We’re in your corner, not in your echo chamber.

What We Do

Everyone Looks to You for Answers. Where Do You Go to Think?

You're responsible for people, performance, and decisions that rarely come with clear answers. Even with experience and a trusted team around you, there are moments when a different perspective can make all the difference.

Deviate is a strategic leadership advisory firm working alongside head coaches, general managers, executives, and organizations across sports, business, and entertainment.

We help them navigate consequential decisions, challenge assumptions, strengthen relationships, and build organizations where people can do their best work.

In Their Words
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They're so simple and effective it's disarming. Their simplicity isn't just surprising, it's transformative.

Catherine Hickman
Assistant General Manager, Cleveland Browns
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A lot of what you feel, see, and experience here is because of him. He’s who I turn to for a spark, for help, and to work through things.

Marquand Manuel
Assistant Coach, Defensive Backs and Safeties, Tennessee Titans
Statement made while coaching with the New York Jets

Experience Across Leading Organizations

William Morris Endeavor (WME)
Minnesota Vikings
Gallo
Anaheim Ducks
Ilitch Sports + Entertainment
Penn State University

Knowing Isn’t Teaching.

Knowing What to Do and Knowing How to Teach Others Are Two Different Things.

The leaders we work with already know what strong performance looks like. They've established expectations, modeled the behaviors, and communicated what matters. Yet what seems perfectly clear to one person doesn't always translate into action for another.

They need an edge in bringing those behaviors out in others.

We've developed practical methods grounded in how people learn, retain information, and apply what they've learned. Our approach helps leaders become better coaches, communicators, and teachers, strengthening their ability to develop others and turn individual effort into collective performance.

That's the difference between possessing expertise and multiplying it. Because great leaders don't just raise expectations. They help others raise their ability to meet them.

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It’s only been a day and you have definitely already had an effect on the staff. Plenty of the guys have told me so. I’m glad you’re a part of this.

Jake Moreland
Tight Ends Coach, Arizona Cardinals
Statement made while with the Houston Texans