Confidence & presence
Express your value, speak up in important moments, and lead with a steadier sense of yourself.
Leadership & Executive Coaching
Jim Kandias
Executive coaching grounded in 25+ years of aviation, operational, and leadership experience. Helping professionals step into management, strengthen their influence, and navigate greater responsibility.
Arrange a discovery callA complimentary 30-minute conversation. No obligation.
25+ years in leadership and operational environmentsAssociation for Coaching memberCertified Hogan Assessor
Progress in practice
A next step.
A real difference.
I've helped professionals earn promotions into management and senior management.
“The coaching sessions and insightful conversations we shared played a major role in my professional growth and progression into management.”
Your next chapter
Ready for more responsibility?
You may be preparing for promotion, stepping into a bigger role, or navigating the demands of senior leadership.
Coaching gives you space to examine your decisions, strengthen your influence, and lead with greater confidence in the moments that matter.
Let's work on your next move
What we can work on
Lead with clarity.
Show up as yourself.
Promotion & progression
Prepare for management or senior management. Articulate your contribution, strengthen your leadership presence, and navigate greater responsibility.
Influence & decisions
Navigate difficult conversations, align stakeholders, and lead through change with a clearer sense of direction.
The way I coach
Thoughtful challenge.
Human connection.
My approach is calm, direct, reflective, and practical. I listen carefully, ask questions that open up your thinking, and help you turn insight into action.
You bring your experience, ambitions, and questions. Together, we explore what is shaping your choices and what would help you move forward.
A conversation where you can be honest, think deeply, and feel heard.
Working together
A clear purpose.
Space for honest work.
Our work starts with what matters to you and connects reflection with the leadership situations you face.
Start with a discovery call
In a complimentary 30-minute conversation, tell me what is happening, what you want to change, and what you hope coaching could help with. We explore whether working together feels like a good fit, with no obligation.
Agree what matters
Together, we clarify your priorities and what meaningful progress would look like, so the work has a purpose you can recognise.
Put insight into practice
Bring real decisions and conversations into coaching. Explore your patterns, choose practical next steps, and reflect on what changes as you try them.
Meet Jim
Leadership experience.
A human perspective.
My name is Dimitrios Kandias, though most people know me as Jim.
I bring more than 25 years of experience across aviation, operations, systems, analytics, and leadership. I understand the demands of organisational life: responsibility, senior stakeholders, change, and the pressure to deliver.
What interests me most is the person behind the role: what matters to you, how you see yourself, and how you want to lead. That understanding shapes our work together.
Professional credentials
Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
Values & Professional Standards
Professional Membership
Academic credentials
University of AthensAthens, Greece
Certified Hogan Assessor
See your strengths.
Recognise your blind spots.
As a certified Hogan assessor, I can bring research-based personality insights into our coaching.
Hogan assessments can help you understand how others may experience you, recognise your strengths, and explore patterns that emerge under pressure.
We use those insights to identify practical areas for development, grounded in your leadership context.
A complimentary 30-minute discovery call
What are you ready to step into?
A promotion. Your first management role. A seat at the senior leadership table. Tell me where you want to go, and let's explore what will help you get there. Our first conversation is complimentary, with no obligation.
Arrange a discovery call tellmemore@lifethos.com