Zach Graham, Ph.D.
Zach Graham is a trusted leadership coach in Kansas City known for helping high performers find clarity, confidence, and direction. As a Consultant at CMA Global, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, and teams navigating growth, change, and high-pressure environments. His work focuses on executive coaching, assessment, leadership development, and succession planning. Clients come from industries such as construction, finance, private equity, healthcare, technology, and professional sports.
With a PhD in Counseling Psychology and an emphasis in Organizational Psychology and Executive Coaching, Zach brings scientific depth and human understanding to his work. Before joining CMA Global, he founded his own consulting and coaching firm focused on start-up and growth-oriented leaders. Earlier in his career, he worked with athletes and military professionals, helping them strengthen performance, resilience, and focus under pressure.
Zach’s coaching style is relational, direct, and strengths-based. He meets clients where they are, providing honest feedback and genuine support. His sessions are grounded in evidence-based methods that help clients clarify what they want and the steps to reach it. Clients describe him as empowering, dynamic, and fully present. They leave feeling supported, self-aware, and ready to take action.
Zach is a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Consulting Psychology. His academic research focused on the critical factors that make coaching effective and continues to inform his practice today.
Outside of consulting, Zach enjoys traveling and perfecting his pizza dough and barbecue recipes. He and his wife, Sidney, live in the Kansas City metro area, where they cheer on local teams and spend evenings exploring Kansas City’s live-music scene.
If you are ready to gain clarity and move forward with purpose, Zach is ready to help. Start the conversation.