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As a senior leader, how can I invest in my personal development?
Gabriela McManus
Part 3: What do I talk to a CEO coach about?
Brian Halligan
Part 3: How do I skill up as a CEO?
Brian Halligan
What is your number one piece of advice for early stage founders?
Yvonne Hao
Part 2: How do I skill up as a CEO?
Cara Shortsleeve
How do I stay ahead of the curve?
Gail Goodman
How do I stay ahead of the curve?
Chad Laurans
How can I learn to be a better leader?
Cara Shortsleeve
Part 1: Why should I build a network of other founders?
Gail Goodman
Part 2: What do I talk to a CEO coach about?
Corey Thomas
Part 1: Should I stay in the CEO role?
Cara Shortsleeve
Part 2: What is the role of a CEO?
Cara Shortsleeve
How do I know I'm ready to be a CEO?
Emily Green
Part 3: What is the role of a CEO?
Corey Thomas
Part 2: Why should I build a network of other founders?
Brian Halligan
Part 2: Why would I join a CEO group?
Gail Goodman
Part 2: Should I stay in the CEO role?
Corey Thomas
Part 1: How do I skill up as CEO?
Gail Goodman
Part 1: Why would I join a CEO group?
Dave Balter
Part 1: What is the role of a CEO?
Chris Savage
When should I start working with a CEO coach?
Dave Balter
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No matter how experienced you are in your career, a strong coach can be a game changer for every executive.
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Emily Green
Contact: Emily Green
Emily Green
Contact: Emily Green
Emily Green is a serial founder who enjoys collaborating with early-stage CEOs, sharing her perspective as an experienced leader and coach.
Whit Mitchell
Whit Mitchell
Whit Mitchell was recommended to Pillar with high praise by one of our co-founding Pillar CEOs, who has worked with Whit for several years as a coach.
Sam James
Sam James
Sam was recommended to Pillar by the former GM of a publicly traded company in Boston. Sam has a psychology background, and brings science to his executive coaching in a non-academic way. Sam works with both CEOs and executives.
Fred Harburg
Fred Harburg
Fred is from Harburg Consulting LLC, and comes highly recommended to us from one of our Founding Pillars, Yvonne Hao. He is based in Chicago, is former military, and now teaches at Kellogg and coaches executives and teams. He’s worked with government agencies, public companies, etc.
Susanne Dowdall
Contact: Susanne Dowdall
Susanne Dowdall
Contact: Susanne Dowdall
Susanne has over 25 years of experience as a psychologist. Her practice centers on coaching executives to build their leadership and presence, improve effective communication with internal and external clients, maximize resource management skills, and consult with teams to improve performance.
Stephanie Tran
Contact: Stephanie Tran
Stephanie Tran
Contact: Stephanie Tran
Stephanie Tran has a strong background in leadership development and is enthusiastic about creating positive organizational change by helping people be and do their best. A Partner with SSCA, she specializes in talent management and development, organizational psychology, and behavioral science. Stephanie has worked with the Pillar VC team through workshops and 1:1 coaching.
Brad Spencer
Brad Spencer
Brad Spencer is Founder and President of Spencer/Shenk/Capers & Associates, Inc. Brad is a trusted advisor to respected Fortune 500 CEOs, a highly-regarded lecturer on organizational behavior, and an expert in the field of organizational psychology. Brad Spencer was recommended to Pillar by one of our co-founding CEO's, with whom he personally works as a coach.
Anthony Palombit
Anthony Palombit
Anthony is based in SF, and is an experienced executive coach for CEOs and c-suite executives in Fortune 1000 and PE portfolio companies. Anthony uses unique approaches, and is very effective by phone. He also teaches at Wharton part time. Anthony was recommended to us by one of our Co-Founding Pillar CEOs.
Amy Tananbaum
Amy Tananbaum
Amy Tananbaum has over 25 years of experience consulting with organizations to improve performance. She manages an extraordinary team of resources who provide learning, consulting, and coaching services to global clients. She is wonderful to work with, and her team has supported individuals ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Pillar's Sarah Hodges worked extensively with Amy through the leadership development company she previously founded.
Reboot.io
Reboot.io
Founded by former VC, Jerry Colonna, Reboot offers coaching, 360 degree performance reviews, bootcamps, co-founder bootcamps, peer groups, internal trainings and organizational change management for your company, and plenty of rich resources for entrepreneurs. The company is based in Boulder, CO, but offers weekend bootcamps and digital peer groups.
Catlin & Cookman High-Growth CEO Forum®
Catlin & Cookman High-Growth CEO Forum®
Catlin & Cookman offers curated CEO groups, as well as onsite workshops around culture & values for teams. The company has developed a range of offerings that helps innovative leaders grow great companies. Pillar partner, Russ Wilcox, participated in this CEO group as did many of our Founding Pillar CEOs. The company also offers coaching and strategic planning.
Don Arnoudse
Contact: Don Arnoudse
Don Arnoudse
Contact: Don Arnoudse
Don Arnoudse works with executives and their leadership teams to co-create the future they want. He guides his clients outside their comfort zones, going ‘where it’s scary’ to grow their businesses beyond what common sense tells them is possible. Don Arnoudse was recommended to Pillar by one of our co-founding CEOs' companies, who has known him for 25 years and has deep respect for his practice. Don primarily works with very senior executives.
Kathy Ball-Toncic
Kathy Ball-Toncic
Kathy Ball-Toncic, based in Boston, was in HR as an exec and then transitioned to coaching. She works with individuals and also facilitates workshops across a broad range of topics (eg giving/ receiving feedback, unconscious bias, presence, etc).
Steve Schlafman
Steve Schlafman
Steve is a professional certified coach, angel investor, facilitator, speaker, former operator and recovering VC. He currently operates High Output, a boutique leadership development company based in NYC. He partners with founders to help them perform at higher levels, lead more authentically and build resilient organizations.
John Delmonaco
Contact: John Delmonaco
John Delmonaco
Contact: John Delmonaco
John Delmonaco is Senior Partner with RHR International, a firm of management psychologists who consult to senior executives. John focuses on driving the success of business strategy through developing individual executives, aligning talent around key business imperatives, and strengthening the effectiveness of executive teams. John conducts assessments, 360s, succession planning, and coaching. John comes recommended to Pillar by one of our Co-Founding Pillar CEOs.
Jim Rosen
Contact: Jim Rosen
Jim Rosen
Contact: Jim Rosen
Jim Rosen works with several CEOs and executives in Boston at Yesware, Pixability, Influitive and other companies. He was a member of Netegrity's founding management team, and has a strong focus on mindfulness, addressing both the inner dynamics of leadership (consciousness) as well as practical skills development (competence).
Rob Galford
Rob Galford
Rob Galford is based in Boston. He is a former HR exec, has written books and articles, and serves on boards. He works with senior execs and boards, and comes highly recommended to us by Founding Pillar Yvonne Hao.
CEO Roundtable
CEO Roundtable
CEO Roundtable is made up of private, peer advisory groups of 8 to 12 members from non-competing companies.
Nancy Goldberg
Nancy Goldberg
Nancy Goldberg is based in Boston. She’s a coach focusing on presentation and public speech-making skills. She's very good at helping with practicing public speaking.
Boston Product
Boston Product
Boston Product is unique in that it's made up exclusively of frontline product managers. It's great to connect and collaborate with people who are actually doing the job every day.
The Leadership Consortium
Contact: Cara Shortsleeve
The Leadership Consortium
Contact: Cara Shortsleeve
The Leadership Consortium convenes top talent from best-in-class partner companies, immersing participants in a virtual development experience that accelerates leadership impact. Founded by renowned Harvard Business School Professor Frances Frei and led by a team of mission-driven HBS alumnae, TLC helps best-in-class organizations create the conditions for all leaders to accelerate and thrive.
Boston Revenue Collective
Boston Revenue Collective
Led by Rich Gardner (Klaviyo, Catalant) The Boston Revenue Collective is a private, curated community consisting of revenue-focused executives (VP+ across Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Customer Success) from high-growth companies in the Boston area. The organization is a Member of The Revenue Collective, the largest membership organization for commercial executives at high growth companies in the world.
GH Smart
GH Smart
ghSMART is a leadership advisory firm to CEOs, investors and boards. With two decades of experience and over 18,000 senior executives, ghSMART helps clients achieve their top leadership priorities, including CEO succession, M&A diligence and integration, top talent selection. They offer assessments to help teams learn how to communicate more effectively. The company's assessments also offer a useful tool to incorporate in your hiring process.
The Platinum Rule
The Platinum Rule
Many people know The Golden Rule – treat others as you want to be treated. The Platinum Rule shifts perspective to recognize that each of us is wired differently – treat others the way they want to be treated. The Platinum Rule assessment offers a comprehensive personalized Behavioral Style Report. The tool helps you understand your default behaviors as a leader. By delivering the assessment to your team, you can also understand their personal behavioral preferences. The tool provides a way for you to understand each other to better live by the Platinum Rule. Pillar's Sarah Hodges used this tool extensively at the leadership development company she co-founded, Intelligent.ly.The Leadership Practices Inventory
The Leadership Practices Inventory
Run by The Leadership Challenge, the Leadership Practices Inventory Assessment draws attention to an individual’s strengths and areas for improvement as a leader by measuring how often they practice exemplary leadership behavior. While the LPI Self product offers the practitioner increased self-awareness, the LPI 360 assessment goes a step further by illuminating the effectiveness of a leader and by measuring the level of commitment, engagement, and satisfaction of the individuals they lead. Pillar's Sarah Hodges used this tool extensively at the leadership development company she co-founded, Intelligent.ly.
Real Colors
Real Colors
Real Colors is an assessment for teams. The tool helps you understand each person's personal behavioral defaults, helping you learn how to adapt your style to others for better collaboration. Pillar's Sarah Hodges used this tool extensively at the leadership development company she co-founded, Intelligent.ly.
VPE Forum
Contact: Melanie Ziegler
VPE Forum
Contact: Melanie Ziegler
Led by experienced engineering leader, Melanie Ziegler, the VPE Forum provides a peer group for leading VPEs in scaling Boston companies. The organization hosts small, dedicated groups of executives from non-competing, similarly sized companies meet in a confidential, trusting and supportive environment. Members benefit from the insights, honest advice and shared best practices of their peers. Several trusted friends of Pillar have participated in the program who have wonderful things to say about their experience.
The Speech Improvement Company
Contact: Dr. Ethan Becker
The Speech Improvement Company
Contact: Dr. Ethan Becker
The Speech Improvement Company develops and delivers customized group training programs and private, one-on-one coaching sessions in five key areas: Leadership & Management, Public Speaking, Sales Communication, Customer Service Communication and Accent Modification. This company comes highly recommended from the team at a public company in Boston.
Minds at Work
Minds at Work
Minds at Work offers several ways for you to start accomplishing your most important change goals. The team offers small group coaching pods to personalized 1:1 processes delivered by coaches. The Change Course is a 8-week online learning program from Minds at Work that is designed to significantly enhance the capacity of individuals or team-members to deliver on their most important, and challenging, change goals.
Collaborative Gain
Collaborative Gain
Collaborative Gain is a community of senior leaders who help each other lead innovation and customer-centric change to drive business results – the most effective approach to growing your business network and career. The company offers curated peer groups for C-level executives that meet twice yearly.
