Ken Coleman
Founder, OTP Coach
Master in Accounting
Former CEO & General Manager
Transformation Leader
Why I started OTP Coach
After more than four decades running businesses, as a CEO, general manager, and transformation leader across aerospace, medical devices, and communications, I kept seeing the same pattern, smart and committed teams underperforming. Not because of effort or skill, but because trust had quietly broken down somewhere in the system.
I have also experienced too many consulting firms who create and deliver their content without real world experience of actually managing a business, and who don't live with the consequences from the solutions working on paper.
I started OTP Coach because I believe leadership challenges require systematic solutions, and trust is the cornerstone of optimal team performance. I believe senior leaders want a trusted thinking partner who has actually run a P&L under pressure, not just studied leadership in theory. Someone who understood what it feels like to carry the burden of making a decision alone at 2am, to hold a team together through a restructuring, or to influence a board that wants answers you don't yet have.
Today I work with a small number of carefully selected senior leaders and leadership teams. The work requires depth, candor, and time.
"I believe that trust is the foundation of every high-performing team and organization I have ever seen. When it breaks down, everything else follows. When it's strong, almost anything is possible."