What is Coaching?
Coaching is a careful, intentional process of evoking awareness. a person who has been effectively coached
comes away with an improved quality of thought and a keen sense of how they can impact the world around them.
What Coaching Is Not?
Coaching is not counseling, training or consulting. However, each of these modalities can be a powerful companion to coaching.
My approach to coaching will focus on helping you to discover the answers to your life’s most pressing questions
are already inside of you.
Who Needs a Coach?
What do Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Gates have in common—besides their success?
They all worked with the right coaches to stay at the top of their game and strengthen the areas that mattered most.
Coaching isn’t a luxury. It’s a catalyst.
Whether you’re an athlete or an accountant, an executive or an educator,
a startup-owning mom or a stay-at-home dad—everyone can benefit from partnering with the right coach.
Ethics
What Will Our Collaboration Include?
I coach in alignment with internationally recognized ethics. Our sessions will be equitable, collaborative & professional. My job is to cultivate learning and growth. You and I will work together to accomplish this goal.
Empathy
The bedrock of any worthwhile relationship is trust established through respect, understanding and empathy. I promise to meet you where you and help you discover the path to where you are going.
Empowerment
Every high level individual accomplishes their goals by saying “yes” to the challenge in front of them. as collaborators, you and i will work together so that you feel adequately empowered to over your challenges.
Who is Delwin?
I’m Delwin Eiland, Professional Coach & Creative Collaborator, and founder of Eiland Initiatives LLC.
I’m a kid from the South Side of Chicago, born and raised. A child of the ’80s, I grew up during the glory days of Michael Jordan and the Bulls’ six NBA championships.
Like every other kid, I wanted to be like Mike.
My home was filled with love, but also heartbreak. The hardest moment of my life was when my mother, crying, told me my father had died.
I was only seven.
After that, life got complicated. I was in church several times a week, but at the same time, I admired the gangbangers on my block. I stayed in trouble at school so much that my mom once took me to the police station just to scare me straight.
Then everything shifted.
When I was eleven, my mother put me in a choir, and it changed my life. Music became my saving grace—giving voice to something that had been inside me all along.
To date, I have traveled around the world as a performing artist, collaborating with other artists from Switzerland to Israel, Brazil to South Africa and Germany to Sweden.
My career as a musician has also afforded me the opportunity to coach an array of individuals from middle school prodigies to world-class professionals.
My approach is rooted in trust, love-centered affirmation, empathetic challenge, and authentic leadership. With over 20 years of experience across diverse sectors—banking, music production, and faith-based organizations—I bring a wealth of practical knowledge to every endeavor.
I believe trust is the foundation of both leadership and meaningful relationships. Over the years, I've proven myself to be a reliable and steadfast partner, and I carry that same commitment into coaching and collaboration.
To those I collaborate with, I offer discernment, stability, and support. To my clients and conversation partners, I bring presence, attentiveness, and insight. When we work together, you'll receive the full attention of a seasoned professional deeply invested in your growth, with the expertise and confidence to guide you toward your goals.
