Onsite in South Florida & Virtual Nationwide

Executive Coaching & Leadership Advisory in South Florida

Sharper Judgment. Stronger Influence. Measurable Enterprise Impact. Grounded in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and 28+ years of corporate experience, Dr. Phil De La Torre provides bespoke executive coaching and leadership development for CEOs, operational directors, senior executives, and enterprise teams.

Dedicated enterprise leadership advisory and executive coaching. Confidentiality guaranteed.
(Note: We do not provide life coaching, career counseling, or generic business consulting.)

Trusted by Leaders and Organizations Across Global & Mid-Market Enterprises:

28+ Years Corporate Leadership & Executive Advisory Experience

Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Tri-County Onsite Presence Miami-Dade • Broward • Palm Beach

Purpose-Built for Leaders Navigating Scale, Transition, and Complexity

Strategic advisory for leaders where personal capability directly dictates organizational performance.

Operational Leaders & Directors

High-performing operational heads, technical experts, and newly appointed directors transitioning from tactical execution into enterprise-level thinking. Moving beyond functional silos to lead through influence, alignment, and strategic perspective.
Senior Leaders & Functional VPs

Experienced leaders facing executive bottlenecks, delegation challenges, or cross-functional friction. Developing the executive positioning required to communicate with conviction, gain alignment across peers, and lead effectively through others.
CEOs & Business Owners

Founders and chief executives seeking to eliminate organizational overdependence on a few key individuals, accelerate senior leadership autonomy, strengthen succession bench depth, and align their executive team around strategic execution.
HR, Talent & People Leaders

Chief Human Resources Officers and talent executives seeking objective assessment, validated 360° feedback, and high-impact advisory to develop key executives, de-risk critical leadership promotions, and accelerate high-potential successors.

Lead the Future Instead of Managing the Present

Where Leadership Drag Stalls Enterprise Performance

You have built a capable organization with strong people and sound strategy. Yet decisions that should take days take weeks, functional silos slow down execution, and the same problems keep landing back on your desk.

This is leadership drag—the cost of leadership operating too close to execution. It caps everything your organization is capable of achieving.

Common Friction Points We Eliminate:

Executive Bottlenecks: Senior leaders over-involved in operational problem-solving that should be managed two levels down.
The Operational-to-Enterprise Gap: Talented technical managers struggling to adopt an enterprise perspective and lead through influence rather than authority.
Succession & Bench Depth Risk: A lack of objective readiness or confidence in the next generation of enterprise leaders.
Leadership Team Silos: Misaligned priorities, territorial defensiveness, and weak peer-to-peer accountability across functional heads.
High-Stakes Selection Risk: Promoting or placing key leaders without objective psychometric data and behavioral validation.

PROPRIETARY METHODOLOGY

The L.I.F.T. Process™: Turning Diagnosis Into Momentum

A structured 4-phase framework designed to locate organizational drag, elevate leadership altitude, and build autonomous enterprise capacity.

Identify where momentum is slowing. Pinpoint where decisions stall, priorities compete, or leaders get pulled too deep into operational issues.

Step back to understand the underlying causes of the slowdown, examining the decision structures and leadership behavior that produce it.

Shift how leaders think, what they pay attention to, and where they focus their time and leadership energy with a clear framework for the decisions that should be made without you.

That framework lets decision authority move outward, so responsibility sits where the work happens and leadership capacity grows across the organization.

The Executive Positioning™ Shift

“As leaders advance, influence comes from positioning rather than authority.
Success depends less on having the answer and more on how effectively you help others evaluate the answer.”

Enterprise Perspective:

Shift from functional territory defense to broader business opportunities that align departmental priorities with overarching organizational goals.

Conviction With Curiosity:

Replace passive qualifiers with well-reasoned strategic recommendations, while actively inviting executive peers to pressure-test the direction.

Dialogue Before Advocacy:

Ask diagnostic questions early to surface hidden risks, building genuine stakeholder consensus before requesting critical organizational commitment.

Targeted Advisory Capabilities

Engagements built for where your leadership and organization are headed.

1:1 Executive Leadership Advisory & Coaching

Confidential, high-impact counsel for CEOs, functional VPs, and rising operational directors. Focus areas include strategic decision-making, executive presence, enterprise influence, and delegation.

Executive Transitions & Leadership Readiness

Prepare high-performing operational leaders to step into expanded enterprise roles with the clarity and confidence to lead broader mandates without being pulled back into tactical work.

Leadership Team Effectiveness & Alignment

Structured executive facilitation to eliminate functional silos, establish rigorous peer accountability, navigate conflict, and align senior teams around strategic execution.

Talent Assessment & 360° Diagnostic Insight

Doctoral-level psychometric profiling and multi-rater feedback instruments designed to identify leadership blind spots, evaluate executive readiness, and de-risk critical talent selection.

Meet Dr. Phil De La Torre

An Experienced Leadership Advisor Who Speaks the Language of Enterprise

Dr. De La Torre works directly with CEOs, operational directors, senior executives, and leadership teams navigating rapid growth, organizational complexity, and strategic transition. His advisory bridges the gap between behavioral science and boardroom execution.

28+ Years of Corporate & Advisory Experience
Advised and facilitated senior leaders across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Corporate client engagements include Disney, Nokia, Philips, Riddell, Marathon Petroleum, Swagelok, DSM, and RFS.
Former Corporate Executive (Not Just an External Coach)
Led talent and organizational development from inside complex global enterprises—serving as Vice President of Global Talent Management at Atento and holding director-level leadership roles at Royal Philips Healthcare, Marathon Petroleum, Owens Corning, and SSOE Group. He understands the real-world pressures of boards, sponsors, and executive teams because he has sat in those seats.
Doctoral-Level Behavioral Rigor
Holds a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Master’s degree in Learning and Organization Development—bringing evidence-based diagnostics, team dynamic models, and psychometric science to every engagement.
Elite Industry Credentials & Bilingual Delivery
Certified in Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centered Coaching, Hogan Assessments, and Prosci Change Management. Certified Management Consultant (ODCP). Conducts executive advisory and team facilitation fluently in both English and Spanish.

"The leaders most capable of transforming their organizations are not those who work hardest at the operational level. They are the ones who develop the altitude, the discipline, and the courage to lead from above it."

What Lift Looks Like

Real Success. Real Transformation. Real Results.

"The outcomes in working with Dr. Phil have been nothing short of transformative. Through his tailored coaching approach, we’ve seen significant improvements in our leadership team's ability to drive organizational goals, foster collaboration, and develop stronger, more resilient teams. One of the most valuable aspects of his approach is his ability to create a safe space for reflection and growth, encouraging leaders to step outside their comfort zones and embrace change with confidence. The leadership growth fostered by Dr. Phil’s coaching has translated directly into better decision-making, stronger team dynamics, and a more agile organizational culture, ultimately resulting in exceeding revenue goals for the last several years while we’ve been engaged with Dr. Phil"

Chelsea BolterSVP Operations, RFS

"Dr Phil's unique coaching approach helped totally turn around a difficult situation and completely transform a key talent on our team. Dr Phil was able to immediately establish trust, was highly adaptable, patient - never gave up on this senior manager, tailored the approach to meet the needs of this manager resulted in a big turn around. As a result of his coaching he was able to significantly improve his leadership skills and was able to increase sales and profitability. He now truly enjoys the work life balance which he struggled with in the past. Dr Phil gets results he did exactly what we needed. In addition, he is just a fun guy to work with. Thanks for a great job!"

Craig ScottRegional VP Sales, Riddell

"I would like to thank you for supporting the NOKIA S. American Sales Operation team with the Personality Assessment, Training, Individual Coaching and Team Building session. ... The real difference was not the tools but your interpretation. Your dedication and knowledge about the subject, and your abilities as an Industrial Psychologist made this training really successful and quite special for all of us."

Jean-Francois HenoSales Operations Director NOKIA Andean & Caribbean

"Phil is not only a valuable and highly regarded leadership coach, he is also a wonderful facilitator leading session across 10 different countries in our region with a natural ability to blend in with any culture and team dynamic."

Mercedes De BelausteguiSR. HR Leader, Disney, Latin America

How Leaders Keep The Fire Lit

Codified Research on Sustaining Leadership Energy, Executive Ownership, and Enterprise Performance

Authored by Dr. Phil De La Torre, How Leaders Keep The Fire Lit bridges Industrial/Organizational Psychology with over two decades of boardroom advisory. The work outlines actionable frameworks for moving beyond short-term tactical fixes to build lasting motivation, elevate leadership altitude, and align enterprise strategy with executive capability.

Rather than relying on abstract theory, the methodologies published in the book serve as the foundational architecture for Dr. De La Torre’s private advisory work with mid-market and global enterprise leadership teams.

Core Focus: Navigating the critical transition from hands-on tactical management to scalable enterprise leadership.
Global Application: Published internationally and utilized by executive teams across both English and Spanish-speaking markets.
Evidence-Based Foundation: Rooted in validated behavioral science and real-world corporate operating experience.

Onsite Executive Coaching Across South Florida & Virtual Delivery Nationwide

Conducting confidential in-person advisory, executive team facilitation, and leadership assessments at your corporate offices or retreat facilities:

Miami-Dade County:

Greater Miami and Hialeah, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Miami Lakes, and Downtown Miami.

Broward County:

Fort Lauderdale, Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Plantation, and Weston.

Palm Beach County:

Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach Gardens.

National & International Delivery:

Virtual executive coaching and team advisory delivered across North America and Latin America.

Discover The Method Behind Restoring Momentum

Read more in The Leadership Lift Whitepaper to see where momentum is slowing in your organization along with what it takes to restore it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this differ from traditional business consulting or life coaching?

Business consultants analyze systems and prescribe operational roadmaps; life coaches focus on personal motivation. Dr. De La Torre works directly with the leaders responsible for executing strategy. By combining Industrial/Organizational Psychology with over 28 years of corporate operating experience, he helps leaders sharpen judgment, communicate with influence, and drive peer accountability—translating strategy into execution.

Are advisory engagements conducted in person or virtually?

Both. While Dr. De La Torre is based in South Florida for regular local onsite sessions (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach), he frequently travels to conduct live executive retreats, leadership team facilitation, and intensive advisory nationwide—regularly working with clients across the Midwest, Chicago, Dallas, Cleveland, and major business hubs across the country. Engagements can also be delivered seamlessly via dedicated virtual sessions for distributed executive teams.

Who typically sponsors an executive coaching engagement?

Engagements are typically sponsored by CEOs, business owners, Chief Human Resources Officers, or corporate sponsors seeking to develop an executive, elevate a leadership team, or prepare operational directors for broader enterprise scope. Individual leaders also engage Dr. De La Torre directly for confidential 1:1 advisory.

What is covered during the 30-minute Strategy Conversation?

This is a confidential diagnostic dialogue between peers. We review your organizational context, pinpoint where leadership friction may be impacting execution or growth, and determine whether there is mutual alignment for an advisory engagement. It is a substantive strategic discussion, not a sales pitch.

How do we measure success and determine the impact of an engagement?

We evaluate progress using objective diagnostic tools rather than subjective sentiment. Depending on the engagement scope, success metrics include: Pre- and Post-360° Evaluations: Quantifying observable behavioral shifts in judgment, communication, and influence from direct reports, peers, and executive sponsors. The Leadership Lift Model™ Diagnostic: Benchmarking changes in organizational drag, decision velocity, and leadership altitude over time. Stakeholder Alignment Surveys: Gathering structured, qualitative feedback from key stakeholders to measure meaningful behavioral change, increased leadership capability, and greater enterprise impact. Milestone Progress Reporting: Formal reviews tracking individual leadership development goals and their direct impact on commercial execution and operational autonomy.

Where Is Leadership Drag Limiting Your Organization Right Now?

Your organization has more capacity than its current pace reflects. Let’s identify where decisions are stalling, resolve the underlying friction, and restore momentum.

Sharpen judgment, stronger influence, and greater enterprise impact.

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