At Tobias Advisors, we help growth-minded leaders build companies they can scale—and lives they can love. Founded by executive coach and serial entrepreneur David Frederiksen, Tobias Advisors brings decades of operational experience and a proven coaching methodology to business owners and leadership teams ready to evolve. Whether you’re an overwhelmed founder stuck in the day-to-day or a seasoned executive aiming for greater team alignment and execution, we meet you where you are and help you move forward with clarity and purpose.
We specialize in coaching executive teams, acting as a fractional CEO or COO, and guiding businesses through strategy design, team building, and leadership development. Our work is grounded in simple yet powerful principles: set the goal, make the plan, do the work. We use proven frameworks like Scaling Up to align your leadership team, define accountable priorities, and establish rhythms that build momentum. Our clients don’t just grow revenue—they grow into the leaders their companies need next.
Short reads, clear ideas, and the human side of the work we do.
Every hire is a bet. The question is: are you betting on the right things? I work with CEOs and founders who are sharp, driven, and genuinely good at building businesses. And yet, many of them make the same expensive mistake: hiring someone because they look right—instead of first defining what right actually means. One client needed an…
Keep readingAccountability and blame are often treated as the same thing in organizations. They’re not. And confusing the two is one of the most expensive leadership mistakes a company can make. Blame looks backward. It asks: “Whose fault was this?” after something goes wrong. The goal is to assign responsibility for damage. Accountability looks forward. It asks: “How do…
Keep readingOn the first day of a new job early in my career, I met someone in my department who was leaving for another opportunity. Before he walked out the door, he pulled me aside and gave me some of the best career advice I’ve ever received: “This is a great place, and you are going…
Keep reading“Within a quarter, we were aligned around a shared operating rhythm and hit a milestone we’d been circling for months but couldn’t quite reach. Tobias Advisors didn’t just help us think differently – they helped us lead better.”
Leadership is a team sport — and it starts with conversation.
We’d love to learn more about the work you’re doing, where you feel challenged, and where you’re finding momentum.
David@TobiasAdvisors.com
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