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BACKCOUNTRY
EXECUTIVE COACHING
"There has to be more to success
than this."
You've built something significant. You've proven yourself. But what about the clarity or fulfillment you expected from success? That's exactly where this work begins.
30
Years as investor & executive
$8B
Fund co-managed over a decade
100+
Executive teams engaged
WHO I WORK WITH
Leaders who've earned their success — and are asking what it's for.
My clients are accomplished, driven, and operating at a high level. They don't need more strategies. They need integration.
Senior Leaders in Growth Companies
Executives and emerging leaders navigating scale, complexity, and the pressures of rapid growth. Successful, but something about the journey isn't working the way you expected.
Investment & Financial Services Leaders
Portfolio managers, VCs, and investors who are excellent at evaluating companies but struggling to navigate the complexity of leading people and building culture.
Founders & Entrepreneurs
Leaders building something meaningful who carry the weight alone — and are seeking more honest collaboration with their board, team, or investors.
Executives in Transition
Leaders at inflection points — new roles, career pivots, exits — who want their next chapter aligned with their actual values, not just their resume.
THE PATTERN
Success was
supposed to feel
different than this.
You've checked the boxes. Built the career. Led the teams. But somewhere along the way, the satisfaction you expected never quite arrived — or it came and went, leaving you wondering what's next.
There's the professional self — polished, strategic, always a step ahead. And then there's who you are when the laptop closes. This isn't burnout, though that might be part of it. It's something more fundamental: you've learned to compartmentalize so effectively that you've lost touch with what actually matters.
The problem isn't that you need better strategies. It's that you need integration — not compartmentalization.
— PETE DEININGER
THE APPROACH
Integration, not optimization.
My work sits at the intersection of executive coaching, psychology, and inner work.
We address leadership challenges while examining the beliefs, patterns, and
identities underneath them. The goal isn't to perform better. It's to lead from
a place of genuine alignment.
Awareness + Aspiration + Authenticity + Agency = Aligned Action
What clients say.
The most valuable aspect I gained from Pete is the hardest to describe; it's intangible. It is a knowledge of how to reframe and approach ideas and situations from another angle. It is something no one has ever worked to develop with me. Pete did. He always told me that what we did came from me, but I could not have done it without his guidance.
ANDREW H.
Senior Leader
With Pete's insight I was able to manage one of the most complicated and critical times of my life and business, and I don't like the thought of where I would have been without his help. His business acumen and insight is as good or better than anyone I have ever worked with. His ability to help me get to the root issues and problem-solve was invaluable.
DANNY N.
CEO
Working with Pete helped me unlock pieces of myself that I hadn't been able to tap into. From helping me see my potential to building confidence through decision-making, I felt our time together allowed me to grow in new ways. I feel honored to have worked with Pete in these ways that have continued to impact my career time and time again.
HANNAH K
Senior Leader
Before I became a coach, I spent 30 years as an investor and executive — evaluating hundreds of leadership teams, co-managing an $8B growth equity fund, and building and leading Columbia's Asian operations through the 2008 financial crisis. I know what it takes to operate at this level, and I know the cost of making work your entire identity.
I left my last executive role not because it wasn't working — but because I wasn't. The inner work I did to untangle that is the reason I do this work now. I'm a Hudson Institute Certified Coach (HCC), ICF accredited (ACC), and based in Park City, Utah.
WILDERNESS PROGRAM
Some conversations need different terrain.
HighPoint is a four-day wilderness coaching intensive in Utah's backcountry — for leaders ready to step outside their usual context and do deeper work. Small group. Real mountains. Guided inner work and individual coaching woven throughout.
SEPTEMBER 3–7, 2026 · UINTA MOUNTAINS, UTAH · MAX
8 PARTICIPANTS
Ready to do different work?
Let's explore if working together makes sense for where you are
and where you want to go.