The HQ Method™

A smarter way to lead, relate, and perform

What if leadership wasn’t just about performance — but presence?

At Executive HQ™, we integrate strategic advising, psychology-informed coaching, and team consulting into a proprietary system: The HQ Method™. The HQ Method™ is a proprietary leadership model that integrates four essential forms of intelligence: IQ, EQ, SQ, and AQ — all anchored within your internal Headquarters.


Framework Introduction

Your Internal HQ

Most leaders are taught to lead from the neck up. But true leadership is full-body. Strategic. Relational. Self-aware. The HQ Method™ re-centers leadership around your internal headquarters — the place where intellect, emotion, and connection converge.

It’s here that we strengthen the three core Qs:

  • IQ — Your cognitive horsepower: strategic thinking, decision-making, operational systems

  • EQ — Your emotional landscape: regulation, resilience, self-awareness, interpersonal grace

  • SQ — Your relational world: communication, team dynamics, cultural intelligence, values-in-action

  • AQ — Your adversity superpower: resilience, mental, emotional, behavioral structure and systems for success

Together, they create HQholistic intelligence. This isn’t fluff. It’s your competitive edge.

The HQ Method™ infographic with each intelligence in a quadrant of a t chart with HQ in the middle

Why the Qs Matter

Your company’s success depends on your internal stability.
When you’re stretched thin, running fast, or emotionally flooded, even your best frameworks collapse.

Leaders today are navigating more complexity than ever — economic shifts, culture wars, generational disconnect, health stress, personal transition. And most of it happens quietly, behind the scenes.

The HQ Method™ gives you the clarity, stamina, and relational intelligence to lead through it all — with less burnout and more command.

executiveHQ™ office of nature and sunglight

Who This Is For

The HQ Method™
Is Designed For

  • Founders managing a team and their own imposter syndrome

  • CEOs trying to build a healthy culture in a high-growth phase

  • Professionals carrying private health struggles while leading publicly

  • Leaders who wants to leave a legacy that’s strategic and soulful

Whether you're here to scale your company, build your emotional fluency, or align your identity with your impact — the HQ Method™ is designed to meet you at the intersection.

How We Work with the HQ Method™

  • 1:1 executive coaching intensives

  • Strategic advising for high-stakes roles

  • Team sessions and performance labs

  • Confidential audits and leader shadowing

  • Retreats or custom offsites (coming soon)

How We Apply the HQ Method™ 

You don’t need to become someone else to lead better. You just need to become more integrated.

Ready to lead from your Headquarters?

We’re currently onboarding founding clients. Let’s begin with a consultation.