Develop Coaching and Leadership Skills that Create Reliable Outcomes and the Best Places to Work

At Heads-Up Performance, we partner with mid-, senior-, and C-suite leaders and businessownersto systematically coach, develop others, and build high-reliability cultures where commitments are honored, people thrive, and results are achieved with greater ease — not burnout.

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With decades of experience transforming government, healthcare, and Fortune 500 organizations, we’ve seen one truth proven again and again: when leaders focus on commitments instead of compliance, they create reliable, sustainable outcomes — and workplaces people are proud to be part of.

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You Gotta Read this Book!"

Who Will Do What By When?

"A compelling story with a vitally important message. It's a great personal reminder of the importance of following through and doing what you say you are going to do." -- Brian Cashman, General Manager, New York Yankees

Formerly a successful salesman, Jake McKay is now a failing manager. Join him as he races to learn the fundamentals of team and personal effectiveness from his coach before he loses his job -- and the woman he loves.

Along the way you arm yourself with the tools you need to cut through the daily tangled web of organizational politics and interpersonal issues that hinder performance."

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What Our Clients Are Saying...

My organization hired Birgit to help me enhance my leadership skills and if it wasn’t for her coaching, I would have given up. Instead I led a team who took our program from a 500K budget to a multi-million dollar venture that is now duplicated nationally.

- Carolena Van Trapp

Leader, Non-profit

Birgit and her company, Heads-Up Performance, Inc, represents the the one of the top five best decisions I made as the President of a company. Her coaching resulted in reduced friction with senior staff, which made us much more productive and conservatively speaking made us at least $400K fall to the bottom-line.

- Art Milligan

Former President, Carroll Management Group

She provided sales training and coaching, and last week one of her suggestions led to an $80,000 sale I know would not have come in without her insight and advice.

- Brandon Thompson

Director of Sales and Account Management, Anvil

Through months of coaching Birgit helped me create processes to maneuver through obstacles, opened my eyes on how to be a compelling leader, showed me how to have dialogue through difficult conversations and gave me tools and support through work life/family life hurdles. I couldn't think more highly of her and her talents.

- Kate C. Sawa

APR, Executive Director, Market VP, Tampa Bay, American Heart Association / American Stroke Association

"The principles you taught us were simple, straight forward and very effective. It was great to set a foundation for the change needed to build an effective team. I was glad to see that the guys were engaged and got great value from the training."

- Sal Nsheiwat

Director, Mosaic

Birgit's specialty is building a culture of accountability that leads to continuous improvement. Our team and our company are measurably better off for having collaborated with Birgit Zacher Hanson and I give her my highest recommendation!"