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I believe great
leaders aren’t just
built; they’re revealed.

Executive Leadership Coach & Strategic Advisor

My work is to create the space where you can shed the external pressures, harness your unique profile, and lead from a place of authentic presence and clarity. Through strategic partnership, we’ll unlock the leader you were designed to be.

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About Brian Bennett

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As a friend of leaders, I’m passionate about serving them as a confidant, coach, and advisor.

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Executive Leadership

Chief Operating Officer, Director of the Kingdom Capital Leadership Institute & Previously Executive Pastor

Academic Credentials

Three Master’s (MBA, MOL, MACM) + Doctorate in Strategic Leadership (in progress)

President of CCNI

Oldest global non-profit Christian member association supporting professional coaches

200+ Hours Coach Training

Professional Certification

1,000+ Coaching Hours

Proven Client Results

Professional Coach Certification

Leadership & Life Coach (PCCI)

Leadership Assessments

Korn Ferry & TTI Success Insights Certified

The Challenge of Leadership

“Senior leaders carry the weight of high-stakes decisions, constant challenges, and emerging opportunities. While already making an impact, many sense there is untapped potential—both in themselves and in the organizations they lead.

What’s often missing is a trusted sounding board — a rare space where leaders can look under the hood, where performance and health go hand-in-hand, and where leadership flows from who you are, not just what you do.”

The Power of a Coach Partnership

As a coach, I walk alongside senior leaders to help them think strategically, lead authentically, and grow intentionally. Together, we:

Navigate Key Decisions

We work together to drive better outcomes through strategic thinking and values-aligned decision making in high-stakes situations.

Increase Leadership Presence

Develop greater awareness of your leadership presence and influence, understanding how you show up and impact others.

Leverage Your Unique Wiring

Harness your distinctive leadership style and strengths for greater impact within your team and organizational culture.

Overcome Internal Barriers

Identify and address the internal obstacles that limit your potential, clearing the path for breakthrough performance.

This work creates the clarity, confidence, and alignment needed to lead at the highest level—both in business performance and personal growth.

Brian Taylor Testimonial

"Working with Brian Bennett as my coach has been one of the most impactful investments in my leadership journey. His unique blend of executive experience, practical wisdom, and deep care has consistently challenged me to bring my best self to both work and life. Through our coaching partnership, I’ve gained clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose that has shaped how I lead and grow"

-Brian Taylor, SVP of Sales

What to Expect From Brian

I bring a unique blend of executive leadership experience in business as a Chief Operating Officer and non-profit as an Executive Pastor, over 200+ hours of professional coach training, three masters degrees (MBA, MOL, MACM) and 1,000+ hours of experience coaching to serve the clients I partner with.

My coaching style can be described as:

Clear, Strategic, and Direct

I bring direction and structure to each session. I help clients cut through confusion and move toward bold, informed action—at their pacing.

Inside-out Transformation

My clients and I work at the level of mindset, motivation, and identity to elevate the internal psychology of the leader, resulting in lasting growth, aligned action, and greater impact.

Values-Driven with Conviction

I am deeply attuned to both the mission and the person behind the leadership. I help leaders stay anchored in their values and convictions while navigating complexity with clarity and discipline.

Attuned and Supportive

I am deeply attuned to each client’s leadership style, challenges, and context. I create a safe, structured space for reflection, honest evaluation, and personal growth—balancing high support with high challenge.

Structured with Flexibility

While every session is grounded in clear objectives and intentional design, I remain flexible to what each moment calls for—able to pivot in real time to address emerging needs, opportunities, or breakthroughs.

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A coaching partnership may be a right fit for you if you are:

  • A senior leader navigating complex decisions and seeking clarity
  • Ready to grow in self-awareness, influence, and leadership effectiveness
  • Looking for a trusted, confidential space to process challenges and opportunities
  • Desiring to align your leadership with your core values and purpose
  • Open to feedback, reflection, and intentional development
  • Leading at a high level but sensing there’s more untapped potential
  • Wanting to overcome inner obstacles and lead with greater authenticity
  • Committed to growing both personally and professionally for long-term impact

Listen & Watch: Featured Resources & Insights

Get a preview of my teaching and coaching approach through these practical resources. Listen to focused leadership lessons and watch real coaching concepts in action.

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Books By Brian

Explicit Leadership by Brian Bennett - Book Cover

Explicit Leadership

Are you an explicit leader? Are you a powerful presence of love, belief and encouragement in the lives of everyone around you? Explicit Leadership is a book written to help you unlock your potential as a leader so that you can lead deeply from the core of your heart.

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Emotional Intelligence for Kingdom Leaders Book Cover - By Brian Bennet

Emotional Intelligence for Kingdom Leaders

As a kingdom leader in the home, work-place or church, our emotional health and intelligence is either empowering our lives or holding us back. For many of us we find our interior life cannot handle the weight of our exterior responsibilities, stress and challenges.

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A Leader’s Story Workbook

ARE YOU LIVING OUT OF YOUR GOD DESIGNED UNIQUENESS EACH DAY? A Leader’s Story explores the six directions every leader must look to walk in-tune with the story God is writing in their life.

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Partner Testimonials

Hear from executives and organizational leaders who have experienced deep transformation through our strategic partnership.

"Working with Brian in a coaching partnership helped me align my leadership with what God entrusted to me. The impact wasn’t just personal—it brought clarity, confidence, and healthier systems to our organization. Coaching was a wise investment for both me and the church I serve.”

– RT Stringer, Lead Pastor, Villa Baptist Church

"Working with Brian Bennett as my coach has been one of the most impactful investments in my leadership journey. His unique blend of executive experience, practical wisdom, and deep care has consistently challenged me to bring my best self to both work and life. Through our coaching partnership, I’ve gained clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose that has shaped how I lead and grow."

- Brian Taylor, SVP of Sales

"Working with Brian has deepened my self-awareness, clarified my life goals, and strengthened my leadership. His fresh perspective has helped me navigate challenges, think more broadly, and grow as a leader. Through steady support and accountability, he has encouraged me to stretch beyond my comfort zone and strengthened my confidence in leading."

- Dr. Buddy Perstrope, Senior Pastor

"I have had the pleasure of partnering with Brian as a leadership coach for my professional development and for that of my leadership team for several years. Having an outside coach like Brian is invaluable to me and my organization as often times an external voice can resonate with clarity, objectivity and a neutral perspective to enhance self-awareness within leaders. Utilizing Brian as an outside coach has provided accountability which in turn has created progress. He provides an objective and safe space to help my leaders develop strategic thinking skills and to enhance their communication abilities."

- Mark, Executive Director/Operating Partner

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If my approach resonates with you and you’re serious about elevating your leadership impact, I’d welcome the opportunity to connect. Let’s have a confidential conversation about your leadership journey and explore whether coaching could serve you well.

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This was the season where I discovered I was gifted most to serve in leadership, coaching, and strategy.  I already had a Master’s of Christian Ministry, but with the insight of discovering more fully how I was uniquely wired to serve and positively impact others, it led me on a journey to a Master’s of Organizational Leadership and then an MBA.  I also completed a strategy certificate at Michigan State University.

 

Then a significant defining moment of transition happened when an invitation came to join two incredible faith-led entrepreneurs who had just started a private investment firm with the goal to create a self-perpetuating philanthropic vision.  I had already sensed a season of change was coming, but didn’t anticipate the fullness of the chapter that was emerging. I knew clearly it was an invitation that I needed to say yes too, even though I couldn’t see the full map of where the path would lead.  I know what it’s like to transition from one sector of work to another. I know what it’s like to have to adapt, be an agile learner and figure out what it takes to thrive in a new environment and role.  I know what it looks like to face your imposter syndrome and insecurities as you enter a new and different space.  That shapes something in you that is ultimately a gift to clients in our partnership.

 

In my work as the director of a leadership institute within the investment firm I serve internal portfolio companies and external clients. I am a board observer for many of these portfolio companies and partner to the CEOs and executive teams.  Working in a startup context is very different. We were a young investment firm working with young investments. That is a completely different context from my previous leadership environments. For 7+ years I have had the privilege of serving in this capacity in the startup sandbox, and during that time I was ultimately invited into the role of Chief Operating Officer. 

 

I was also privileged to serve on multiple non-profit boards through this season and serve as President of Christian Coaches Network International (CCNI). This is the oldest, global member associations of Christian coaches aligned to a non-directive, professional coaching competencies.  CCNI offers accreditation to coach training schools and credentialing to coaches, in addition to professional development events and business building support. I originally served the board as Director of Strategy and then Treasurer, and now in the role of President. 

I bring the experience and perspective of executive leadership in for-profit and non-profit roles to the clients I serve. It shapes my approach differently. It changes the questions I ask and though my client’s paths are different than mine, I instinctively understand the privilege, weight, and opportunity of executive leadership. 

 

I became a coach because I experienced the power of having a coach. I had many certifications at the time in a variety of leadership tools, but the coaching partnership was different. It was transformative. It was empowering. It was elevating in a distinct way. As a certified life and leadership coach, I find it to be an incredible privilege to partner as a friend of leaders. To be in that honored space as their confidant, advisor, and coach, is one of the most fulfilling moments of life.  In so many ways, I discovered I was made for that as my journey unfolded. What a gift it is to experience doing what you love, with what you are skilled at, while meeting a need in the world.

 

A final thought for me is that careers, titles, degrees and everything else that one might chase in their life is not the center.  They are hopefully expressions of living out who we are, how we are wired, and can be positive reflections of that activity.  But, they can also be traps to try to fulfill and satisfy things that they were never meant to satisfy.  Accomplishment can also be reflective of an empty heart and an unfulfilled life.  I know both experiences, and that is why I coach from an inside-out approach, believing that leadership is ontological before it is anything else.  It is also why my deepest treasures are my faith journey and my family. Who I become on the journey is far more important to me than what I accomplish. And how I love those closest to me is of far greater significance to me than any result or accomplishment.  If we work together, I bring an integrated approach to the partnership, believing the most alive version of you is the best gift to those you lead, and also believing  when leaders lead from the inside-out, there is a sustainable alignment and health that can fuel high performance.

 

As a note, I serve values-driven, purpose-driven leaders of various religious perspectives.  I honor them and partner with them in coaching to their highest and best self. I also honor my own faith commitments and values, and I do not coach clients in ways that violate those deepest parts of ourselves.   That is part of the integrity and values-driven nature of my coaching that has been forged deeply over time. I stand on my commitments and I stand with you to stand on yours as you lead, positively impact the various stakeholders involved, and move towards a grander vision.