About
MY STORY
At the age of 36, my professional world changed.
I was lost. My confidence vanished. I didn’t know what to do to go back on track.
Until that time, my career was a long and happy honeymoon stacked with successes.
I was recognized as the most promising youngest leader in a large corporation at the age of 30. I was breaking records.
After that, I got promoted again and reached the top by leading a JV company with hundreds of people working for me.
Then, I made a costly mistake. I stopped learning, being curious and I became comfortable with my results. I was complacent. My performance became mediocre.
This is when everything went upside down. I was 36.
I was not anymore, the inspiring young leader. I was average.
But I didn’t want to admit to myself that I needed help.
So, I hired a coach who helped me see the light again. She helped me go back to feeling uncomfortable, stretch myself way out of my comfort zone, and feel love for myself again.
The rest is history:
Read more about my approach and my accomplishments below…
Hi, I’m Andrea Petrone, an executive coach and strategic advisor to CEOs and their teams, facilitator and speaker. I help them to become more impactful leaders, accelerate performance and drive growth.
In my 20+yrs of senior executive career, I learned that being at the top is not what many people think.
It’s not just about prestige, big money and fancy benefits.
What many people don’t see is what happens behind the obvious.
It’s your life as a CEO, with the loneliness and uncertainties that come with the responsibility. You make everyday decisions with imperfect information and often knowledge limitation in a never-enough time.
You don’t have all the answers. No one does, but it wouldn’t be surprising if your confidence as a leader stalls.
Your team is not always the answer. You set the tone and vision but teams are not responding. They’re not aligned and chase different priorities. This leads to silos, poor collaboration and average performance.
Your frustration builds up while fast decisions are not taken, change doesn’t kick in and execution is delayed.
This is not the life that you signed up for.
How do I know? Because I’ve been there.
I worked for more than two decades for medium and large companies in six different countries. I became Managing Director at 35. Since then, I worked as EVP and CEO.
During this time, I experienced the same challenges that you face right now. Uncertainty, loneliness, pressure, feeling of never-be-ready to lead.
I realized that leadership doesn’t need to be a lonely experience. If you surround yourself with people who understand, advise, support, and coach you, your life as a CEO becomes fulfilling and rewarding. You get faster results, make better decisions, become a better leader and reach new heights.
This is when I come in.
I help CEOs & their Leadership Teams to step up their game, drive growth, and transform their organizations with:
– One-to-One Executive Coaching
– CEOs Peer Group (Mastermind)
– Leadership Team Alignment and Coaching (Strategy, Culture, Change)
By working with me, I help you to accelerate your results, build your influence, set the right goals and priorities, lead more effectively your teams and develop your entire organization so you can make a strong impact as a leader.
Tammy Cohen
Rebecca Schulz
Our firm's partners recently participated in Andrea's STAR program. We were very impressed by Andrea's expertise, content, and coaching during the program. His program helped us refine our business model more clearly, understand where we needed to take the next steps, and has set us up for success in the near future. Combined with his patient demeanor, as well as being a kind, genuine person, he is a wonderful mentor and coach. I highly appreciated our time working together, and hope to do so again in the future!
Managing Partner | Coeptis Consulting Group | United States
Over the last 6 months I have had the pleasure to start building my personal path towards leadership and continuous improvement with Andrea, a terrific leadership coach. Andrea helped me to clearly identify my mission and to improve my confidence through a tailored and pragmatic programme. He was great in listening to my needs and in helping me to work out the way forward. His listening skills, ability to motivate people and pragmatic approach are all excellent skills that make a coach a real game changer in your professional life. What really strikes me about Andrea is his way to act as an example, making every message live through his own way to work. I am sure he will be a real ‘game changer’ for many future influencing business people out there.
Energy Consultant | Eni | France, Italy
My APPROACH
Unlike most coaches and advisors in this space, I have a unique approach to developing impactful leadership, high-performance teams, and accelerating results.
First, I am all about results.
I don’t work when it’s not clear what objectives and results need to be achieved.
I am very pragmatic. I speak the business language. I have been a C-suite executive myself where stakes were high. I am no fluff.
I love tackling challenges that, when solved, have a big impact on performance and results.
As a result, my clients get clarity, declutter non-priority initiatives, get empowered, and more importantly, take action.
Second, I developed proprietary frameworks that get results across multiple disciplines and challenges.
My frameworks are designed to solve both complicated problems and company-wide big initiatives. They also embrace the most effective neuroscience pillars and strategies so we can unlock the brain potential.
Third, my approach is hybrid. It’s not just about coaching. It’s often a combination of coaching, training, assessments, advisory, and facilitation.
In other words, I do what is necessary to bring results. Stop.
WHY ME
There are many coaches and consultants out there.
But all my clients tell me that I am not even close to any of them. Let me explain.
Most coaches have neither executive experience and presence nor a business background. They didn’t work in the trenches, lead organizations, or work across multiple countries like I did. So when they work with clients, they ask powerful open-ending questions but they can’t help more than that.
On the other hand, big strategy and leadership consulting firms are very expensive, they’re invasive and don’t help you in implementing their suggestions and take your brainpower away from your team.
I fill this gap by providing experience-based and science-backed practical support, frameworks and toolkits that create huge value for you and your company at the fraction of their costs.
By working with me, I help you develop your leadership presence, make better decisions, generate new insights, and act as your sounding board while you go through uncertainty.
Likewise, I help you to develop the brainpower of your organization so people become more engaged, better strategic thinkers and formidable performers.
For this reason, I’m your best alternative.
I’m very pragmatic and by speaking your language, you’ll feel better understood and safe to share thoughts and brainstorm ideas.
By using a “hybrid” approach – meaning using advisory, mentoring, training, facilitation or assessments based on your (or your team) situation, I help you to get unstuck and find solutions to problems that can slow down your personal and company performance.
I’m your shadow and make you perform at your best.
Laura Maiolo
Dominique Davis
I recently participated in Andrea's Set to Accelerate Results (STAR) programme. Andrea's expertise and programme content is gold. I've learned so much from Andrea in relation to marketing, building my business model, creating my offers, selling with events and so much more. I've been able to directly apply his practical advice to my business and am already seeing exceptional results. I would highly recommond Andrea for both his group and one-to-one programmes.
Executive and Career Coach | Ireland
I've recently started working with Andrea as I transition into a senior role within my organisation. Andrea's approach is very calm, thoughtful and inquisitive without being overwhelming. His listening skills and ability to draw out the 'real' elements of what I needed to focus on and develop is second to none. And his manner and approach immediately put me at ease, whilst also challenged me to think on a deeper level. I'd highly recommend anyone who needs strategic business coaching to seek Andrea's support. I'm really looking forward to continuing my leadership development with him
National Director | Right To Play | United Kingdom
My latest certifications
Executive and leadership coach training & certification focused on practical results and global best practices
Pillars of Neuroscience for Coaches and Consultants
Hi, I’m Andrea Petrone, a human performance advisor and executive coach to CEOs, Senior Executives and their teams, facilitator and speaker. I help them to build a winning mindset, drive growth and accelerate performance.
