Charles Pfeffer

Executive Coaching

Be the leader you know you can be

Charles Pfeffer

Executive Coaching

Your coach and advisor for all phases of your CEO journey

No first-time CEO is ever ready for the job. Who we are and who we become is shaped by our intentions, actions, and the network of relationships we cultivate over a career and a lifetime. The path to becoming a CEO, and the role of CEO itself, requires a shift in perspective from individual to team, from having answers to generating questions, from knowing to learning, from some of us to all of us, from transactional to transformational relationships.

Being a leader is a responsibility and a great privilege — you know this. Extending the privilege in ways that benefit your company, your stakeholders, and the greater human community may not be easy, but it is who you are and how you want to lead.

The Executive Clarity Session

A focused, one-hour conversation to bring clarity and action to a pressing leadership challenge. Through deep listening and guided inquiry, you’ll gain immediate insight, renewed focus, and clarity to act on what matters most to you.

The Executive Deep Dive

A full-day, one-on-one immersive experience designed to realign your leadership point of view around what’s most essential, whether that’s exploring a specific challenge, gaining strategic clarity or making a tough decision. This deep work day creates a focused space to reset, reflect, choose and design a concrete plan of action with purpose and precision.

The Vision Retreat

A two-day guided retreat for senior executives who are ready to reimagine their future. Through structured inquiry and immersive dialogue, you’ll reconnect with your purpose and leave with a renewed, integrated vision for your leadership and your life.

Coaching and Advising

A trusted, ongoing developmental partnership with me for senior executives committed to continuous growth and alignment. Through regular coaching sessions and real-time advisory support, you’ll deepen awareness, multiply your impact, and achieve your aspirations by transforming each challenge and breakdown into the next leap in capability.

Meet Charles

I listen for what is possible and practicable so my clients can mobilize their talents and their teams to lead from purpose and become the leader they know they can be.

Testimonials

“Charles has a set of techniques that helped me learn things about myself that I know I never would have discovered on my own.”

Russ Elliot, Principal Consultant, Lockheed Martin

“The toolbox Charles has given me is invaluable; I find myself tapping into it day in and day out.”

Mike Roy, CEO, DSS Digital, Rochester, NY

“It is always fun and interesting to work with Charles. You can feel how much he cares about his clients and our success.”

Dave Robson, VP (retired), Xerox Innovation Group, Palo Alto, CA

“I’ve worked with Charles in many different capacities for over 10 years, and he has been one of the most influential characters in my life and my career. He has an uncanny capability to quickly understand complex environments and provide deep insight into how one can better function in those environments.”

Mike Roy, Chief Operating Officer, Waste Harmonics

“In my work I value the insights and advice of only a few outside advisors. I look for the rare combination of a strong conceptual grounding and mastery of relevant frameworks for understanding and intervening in whole systems, coupled with a practical grounding in the reality of doing business in the corporate environment. Charles possesses each of these in great measure, and brings a third set of gifts, namely a strong personal presence, an ability to create rapport with leaders in the organization, and the ability to coach others in order to bring out their highest aspiration and potential. This combination of these three dimensions is what sets Charles apart.”

Jeremy Seligman, President, Insight To Action

“Charles is a mind-blowingly great coach who works from deep empathy and his commitment to a healthy and equitable society. I’ve worked with probably 6 good to great coaches over time and Charles is in a whole other league.”

Russ Gaskin, Founder, CoCreative

“After each conversation with Charles, I feel lighter and clearer about the path forward. An amazing listener, Charles has a knack for asking questions that enable me to get to the root cause of a challenge. In addition, he creates a space of psychological safety. I am able to be vulnerable with Charles. With him, I know there will be no judgment. Instead, he offers a tremendous amount of care and empathy, deep knowledge and understanding of human behaviors, and meaningful insights. Charles is simply a wonderful human. I am genuinely grateful to know and have the privilege to work with him.”

Marlene Gordon, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Panera Brands and Panera Bread

“Charles has played an integral role in my leadership journey from a Global Finance Integration Lead to Senior Vice President and CFO at Del Monte to Executive Vice President and CFO at Perrigo. Throughout this journey, Charles has challenged me to think more strategically, to broaden my perspective to consider multiple stakeholders’ views, to invest my time wisely (balancing work and personal life), and to be clear about my intentions and purpose. It is a pleasure to work with Charles.”

Eduardo Bezerra, Executive Vice President and CFO, Perrigo Company

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