Pilot Leadership Circle

Pilot Leadership Circle is a concierge style, confidential, and low-time-commitment peer advisory group for a limited number of high achieving participants seeking guidance and a roadmap to uplevel.

• Participants: CEOs, COOs, and leaders recommended by their Founders/President/CEO/COO
• Number: 15
• Activity: Submit one operational challenge per month to receive targeted support.
• Mission: facilitate leadership maturity and consistency with greater integrity, courage, and compassion. Uplift and strengthen organizational culture and increase the probability of operational and financial outcomes.
• Method: The Pilot Way clarifies the end goal, objectively assesses capabilities, determines true willingness to change, develops a realistic plan to execute so participants own their outcome.

Implementing best practices around the transformation of leaders, people, operations and impact to achieve a higher probability of Best Possible Outcomes.

"Andrew Bielat’s core strengths lie in his rapid assimilation of varied business models and cultures, relationship-building to cultivate trust, and instilling individual accountability to achieve transformational outcomes. I unreservedly recommend him for advisory CEO and COO engagements where organizations require targeted infusions of strategic oversight, change leadership, and execution discipline."

Steve Manuszak SVP CHRO, Food Services of America (et al.)

"Andrew Bielat and Pilot Advisors did a superior job of analyzing the problems and providing a roadmap to put corrective actions in place. We instituted the plan and within a year, our organization... went from worst to best... This resulted in an increase in award fee on contract that year of more than $500,000. I highly recommend Andrew’s services. His energy, enthusiasm, and knowledge were instrumental in our recovery of operational excellence."

Dr. Matthew Blais Major US Army Special Ordinance (Ret.), Chief Scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute (et al.)

"Andrew Bielat stood shoulder-to-shoulder with us as a true advisor to the C-suite, guiding the alignment of our corporate executive, marketing, finance, and operations teams. He cut through entrenched status quo with clarity, zeroing in on what mattered most... Andrew has refined his approach—what he refers to today as a Fractional COO and executive coaching. I have absolute confidence that he will deliver the same clarity, alignment, and execution for any leadership team ready to break through to the next level!"

Bryan Timm, President Columbia Sportswear

"Over more than three decades of engagement... Andrew Bielat consistently delivers stability, accountability, and measurable results. I endorse him without reservation for fractional COO roles and strongly recommend his executive coaching... By the end of his engagement, JSW achieved four consecutive months of record shipping and production, while on-time delivery performance improved by nearly 100%."