Professional coaching
with James Scott
Coaching for you or for people across your organization, not just the top floor. Every conversation creates an opportunity to think differently and decide what comes next.
How people find James
“You should have a chat with James.”
For 25 years, that's how people ended up talking to him. Colleagues sent colleagues, often with no other context. Usually they were trying to make sense of something complicated, make a decision, or simply needed someone who would listen, ask good questions and offer an honest perspective.
James Scott Founder, BearMac Coaching & Leadership
For people with decisions to make, changes to navigate, or room to grow.
Coaching gives you an independent space to think things through, challenge assumptions, explore possibilities and find clarity about what matters to you.
Sound familiar?
- 01You're facing a decision and keep going back and forth.
- 02You're navigating a change in your work or life and figuring out what comes next.
- 03You're balancing competing priorities and struggling to find space to think.
- 04Things are going well, but you want to keep growing and developing.
Growing companies where good people carry too much.
Professional services, consulting, operations, technology and government. The worlds James has worked in for over 25 years, where strategy, processes, technology and people all pull on the same decisions.
- Professional services
- Consulting
- Operations
- Technology
- Founder-led companies
- Municipal government
Sound familiar?
- 01You promoted your best people into management. Now they're doing two jobs.
- 02Decisions keep landing back on the same few desks.
- 03The company grew faster than the way your leaders lead.
- 04Coaching has only ever reached the top few.
Within Reach Coaching
Organizations purchase a shared pool of coaching hours, giving people across the organization access to individual coaching when they need it.
Upward leadership feedback at Deloitte, consistently, over nine years.
Years leading teams, practices and businesses.
Businesses, teams and practices built over the course of his career, from a construction company to a Deloitte practice.
Former Managing Director at Deloitte. Earlier senior roles at ADP and Aon.
For your whole team
Teams
When talented people aren't working together as effectively as they could. Decisions get revisited, responsibilities become unclear, and conversations that need to happen don't. The capability is there, but something is getting in the way of the team working well together.
Organizational program · Ask JamesManagers to executives
Leaders
Your role has grown, and how you lead needs to grow with it. Work out where you really add value, where you create dependency without noticing, and what you can let go of.
1:1 coachingFounders and owners
Founders
You're building something, or you've already built it. You're wearing multiple hats, juggling competing priorities, and trying to keep sight of the bigger picture. James has been there himself. He understands what it's like and can help you slow things down, see the whole picture, and focus on what matters most right now.
1:1 coachingEvery conversation ends with a next step.
Not a framework. Not homework from a binder. Something worth taking away, whether that's a decision, a different perspective, or something to think about further. What you take from the conversation, and what you choose to do with it, is yours.
“James provides a non-judgmental space and asks insightful questions that help me explore beyond my current perspective. I leave each session feeling clearer, with something meaningful to reflect on and a tangible action to take forward.”
Serious work.
No need to be miserable doing it.
“You just get it.” “You're so much fun to work with.”The feedback James hears most
He's spent much of his career building businesses, developing practices, and leading teams across industries and around the world, including years at Deloitte helping organizations work through complex challenges.
For much of that career, his job was to provide answers. Coaching taught him a different approach: notice what he sees, challenge directly, and leave the answers and decisions with you. Truth and trust, your decisions.
Worlds he's worked in
- Construction
- Recruiting
- Technology
- Customer support
- Municipal government
- Investigation
- Consulting
- Facilitation
- Leadership
- Elite sport
“Through thoughtful questions, James helps me see situations from a different lens, uncover new insights, and approach difficult circumstances with greater clarity and confidence. His coaching strengthens both my leadership effectiveness and my self-confidence.”
“Talking with James helps me see things differently and get clearer about what I want to do next.”
Have a chat with James.
A free 30-minute conversation. No commitment to continue.
Book a conversation Prefer email? info@bearmac.caPrivacy policy
What information BearMac collects
BearMac may collect:
- Contact information (such as name, email, and messages)
- Scheduling information
- Information needed to establish and administer a coaching relationship
- Brief coaching notes used to support continuity and professional practice
- Recordings or transcripts where you have explicitly agreed to recording or transcription
- Agreement, invoicing, and payment information
- Basic website analytics
How information is used
BearMac uses information to:
- Respond to inquiries
- Schedule and deliver coaching
- Establish and administer coaching relationships
- Support continuity between coaching sessions
- Manage agreements, invoicing, and payments
- Support professional development where appropriate
- Meet professional, legal, and business obligations
- Understand and improve website usage
Coaching confidentiality
Information shared during coaching is treated as confidential and is not shared with employers, organizations, third-party payers, or others simply because they arranged or paid for coaching.
Information from coaching is shared only with your consent or where disclosure is required by law or reasonably necessary because of a serious or likely risk of harm.
Recording and transcription
Coaching sessions are not routinely recorded. If BearMac proposes recording or transcription, the purpose will be explained and your explicit consent will be obtained in advance.
Recording or transcription is optional and is not required to participate in coaching.
Use of AI
BearMac does not submit identifiable confidential coaching information to general-purpose AI systems.
Where coaching material is used with AI for legitimate professional development purposes, your consent will be obtained in advance. The information will first be reasonably de-identified and limited to what is necessary for that purpose.
Technology and service providers
BearMac uses trusted technology and service providers to operate the business and deliver coaching. These currently include:
- Squarespace for website hosting and analytics
- Google Workspace for email, calendar, and business records
- Calendly for scheduling
- Zoom for video coaching sessions
- SignWell for electronic agreements
- Stripe for credit card payments when used
- Fathom for recording and transcription where you have explicitly agreed to it
These providers may process information only as needed to provide the services BearMac uses. Some information may be stored or processed outside Canada and may therefore be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction where it is processed.Canada.
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Data retention
BearMac retains information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or to meet professional, legal, financial, or business obligations.
Confidential coaching information is not retained longer simply because other records related to the coaching relationship, such as agreements or financial records, must be kept.
Data sharing
BearMac does not sell personal information or share confidential coaching information for marketing purposes.
Information may be shared with service providers where needed to operate the business or deliver coaching, with your consent for a specific purpose, or where disclosure is required by law or reasonably necessary because of a serious or likely risk of harm.
Where information from coaching is used for supervision, mentoring, certification, or professional development, your consent will be obtained in advance.
The information used will be limited to what is reasonably necessary and reasonably de-identified before being shared or used outside the coaching relationship.
BearMac does not submit personal information or identifiable confidential coaching information to general-purpose AI systems.
Your privacy rights
You may request access to or correction of personal information BearMac holds about you. You may also ask BearMac to delete information that is no longer needed.
Some information may need to be retained to meet legal, financial, professional, or other legitimate business obligations.
Privacy requests, questions, or concerns can be directed to James Scott at info@BearMac.ca.
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Last updated
Last updated: September 2026