Confidential strategic counsel for C-suite leaders navigating the unknown future, high-stakes decisions, and complexity.
“Rob applies knowledge with experience and wisdom with discernment to problem solving at the strategic and tactical levels; he’s the person you always want on your team.” David Shedd, Former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
“Rob is the perfect mix of experience, skills and empathy to help folks get to their next level.” USAF Deputy Commanding General for US and Coalition Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan (Ret.)
Services
The Tekton method of simultaneously chiseling while designing uncovers the best possible solution through personal and/or organizational renewal.
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Leaders must effectively steer their organization through a climate of uncertainty and exponential change. Yet, it is becoming harder to innovate outside the core, reduce the space between execution and strategy, and produce added value to those they serve. Reserved for only one to two exclusive clients each year, strategic architecture blends:
present-forward and future-back strategy design
innovation (culture / tools / language / process)
organizational and team evaluation
change management
vision
leadership alignment
….. to create strategic plans across a longer scope horizon.
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A trusted, confidential advisory relationship for leaders navigating complexity, transition, and high-stakes decisions. Not consulting or coaching in the traditional sense, it is 30 years of strategy, innovation, leadership, and non- and for-profit experience as an extension of your leadership, available near-on-demand when it matters most.
Leaders engage to:
Strengthen judgment in critical decisions
Cut through complexity and competing priorities
Gain seasoned perspective in real time
De-risk personal and organizational decisions
Gain a heart of wisdom
The structure includes scheduled monthly advisory conversations and limited, on-demand access for time-sensitive moments over a 12 month retainer.
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A curated collective of trusted, vetted experts across key disciplines.
Tekton connects leaders to proven operators and specialists, including:
Fractional CFOs, COOs, and Chief Innovation Officers
Executive Coaches
Business Advisors
Fundraising Experts
Digital, Web, and SEO Specialists
Board Facilitators
We don’t just refer, we vet, align, and connect the right expertise for your context.
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I come alongside leaders to actively participate in designing the intersection between their values (who they are) and what brings them deep satisfaction (how they contribute). Executive Coaching guides senior leaders to close the gap between complexity and clarity. I work with leaders across five archetypes of coaching experiences: Organizational Scale, Personal Growth, Alignment, Transition, and Renewal (Sabbatical).
Coaching leaders to:
• Align their calling with contribution, navigate major transitions, & de-risk strategy
• Clarify core values & develop strategic thinking, innovation capacity, & leadership presence
• Increase influence through communication, conflict resolution, & trust-building.
My passion is to help leaders see the things they can’t see, cut through chaos, imagine novel possibilities, and map their journey to pursue passions that were once unimaginable. Executive Coaching typically includes 12 week engagements.
NOTE: When personally unavailable, I have a vetted network of executive coaches to connect you with.
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Whether you need a facilitator for the next board of directors meeting, a speaker for your conference plenary, or a culture-creation facilitator for your 2-day leadership team retreat, I have an extensive history of building trust between leaders from mid-level to the C-suite. My approach is to blend data and experiential wisdom to engage the heart for lasting change.
About Rob
Rob Wassel is the Founder of Tekton Advisory Group, advising C-suite leaders across for-profit and non-profit sectors on strategy, innovation, and organizational scale. His current work includes strategic advisory roles with Guardian Space Technology Solutions (a GEO satellite startup), Youth for Christ, and Serve the Global Church, alongside executive coaching several CEOs.
Rob brings a systems-level approach shaped by his advanced training in strategy, innovation, and executive coaching from MIT, Stanford and Emory University, integrating frameworks for strategic innovation and future-back planning, human-centered design and entrepreneurial ecosystem thinking, and evidence-based executive coaching methodology.
What Clients are Saying…
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General, USAF Deputy Commanding General for US and Coalition Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan
“Rob is the perfect mix of experience, skills and empathy to help a lot of folks get to their next level.”
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C-Suite (SVP)
“This process has been absolutely transformative for my personal, family and professional future. The coaching was invaluable in helping drill down to identify not only what I do best, but also what brings most fulfillment…to do what matters most. For anyone feeling stuck or unsure what their next chapter should hold, I can’t recommend this enough.”
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Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director (Ret.) - David Shedd
“Rob has an extraordinary capacity to separate the “wheat from the chaff” regardless of the complexity of the problem or challenge. In the many years that I have known him, Rob applies knowledge with experience and wisdom with discernment to problem solving at the strategic and tactical levels; he’s the person you always want on your team - whether leading the team or providing guidance. Rob’s high ethical standards always ensure that he delivers truth over fluff, but he delivers that advice and counsel with fairness and grace.”
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President, (Ret.) Evermore Homes
“I worked with Rob during the sale of Evermore Homes, where I was CEO. Rob guided me through the transition as I began to search for my next opportunity and his counsel was exceedingly valuable. Rob’s strategic mentoring, combined with thoughtfully designed exercises, helped me process not just my next role, but how to maximize my impact outside of work. I recommend Rob without reservation for leaders looking to maximize their own, and their organization’s, impact.”
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C-Suite (International Director)
“Rob’s professional and insightful coaching was really valuable to me in an important time of transition and planning. He exceeded my expectations! Rob’s probing and questions forced me to deeply think through issues, ideas, and solutions that helped drive some important conclusions. I highly recommend Rob!“
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Senior Leader (VP)
“After 40 years in the workplace, coaching felt unsettling. (At 66, there were wilted leaves on the branches!) But, it was ultimately rejuvenating to bring my true wiring clearly into focus… and to start thinking and planning on a path toward truer alignment with the person God has intended me to be. I’m truly excited and energized about what’s ahead!”
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Senior Leader (VP)
“Rob's coaching is invaluable. I’ve put effort into personal development and coaching throughout my career, so I was worried this would feel like a repeat. Not so! Rob is a next-level question asker. His coaching is individualized and purposeful. Rob gets even the most introspective person to ask themselves thought provoking questions. Rob has helped me safeguard my work-rest balance, ask questions that would help me to make a decision to move in a higher responsibility role, understand that I am motivated by value and impact and begin to articulate my best contributions.”
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C-Suite (President)
“An inflection point is defined as a time when significant change occurs. Working with Rob Wassel, or should I say walking with Rob Wassel, has been an inflection point for me… personally, professionally, and spiritually. He skillfully walked me through a process that led to greater self-awareness and an understanding of how I should be investing my time and energy into efforts that will not only bring me deep joy but also bless others. Rob was and is my coach, but through the process he guided me through he became far more than that, he became a trusted friend and advisor.”
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C-Suite (COO)
I have taken several self-evaluations and read numerous self-discovery books and articles to better understand my God given strengths, purpose, and passion. Feeling I had a handle on what I was meant to do and how to do it, I found myself struggling to do my work as to the Lord with consistent confidence and peace. Through coaching, Rob took me on a personal and professional journey. He helped me recognize more than my purpose, passions, values, and strengths – he helped me see how and why these grew in me through my past experiences. Rob encouraged me to consider what difference it should make in my long-term planning as well as my daily routines.
Leaders I advise:
Declutter to discover insights and gain a heart of wisdom
Confidentially intersect the unknown future
Define their values-based non-negotiables
Envision & map a significant life transition
De-risk big moves
Develop mindsets, skills, and habits for personal renewal
Enhance skills in leadership, self-awareness, communication and conflict-resolution
Increase strategic thinking, innovation capacity, and networking
Optimize their use of time, leverage margins and manage outputs
Teams I coach (or consult):
Deeply understand the values, beliefs, and needs of those they serve
Create shared behaviors and trusted relationships for working together
Align team strategies with the enterprise strategy
De-silo and create coordination across teams
Become a cohesive executive team that serves to make others successful
Create generative and healthy organizational cultures
Increase personal awareness of their contribution and impact on the team