Testimonials from previous clients

When I first decided to seek out a "CEO coach", my initial inclination was to find someone who would push me and hold me accountable.

What I've gained from my first 6 months with my coach, Eric Nehrlich, has been exponentially more valuable than that. He's helped elevate my empathy, my communication skills and my overall awareness. He's helped me breathe, he's helped me prioritize, and he's helped make the complex simple.

From Twitter: I'm grateful for my exec coach who's made space for me to be vulnerable & helped me uncover my magic sauce: connecting people + resources to get results for everybody. He's why I'm leaning in hard + connecting founders w/capital. Thank you for seeing all these wonderful things in me.

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Eric as my executive coach. Eric supported me through a challenging leadership transition, and he brought both deep empathy and a willingness to challenge me directly in the very best way. I am particularly appreciative of how he led a 360 feedback process for me that uncovered new and actionable feedback that I had never heard before. He helped me keep focus on what is within my control, even in situations where I sometimes felt like I had no control.

Eric helped me see the forest and the trees, through a series of sessions designed to help me gain clarity and emotional distance from the situation. His experience working in a variety of environments, coupled with his love of reading and ability to compassionately synthesize information means that he always has a gentle question that leads to new insights.

One of my best investments of 2021 has been to work with Eric. I have always been intrigued by Eric’s blog posts (which I highly recommend). A few mins into my intro call, it was obvious to me that I needed to work with him. With Eric, I have a sounding board who can relate-to and discuss complex leadership topics. The phrase “Executive coach” does not do justice to the diversity of tools he can bring to the table. During our sessions, we discovered and dug deep into blind spots such as my relationship to power, reframing ‘conflict’ as a generative tool, and many other nuanced topics. I feel very fortunate to have worked with Eric and cannot recommend him enough.

Eric is a phenomenal coach. I have been working with him as I transitioned into a General Manager role (head of engineering + product) at a small startup. His council has been invaluable! Our company, product and my leadership would not be where they are without his advice, encouragement, and guidance. During our sessions, Eric picks up on my smallest hesitations and knows when to dig deeper on a topic to uncover the entirety of what’s going on. I am deeply grateful to him and his approach – the mix of high emotional intelligence and very practical solutions and experiments are an excellent combination.

Eric has helped me scale up from managing a small team to leading an engineering organization + company as an executive, providing a plethora of relevant principles and readings to help me handle a variety of tough situations without being overly prescriptive with his advice. He's also extremely positive and encouraging while still providing ample constructive criticism. He both reinforces when I'm on the right track already, and provides a great outside perspective in fraught situations. Overall he's a joy to work with and I'd recommend him as an executive coach to anyone in an executive position at a fast-growing startup.

Eric was an essential advisor to our group and to me personally in growing Google’s core business. Eric is not only a superb strategic thinker and brilliant analyst, but is also great at understanding the motivations of individuals and teams. His objectivity, honesty and creativity were crucial in us thinking realistically about our business and team, and using this information to grow and thrive. Eric is super-talented and has really helped me grow as a leader.