Strategic Executive Coaching and Advisory
Strategic Design for Sustainable Impact
Living Your Ikigai® architects sustainable high-performance systems for executives, senior leaders, and global organizations committed to measurable impact. Led by Jeohanna Martinez—Architect of Human Performance, ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and strategic systems practitioner.
Welcome!
Our Mission
We design the leadership capabilities, performance infrastructures, and strategic alignment systems that transform good organizations into exceptional ones. Grounded in neuroscience, Appreciative Inquiry, and positive organizational scholarship from Case Western Reserve University, our approach creates transformative engagements that accelerate performance, clarify strategic direction, and deliver measurable business impact.
Our Vision
A world where leaders operate at the intersection of strategic clarity, authentic purpose, and sustainable performance—where ikigai (reason for being) isn’t an abstract concept but an operational reality that drives individual fulfillment, team excellence, and organizational success.
THE IKIGAI MODEL™: YOUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
At the foundation of Living Your Ikigai® is our proprietary, trademark-pending IKIGAI Model™—a neuroscience-informed performance architecture framework available exclusively to our clients. The IKIGAI Model™ goes far beyond “do what you love.” It is a strategic framework that architects the convergence of:
• Your Personal Vision → The future state you’re strategically building toward
• Your Core Values → The non-negotiable principles that guide decisions under pressure
• Your Operational Reality → The systems, capabilities, and resources that translate vision into measurable outcomes
Unlike traditional coaching models, the IKIGAI Model™ is an operational blueprint that:
Maps the strategic convergence of individual capability, organizational need, market relevance, and value creation
Integrates Intentional Change Theory (ICT) and neuroplasticity research to design sustainable behavior change
Aligns personal leadership capacity with enterprise strategic imperatives
Creates measurable pathways from current state to desired performance outcomes
Transforms vision and values from aspirational concepts into operational systems
This enables purpose and performance to align for sustainable change and impact.
Living Your Ikigai
What we do
Why Living Your Ikigai®
How we work
We partner with executives, senior leaders, military commanders, and organizational stakeholders to architect systems-level performance solutions:
Strategic Leadership Development Comprehensive executive assessment, development planning, and capability building grounded in neuroscience and ICT—designed for leaders operating at VP-level a
We partner with executives, senior leaders, military commanders, and organizational stakeholders to architect systems-level performance solutions:
Strategic Leadership Development Comprehensive executive assessment, development planning, and capability building grounded in neuroscience and ICT—designed for leaders operating at VP-level and above, including military senior leaders navigating complex operational environments.
Organizational Performance Architecture Enterprise-wide talent system design, leadership pipeline development, succession planning frame works, and culture transformation initiatives that align human capital strategy with business out comes.
Team Excellence Systems
High-performance team diagnostics, collective leadership development, and team effectiveness interventions that build sustainable collaboration infrastructure. Strategic Consulting
Systems-level organizational development consulting, change management architecture, and strategic workforce planning for complex federal, defense, and corporate environments.
How we work
Why Living Your Ikigai®
How we work
Our methodology blends strategic consulting rigor with human-centered design:
Deep Diagnostic Assessment → Comprehensive discovery utilizing evidence-based instruments (Clifton Strengths®, Hogan, MBTI®, Prosci®, Insights Discovery®) to map leadership capacity and organizational dynamics
IKIGAI Model™ Architecture →
Application of our pro
Our methodology blends strategic consulting rigor with human-centered design:
Deep Diagnostic Assessment → Comprehensive discovery utilizing evidence-based instruments (Clifton Strengths®, Hogan, MBTI®, Prosci®, Insights Discovery®) to map leadership capacity and organizational dynamics
IKIGAI Model™ Architecture →
Application of our proprietary framework to design personalized performance blueprints that converge vision, values, and operational reality with strategic objectives Neuroscience-Informed Development → Targeted interventions grounded in Intentional Change Theory and neuroplasticity research to create sustainable behavior change
Strategic Implementation →
Structured roadmaps with clear milestones, accountability mechanisms, and measurable success metrics
Continuous Optimization →
Ongoing calibration to ensure sustained performance gains and adaptive capacity
Why Living Your Ikigai®
Why Living Your Ikigai®
Why Living Your Ikigai®
Extraordinary leadership demands more than conventional coaching. You need a strategist who understands organizational systems. A scientist who knows how leaders actually change. An architect who can design performance infrastructures that scale. And a human 4 centered practitioner who recognizes that sustainable excellence requires align
Extraordinary leadership demands more than conventional coaching. You need a strategist who understands organizational systems. A scientist who knows how leaders actually change. An architect who can design performance infrastructures that scale. And a human 4 centered practitioner who recognizes that sustainable excellence requires alignment between who you are and what you lead. As an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) advancing toward Master Certified Coach (MCC), with 14+ years architecting leadership systems across defense, federal, and Fortune 500 environments, Jeohanna Martinez brings VP-level strategic thinking to every engagement.
When you work with Living Your Ikigai®, you gain:
Access to the proprietary IKIGAI Model™—a performance architecture framework unavailable anywhere else that converges your vision, values, and operational reality into strategic action
A strategic partner who operates at the intersection of OD science, executive systems expertise, and world-class coaching
Methodologies grounded in Case Western Reserve University’s groundbreaking research in neuroscience-informed leadership A development experience designed for senior leaders who demand both rigor and results
Bilingual capacity (English/Spanish) for culturally-adaptive systems design across global contexts