Achieve your
personal best

Your Business. Your Team. Yourself.

Are you succeeding in your current role but what you really want to be doing is thriving? Are you an executive on the cusp of stepping into your first C-Suite role and want to ensure you hit your mark? Have you received feedback that how you impact others is surprisingly not what you intend; that your impact versus your intention is misaligned? Or. . . are you a diverse leader wanting to grow your skills and your career and need support understanding what “fit” looks like in the new role? In a world often perceived as too conceptual and with little rigor, my coaching is anything but that. The fact is that professional development is hard work; it takes resilience, courage, humility –and a willingness to be vulnerable. Knowing which questions to ask is part of the answer—but so is knowing how to think about your answer such that you’re making well-informed decisions along the way.

My Work

My aim in our work is simple: increase and improve your impact, support you in being a role model as a purpose-driven leader who lives their values—and have more fun in your life. As a former nationally ranked competitive swimmer, I learned a lot about how to achieve my personal best in the pool and in life. As the 17-year Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for a global financial services firm, there’s literally not a lot I haven’t seen or dealt with. From working to establish a joint venture partnership in Shanghai to establishing off-shore operations in India to opening all off-shore offices, during my 17 years, I’ve liaised with Boards of Directors and coached C-suite executives on any number of issues, ultimately helping to ensure maximum productivity and engagement.

At Deep Waters, I care deeply about helping CEOs and executives lead with purpose, authenticity, and unwavering confidence. Your journey towards excellence starts here. I offer different engagement opportunities for you and your team:

Executive Coaching

My one-on-one executive coaching sessions are designed to propel you towards greater authenticity, clarity, and effectiveness as a leader. I feature an immersive experience at my Napa Valley vineyard designed around your unique profile and needs.

Executive Teambuilding

High-performing teams are the backbone of successful organizations. My work with executive teams is customized to your team’s unique needs and is anchored around the core business issue we need to solve. Using tailored activities, we engage at the heart of what really needs to be discussed and addressed. Clearing the path for greater alignment, team cohesion, and accelerated outcomes.

Join Chris on his mountaintop

Chris Edmonds-Waters

I support my clients in being all that they want to be in their lives—personally and professionally. In doing so, we explore their agenda, picking up the rocks to see what’s underneath them, identifying where some adjustments might make sense. . .be it small shifts or deeper change. My focus is on the whole person, believing you are naturally creative and capable. My qualifications are rooted in my 17-year CHRO history (there’s not much I haven’t seen!)—and in my accredited International Coach Federation Co-Active Coach certification. This was the gold-standard program where I earned my Certified Co-Active Coach Certification (CPCC) designation. I have worked in leadership development for over 35 years.

More About the Immersive Experience

Discover Yourself

The immersive experience is a 3-day, 2-night program designed around your needs and agenda. Often it includes going deep on interpreting 360-feedback, combined with a work-style instrument and can include thought-leaders as guest conversation partners. Whether the focus is on the role exercise and sleep work in your life, or how unproductive the search for perfection is, or better understanding your role in a leadership group. My approach is unique to you.

Deepen Your Perspective

Sometimes you just need to get off the world to think, gain perspective, and to find yourself. The truth is, in our busy lives our current context gets in the way of understanding who we are becoming, where we headed and what each of us needs to get there. At Deep Waters, I find that a few days far out in the country sets the table for guided introspection. The conversation is not about the “what”, rather, it’s about “what’s that about for you”? My job is to help you leverage new curiosity about different perspectives on your situation, maybe through Teaching Horse or other unique experiences.

Be Inspired by Nature

The immersion experience features a seasonal harvest menu, engagement with Napa winemakers during tasting, long walks through the vineyard, journaling on a mountain top…. all while in residence in our private executive suite designed for this purpose. We will spend time “going deep” into what moves you, how you move others and what best enables your path forward.