EXECUTIVE COACHIng
By adulthood, you’ve spent years learning about yourself and the world you live in. But how often do you compartmentalize these insights into one area of your life? You can create a more original, impactful, colorful life—both professionally and personally—when you are able to integrate:
What in your life do you need to integrate? Only you can answer this question. As your coach, I’m here to guide you through the process.
The challenges today's leaders and their subordinates face are not, for the most part, a problem of will. The problem is the inability to close the gap between what we genuinely, even passionately, want and what we are actually able to do.
Kegan and LAHEY
WHO CAN BENEFIT?
Coaching is especially valuable when:
Corporate Coaching
My Process
I've coached leaders of all levels (Director to CEO) from diverse industries, including consumer packaged goods, entertainment, tech, healthcare, real estate, professional services, advertising, architecture, higher education, law, and more. My clients have worked at Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Winc, inVibe Labs, CreatorUp, Revry, NVA, Neutrogena, MOB Beauty, TJX, Shure, System1, Radiology Partners, Kite Pharma, Cerner, Bain, E&Y, Kearney, City National Bank, Pardee Properties, the California Medical Association, the Jewish Federation, and more.
I believe in the importance of clients choosing their coach. I welcome the opportunity for an introductory conversation with HR professionals and leaders. This enables them to assess the fit of working together, as a strong working alliance is key to driving effective change. In addition, I partner with my clients in receiving input from key stakeholders on coaching goals, a development plan and progress.
When useful, I incorporate assessments to build the client’s awareness of their reputation, strengths, potential derailers and values. These can provide insights to drive coaching goals on their own, or complement feedback from a 360° review and/or stakeholder interviews. Depending on the client’s preference, I can utilize an electronic 360 tool or perform the interviews and provide the client with a summary of key themes.
My Focus
I help clients become more effective leaders by building on their natural strengths. While each engagement is tailored to the individual, one or more of these three themes comes forward in much of my work:
Transformation VALUES
My values on driving professional and personal growth are informed by my own experience and more than two decades of supporting clients, colleagues and direct reports with their own development.
Sustained success comes only when you take what's unique about you and figure out how to make it useful.
MARCUS BUCKINGHAM
HOW WILL WE WORK TOGEthER?
Executive coaching doesn’t have to happen in person. We can connect through a mix of face-to-face meetings, video conferences, audio calls, email, Slack, or even texting. When clients are local, we can even leverage the power of coaching in the outdoors, while on a hike or walk. My aspiration is to mountaintop coaching, where we coach on the chairlift and the client processes their thoughts while skiing or snowboarding down the mountain.
Face-to-Face
Video Conferencing
Phone and Text
The effective executives I have seen differ...in fact in almost everything that distinguishes human beings...Be yourself.
Peter F. Drucker
I'm a partner with Evolution, a coaching and consulting firm, for delivery of engagements. They’re vital to the work we’ll do together. By advising me and joining client engagements as needed, they allow my clients to tap into a world of hard-earned wisdom and professional know-how.
ABOUT PETER
My name is Peter Gandolfo. I have certifications from the world-renowned Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara, California and ICF (PCC). Coaching combines my 25+ years of experience in marketing, management, and consulting with my love for helping others succeed. I'm passionate about creating a more diverse workforce by helping leaders develop their authentic leadership styles.
In addition to individual coaching, I facilitate team workshops and offsite on building a coaching culture, creating a psychologically safe team, building a high-performing team, unpacking for innovation and more.
My life experience informs much of my coaching work. For instance, straight out of college, I enrolled in medical school. Three weeks in, I realized I'd spent so much time proving to myself that I could get into medical school, I’d never considered whether I wanted to be a physician! So I switched to a career in business, which is a much better fit for me. Since then, I've always taken time to find and follow my inner “true north” when making career and life decisions, a process that’s especially important now that I’m a husband and father. All these experiences guide me in my coaching work.
Before dedicating my career to coaching, I was the senior director of client engagement for the Drucker Institute, a social enterprise grounded in the revolutionary management principles of Peter Drucker. Prior to joining Drucker, I spent nine years in brand management and international marketing at Mattel, and before that I did product marketing for Ford Motor Company, advertising account management at Foote, Cone & Belding, and product management at Alltech, Inc.
Education & CERTificATIONS
Intercultural Development Inventory
2022
IDI Qualified Administrator Certification
The Fearless Organization / Aristotle Performance
2021
Psychological Safety Certified Practitioner
Enneagram in Business
2021
Enneagram Coaching Program
International Coach Federation
2019
Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
StandOut
2018
Certified StandOut Strengths Coach
Hogan Assessment
2017
Hogan Assessment Certification Program
International Coach Federation
2017
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Hudson Institute of Coaching
2016
Certification
UCLA Anderson
2001-2003
MBA, Concentrations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship
University of Notre Dame
1992-1996
B.A. in Psychology and Pre-Professional Studies
Results
Testimonials
EXECUTIVE COACHING
"Working with Peter enabled me to do better (much better) during a personally and professional challenging time. Talking with him was as productive as it was reassuring in its human connection. Peter draws from a wide range of personal experiences and combines them with his coaching toolset - this resulted in every session creating positive, actionable outcomes that I was able to apply immediately."
—Stephan H., CTO
"Peter is a very empathic listener and excellent questioner. It was easy for me to develop a trust base and share certain details I would usually not share, which made the experience and eventual output so much more customized and valuable."
—Raoul M., Venture Capitalist
"Having Peter as a coach allowed me to express my frustrations about my business, and have them heard and supported in a way that felt authentic and empowering. I found myself able to ask better questions and gained new perspectives on my own strengths and resources. Peter was grounded in the reality of business and his advice was practical and his support far reaching."
—Sourabh J., Startup Founder
"I first reached out to Peter as a relatively fresh MBA graduate, hoping to gain insights from an experienced corporate executive. Peter was very generous with his time and provided solid guidance. Fast forward a few years later, during a particularly turbulent time of my professional life, I reached out to Peter again for coaching. Peter is an empathetic listener who asks very insightful and challenging questions. He guided me through a difficult decision process, and as a result, I was able to continue reaching for higher career platforms while maintaining a healthy work-life balance."
—JT X., Marketing Executive
CAREER COACHING
"Peter was a secret weapon in my job search. I started on my own, but was not getting traction. When I started working with Peter, I started to see results. He provided me with a safe space to address areas I needed to work on, but that I had avoided to that point. He was always encouraging, diplomatic and professional. After working with Peter, I secured multiple job offers."
—Carrie F., Director of Content Development
"I highly recommend Peter. From the very first interaction we had, I've felt supported and valued. I was able to work with him to tailor my coaching journey based on my individual needs, and the advice I received was instrumental in my job search and salary negotiation process. Peter is a very well-experienced and approachable coach who will go above and beyond to support his clients."
—AZ, Strategy Executive
Success Stories
CEO, Start-Up
The client wanted to understand what was holding her back from committing the resources to scale her company. Early work focused on adjusting her reactions when her expectations weren’t met so that she could have effective crucial conversations with team members. She built awareness that saying yes to everything prevented her from doing her best work or focusing on her top personal priorities, especially important family events. Aligning her behaviors with her priorities and values pushed her to find ways of being available for business needs, but on terms that allowed her to be fully present.
Operations Manager, Health System
The client wanted to engage her team and set boundaries at work. Coaching helped her tailor her involvement in projects to the team member's needs. To address an underperforming and overwhelmed direct report, we worked on leading direct but supportive conversations to get to the root of the issue, which improved the relationship and performance. The client’s desire to set an example for her team unlocked motivation to maintain a healthy work-life balance through a reorganization. When torn between honoring a social commitment and exercising to keep her stress in check, she realized that she’d want her friends to take care of themselves, and she could extend the same support to herself.
CONTACT US
I look forward to connecting with you. There's no charge for the initial consultation.
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