Our team

We help business owners turn chaos into sustainable growth.

Most coaching firms hand you a strategy deck and disappear. We work alongside you — fixing the systems, leadership gaps, and accountability problems that quietly drain your business.

The Growthill team
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Years of combined leadership and coaching experience
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Businesses supported across trades, service, and professional industries
1:1 always
Personalized coaching — never templated, never outsourced
Waterdown, ON
Based locally — serving clients across the GTA

Most owners didn't sign up to be firefighters.

But somewhere along the way, the business stopped serving them — and started running them.

Same look in their eyes.

We kept meeting the same business owner. Different industries, different revenue, different cities — but the same look in their eyes. Drowning in operations. Battling disengaged teams. Second-guessing every decision alone. Wondering when running the business stopped being fun.

These weren't strategy problems.

They were foundational ones. Missing core values. No accountability structure. No unbiased advisor in the room. You can't optimize a business that doesn't have its footing — and most owners had never been shown how to build that footing in the first place.

Become the advisor in the room.

Growthill was built to be the advisor: someone who shows up, asks the hard questions, and helps install the systems and leadership habits that make growth sustainable instead of exhausting. We're a team of specialists in coaching, operations, and finance — working with business owners across diverse industries and stages of growth.

We're not here to hand you another framework. We're here to help you build a business you actually want to run.
Who we work with

Ready to stop firefighting and start building?

We work with business owners and leadership teams who are ready to take ownership of the next chapter. Our clients typically come to us when one or more of these patterns starts to dominate the week.

See if we're a fit
  • Operations feel chaotic and processes haven't kept up with growth
  • Staff turnover, disengagement, or accountability gaps are draining momentum
  • The owner is stuck working in the business instead of on it
  • Decisions feel reactive instead of strategic
  • Profit doesn't reflect how hard the team is working
Meet the team

The people in your corner.

Three operators who've sat in the chair you're sitting in — and built the structure to get out of it. Here's who you'll actually be working with.

Coach Mike Taylor
Co-Founder & Business Coach

Mike Taylor

Mike helps business leaders break through growth ceilings, fix staffing problems, and rebuild the alignment and energy that owning a business is supposed to bring. With 10+ years in senior leadership, he's led multiple change-management initiatives, coached teams to service-excellence benchmarks, and built operational playbooks that hold up under pressure.

Raised in a family-owned business, Mike learned early that long-term client relationships beat short-term wins every time.

"My passion is helping business owners build great businesses through stronger leadership, better systems, and intentional culture."
Coach Jonathan Cocklin
Co-Founder & Business Coach

Jonathan Cocklin

Jonathan is a sales, marketing, and ownership veteran who has built and transformed businesses from the ground up. He runs his own company by empowering the people inside it — and brings that same playbook to the leaders he coaches, helping them turn day-to-day operators into engaged owners of their work.

He thrives on solving messy problems and finding the efficient path through them. Outside of work, Jonathan is a husband and a dad of three, committed to the kind of rounded, healthy life he encourages his clients to build for themselves.

"Empowered teams build the businesses owners actually want to run."
Operations Victoria Bergsma
Project Coordinator

Victoria Bergsma

Victoria keeps the engine running. With years of leadership experience and a background in operating her own businesses, she brings a relentless follow-through that makes sure nothing falls between the cracks — for our team and our clients.

Raised in an entrepreneurial family, Victoria pairs a strong work ethic with the kind of detail orientation that turns plans into outcomes.

"I love stepping into the details of a business, finding the gaps, and creating tools that make the work feel clearer, smoother, and more manageable."
Let's talk

Let's build something that lasts.

Every strong business has someone in the corner asking the right questions. Let's see if we're the right fit for yours.

Book a free 30-minute strategy call. We'll walk through where you are, where you want to go, and whether Growthill can help you close the gap.

No pitch · No pressure · 30 minutes
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