Jeff Balesh
My name is Jeff Balesh and I have intimately experienced the feelings that accompany not doing work that was aligned with who I really am. While it took me a while to fully understand what was happening, I did know how I felt, which was drained and unmotivated. Perhaps most difficult for me was having a deep awareness that there was so much more for me to offer the world but I felt stuck and unclear about how activate this potential.
What brought me out of this place of stuckness was my decision to truly honor who I am and put myself in a position to offer my gifts in a deep and fulfilling way to more fully benefit those whom I serve. Combining my passion for advising leaders in a deep and meaningful way with my coaching and consulting expertise, I began Balesh Advisory Services with one mission in mind, to help purpose-driven leaders and teams who feel out of alignment to step into their power and deliver meaningful impact with clarity, confidence, and heart.
The aim of my work is simple but the work itself is deep and life-changing. After more than 15 years of coaching and consulting high-performance individuals, it became clear to me that my clients are the masters of their own solutions. However, what also became clear is that a guide can be essential to assist them on their journey to a more meaningful life and career where greater impact is achieved with less effort. I am here to be that guide to help my clients better understand and enhance their potential, awaken to their power, and articulate what they know to be true about themselves and their world. No matter what industry I am working with, my process is the same: working deeply with my clients to identify zones of discomfort and growth, facilitating meaningful shifts in thinking and behavior, and solidifying congruence between their overarching purpose and near-term priorities, all of which help my clients experience increased levels of engagement, learning, and performance.
As for my practical qualifications, I began my professional career and my training in leadership as an officer in the U.S. Navy. I added on to that real-life leadership experience by achieving a Master’s degree in Organizational Behavior, during which time I studied in depth the role leaders play in the fate of any organization and conducted original research investigating the most effective leadership approaches during organizational change. Post-graduation, I have spent many years working with senior leaders in the organization and leadership development arenas in a variety of industries, including the health care, human capital, financial services, asset management, IT, and non-profit sectors. I continue to be dedicated to deepening my learning and have trained in a variety of coaching and consulting disciplines, work that has contributed to my earning the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Core Principles
Powerful Presence:
Transformation efforts are best supported by those who show up powerfully present to the client and their context.
My work is based on the premise that presence is core to providing the space for change to occur. So often in our world, we are starved for the time and space to do the deeper work so necessary for lasting change.
Presence is how I show up in everything I do and is THE most important capability I can offer that will enable your lasting success.
Full Alignment to Your Goals and Aspirations:
An effective advisor MUST at all times be working to help you make YOUR goals come to fruition, not their perspective of what goals are most appropriate for you. I first help you crystallize what your goals and aspirations actually are – clarity in this space is essential in the first phase of our work together but oftentimes given short shrift because of a misplaced haste to “get going” on the actual work.
Instead, I take time to help you fully grab hold onto the picture of your desired future that completely resonates with who you want to become. If you have worked with a coach who has tried to help you achieve their goals for you, then you will know how valuable it is to have an advisor working wholeheartedly in your corner.
The Most Important Relationship I Can Help You Cultivate is with Yourself
Any lasting and meaningful outer changes you want to see occur in your life begin with bringing your internal reality into alignment with the essence of what you want to create in the world.
To attain this alignment requires a deeper level of awareness, acceptance, and, ultimately, love of self.
I will be with you every step of the way as you cultivate a deeper and more realized relationship with yourself, the essential first building block to inner harmony, lasting impact, and true success.