Why I Built This Practice

I architect alignment for leaders who’ve outgrown their old advice.

I’m Naomi Zee — leadership architect, executive coach, licensed Maxwell Leadership facilitator, and the creator of the Convergence Framework™. I work with organizations, senior leaders, and coaches who are done with surface-level development and ready for the real work.

Diagnostic, not motivational
I name the fracture before prescribing anything.
Measured against real outcomes
Retention, decision velocity, team coherence — never just feelings.

“Most leadership development treats the symptoms. I architect the structure underneath.

Naomi Zee, leadership architect and executive coach, in her emerald coaching study at dusk wearing a champagne silk halter — warm twilight light, brass shelving, oxblood leather chair.
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Naomi Zee, executive leadership coach, in a coaching session with a senior male executive client — the Convergence Framework™ applied in real conversation.
The Methodology

The Convergence Framework.

Three words. A specific order. A discipline, not a philosophy.

Design.

How you’re built; how your company is built. Your patterns, your wiring, the architecture of how you process, decide, and lead. Most people have never examined this — they operate from assumed logic, experience and habit.

Identity.

Who you actually are; who your team actually is. Stripped of the role, the title, the performance. When a leader’s identity is unclear, every decision runs through a filter of uncertainty.

Purpose.

Where Design and Identity converge. Purpose isn’t a mission statement. It’s what happens when how you’re built and who you are point in the same direction.
What I Do

Where I apply this.

Five practice areas. Same framework, different forms. Each goes deeper on its own page.

Executive Coaching

One-on-one with senior leaders who need more than advice — they need a diagnostic partner who sees what they can’t.

  • Curated engagements
  • By application only
  • C-suite and founder track

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Corporate Training

Structured programs for organizations that want real alignment — not another offsite everyone-forgets-by-Monday experience.

  • Teams of 4–100+
  • Customized to your sector
  • Multi-day workshops

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The Leadership Game

A facilitated, card-based leadership experience built on the Maxwell methodology. Not solely team building — a team diagnostic.

  • Licensed facilitator
  • 4-8 hour intensive sessions
  • Pre + post analysis

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Countless leaders coached
across healthcare, services & faith
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Beyond the Work

Outside the practice.

I’m a wife, a lifelong learner, and someone who believes that leadership and the work of being human are the same work.

I’m based in Canada, I travel wherever the work takes me, and I care deeply about the people I work with — which is exactly why I won’t work with everyone. Selectivity isn’t arrogance. It’s alignment.

Proven Expertise

Decades of diagnosing what others miss.

Training across sectors. Methodology refined through countless engagements. Measurable outcomes documented over time.

Convergence diagnostic accuracy95%
Engagement completion rate92%
Client retention (year-over-year)88%
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How I Work

Every engagement has the same arc.

Diagnose. Architect. Build. The tools change. The order doesn’t.

Step 01
Step 02
Step 03

Diagnose

Every engagement starts with assessment — not assumptions. Convergence Score™, team diagnostic, or 1:1 deep dive surfaces where alignment actually breaks down.

The fracture is revealed, not guessed.

Architect

Once the fracture is visible, I design the blueprint — the path from where you are or your company are to where your Design, Identity, and Purpose converge. Custom, not templated.

Built for your wiring, your team.

Build

Coaching, training, facilitation, retreats — the tools change. What doesn’t change: every engagement is measured against real outcomes, not feelings.

Measure what shifts. Evidence over emotions.
Client Voices

Results that don’t need adjectives.

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Sarah M.

Team retention improved 34% within six months of the first Leadership Game session. The conversations it surfaced were ones we’d been avoiding for years.

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VP People · Healthcare Org

James K.

I came in thinking I needed a strategy overhaul. Naomi showed me the problem was identity-level. My decision-making speed and my team’s trust both measurably improved.

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CEO · Professional Services

Rachel E.

The Leadership Game gave us a way to talk about what we’d been avoiding. Four hours did what years of engagement surveys couldn’t.

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Rachel E.
Senior Pastor · Faith-Based Org
Frequently Asked

Common questions before we begin.

Specific to working with me — and what to expect when you take the first step.

How is your work different from other executive coaches?

Most coaches start with strategy or end goal. I start with diagnosis — revealing the actual fracture(s) between performance and identity before prescribing anything. The Convergence Framework™ is a discipline, not a philosophy. It’s measurable.

Do you work with individuals or only organizations?

Both. Executive coaching is one-on-one (by application only). Corporate training and The Leadership Game are for teams of 4-100+. Retreats are small-group. Each format applies the same framework.

What's your engagement length?

Executive coaching is curated based on need. Corporate training ranges from half-day workshops to multi-month programs. The Leadership Game is a single 4-hour session with optional follow-up. Retreats are 3–10 days.

Are you selective about who you work with?
Yes. I won’t work with everyone because I won’t pretend to help when the fit isn’t right. Selectivity isn’t arrogance — it’s alignment. Every engagement starts with an intake form so I can see whether the work matches what you actually need.
What's the Convergence Score™?

A free 5–8 minute leadership assessment I built to measure alignment across the three dimensions of Design, Identity, and Purpose, both within the leader and throughout the organization they lead. It evaluates the alignment between personal leadership architecture and organizational architecture, individual values and company culture, personal purpose and organizational mission. You’ll receive a leadership archetype and a Convergence Score™; a personalized breakdown showing where alignment is strong, where fractures exist, and what may be impacting performance, culture, growth, and sustainability. It’s the first step for anyone considering working with me.

The First Step

The first step is seeing where you stand.

Take the Convergence Score™ — a 5-minute leadership assessment that reveals where your alignment is strong and where it fractures. No cost. No commitment. Just clarity.