week.

Here's What's Inside

✓ All seven elements, and in the cohort,
you'll work through them together,
one Play at a time, alongside the group.

✓ A diagnostic for every element, so you
always know exactly which Play to run next.

✓ The complete Play library, yours to keep and return to.

✓ A short welcome series that
walks you through exactly where to start

✓ Two short videos per element, one on the shift itself,
one on making it stick, so wherever you focus,
the teaching is fast and specific.

✓ A FeedForward worksheet, a real stakeholder ask,
and a 30-day tracker for every element.

✓ A certificate when you complete the full framework.

✓ Free access to every
future addition to the course

INCLUDED IN
PRIVATE COACHING

One framework.
One focus.

Built to fit
into a leader's
real week.

Here's What's Inside

✓ All seven elements are here,
but you're not meant to work through
all of them. You'll focus on
the one working against you
most, with the option to go
deeper into others later.

✓ Two short videos per element,
one on the shift itself, one on
making it stick, so wherever you focus,
the teaching is fast and specific.

✓ A diagnostic built into your
element of focus, pointing you
straight to the one Play to start with.

✓ A FeedForward worksheet,
a real stakeholder ask, and a
30-day tracker for every element.

✓ The complete Play library,
yours to keep and return to.

✓ A short welcome series
that walks you through
exactly where to start

✓ A certificate when you
complete the full framework.

✓ Free access to every
future addition to the course

Meet Robert

Founder of the Place Setting Framework

Where the framework began…

I spent thirty years building people before I ever coached anyone. From prep cook to president of a division, and every rung in between. Sales teams. People. Years of it, long before I ever sat across from a leader as a coach.

None of that came from a textbook. It came from the table, the one my mother set every day of my childhood while she ran a Greek catering business and cared for aging parents in our home, all at once. She never called it leadership. She called it showing up. That table shaped me more than any role I've held since. I don't think she ever knew she was training a leader.

Today, I'm a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach and the creator of the Place Setting Framework, seven elements of leadership built from everything I learned sitting at my mother's table. This isn't about teaching leadership. It's about naming the one part of yours that's quietly working against you, and proving the shift through the people who watch you lead every day.

The Record Behind the Framework

Ranked a Top 10 Executive Leadership Coach by Favikon
Grew a food distribution division from one employee to 350 in under five years
Led sales teams with budgets over $300 million
Took a customer satisfaction score from last in the company to top 15 nationally
Completed a Harvard-accredited executive leadership program
Served as executive vice president of member development and training for a national foodservice organization

"Leadership is a table set with seven pieces.
Run one Play at a time, until it's who you are."

Meet Robert

Founder of the Place Setting Framework

Where the framework began…

The Record Behind the Framework

Ranked a Top 10 Executive Leadership Coach by Favikon
Grew a food distribution division from one employee to 350 in under five years
Led sales teams with budgets over $300 million
Took a customer satisfaction score from last in the company to top 15 nationally
Completed a Harvard-accredited executive leadership program
Served as executive vice president of member development and training for a national foodservice organization

"Leadership is a table
set with seven pieces.

Run one Play at a time,
until it's who you are."

Your Great Questions
Deserve Straightforward Answers

A few things most leaders want to know before they begin.

Your Great
Questions Deserve
Straightforward
Answers

A few things most
leaders want to know
before they begin.

How is this different from other leadership training?

Most leadership training hands you ideas and leaves you to figure out what to do with them. This works differently. It comes from thirty years actually running teams, not a stage, and it gives you one specific behavior to run this week, not a stack of ideas to sit with. Then you get a way of knowing, for certain, that it's actually working. Not a guess. Not a feeling. Real proof.

What if I'm not sure which element I need to work on?

That's exactly what the assessment is for. Six minutes tells you which of the seven elements needs attention first, so you're never guessing where to start.

Do I need to go through all seven elements?

No. The Full Table gives you access to all seven, but you're only meant to focus on the one working against you most. Most leaders are already excelling in several of the seven, so there's no need to work through all of them, just the one that needs it. Once that shifts, you're welcome to go deeper into the others whenever you're ready.

What exactly is a stakeholder in this process?

A stakeholder is simply someone who works closely with you and sees you lead regularly, your boss, your peers, or the people on your team. They're not judges or graders. They're the people best positioned to notice whether a specific behavior is actually shifting, since they're the ones experiencing it firsthand.

How do I know it actually worked?

You'll learn a simple, specific way to check in with your stakeholders each month, the right questions, asked the right way, so you always know where you stand. No guessing. Just your team confirming, and celebrating, the specific shifts you set out to make.

Which path is right for me, the course, the cohort, or coaching?

The Full Table is the right starting point for almost every leader. If you want accountability and feedback from Robert and a small group of peers, The Working Table adds that. If you want Robert walking beside you one-on-one, that's The Head of the Table.

What is your refund policy?

We do everything we can, within reason, to make sure you're satisfied. Due to the digital nature of the course, refunds aren't issued once it's been purchased, and the same is true for coaching services already rendered. The one exception is the fourteen-month private coaching engagement, which carries a results guarantee. If your own stakeholders don't confirm real change over that year, the guarantee stands. If anything about your experience isn't sitting right, email Robert directly at support@astudentofleadership.com.