Vince Barlow — Founder, ElevateNation

Founder · Coach · Builder

Vincent
Barlow

Executive Coach EQi 2.0 Certified Platform Builder Author Keynote Speaker

Vince Barlow has spent decades helping leaders close the gap between who they are and who they're capable of being. He coaches from the inside out — because that's the only direction that produces lasting change. And when he couldn't find technology that did the same, he built it.

The Story

He coaches from
lived experience.

Vince didn't arrive at emotional intelligence through a textbook. He arrived there through life — through the kind of moments that either break a person or build them into something deeper and more resilient than they were before.

A stroke survivor, Vince knows firsthand what it means to rebuild — not just physically, but from the inside. To rewire. To choose who you're going to be when circumstances give you every reason to become something smaller. That experience lives in every coaching conversation he has.

For over 25 years, Vince has worked with executives, founders, and teams across industries — helping them name what's actually driving their behavior, dismantle the patterns that are holding them back, and build new ones that last.

His approach is EQ-first, accountability-driven, and grounded in the conviction that the inner work always precedes the outer results.

"As our world becomes more and more technological, my desire is to keep finding ways to connect people — and find the heartbeat."
25+
Years coaching and training leaders
3
Technology platforms built and deployed
2
Books published on EQ and leadership
60+
Lane partners in the ElevateNation network

The Builder

Coaching wasn't enough.
So he built more.

Vince realized that the principles behind great coaching — visibility, accountability, emotional intelligence, feeling seen — could be engineered into technology. Not cold technology. Technology with a heartbeat.

Team Accountability
321 Clearpath

A team scoreboard that lives inside Microsoft Outlook. Built on the belief that visibility creates accountability — and that people do better work when they feel seen and supported, not surveilled.

Youth EQ · Ages 10–14
GapMaster 4 Sports

The mental training app for young athletes and the people who raise them. Because the gap between talent and performance is almost always emotional — and the earlier you close it, the better.

Personal Transformation
Momentum Apps

30-day transformation journeys built by people who walked the road first. Fear. Anger. Shame. Forgiveness. One new road at a time — until nothing outside you controls you anymore.

The Books
Author · Speaker

Author of Becoming Unshakable and co-author of Building a Career That Lasts with Ted Saul. Keynote speaker on EQ, resilience, and leadership for conferences and company events.

What Drives Him

"No one outside of me is my problem.
I choose who I'm going to be.
I can love the most unlovely person
and feel powerful doing it."

The declaration of a person who has become unshakable.
This is what Vince coaches people toward.

The Man Behind the Work

More than a
professional biography.

Vince lives in Saint Augustine, Florida with his wife MaryAnn — his collaborator, his anchor, and the person who has walked every season of this journey alongside him.

He is a stroke survivor whose recovery deepened his understanding of what resilience actually costs — and what it actually produces. That experience is not background noise in his coaching. It is the foundation of it.

Faith is woven into how Vince sees people — their worth, their potential, and what they're truly capable of. He doesn't impose it, but he doesn't hide it either. It's part of why he genuinely believes in the people he works with.

At the end of the day, Vince's promise is the same one he made decades ago — to help people who have been given something give it away to others. Teaching them to fish. Giving them ownership of something that produces.

A few things about Vince

  • Saint Augustine, FL
    Home base since leaving Marco Island
  • Married to MaryAnn
    Partner in life and in building ElevateNation
  • Stroke survivor
    Rebuilt from the inside — coaches from that place
  • ENFP
    Visionary, verbal processor, energy in the room
  • Music lover
    Grew up on The Beatles — still plays them loud
  • Driven by faith
    Guided by wisdom, motivated by genuine love for people

Let's Connect

Ready to do
the real work?

Whether you're looking for a coaching partner, a keynote speaker, or just want to learn more about what ElevateNation is building — Vince would love to hear from you.

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