Midmarket growth stalls when leaders are misaligned.

We help midmarket executive teams align strategy, lead change, and execute what matters most!

Let me show you how!

Most midmarket companies do not struggle because they lack ideas. They struggle because leaders are not aligned on priorities, decisions, execution, and change.

How Misalignment Shows Up...

  • Competing Priorities
  • Project Delays
  • Stalled Execution
  • Change Fatigue
  • Unclear Accountability
  • Meetings That Go Nowhere 

Ways We Solve for ALGNMENT...

Deep Dive Diagnostic Assessment

The Diagnostic Assessment is the starting point for leaders who know something is off but need clarity on where the real friction is. This focused assessment helps identify the gaps in alignment, decision-making, execution, leadership communication, and strategic focus that may be slowing growth or creating unnecessary tension across the team.

Executive Alignment Strategy Event

The Executive Alignment Strategy Event is a facilitated session designed to get the right leaders in the room, surface what is getting in the way, and create clarity around priorities, decisions, and next steps. This is ideal for executive teams that need to reset, align, and move forward with greater confidence and cohesion.

The Strategy Accelerator

The Strategy Accelerator is a virtual cohort experience for midmarket executives from a select group of companies who want to strengthen strategic clarity, leadership alignment, and execution. Through a structured process, leaders gain expert guidance, peer perspective, and practical tools to clarify priorities, make better decisions, and move forward with greater focus, accountability, and momentum. 

Executive Masterminds

Executive Masterminds bring together accomplished leaders in a curated setting for high-level conversation, strategic perspective, and meaningful peer connection. These experiences are designed for executives who want to step out of the day-to-day, sharpen their thinking, and engage with other leaders navigating growth, change, and complexity.

1:1 Executive Coaching

1:1 Coaching provides confidential strategic support for CEO, CFOs and senior executives navigating growth, complexity, leadership pressure, and important decisions. These sessions are designed to help you think more clearly, lead more effectively, and stay grounded while carrying the weight of change and performance..

Who is Heather L. Cole

Heather Cole is a strategic advisor, executive coach, facilitator, and attorney who helps midmarket leaders align strategy, lead change, and execute what matters most.


She works with executives and leadership teams facing growth decisions, organizational complexity, and the pressure to deliver results in fast-changing environments. Heather helps leaders create clarity, strengthen alignment, and move from conversation to execution with greater confidence.


What sets Heather apart is her ability to combine strategic insight, executive coaching, facilitation, business experience, and legal training into one trusted advisory relationship. She helps leaders think more clearly, communicate more effectively, and make better decisions when the stakes are high.


Through Heatherized, Heather offers executive strategy facilitation, masterminds, strategic advisory, and one-to-one coaching designed to help leaders and teams bridge the gap between strategy and execution.


Heather is also the founder of Lodestar Solutions, an IBM partner known for helping organizations unlock business value through data, AI, and analytics. She is a two-time bestselling author, host of Financial Executives International’s Icons Podcast, and an IBM Lifetime Champion.


Heather’s work is grounded in one core truth: midmarket companies do not struggle because of a lack of strategy. They struggle when leaders are not aligned on what matters, how to execute, and how to lead change under pressure. Heather helps them close that gap.

Who is Heather L. Cole

Heather is an entrepreneur, lawyer, technologist and certified high- performance coach that learned to honor her struggles and is now teaching business owners and executives the profitable actions steps for growing businesses.

Heather coaches executives and facilitates her unique high level STEP Mastermind.

When Heather is not working, she can be found hiking, rafting and traveling. Her motto is 
Live Life as Imagined.

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What people are saying

CHRIS ORLANDO

Founder VOC Associates 

“Heather provides superb, unbiased insight when analyzing the best moves for our firm. She believes in continuous learning and consistently astounds me with the breadth and depth of her business acumen.”

David Jennings 

Vice President of Education - Community Associations Institute

"Not only was your keynote presentation outstanding, but your contributions before, during, and after the event were appreciated by our conference staff, and well-received by our audience of CEOs."

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