Robert Teed
Robert Teed
Executive Coach
Executive coach for professionals who are willing to reflect, challenge their thinking and take ownership of their growth.
Works Best With
Successful professionals who want to become next-level leaders, and leaders who need help getting unstuck. Robert is a particularly strong match for data-driven clients who value thoroughness and a disciplined coaching journey, and for those who come to coaching willingly with a genuine interest in growth. He works effectively with both individuals and teams across many sectors, including tech, financial services, real estate, healthcare, and professional services.
Coaching Approach
Robert discovered the power of coaching first as a client of coaching, then adopted it as core to his own management style and is now a highly sought-after executive coach. His practice focuses on helping clients create clarity, alignment, and forward movement in their leadership development. He emphasizes personal and professional growth rooted in the work itself and is known for thorough, disciplined engagements that build credibility with analytical or skeptical clients. His approach blends thought and accountability partnership bringing both reflection and rigor to the work so that insight translates into action and intention turns into meaningful results. His deep operating experience informs his coaching, allowing him to quickly recognize a client’s context, organizational complexity, and the realities of leading in high-performance environments.
Representative Clients
BeyondHQ, CBRE, Colliers, Exterro, Genentech, Google, IBM, Links Health, Niantic, One Workplace, Port of Oakland, Pure Storage, Samsung, ServiceNow, SpotOn, Synopsys, Tallgrass, Weiss Accountancy LLP
In His Words
“I believe leadership is revealed in how we show up, in our thinking, our decisions, and our conversations. I work with leaders who want to be more intentional in each of these. My coaching is a blend of thought partnership and accountability partnership, helping my clients to slow down, gain clarity, create intention and move forward with purpose. Many of my clients are accomplished and analytical, and sometimes skeptical of coaching at the outset. I meet them there, bringing structure, rigor, and reflection into the work, so that insight translates into action, and intention turns into meaningful results.”
In His Client's Words
“Robert’s coaching has enabled me to uncover powerful insights to help me reach key decisions, decipher limiting beliefs that have often been holding me back, and how I frame what success looks like for me in my role and career. He creates a trusted and safe environment, and I end every call feeling more confident and excited to deliver my best. I can’t recommend Robert enough as a coach and thought partner to anyone looking to grow as a person and a leader.”
S.K., Senior Director, Google
Credentials & Certifications
- Leadership Versatility Index (LVI) Certified
- Team Effectiveness Certified Practitioner (AIIR)
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
- PCC (Professional Certified Coach), International Coaching Federation
- CEC (Certified Executive Coach)
- BA, Management, Saint Mary’s College of California
- 30+ years of senior corporate and industry leadership experience
- Instructor, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Background
- Executive Coach, Advanced Leadership Development Institute
- Founder & Chief Coaching Officer, Integri Group
- Facilitator & Coach, Leadership Development Program, CoreNet Professional Development
- VP, Corporate Services, ServiceNow
- VP, Real Estate & Workplace, DocuSign
- Senior roles at Polycom, Symantec, Trammell Crow/CBRE, DayOne Group, Cushman & Wakefield, ProBusiness, DataQuest/Gartner Group, Providian Financial
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