About The Windsock Group

Helping leaders navigate complexity with clarity, connection, and purpose.

Why The Windsock Group?

A red flag on a pole with a waving flag.

A windsock doesn't control the wind.

It helps us understand the conditions around us.

Leadership works much the same way.

Great leaders don't force outcomes. They cultivate awareness, adapt to changing conditions, and respond with intention.

That's why The Windsock Group exists—to help leaders navigate complexity with clarity, connection, and purpose.

Conrad Hayter, leadership coach and facilitator.
The greatest gift of my life was a friend who believed in me enough to introduce me to coaching. That experience changed the direction of my life.
— Conrad

Meet Conrad Hayter

For most of my life, I've been fascinated by one question:

What helps people grow?

That question has taken me on an unexpected journey—from working in my family's nursery, to serving in the U.S. Air Force installing navigation systems around the world, to entrepreneurship, executive leadership, and ultimately coaching leaders and teams.

Along the way, I discovered that leadership isn't about having all the answers or controlling every outcome. It's about cultivating awareness, building meaningful relationships, and creating the conditions where people can thrive.

Today, as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Co-Active Professional Certified Coach (CPCC), faculty member with the Co-Active Training Institute, and entrepreneur, I help leaders navigate complexity with greater clarity, connection, and purpose.

Because when leaders grow, teams grow. And when teams grow, entire communities benefit.

PCC

Professional Certified Coach, accredited by the International Coaching Federation since 2019

Experience Behind the Work

Air Force Veteran

Built and led high-performing teams while deploying navigation systems around the world.

CPCC

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, accredited by the Co-Active Training Institute since 2017

Entrepreneur

Founder and business leader with over a decade of building purpose-driven companies

CTI Faculty

Helping train the next generation of coaches

Facilitator

Designing experiences that help leaders and teams grow together

Experience provides credibility. Relationships create transformation.

What Leaders Are Saying

Conrad is a naturally gifted coach, who combines spacious listening, a profound gentleness, and a delightfully playful sense of humor on behalf of his clients.
— Anne Gaal, Ph.D., CPCC

What I Believe

Lasting growth begins with awareness, deepens through connection, and becomes real through purposeful action.

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Awareness

Notice more. Expand perspective. Create conscious choice.

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Connection

Build trust. Deepen relationships. Create belonging.

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Purposeful Action

Act with intention. Take meaningful steps. Create lasting impact.

Great leadership isn't learned only in boardrooms.

Some of the lessons that shape my coaching come from military service, entrepreneurship, hiking mountain trails, conversations with friends, and spending time with my family.

Those experiences remind me that leadership isn't separate from life—it grows through it.

Beyond Coaching

  • Nature

  • Adventure

  • Family

  • Lifelong Learning

  • Cameron, his Goldendoodle

Let’s Explore What’s Possible.

Whether you're navigating change, developing your team, or investing in your own leadership, we'd love to hear what's possible for you.

Every engagement begins with a conversation.