Leadership Coaching

How I Coach You

At Darin Metzler Coaching, my approach to leadership coaching is rooted in the COR.E Leadership Dynamics philosophy, which centers on one transformative idea: mastering the energy of performance is the key to unlocking your full leadership potential. Here’s how I apply this philosophy to help you overcome challenges, achieve consistency, and lead with confidence and joy:

1. Addressing Your Core Challenges: I start by recognizing the common struggles leaders face—stress, inconsistent performance, lack of clarity, or difficulty executing plans. Using the COR.E framework, we trace these back to your energy, not just your skills, ensuring we tackle the root cause rather than just the symptoms.
2. Understanding Your Energy: Together, we explore how your energy fluctuates—driven by spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social, and environmental factors. I guide you to see why you excel one day and falter the next, helping you harness this awareness to perform at your best, even under pressure.
3. Personalized Game Plan: Through a tailored Strategy Session, we create your Leadership Mastery Blueprint. This isn’t just about setting goals—it’s about building a holistic vision that includes how you want to feel, handle setbacks, and grow. Tools like the SCOPE assessment reveal your energy baseline, giving us a clear starting point.
4. Building Consistency: I teach you to manage both long-term energy (your overall attitude) and short-term energy (in-the-moment focus) using the 10 COR.E Disciplines. This creates a foundation for repeatable success, whether you’re leading a team, negotiating a deal, or navigating change.
5. Real-Time Adjustments: You’ll learn to identify and shift the six key energy influencers in the moment—turning challenges into opportunities on the fly. This practical skill ensures you stay on track during critical leadership moments.
6. Sustained Growth: Coaching isn’t static. We continually refine your approach, optimizing what works and letting go of what doesn’t. This keeps your leadership dynamic, fulfilling, and aligned with your evolving goals.

By blending this proven system with my expertise as an iPEC Certified Professional Coach and COR.E Dynamics Leadership Specialist, I empower you to lead with greater energy, clarity, and purpose. Whether you’re seeking more confidence, better results, or renewed enjoyment in your work, my coaching transforms how you lead—starting with the one thing that changes everything: your energy.

Ready to begin? Let’s schedule your complimentary Strategy Session to craft your path to leadership mastery.

Core Leadership Challenges

All leaders—no matter their title, role, or type of business—face strikingly similar challenges. Here are the Top 10 Most Common Challenges for Leaders:

• An almost constant feeling of stress.
• Time management and "work/life balance" issues.
• Lack of consistent confidence.
• Difficulty transitioning from strategy and plans to execution, action, and results.
• Inconsistent performance and/or inability to perform optimally under pressure.
• Occasional self-sabotage in decision-making or action-taking (or inaction).
• Trouble dealing with distractions and inability to adjust to change.
• Inability to set and reach both short- and long-term goals.
• Loss of true enjoyment in work.
• Lack of a cohesive, reasonable, and comprehensive plan for overall development.

All of these challenges can be traced back to one thing: the understanding of, implications for, and ability to control the energy of performance. This is at the core of leaders' challenges—and what can create outstanding leadership!

The Energy of Performance

When it comes to high performance, most leaders are unaware of why they perform well one day and poorly the next. Rarely does one's talent or competency change moment to moment—it’s the leader’s energy that fluctuates.

Consider this: during a big sales meeting, negotiating a contract, or making a critical decision, what’s more important in that moment—your talent or the energy you’re experiencing? Your energy drives how your talent is applied and the results you achieve.

By understanding the nature of performance energy, you can proactively create consistent experiences and make quick adjustments when needed. Energy is THE key driver—without the right type and amount, the "game" is lost before it’s even played.

Influencers of Energy

A leader’s overall energy (Energetic Makeup) is influenced by:

• Spiritual factors: Attitude, confidence, purpose, and motivation.
• Mental ability: Clarity, focus, and concentration, even under pressure.
• Emotions: Arising during daily interactions or performances.
• Physical health: Vitality and wellbeing.
• Social factors: The energetic influence of others.
• Environmental factors: Present in every moment.

One of the greatest influences on energy is having a comprehensive, achievable plan to handle adversity, maintain motivation, and build confidence in all situations.

The COR.E Leadership Dynamics Advantage

A Specialist in COR.E Leadership Dynamics offers expertise others don’t even know exists. Leaders often lack the knowledge to manage all aspects of their energy, leaving them guessing or relying on incomplete advice. A COR.E Specialist is an expert in planning and performance, maximizing energy, and overcoming internal and external blocks.

Using a systematic program, they build your capacity and potential through 10 disciplines for high performance. These form a foundation for living and leading with awareness and positivity, keeping you engaged and bringing enjoyment and peak performance.

Specialists are certified in SCOPE—the only assessment measuring your energy in a given moment—allowing you to adjust your energy before critical tasks or conversations.

Your Leadership Mastery Blueprint

The COR.E Leadership Dynamics System includes 5 core components to unlock your true potential:

1. Creating Your "Game Plan": Define a complete vision with specific goals and a baseline for performance using the SCOPE assessment.
2. Establishing Your Energy Foundation: Understand and manage long-term and short-term energy for consistency and excellence.
3. Finding and Harnessing Influencers: Learn to boost energy in the moment with a personal success formula.
4. Mastering the 10 COR.E Disciplines: Develop a leadership philosophy to unleash your potential.
5. Optimizing Your Success Formula: Evolve your approach, focusing on the cause of performance for long-term growth.

It’s time to lead as you’ve never led before!

Your Next Step

Ready to work with a COR.E Leadership Dynamics Specialist? Start with a complimentary Strategy Session tailored to your unique needs, goals, and vision.