Executive coaching

Ryan Renteria helps CEOs, founders, and managing partners optimize professional and personal performance.

Leaders across a range of businesses, often multi generational family-owned, achieve greater impact and connection in their businesses and families.

23

Years of studying and advising leaders

Top CEOs seek out best practices and lessons across industries.

Ryan coaches a group of 11 CEOs from a variety of industries, bringing constant exposure to a diverse range of CEO challenges. Most have engaged him for individual executive coaching.
Nearly all of Ryan’s clients are CEOs.
Ryan has studied and advised leaders as a hedge fund partner picking CEOs to back, an advisor to sports executives and coaches, and a CEO coach.

5 big CEO obstacles

Ryan sees many cases where one or more of these obstacles is hindering CEOs from achieving their aims.

1. Leadership habits

Their leadership might have been shaped by an autocratic boss or controlling role model. It is difficult to break those habits, especially when no one wants to upset the boss with honest critical feedback.

2. Talent retention

Attracting and retaining talent is very difficult today. “A” players have many choices, and younger generations have different priorities. Some employees can be valuable contributors but harmful to the culture and drive away talent.

3. Time optimization

They feel hesitant to cede control, are too deep in the weeds, and constantly interrupted with lower-level fires. They lack the critical time needed for deep strategic thinking about innovation, markets, and M&A.

4. Isolation

CEOs are under huge pressure and feel lonely. Opening up to colleagues or board members poses risk. Therapists and life partners lack the business experience to understand. It’s hard to find an ally who can provide evidence-based counsel.

5. Perfectionism and health

CEOs are often trying to chase the impossible – perfection in all areas of life. High stress, bad sleep, and little time for exercise can cause short fuses, a lack of presence at home, and frayed relationships.

Elevating your professional performance

Ryan’s best practice executive coaching improves performance across a wide range of work-related challenges.

Leadership

Refining culture to attract and retain top talent
Motivating teammates to inspire buy-in and loyalty
Effective offsites/retreats

Maximizing your team

Hiring the right “A” players to scale
Teaching to develop talent
Improving productivity of you and your team

Communication

Specific phrases
Listening for impact
Building credibility and collaboration with your team

Decision-making under time pressure

Game planning for different scenarios
Using lessons to prevent future mistakes
Limiting cognitive biases and emotional pitfalls

Speaking / negotiating

Comprehensive preparation
Using behavioral science to influence
Structures that maximize win-win

Advancing personal well-being

Ryan’s coaching also impacts key areas of life away from work.

Wealth management

Investing philosophies
Long-term goals and asset allocation
Investing options including tough macro environments

Relationships

Communication scripts, empathy, and listening
Enhancing relationships with life partners, children, and parents
Raising emotionally healthy, kind, and successful children

Reducing anxiety and stress

Anticipating with mental fortitude
Defusing when process or outcome goes wrong
Achieving work-life balance

Health and wellness

Attacking sleep issues with evidence
Automating nutrition on the go
Exercising with little time

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In the three short years that Ryan has been my CEO coach, he has helped me immensely and I feel fortunate to be working with him. Yes, Ryan is brilliant. Yes, he has the real-world experience of three very successful careers under his belt. Yes, he is the most well-read person I have ever met and is the closest thing I know to ChatGPT with a pulse. But what really sets Ryan apart is his integrity and his heart. He genuinely cares about helping leaders in their search for balance, so they can drive positive change in their organizations without burning out or sacrificing their personal relationships along the way.
Trenton MayolCEO and president of Pacific Southwest Container, formerly at Andreesen Horowitz

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My time working with Ryan has provided valuable insights and guidance both personally and professionally that I use daily. He consistently challenges me to reflect on my purpose as a husband, father, and the leader of an organization to ensure the proper alignment of time, initiative, and effort. Ryan is one of the most well-read people I know so it is fitting that he now is sharing his knowledge, experience, and perspective with all of us through his book.
Ryan LucchettiCEO at Pacific Coast Building Products

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What separates his book from others in this genre is the immediate applicability of the ideas. My life has changed for the better because his transformative ideas are so easy to adopt. Ryan is an incredible executive coach, and his book reflects that same excellence in every chapter!
Lokesh Sikariafounder and managing partner of Moneta Ventures; former CEO of Sparta Consulting and Rapidigm

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Ryan has become an invaluable asset to our peer group who pulls upon real world experiences and extensive review of literature on a wide range of topics to coach us and provide the most pertinent advice. One of the most well-read individuals I have come across, he has advice ranging from parenting and sleep habits to negotiating and business strategy. Self-made, motivated, and engaging.
CEO and team ownersports franchise

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Ryan is an exceptional and highly impactful coach. He has the rare gift of knowing how to create self-awareness of issues by asking the right probing questions, and when to shift to offering helpful advice. His diverse experience, drive to improve himself and others, and unique data-driven insights give him wisdom well beyond his years. He is approachable, non-judgmental, and highly professional. I value his guidance, mentorship, and counsel a great deal.
cofounder and managing partnerprivate equity and M&A advisory firm

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Ryan brings a very broad and valuable amount of knowledge to his executive coaching services that are derived from his deep research. I find Ryan to be a personable, vulnerable, and approachable coach. His proprietary process will greatly benefit any executive seeking to gain an edge in their personal and professional pursuits.
CEOreal estate development and investment company