Executive Coaching
Too many decisions. Too many interruptions. Not enough strategic clarity.
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● Dr. Joey Collins, Psy.D. | SPU Founding Faculty • 20+ Years Executive Advisory
● ORIGINAL RESEARCH. A PROVEN COACHING SYSTEM.
Burnout Isn't a Personal Failing.
It's a Systems Failure.
When talented people work hard and nothing moves, the problem isn't effort. It's the system around the work.
I help CEOs, senior executives, and leadership teams diagnose the conditions behind distraction, burnout, and stalled performance — then turn the findings into focused leadership action.
➲ One conversation is enough to know if this is the right fit.
Dr. Joey Collins, Psy.D.
SPU • FOUNDING FACULTY • I-O PSYCHOLOGY
Executive Advisor & Systems Researcher
CORE EMPIRICAL BASELINE:
73%
Worked in burnout-producing conditions
42%
Acute burnout were CEOs / Managing Partners
Assessments:
Hogan HPI • HDS • MVPI • 360
Verified
Evidence-Based Leadership Architecture
ORIGINAL RESEARCH • SPU FOUNDING FACULTY • LEADER AS COACH ACCELERATOR™ • 20+ YEARS COACHING LEADERS
Trusted on stages & teams at: Blue Origin • Intapp • General Motors • Ford • VA Healthcare
STRUCTURED SOLUTIONS
What are you trying to solve?
Every leadership challenge has distinct systemic dynamics. Select your operational context below:
Coaching
Leadership Team
Engagements
Your leaders are capable. The system around them is fragmented.
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Accounting &
Professional Services
Burnout, retention and partner-pipeline problems need a leadership solution — not another wellness initiative.
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Keynote Speaking
Original research your audience can actually use — not another burnout platitude.
Explore KeynotesTHE DATA
The problem isn't how hard people are working.
It's whether work actually works.
Dr. Joey Collins's research examined the organizational conditions surrounding burnout alongside leadership support, job demands, boundaries and professional satisfaction — not burnout as an isolated personal resilience problem.
73%
Empirical Baseline Finding
were working in conditions long known to produce burnout
Study of 212 accounting and professional-services leaders.
42%
Executive Severity Distribution
of the most acute burnout profile were presidents, CEOs, or managing partners
Revealing that rank and compensation fail to insulate against systemic friction.
THE METHOD
Assessment first. Action second.
Most executive coaching talks about outcomes. Collins Alliance shows the method.
01
Real Assessment
Hogan HPI, HDS, MVPI, Leadership Forecast and 360 data combine into an integrated leadership signature.
02
Senior-Level 360 Feedback
Feedback from the people around the leader becomes part of the actual development plan.
03
Development Between Sessions
Personalized Deep Dive audio reinforces the work without adding another meeting.
04
Action Plans Tied to Metrics
Development actions are connected to measurable outcomes and revisited systematically.
05
One Breakthrough at a Time
The 3-1-3 discipline keeps the work focused: three priorities, one breakthrough, and an active rhythm.
CASE-PROOF
Tested under mission-critical pressure.
We measure executive interventions against operational decision speed, partner retention, and systems clarity.
Mission-Critical Leadership
Blue Origin
Accelerated Mission Decisions & Cross-Tier Alignment
High-velocity aerospace engineering environment where senior technical executives faced cognitive overload and high-friction cross-functional handoffs.
"Joey brings an evidence-based rigor you rarely see in leadership development. He diagnosed the exact structural bottlenecks stalling our leadership velocity."
Outcome:
Streamlined decision bottlenecks, elevated
leader-as-coach capabilities, and stabilized team focus
during high-pressure launch cycles.
Global Operations
General Motors / Ford
Leadership
Enterprise Scale Operational Agility & Stress Inoculation
Transitioning traditional engineering directors into agile, high-accountability coaches navigating rapid technological disruptions.
"No motivational fluff—just rigorous psychology, actionable systems frameworks, and measurable behavioral change that stuck."
Outcome:
Significantly enhanced psychological flexibility,
reduced escalation cycles, and built repeatable coaching
rhythms across leadership cohorts.
Professional Services & Tech
Intapp
SaaS Scaled Execution & Partner-Level Development
Rapidly scaling software firm needing to unify executive communication and prevent burnout across high-growth product and sales units.
"The 3-1-3 discipline kept our executive coaching laser-focused on real business breakthroughs rather than theoretical discussions."
Outcome:
Achieved 40–60% faster strategic decision-making cycles
(survey-based assessment across coached executives) with
heightened clarity and partner alignment.
40–60% faster strategic decision-making: Client-reported metric derived from survey-based assessments across coached executive cohorts implementing the 3-1-3 discipline.
RESEARCH ROOM
Not ready to talk? Start with the data.
Explore verified research packages and diagnostic tools built directly from Joey Collins's empirical studies.
Personal Leadership
ACT Like a Leader Pack
For professionals and executives who want stronger focus, boundary control, and leadership capacity under acute pressure.
- The Attention-Control-Toggle (ACT) Diagnostic Matrix
- Executive Boundary Architecture: The 4 Rules for High-Agency Leaders
- Micro-Intervention Protocol: Resetting Cognitive Overload in 90 Seconds
Firm Leadership
Leading Well Partner / CEO Pack
For CEOs, Managing Partners, and People Leaders trying to diagnose systemic burnout and retention friction across their teams.
- Executive Summary: The 212-Professional Burnout Study (Full Data Analysis)
- The 6 Systemic Burnout Predictors Checklist
- Partner-Pipeline Retention Framework: Why Top Talent Exits at Years 5–8
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Audience & Satire Ecosystem
Sometimes the fastest way to recognize a systems problem is to laugh at it.
When Work Doesn't Work turns the same research into workplace observations, memes, and a forthcoming book.
"Funny because it's true. Research because it's real."
WORK MIGHT NOT BE WORKING IF...
SATIRICAL TRUTH #01
"Your last 3 meetings could have been one email, and your email could have been a quick Slack, and the Slack could have been avoided entirely if anyone knew who owned the decision."
The Underlying Research:
Funny until you realize decision ambiguity is one of
the systemic conditions leaders actually have the power
to eliminate.
ONE CONVERSATION IS ENOUGH TO KNOW IF THERE'S A FIT.
Let's find out if work is actually working.
Tell me what you're trying to solve. We'll start there.
No sales pitches. No generic coaching templates. Just evidence-based executive diagnosis.
CONVERSION ECOSYSTEM
One conversation is enough to know if this is the right fit
We diagnose the structural and leadership conditions behind distraction, burnout, and stalled velocity before proposing any engagement.
Dr. Joey Collins
Executive advisory, team diagnostics, and original burnout research by Dr. Joey Collins, Psy.D. Founding faculty member at Seattle Pacific University (SPU).
- Evidence-Based Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- 20+ Years Coaching Global & Mission-Critical Leaders
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Research & Assets
Ecosystem Brand
When Work Doesn't Work
Workplace satire, relatable memes, and a 5-question systems diagnostic quiz.
Take the Diagnostic Quiz →© 2026 Dr. Joey Collins, Psy.D. All rights reserved.
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