For individuals
Coaching
One-to-one, weekly or bi-weekly, in person if you are local and by video if you are not. You get accountability, a safe place to be honest, and a Maxwell Leadership process tailored to you.
About coachingLife coaching & business consulting — Vermont and worldwide
Most of my clients found success here after failing elsewhere.
Tom Atkins has coached individuals and advised organizations since 2011. The difference is not a better to-do list — it is dealing first with the thing that actually stops people.
Coaching since 2011 Maxwell Leadership certified First conversation free
2011
Quarry House founded
30 years
In broadcast, AV and media-centric IT before that
Maxwell Leadership
Certified coach, consultant, trainer and speaker
A short list
Client numbers limited on purpose, so each gets full attention
Spirit first
“We believe there is a spiritual element to every extraordinary success. Too often it is the very element that gets ignored.” Tom Atkins, Quarry House
The steps to success are not a secret. They are well known, they are written down, and they work when they are followed persistently. Yet people still stall, and then blame themselves for it.
In 2021 I asked my past clients why they had succeeded here after failing elsewhere. The answer almost always came back to the same place: something in their own spirit — a tender place, or a belief that was not true — stopping them at the hard spot. Most coaching walks past it. I deal with it first, and then we do the grunt work.
What I do
Three kinds of work, one way of working.
Fewer clients, more attention, and a process shaped around you rather than a mould you are asked to fit.
For organizations
Consulting
Reinvention, leadership training, business development, marketing, simplifying, creativity and communication — without the buzzwords most consultants lead with.
About consulting
For integrators, architects & publishers
Photography
Technical spaces, historic and spiritual spaces, and high-impact landscapes. Unusually, you keep all rights to every image — no per-image fees beyond the commission.
See the workIn their words
People who work with Tom, succeed.
Seven clients agreed to be quoted. Names are shortened because coaching is confidential.
“I have known Tom and worked with him for fourteen years. He is both knowledgeable and professional. People who work with Tom, succeed.”
“I cannot recommend Tom Atkins highly enough. He is a patient and efficient coach who takes the time to truly understand your starting point and objectives. Tom provides a rare blend of rigorous analysis with genuine empathy and encouragement.”
“Tom has led me on a year-long journey towards better leadership that has transformed me, my relationships and my churches. I would recommend him to anyone.”
What coaching changes
The numbers behind the conversation.
Figures reported by coaching clients, from the Quarry House coaching ROI whitepaper.
At work
Improved work performance70%
Improved business management61%
Improved time management57%
Improved team effectiveness51%
In life
Improved self-confidence80%
Improved relationships73%
Improved communication skills72%
Improved life / work balance67%
The same whitepaper reports a 99% satisfaction rate, and that 96% of clients would repeat the process. Read the coaching ROI whitepaper (PDF, 1.2 MB).
From Tom
“While other people are trying to tell you what to do, I help you find your authentic path.”
If you are looking for wisdom instead of what everyone else is thinking, and solutions tailored to you and your organization instead of coming out of a cookie-cutter, AI-slop, lowest-common-denominator mill, I might just be what you are looking for.
I limit my number of clients on purpose, so each client has my fully focused attention. Even when I am not taking new clients I will still talk with you, for free. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time — not yours and not mine.
Tom AtkinsFounder, Quarry House
Everything great starts with a conversation.
Tell me what you are working on. The first conversation is free, and there is no pitch at the end of it.