More than two decades in the rooms where leadership gets hard.
Jeff Shirrell is a PCCI certified faith-based leadership coach, speaker, and consultant. He walks alongside high-capacity leaders who have reached the top and realized something is still missing.
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He has sat where you sit. He knows what you aren't saying.
For more than two decades, Jeff led in high-stakes environments — the kind where the decisions are hard, the loneliness is real, and the gap between who you are at work and who you are at home quietly grows wider. He knows what it costs to lead without anchors.
After years of achieving and accumulating, Jeff came to a moment of reckoning — the same moment he now sees in many of the leaders he coaches. A moment where outward success and inward emptiness meet. Where God gets loud.
His coaching approach is rooted in that lived experience. Not theory. Not a five-step framework. A real conversation between someone who has been there and someone who is in it right now.
Six convictions that shape every coaching conversation.
Faith is the foundation, not the footnote.
Integrating faith into every dimension of life — not compartmentalizing it as a Sunday activity — is the single most powerful thing a leader can do.
The person matters more than the position.
Titles and results don't tell the whole story. Jeff coaches the whole person — their relationships, health, sense of calling, and interior life.
Clarity is a gift you give yourself.
Most leadership problems are clarity problems. When a leader knows who they are, what they value, and where they are going, everything else gets simpler.
Confidentiality creates courage.
Leaders need a place where they can be completely honest. Coaching only works when the conversation is fully protected and free of agenda.
Scripture is a living leadership manual.
The timeless wisdom of scripture speaks directly to the modern challenges of leadership — identity, power, fear, legacy, and influence.
Practical wisdom beats elegant theory.
Insights that can't be used on Monday morning are just entertainment. Jeff brings hard-won, real-world perspective to every session.
Decades of experience. One calling.
Executive leadership roles across business and ministry
Jeff built his foundation in high-pressure organizational environments, leading teams, managing complexity, and learning what real leadership demands.
The turning point — and the calling toward coaching
After two decades of leading others, Jeff recognized a deeper calling: to walk alongside leaders who were succeeding on paper but struggling in ways few people could see.
Certified by the Professional Christian Coaching Institute
Jeff pursued rigorous, accredited training to formalize his coaching practice — grounding his experience in proven methodology and ethical standards.
200+ leaders coached. Phoenix, Arizona and beyond.
Your Story to Glory now serves leaders, business owners, and ministry teams worldwide through coaching, workshops, consulting, and speaking.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
Ready to have a real conversation
about where you are and where you're headed?
Book a complimentary 30-minute call with Jeff. No pressure, no pitch — just an honest conversation.