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Leadership · Culture · Communications

The world needs more great leaders to build great organizations.

Azure Leadership Group supports people and the organizations they lead through the critical moments of growth, scale, and change — with coaching, consulting, and training that actually sticks.

20+ yrs
Leading teams
130k
Employees reached
PCC
ICF certified coach
Author
Honestly Speaking

Trusted by organizations and leaders across industries

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How we help

Three ways of working, one shared goal: leaders and cultures that thrive.

Coaching

One-to-one work with executives and emerging leaders to build steady, confident, deeply human leadership.

  • Executive & leadership coaching
  • New-role and transition support
  • Career and purpose clarity
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Consulting

Culture and organizational design for companies moving through fast growth, scale, and change.

  • Culture strategy & diagnostics
  • Org and team design
  • Change and growth planning
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Training

Workshops and facilitation that give teams a shared language for communicating with clarity and precision.

  • Communication workshops
  • Manager training
  • Offsite facilitation
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What we believe

Growth is a people problem before it is a strategy problem.

01

Build vibrant, inclusive cultures

Healthy cultures are designed on purpose — then tended, measured, and protected as you scale.

02

Empower and develop leaders

Confident, self-aware leaders make room for teams to grow, take risks, and do their best work.

03

Communicate with clarity and precision

Openness and authenticity turn strategy into something people can actually act on.

What is coaching?

Not fixing people. Helping leaders become the best version of themselves.

Coaching is a working alliance built on trust, respect, and a willingness to grow. It isn't therapy, mentoring, or teaching — it's future-focused self-inquiry that starts from the premise that every client is infinitely resourceful.

We take a whole-person approach: challenging the stories we tell ourselves, surfacing blind spots, and creating sustainable change — at work, at home, and in the systems we're part of. Always from a place of unconditional positive regard.

Bespoke & scalableStrengths-buildingData & research basedWhole personReal, lasting results
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“This is hard work — but positive, exciting, potentially life-changing work.”

01

Discovery conversation

We assess fit and coach-ability, clarify what you want to work on, and define what success looks like — and how we'll measure it.

02

3–6 month engagement

Periodic sessions of one to two hours, in person or by video, focused on both inner work and outer work.

03

Tools, data & iteration

Models, assessments, and outside input broaden understanding. We create, iterate, and execute plans for change.

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Now enrolling · 8 spots

Second Sundays: an extended virtual retreat for gay men

A six-month group to connect, explore, and thrive in 2026. Seventy-five minute Zoom sessions on the second Sunday of each month, plus a private integration coaching session — real connection beyond dating, sex, or networking.

  • 6 live 75-min sessions + recordings
  • 1 private 60-min coaching session
  • Jan 11 – Jun 14 · 1pm ET / 10am PT
  • Optional WhatsApp community
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Program investment

$526 USD

Full six-month program. Two scholarships available.

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Limited to eight participants

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About the founder

Andrew Blotky, JD, PCC

Andrew has built and led organizations through periods of unprecedented growth, change, and impact — in the corporate, political, and non-profit worlds. His work focuses on vibrant cultures, steady leadership across teams, and clear communication on hard issues.

He led global employee communications at Facebook as it grew from 5,000 to 30,000 people, served as VP of Communications at Johnson & Johnson, and began his career in the White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting. He holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Stanford, is a Certified Hudson Institute Coach, a long-time vinyasa yoga teacher, and lives in New York City.

  • —VP Communications, Johnson & Johnson
  • —Built global comms at Facebook (5k → 30k)
  • —White House Speechwriting Office
  • —Adjunct Professor, Stanford University
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Credentials

Rigorously trained. Deeply experienced.

Certified through the Hudson Institute of Coaching — one of the oldest, most respected, and most rigorous coach training programs in the world — and credentialed as an ICF Professional Certified Coach. Continued training with the Strozzi Institute, BeAbove Leadership, Ornatista Conscious Creation, the Insight Meditation Center in New York, and Spirit Rock.

125+

Hours of coaching education

500+

Hours coaching clients

1 yr

Hudson certification program

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Certified Hudson Institute Coach

What certification required

  • 125 hours of instruction
  • In-person labs with master coaches
  • Mentor review of recorded sessions
  • 15 hours of coaching received
  • 50+ hours of coaching provided
  • Longitudinal case study & portfolio
  • 15-book reading program
  • Oral and written exams

The book

Honestly Speaking

How the Way We Communicate Transforms Leadership, Love, and Life

Part playbook, part invitation: a practical look at how honest communication reshapes the way we lead, the way we love, and the way we live. Written for anyone who has ever left a conversation wishing they had said the real thing.

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Andrew on honest communication

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“Great organizations aren't built by accident. They're built by leaders who keep choosing clarity, courage, and care — again and again.”

Andrew Blotky

Contact

Let's talk about what your team needs next.

Tell us a little about where you are and what you're working through. We'll reply with a few thoughts and a time to talk — no pitch deck required.

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