The Leadership System For Founders.
Lead your team to make the decisions, handle the fires and grow the business without everything running through you.
Revenue growth, with team engagement up at the same time.
You built the business. Now it runs through you.
Your leaders were promoted because they were great at their jobs, and they still escalate the decisions they should be making.
You've set up the roles and the meetings, and problems still reach you only once they're urgent.
You can't take a week away, or even an evening, without your phone ringing.
Every year you tell yourself this is the year it changes. Then the busy season comes, and you're back to putting out fires.
It isn't a talent problem, and another book, podcast or framework won't solve it. It takes clear decision rules, leaders who know how to lead and an owner who reinforces both. That's the work we do together.
Four months from now
Picture your business running without you in the middle.
Every decision lands on your desk.
Your leaders make the call and tell you what they decided.
You're the one putting out the fires.
Your team handles them before they ever reach you.
Meetings end with everyone looking at you.
Meetings end with clear owners and next steps.
You check your phone at dinner.
Dinner is dinner.
A week off feels impossible.
You take a real vacation, and the business runs as if you were there.
Your growth ideas sit on a list.
You spend your week on the opportunities you've been waiting to pursue.
We work on three things at the same time.
Training the founder alone doesn't hold. Neither does training the team alone. The change lasts when the leader, the structure and the team move together.
You, as the leader
Your leadership style, how you communicate and the habits that pull you back into the day-to-day: stepping in because it's faster, or letting go and hoping it works out.
Your structure
Who owns which decisions, what comes to you and what doesn't, and the right people in the right seats. Clear enough that nobody calls you for something that shouldn't be a call.
Your leaders
Your managers and team leads join Power Player Academy, included in your advisory. They learn to lead, so what you put in place actually holds.
Learning is the easy part. Implementation is where we stay with you.
Your advisor
Advice from someone who has led a business from the CEO's chair.
Before founding EAC Leadership House, Eloïse Gagnon was an international business lawyer, an Executive Vice-President leading teams across 17 countries and the CEO of her own eight-figure business. She built her career in mining, natural resources and gas, closing deals in rooms where she was often the youngest and only woman.
As CEO, she hired capable people who came from workplaces where a wrong decision could cost them their job. They avoided decisions, and everything came back to her. She had to build the psychological safety that allowed her team to decide, speak up and take ownership.
That experience shapes how we work with you
- How to hand over decisions without losing sight of the outcome.
- How to set expectations your team can act on without you.
- How to hold leaders accountable while keeping their trust.
- How to develop managers into leaders who grow their own teams.
Built around your business, not a template.
We start where you are. What works for a founder running a restaurant is not what works for a PR firm or a construction company, so your four months are built around your business and your biggest challenge.
Business assessment
You complete a detailed assessment of your business, your leadership and your biggest challenge. If you have a business partner, you each complete your own.
Kickoff sessions
A first session with Eloïse, then individual, confidential sessions with each partner, so we understand the full picture.
Your four-month plan
We decide what to tackle first, second and third, and set the goal you will reach by the end of the program.
Implement with support
Training, mentoring and coaching as you put it in place, with direct access to Eloïse and your CEO Coach when real situations come up.
What we often work on
Your leaders get trained alongside you.
The most common gap we see: the founder learns new ways to lead, and the team doesn't. So every Power Player CEO client can enroll their leaders in Power Player Academy at no extra cost.
Your managers, team leads and executive team get their own training, coaching and mentoring. Their program runs separately from yours, so you and your leaders can each speak freely.
- Communication, influence and authorityHow to set direction, move people forward and create ownership.
- Conflict and team managementHard conversations, low performance and difficult personalities.
- Emotional leadershipStaying composed under pressure, so the team stays composed too.
- AccountabilityHolding people to the standard without the owner stepping in.
- Strategic visibilityLeading beyond their own role, and being seen as a leader.
Direct access to advice when it matters.
Private advisory with Eloïse
Work directly with Eloïse on the situations in front of you: the hire, the difficult conversation, the decision you need to make this week.
Your CEO Coach
A dedicated coach with deep experience in structure, SOPs and KPIs, who helps you put everything in place between sessions.
Unlimited Voxer access
Message Eloïse and your CEO Coach when something comes up, without waiting for the next call.
Private calendar access
Book a focused call when you need one. There is no preset call limit.
Business assessment and plan
A detailed assessment of your business and a four-month plan built around your priorities.
Power Player Academy for your leaders
Training, coaching and mentoring for the leaders you choose, in their own confidential program.
What founders measure.
The leadership team went from about 7% to nearly 60% self-led.
Cedric, founder, $4M firm
Revenue growth, with team engagement up at the same time.
Yasmine, CEO, $7.2M company
She launched a new branch of her division that brought in a new seven-figure revenue stream.
Carolina, founder, $5M firm
Founders we work with run restaurants, PR and consulting firms, and dental clinics, among other businesses.
The Advisory is designed for founders who
- Lead a company with $1M or more in revenue and a team to lead
- Find that important decisions keep coming back to them
- Have read the books and listened to the podcasts, and something still isn't working
- Are ready to do this work with their business partner and leadership team
It is not the right fit if you
- Are still the only person in the business
- Are looking for a self-paced course
- Aren't ready to change how you lead
Questions about the Advisory
Is it tailored to my business, or is it a general program?
It is built around your business. We start with a detailed business assessment, then set your priorities and a four-month plan. The coaching and mentoring work on your real situations: the specific person, the specific department, the issue that keeps coming back to you.
I run the business with a partner. Do we both take part?
Yes, and we recommend it. When only one partner learns the work, conversations between you slow everything down. You each complete your own assessment, we meet together and separately, and both of your individual conversations stay confidential.
Is it confidential?
Yes. Your sessions, your Voxer channel and your conversations with your CEO Coach stay between you and us. Your leaders' Power Player Academy program runs separately from yours, and taking part in the private community is optional.
How much time does it take?
The work is built around the leadership situations already on your calendar: your team meetings, your one-on-ones and the decisions in front of you. Most of it happens inside your week rather than on top of it.
When is the right time to start?
Many founders start in their slower season, so the structure and the training are in place before the busy season begins.
What happens after four months?
You leave with clear decision rules, a leadership team that makes decisions, a rhythm that keeps people accountable and managers who are developing the next generation of leaders in your company.
What is the investment?
We go through the investment on the advisory call, once we understand your business and what you need. You can pay in full or in instalments at no extra cost, and you have full access from your first payment.
Let's look at where your business still depends on you.
Whether you want to step back from the day-to-day, grow into new opportunities or prepare the business for your next chapter, we'd welcome a conversation.
On your advisory call, we'll discuss
- Your business and where decisions are getting stuck.
- The role you want to have in your business.
- Whether the Advisory is the right fit.
If there's a fit, we'll outline how we would work together and the next steps.
Book your advisory call → Prefer email? support@eloisegagnon.com