Remove What Hinders, Grow What Matters
Helping leaders and teams remove what’s getting in the way, so they can do their best work.
Explore our unique approach to leadership development.
Embedded Partners
not external advisors
ablate (a-ˈblāt)
“The deliberate removal of what is harmful, non-functional, or obstructive in order to restore healthy functioning.”
In 333 BC, Alexander the Great faced the famous Gordian Knot. Others had tried and failed to untangle it. Alexander took a bolder approach: he drew his sword and cut right through. That’s an ablative approach: stop trying the same old fixes, and remove the problem instead.
In most companies, the people side and the systems side get tangled. We work alongside leaders to find and cut through the patterns that cause burnout, conflict, and sagging profits. With ICF coaching training, evidence-based psychology, and a big-picture view of how companies work, we know that healthier leaders build healthier companies. From one-on-one coaching to guiding your people through a merger, we partner directly with:
- Top leaders who struggle with losing good people and not knowing why, feeling alone at the top, burnout from carrying too much for too long, or keeping a team together through change.
- Companies where teams work in silos and don’t share information, old habits keep getting in the way of new goals, or mergers or transitions cause big change.
- Decision makers facing big change, like stepping into a bigger role with more people to lead, a new role, or a tough season.
Our Process
Listen & Learn
Step 1: Get to Know You and Your Team
First, we learn how things really work. We sit down with you, follow you through your day, and talk with people across your company. This shows us what’s working, what’s not, and where things are getting stuck.
Find the Blind Spots
Step 2: We Find What’s Holding You Back
Next, we dig deeper. We use proven tools to show how you lead, how others see you, and how healthy your company really is. Then we spot the patterns that keep slowing you and your team down.
Fix It Together
Step 3: We Work Together to Fix It
Now we put what we learned to work. We roll up our sleeves with you, your leadership team, or your whole company. Together, we break the habits that hold people back and build stronger leaders who can keep the progress going.
Is This Right For You?
This isn’t a pep talk or a quick fix. It’s for healthcare and business leaders who are ready to take an honest look at themselves and how they shape their team. If you want real, lasting change, and you’re willing to be part of it, we’d love to talk.
What we are, and what we’re not
- What we are: Partners who work side by side with leaders and companies facing tough problems that training or advice alone can’t fix. We start with leadership, because strong leaders build healthy companies.
- What we’re not: Typical executive coaches, motivational speakers, or consultants who hand you a report from a distance and walk away.
Why True Partnership Matters
Leaders don’t lead in a vacuum. The way they lead is shaped by their company’s structure, its rewards, and the pressure that comes with power. Research shows that as people gain more power, they often lose some of their empathy. They can grow more distant, see things less from others’ points of view, and notice less of what’s happening around them. This happens even to good, healthy people.
Many consultants treat these problems as just a strategy issue. We don’t. We bring more than ten years of experience in psychotherapy, along with doctoral training in how organizations are run. That lets us get to the root of why leaders lose touch, while working within the real limits of your company.
We don’t give advice from a distance. We work right alongside you. That lets us find and remove the things that pull leaders away from their people. The result is stronger leaders and a healthier company, where empathy, accountability, and good decision-making work together instead of against each other.
Outcomes
Leaders and organizations engaged in this work often experience changes across three interconnected areas:
See Clearly and Connect Better
Who hasn’t heard of silos? They’re in most companies. And what comes from them? Brilliant people keeping to themselves, and a company that misses out on what great relationships can bring. Leaders often end up cut off from honest feedback and the full picture. Through this work, leaders often gain:
- A clearer sense of how the way they show up, talk, and make decisions affects others
- A better ability to see things from other people’s point of view, without losing authority or the ability to make tough calls
- More trust and safety on their leadership team and across the company
Working together, we build pathways that break down those silos, so your whole company can benefit from everyone’s best thinking. That keeps leaders grounded and effective, even in high-pressure roles where empathy tends to fade over time.
A Leadership Team That Works Together
The cost of conflict within companies is staggering. But who looks forward to facing it and cleaning up the damage it causes? At the top, this friction often gets blamed on “personality clashes” or different leadership styles. Through this work, leadership teams often see:
- Less conflict caused by misunderstandings, defensiveness, or wrong assumptions
- More patience with different working styles, personalities, and ways of making decisions
- Better teamwork, as hidden tensions come to light and get handled in a healthy way
We don’t try to change who people are. Instead, we remove what’s fueling the friction and getting in the way of clear communication. Our approach bridges that chasm of chaos and helps your team work together better, which directly affects your bottom line.
Better Decisions, A Company On The Same Page
No one has an accurate view of how they come across. We like who we are and believe we’re right! This leads to collision after collision, which costs a lot in wasted time and lost employees. When we tackle both the blind spots in how people lead and the things in the company’s structure that don’t line up, leaders often report:
- More clarity and confidence when making decisions
- Better follow-through and accountability at every level of leadership
- Less drama, less turnover, and fewer problems that get pushed up the chain for no good reason
Our proven approach fills in those missing insights, helping you lead with clarity and confidence. And as leaders get steadier, the whole company follows, with a stronger culture, better results, and smoother operations.
The People behind the scene
Ablative Partners
We bring together psychology and doctoral-level business training, so we can help both the leader and the organization.
Brandon Fielding, Ph.D., LICSW
Founder & CEO
Founder and CEO of Ablative Leadership Partners. Co-founder of Birchstone Psychotherapy and Assessment. Founder of Birchstone Mental Health Urgent Care.
Let’s Talk
207 E 19th Street
Vancouver, WA 98663
T: (360) 448-5318
E: Brandon.Fielding@AblativeLeadershipPartners.Org