ABOUT
We started Transilience for this moment.
The world needs better leadership β from individuals to the most senior teams, across business, government, and the not-for-profit sector. We built this firm because our experience is meeting that moment. And we price our work to reach as many leaders as possible, because better leadership drives the decisions and actions that move us forward through transilient times.
WHY WE EXIST
Better leadership, made accessible.
Serious leadership development has too often been reserved for the corner office and the biggest budgets. We don't think the moment can afford that. The quality of leadership at every level β the individual contributor stepping up, the new manager finding their feet, the executive team steering through change β shapes the decisions that move organizations, and the world, forward.
So we build practical, grounded programs and price them to be within reach. More good leaders, not fewer. That's the whole idea.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Grounded in yourself. Adaptive with others. Inspired together.
Effectiveness over efficiency
Most of the world is optimized to do things faster. We help leaders do the right things β and keep the capacity to re-aim when the right thing changes.
Every wave, same mistake
We've watched four technology waves get sold as silver bullets and fail the same way β reach for the tool, skip the rethink. Good leadership is the constant underneath the change.
You are the keel
The value is in human judgment, not the tool. We build the steadiness and clarity that let a leader hold course when everything around them is moving.
THE FOUNDERS
Two practitioners who embody the model.
A boutique firm run by its two founders — the partnership is the thesis. Organizational systems, meet human systems.
We treat structure, role clarity and performance as one conversation — not three separate initiatives that happen to run in the same year.
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Doug Girvin β Co-founder
Business coach & strategy advisor
Doug has spent 30 years building and scaling companies. As a founder he grew his firm from startup to 80 people and raised $20M in private equity, delivering for clients like Walmart, Manulife, and American Express. He has sat on startup and scale-up boards and advised entrepreneurs throughout his career. He works with owners and leadership teams on the practical side of scaling β a strategy people can act on, an operating model that fits, clear roles and decision rights β and coaches leaders through the hardest shift: from doing the work to running the company.
Ashley Chase β Co-founder
Executive, leadership & team coach
Ashley is a PCC (ICF) coach with 25+ years developing senior leaders and teams through cultural and business transformation under pressure. She works from an emotional-intelligence and leadership lens β building the self-awareness, regulation, and presence that change how a leader shows up, and how a whole team performs. She earns trust fast, names what's really going on, and always lands on something you can do.
HOW WE WORK
Two or three engagements at a time.
We work at a deliberate size
Two or three engagements at a time, both founders on each one. We'll tell you when we're full rather than stretch and hope.
We choose the work carefully
We only take work we think will hold after we leave — which means saying no when the sponsor isn't ready, or when the real problem isn't one we can fix.
We aim to become unnecessary
The goal is a client who can run the model without us. Consulting that makes itself necessary is a business model, not a result.
PROOF, NOT PROMISES
Three decades of building. A career of coaching.
Between us: 30 years building and scaling companies, and 25+ years coaching leaders β delivered across private enterprise, federal and government agencies, Crown corporations, aerospace and aviation, trade and export, financial services, and the not-for-profit sector.
From Five Teams to One
How a fractured leadership group became a single, aligned team β and what it unlocked.
Trusted by leaders across corporate, government, Crown, and not-for-profit organizations.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Proof, in their words.
βAn exceptional executive coach who helps leaders and organizations make profound personal and cultural shifts. Her work has been β and continues to be β transformative.β
β Principal Coach, Human Resources, Crown Corporation
βA thought leader and an expert at building sustainable businesses β his philosophy is founded on making businesses better, and he adds value to every interaction.β
β Founder & CEO, Menttium
βWithout a doubt the best coach I have ever had. She helped me help myself β which is what a great coach does.β
β Vice President, International Business
βAbsolutely outstanding β a deep understanding of how large corporations work, approaching every assignment as a partnership.β
β Senior Director, Digital Platforms, American Express
Start with one honest question: are you doing the right things?
Take a diagnostic, or book a conversation with Doug and Ashley about where you β or your organization β are aimed.
