Leaders need to navigate power dynamics.
Who has it, who doesn't, and what you do with it.

The premise

Most leaders have never had a truly honest conversation about how they lead.

Not because they don't want one. Because the people around them — direct reports, peers, board members — all have something at stake in the answer. Matthew Cahill has nothing at stake. That's what makes the conversation possible.

Executive coaching at Percipio Company is diagnostic, not prescriptive. The work begins by understanding what is actually constraining your leadership — not what the org chart says should be constraining it.

Engagements typically run three to six months, with sessions structured around your most pressing decisions and relationships.

What we work on

Blind spots. Behavior change. Bottom-line impact.

Confirmation bias in hiring and promotion decisions. Anchoring bias in negotiation and planning. Proximity bias in how you distribute opportunity and attention. These are not abstract concepts — they are specific, identifiable patterns that show up in your calendar, your team composition, and your results.

The coaching process surfaces these patterns, names them precisely, and builds the awareness and habits needed to interrupt them at the moment they appear.

Progress is reviewed against the goals and observable behaviors agreed at the start of the engagement. Timing varies with the situation, practice between sessions, and feedback from others.

Who it's for

Leaders who question themselves — not those who can't be questioned.

The right coaching client is not someone who needs to be convinced they have room to grow. It is someone who already suspects they do, and wants a structured, honest, confidential process to find out where.

Matthew works with CEOs, C-suite executives, senior managers, and high-potential leaders who have been identified as ready for the next level.

Engagements are available in-person in the San Francisco Bay Area and virtually anywhere.