Advisory

Executive & Founder Advisory

Private monthly retainer for leaders navigating growth, pressure, and complex decisions

The Role

I work privately with senior executives, startup founders, and small business leaders as a trusted external advisor.

This is an ongoing advisory relationship designed to support clarity, sound judgment, and confident decision-making—particularly when stakes are high or situations are complex.

Who This Is For

This advisory is designed for:

  • C-suite executives and senior leaders

  • Startup founders and small business owners

  • Leaders navigating growth, transitions, or scaling challenges

  • Individuals seeking a neutral, experienced sounding board

  • Those who value discretion, perspective, and experienced judgment

This work is particularly valuable when:

  • High-impact decisions carry risk

  • Teams or organizations are growing or changing

  • You want clarity without internal politics or noise

  • You want access to someone who has been a founder and leader in both startups and corporate environments

How I Support Leaders

The advisory relationship adapts to your situation, often including:

  • High-stakes decision-making guidance

  • Leadership and organizational strategy

  • Growth, scaling, and operational prioritization

  • Career positioning and long-term direction

  • Navigating fear, uncertainty, and pressure

  • Refining executive communication, influence, and presence

  • Relationship-based leadership, networking, and influence

The focus is clarity, alignment, and actionable insight.

Experience & Perspective

  • 30+ years across corporate, entrepreneurial, and startup environments

  • Founder experience in small business and startup growth

  • Former corporate speaker and trainer on leadership, resilience, and team building

  • Built and scaled online businesses with millions of users

  • Deep understanding of risk, responsibility, and scaling challenges

I help leaders think clearly when it matters most, bridging startup grit and enterprise judgment.

How the Advisory Relationship Works

  • Private, one-on-one engagement

  • Monthly retainer

  • Regular confidential conversations

  • Ongoing access as challenges and opportunities arise

  • No programs, frameworks, or deliverables

This is a relationship built on trust, discretion, and continuity, not task execution.

Engagement Fit

This advisory is ideal if you:

  • Lead a startup, small business, or enterprise team

  • Value perspective over process

  • Prefer depth over performance

  • Want a neutral, experienced sounding board

  • Care about long-term outcomes and confident decision-making

Next Step

Advisory engagements are limited and selective.

If this resonates, reach out to explore whether working together makes sense.

No pressure.
No obligation.
Just a conversation to determine fit.

If you would like to work with me,  drop me a note to learn more and setup a quick call where we can determine if it’s a fit.

Testimonials – Here’s What Others Say About Working With Josh…

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“I have been working online for over ten years, and in that time Josh Hinds has stood out as the most helpful and insightful entrepreneur I’ve worked with. He not only knows what he’s talking about; he’s more than willing to share that knowledge with those who need it.

I wouldn’t be where I am today without him.”

— Jason Gracia
Founder, Motivation123
Author, Shifting the Balance

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“I was completely lost on where to go with my business. As a struggling entrepreneur with a new business, Josh Hinds mentored me to see some creative solutions to problems that had me stuck. Josh got me more than back on track! He has a unique ability to see hidden opportunities and then explain them to people in a detailed, user-friendly way. I really appreciate the time he spends and the insights he gives me.

Josh Hinds is the special weapon that I can count on to resolve strategy challenges.”

— Tyler Benzel
Founder- GoldenBroccoli
GoldenBroccoli.com

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“Josh Hinds has a unique gift of seeing in someone what they themselves can not see. After a brief period of time speaking with him he has this way of getting you to start to see the unique talents you possess and helps you to understand how those talents can be unleashed in a way that brings you to the place you are wanting to be. He easily breaks down barriers and provides doable solutions…. no fluff… just an honest to goodness means of defining a person’s goals/needs and helping them to draft the plan necessary to attain them.

Each and every time I get off the phone with Josh I am inspired to put in to action the steps that he has helped me to see. He comes at things from a place of getting it done versus those who have a need to make you feel guilty for not having done it. I have witnessed an amazing change in myself and seen results almost immediately in applying the techniques that Josh has taught me. He is one in a million to me. I treasure his unique abilities, his passion and more so his friendship.”

— Gina Mcnew, USA

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Working with Josh is inspiring, he ensures I take action on the areas I am learning during the coaching sessions, he accommodates his schedule to help me finish my session properly and this way I get more time than I originally expected. He keeps in touch when you are working on what you have learned in-between your coaching sessions to help guide you and make sure you are on the right path.

He accepts things if he is unaware of them, and does not show off — or make you feel that he is better than you, but at the same time before you know it he shares the way you can improve in the areas that are most important to you.

Two of my biggest takeaways from having Josh as my coach are learning to use and implement the Daily Success Journal and Daily Goals.

— Ripple Amin, Singapore

Testimonial …

It was very nice chatting with you. Our conversation helped me to me come out of laziness ….at least I have started now!

I am also getting your inspiring emails regularly ….the daily boosts from you are really inspiring. They make one think a lot & also to act on the same.

The benefits I am receiving are evident in the increase of my positive attitude towards life…. my increase in productivity. I am feeling much more relaxed. My friends have started seeing a lot of positive change in me. My effectiveness has improved & is improving both personally as well as in my business life.

Thanks so much Josh….you are an Angel!

Regards,
Abhijit N.

Testimonial …

I had Josh to help me get started setting up a day to remember to do the things we, as people, love and gave up on since we were kids (i.e. our dreams). During the brainstorming session it was decided it would be called International Dream Day. I was really struggling to have it on the ground in reality. A lovely idea, but how to make it happen…?

Josh spent an hour with me after midnight his time (I live in Australia). He listened carefully to what it was I was trying to achieve and seemingly effortlessly, helped put a map in place so I could see how it would work in actuality… Specifically what the steps on the ground looked like.

Not only did it leave me feeling like I could do it, it had me knowing I could.

Simon Dawe
(Founder, International Dream Day)

Ready to Begin…

– Send an email to jhinds@getmotivation.com to schedule your consulting call now.

“Success is the prize for those who stand true to their ideas!” — Josh Hinds