ADHD Executive Coach · 25 Years Building Companies

You know what to do.
The challenge is making it happen consistently.

Robert Pal is an ADHD Executive Coach for Entrepreneurs, Founders, Executives & Professionals.

Coaching is delivered virtually across the United States, Canada, and internationally.

Where would you like to start?

For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs & Founders

Your company has outgrown the way you manage attention, decisions, and yourself. Too much still runs through you.

Execution is inconsistent
Procrastination until a deadline forces it
You start a lot and finish less

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For Executives & Professionals

Executives & Professionals

CEOs, senior leaders, lawyers, physicians, and other professionals whose results depend on attention, judgment, and follow-through under pressure.

Deadlines, email, and paperwork that keep piling up
The important work keeps losing to the urgent
Successful on the outside, a struggle on the inside

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Ready to talk? Send a short inquiry about where things stand.I read every inquiry myself and reply within two business days. If it looks like a fit, we set up a 20-minute call.

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It's Not an Ability Problem

The gap between what you're capable of and what you consistently deliver is not about effort.

The systems that got you here may have worked for a while. They may not be built for where you are now.

That can look like strong bursts of focus followed by drop-offs. Important work delayed. Busy days that don't move key outcomes forward. A persistent sense of operating below capacity.

The issue is not intelligence, effort, or motivation. It's creating the structure, awareness, and follow-through that allow your potential to show up consistently.

The Approach

The goal isn't to fix ADHD. It's to lead yourself more effectively.

Most ADHD coaching focuses on tools and habits. Most executive coaching focuses on leadership and performance. This work does both, using the real situations in your work and life as the material. Each session moves between two levels.

01 · Tactical Coaching

What happens this week

We start with what is in front of you: a decision, a deadline, a conversation. The System, the framework I use with coaching clients, turns your priorities into specific commitments and keeps them visible between sessions. We adapt it to how you work, so it never becomes one more productivity tool to maintain.

02 · Mindful Intelligence

What keeps getting in the way

When the same task keeps sliding, we look at what is behind it: perfectionism, anxiety, fear of failure, or self-criticism. Mindful Intelligence builds the awareness to notice those patterns as they happen, so you can respond with more choice. It stays practical and pointed at the next decision.

The System gives you the strategy. Mindful Intelligence brings the awareness.

Direct, never shaming. I will name what you keep working around and question conclusions that do not hold up. I will not use pressure or shame to get results.

Execution gets more consistent

Follow-through holds more often, not only in short bursts.

Decisions get clearer

Faster, with less second-guessing and overthinking.

Reactivity drops

You stop responding to everything at once.

Relationships steady

The patterns don't stay at work. When they improve, they improve at home too.

Confidence builds on evidence

You see yourself do what you said you would do.

Recovery gets faster

When things go off track, the setback is shorter and less severe.

The gap between who you know you are and how you are actually operating starts to close, in ways you and others can see.

What Clients Say

Entrepreneurs

"Robert has a fantastic talent for identifying areas that were holding me back from reaching my goals. Once identified, we were then able to come up with a plan to deal with each one. Working with Robert has been one of the best investments I have made."

Angela Stephens

CEO, A. Stephens & Associates · Co-founder, RE-Focus, The Creative Office

Executives

"Robert has proven to be a fantastic sounding board for me. His marketing and financial experience has been invaluable in helping me review various strategies and decide which ones to focus on, and his coaching keeps me focused on the big picture. It's great to have someone to talk to who doesn't have their own agenda and who has experienced many of the same challenges. He gets it!"

Graham Wells

President, Technology Company

Clinicians

"I have worked with Robert weekly for 10 weeks. I did not think I needed help until my personal life was getting out of control. He took full interest and helped me address multiple areas of my life: marriage, kids, friends, and self-care. As a person with ADHD, I often speak before my thoughts are complete. Incorporating mindfulness has helped me be more aware in the challenging moments. His coaching has helped me feel better."

Dr. Peter Roman

Family Physician, Boston, MA

My coaching draws on two things: building companies and living with ADHD.

I spent 25 years founding and running companies, building Lapor Inc. and Illusions International into international fashion accessory businesses. I served as President of EO Toronto, sat on the EO International Board, and was selected for the Entrepreneurial Masters Program at MIT Sloan, one of 65 high-growth entrepreneurs chosen from across North America.

I was diagnosed with ADHD at 40, while running those companies. It explained a gap I had been working around for years: knowing exactly what needed to happen and still not making it happen consistently.

I have coached for more than ten years. My training includes Solution-Focused Coaching at the University of Toronto, cognitive behaviour therapy at the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, cognitive therapy for adults with ADHD (Mary Solanto, Ph.D.), and Internal Family Systems through the IFS Institute. I am the author of Mindful Intelligence and the forthcoming The Calm Inside the Storm.

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For YPO and EO Forums

The Self-Leadership Retreat

A facilitated YPO and EO Forum retreat offered exclusively to Young Presidents' Organization and Entrepreneurs' Organization Forums. A premium experience for Forums ready to go deeper on the patterns that shape how they lead.

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"I was guided to be really honest with myself, to get to that obvious truth. It was so enlightening and a great bonding experience for our Forum."

Irfaan Lalani

CEO, Vibe Restaurants · YPO Dallas · June 2016

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions you may already be asking

Is this ADHD coaching or executive coaching?

Both. Most ADHD coaching focuses on tools, habits, and executive function. Most executive coaching focuses on leadership, decisions, and performance. This work brings them together around the real situations in your business, career, and life. Each session moves between Tactical Coaching, for what happens this week, and Mindful Intelligence, for the patterns that keep getting in the way.

Who do you work with?

Entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners, and executives and professionals: CEOs, senior leaders, lawyers, physicians, and advisors. Many have ADHD, whether diagnosed, suspected, or recognized in their own patterns. Next-generation family business leaders and people deciding whether to build something of their own are also a strong fit.

I've tried productivity systems before. What makes this different?

Most productivity systems ask you to fit the system, and they fade once they feel too rigid or demanding. The System works the other way. We adapt it to how you work, use it to keep your commitments visible between sessions, and change it when something stops working, instead of asking you to try harder. When a task keeps sliding anyway, Mindful Intelligence looks at what is behind it.

What happens in a coaching session?

Each session starts with what is actually happening in your work and life. We review what moved since last time, decide what matters most now, look at what is getting in the way, and agree on specific next steps. You leave with a plan you can realistically use, not a generic template.

Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis to work with you?

No. Many clients are diagnosed, some suspect it, and some recognize the pattern in themselves. What matters is whether the challenges resonate and whether this approach fits.

Do you work with clients across the United States and Canada?

Yes. All coaching is by Zoom, with clients across the United States, Canada, and internationally. I work on Eastern Time (the same as New York) and schedule sessions across US time zones.

What does coaching cost?

Coaching starts with a block of ten sessions: US$3,500 for ten 60-minute sessions, or US$5,000 for ten 90-minute sessions. The first step is a short inquiry. If it looks like a fit, we set up a 20-minute call.

Get Started

Insight without execution is just expensive self-awareness.

Tell me what's going on. I read every inquiry myself and reply within two business days with an honest view of whether I can help. If it looks like a fit, we set up a 20-minute call.