“I think Wellington said, ‘You cannot fight a two-front war.’ Yet that is what most high performing executives are asked to do – to launch fierce and intensive campaigns and build businesses to take market share from competitors, while also creating successful relationships, families and communities. What often happens is failure on both fronts, as the unrelenting strain impacts health, happiness and productivity. When this happens, the executive, the company and the family and friends suffer. Peter Feer understands the demands of 21st century business, and the importance of sustainable well-being for individuals. He listens, asks the right questions, and helps executives forge agreements with themselves that enable them to find the necessary balance and harmony between the personal and the professional. At Greentech, we built a high-performance professional services culture from the ground up, in the cut throat world of investment banking. Peter was an invaluable resource to my Partners, my Officers and me as we navigated the heavy water. Having Peter as a thoughtful and 100% confidential resource to help us sort through professional / personal issues and build balance and resilience was essential to our success.”
Jeff McDermott
Global Co-Head, Investment Banking, Nomura Securities
Former Founder and CEO, Greentech Capital Advisors
35-Year Investment Banker, New York, NY
“We engaged Peter for a coaching program for the firm’s senior professionals and have been extremely pleased with the outcome of this important work. The members of our team derived so much value from their individual work with Peter that we extended our coaching program well beyond the originally intended scope and timeline. My personal experience with Peter has been invaluable to my leadership role at the firm and my ongoing professional development. Peter’s approach to coaching is collaborative, pushing me to explore areas that I would not have been able to do on my own. His experience in and knowledge of the investment world has enabled him to understand our business and its internal and external challenges, helping me to be a more effective leader of our firm. The investment we have made in Peter’s coaching has and will continue to generate returns for my colleagues and me.”
Gregory A. Sissel
Managing Director
Platte River Equity
Denver, CO
“Peter has been a valuable resource not only to my employees but to myself, personally and professionally. Peter approaches coaching holistically by examining all aspects of life with his clients. This innovative approach helps clients explore their daily motivations and long-term objectives. Peter truly takes the time to get to know his clients and gently pushes them to expect more from themselves and their future; holding them accountable for their own success. He is skilled in dealing with sensitive issues while retaining the utmost sense of confidentiality. Peter speaks a language which senior business leaders can relate to and understand, making him an integral aspect of our human capital strategy.”
Beckett Fabbie,
Director, Human Resources, Warburg Pincus LLC
Former CHRO, Greentech Capital Advisors, New York, NY
“Peter played an instrumental role in my development from a strategy consultant advising Fortune 100 healthcare organizations to becoming CEO of Landmark Health, a $6B+ unit of United Health Group, where I led a team of thousands of employees across 38 states. Peter tailored his approach to align with my unique goals and challenged me to define and grow into my ideal leader. Early in our coaching, we worked on defining my ideal leadership persona and worked through key questions to better understand my non-negotiable leadership attributes. He helped me put these to the test leading my executive team, engaging our mission-driven employees, and collaborating with key customers and partners. Beyond building confidence and commitment to my own leadership style, Peter consistently grounded our work in the here and now, focusing our energy on core issues impacting myself and the business on a day-to-day basis. Peter didn’t bring answers; rather, he asked probing questions that drove clarity, challenged me to confront the issues, and helped me commit to taking bold and decisive action. Beyond the workday, Peter understands that success as an executive is intricately linked with personal and family life, and he ensured that I acknowledge that and seek to make them work in harmony. Peter’s support has been integral to my growth and evolution as a leader.”
Christopher B. Johnson,
CEO, Bluebird Kids Health
Former CEO, Landmark Health Group of United Health Care
“Before I started working with Peter, I thought of an executive coach as a resource that I might try out to “fix a few things” over the course of a couple of sessions. Since I started working with Peter a year ago, I wonder why I hadn’t worked with an executive coach on a regular basis in the past. He has a fantastic combination of coaching experience, authenticity, understanding of executive effectiveness, and experience in investment banking and finance. His skill and insight create a relationship in which Peter appropriately pushes me further in each conversation. I come away from our sessions challenged, motivated and focused. Additionally, he attends to the full scope, including family, health, and habits; which in turn enhances my energy and clarity towards addressing my professional goals and ambitions. Further, as Peter has worked with several of my colleagues, we have developed a dialogue on ideas from our respective sessions, and enjoy a “network effect” from common coaching and encouraging of one another. In all, Peter’s work with me and several of my colleagues has increased our professional effectiveness both individually, and as a firm.”
PJ Deschenes
Partner and Co-Head Nomura Greentech
Former Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors, New York, NY
“I started working with Peter at a critical time, just as I’d stepped into a new role with significantly more responsibility. Peter was able to help with several aspects of my job—managing tricky team situations, setting a clear direction for strategy, and making me a more productive and effective executive. He’s sharp, empathetic, and practical, and he brings a host of tools and techniques to his coaching. He understands the financial world and what it takes to succeed in high-pressure firms. I’m grateful for having him in my corner.”
Partner
$30+B Private Equity Firm
New York, NY
“From the time I began working with Peter until completion, I have experienced a “night and day” difference in how I show up at work and in life in general. I’ve found my voice, developed confidence, and demonstrated to myself that I can set and hit ambitious goals. Whether through the frameworks and exercises we worked through together or through the advice on how to manage difficult situations, peers, managers, and subordinates, Peter consistently delivered insights and wisdom to me. I’m extremely appreciative for the many ways he has helped me level up during our time together. The time and capital I invested in working with Peter has been a very worthwhile investment.”
Partner
Climate Tech Growth Fund
New York, NY
“Our Executive Committee benefited greatly through Peter’s work with our senior management and his consultation with us. Peter provided our leadership personnel with excellent coaching and encouragement of heightened self-awareness which not only proved beneficial to those being coached, but also to our Executive Committee who gained greater insight into our managerial personnel’s strengths and weaknesses. The Executive Committee’s consultations with Peter served as the basis for the realignment of our leadership team’s portfolios of responsibility, realignment which has proven to be of immediate value to our companies and will provide greater professional satisfaction and reward for our management team.”
Chairman
Collection of companies focused on Cattle, Land Resources and Hospitality
Denver, CO
“My six months of work with Peter were transformative. I expected to learn tools and techniques for leading my team. I did learn those things, but Peter’s primary focus was at a much more important level. Every time I approached Peter with a technical or strategic issue, he would re-frame the challenge from “what will I do?” to “how will I be?” I have brought a whole new intention to work that has made me more effective. In my recent annual review, my boss wrote, “I am very impressed with what you have learned and incorporated into your day-to-day job from the coaching experience.” Throughout this experience Peter was thoughtful, compassionate, and kind. He also constantly challenged me to do better and took no excuses. Working with Peter made me a better leader and manager, and—I really didn’t expect this part—I am as happy as ever going to work.”
John Sanderson, Director, Center for Collaborative Conservation
Former Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy
Denver, CO
“Peter is a superb executive coach. I worked with Peter for over a year during both ‘business as usual’ and Covid-constrained circumstances. I recommend him to anyone in the financial sector who seeks to elevate their game and improve themselves. In my conversations with him, he helped me ‘dig’ to explore how, both personally and professionally, I see myself, what I do well and what I need to work on to dramatically improve. The conversations were a great blend of honesty and encouragement as well as being challenging and rigorous. Peter helped me address my stress level and insecurities in a positive and constructive way. He brought great perspective on my role, as he was an investment banker himself. He knew exactly what challenges I faced and helped me create actionable and sustainable solutions and strategies to navigate them. One exercise we worked through was “How do you show up?”, which helps with enhancing how I present myself to prospects and clients. After 20 years in the industry, it was helpful to re-evaluate and refresh my professional identity. In conclusion, I highly value the work that we accomplished together.”
Rick Weil, Managing Director, Mesirow Financial, Chicago, IL
“Career transitions are challenging and doing so during a high-stakes phase is even more difficult. Faced with a fork in my career path, I was lucky to have Peter as my coach. I had recently been promoted, and I hired Peter to help me grow into my new origination role. During this time, we worked on various topics ranging from cultivating executive presence, refining communication skills, developing a winning mentality, and many others. Peter packs a lot of content (and wisdom) in 60 minutes; he is well read, well researched and able to engage in innumerable topics as a coach. A key highlight as I worked with him was his ability to take qualitative challenges and systematically break them down into scorable modules. We then tracked these scores over time to measure my progress. What you can measure, you can track and what you can track, you can improve upon. Peter also coached me through the experience of moving from one firm to another. Here, his long-tenured experience as a Finance industry practitioner was critical to surfacing opportunities and issues for my consideration. He then applied his extensive coaching expertise to act as a sounding board and pressure test my decision-making process. Once I moved to the new firm, we shifted the focus to setting myself up for both short and long-term success. Peter’s experience and expertise was invaluable as I worked through this process. In closing, I enjoyed working with Peter and extracted far more value from our sessions than I had initially expected. I hope to find more opportunities to work with him in the near future.”
Managing Director, Elite Boutique Investment Bank, New York, NY
“Peter is an outstanding executive and leadership coach. His coaching is a perfect blend of heart, insight and action. During the year that I worked with Peter, he routinely exceeded my expectations. Not only did he help to uncover blind spots in my leadership behavior, he worked with me firmly and effectively to change negative behaviors. Several of my senior team members have noted the positive changes in my leadership since working with Peter. I highly recommend working with him to any high achiever who is committed to substantially improving their leadership and achieving their business and personal goals.”
Jon Kinning, EVP/COO, RK Mechanical, Inc., Denver, CO
“I worked with Peter for over a year and am pleased to highly recommend him as an executive coach to senior leaders in entrepreneurial organizations. Peter was uniquely helpful in helping me imagine and execute on a vision of my leadership that has been critical to the success of Galvanize in a complex, hyper-growth environment. He is the one guy I can always count on to tell me the naked truth about my leadership, in an impactful, non-judgmental and compassionate way. He has also helped me become a better father and husband. Since beginning work with Peter, we have chosen to hire him for additional engagements within our senior leadership team, with positive results.”
Jim Deters, Founder and CEO, Gravity Haus
Former Co-Founder and CEO, Galvanize LLC
Denver, CO
2015 Colorado BIZ Entrepreneur of the Year
“Since working with Peter I have made advancements in my professional and personal life that I was unaware were even a possibility. The value added comes from both uncovering the possibilities and then working through strategies to achieve them. Peter has an incredibly deep knowledge base which makes this possible. His genuine personality and impressive professional experience both in finance and coaching sets him apart and makes working with him enjoyable and highly effective. In addition, what started as a one-on-one engagement where Peter helped me achieve balance in my advancing career and growing family, evolved into a Company-wide engagement which includes all Officers and Partners. Working with Peter has added tremendous value to both myself and our Company.”
Andrew Fascia, Chief Financial Officer, Solomon Partners
Former CFO, Greentech Capital Advisors, New York, NY
“I highly recommend Peter as an executive coach. Since we began working together over a year ago I have become more engaged, focused, and productive. He has helped me refine my communication style and has been instrumental in making me a more balanced, consistent leader overall. His distinguished career not only lends credibility to his approach, but also enables him to provide highly practical, relevant advice. Perhaps most importantly, Peter has pushed me to articulate and remain committed to my personal values and career goals, providing an important long-term perspective that can otherwise get too easily lost in the day-to-day.”
Partner, Nomura Greentech
Former Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors
New York, NY
“I absolutely recommend Peter as an executive coach. Originally I was introduced to Peter by my employer, who hired him to fine-tune certain aspects of my communication style. He was extremely effective in this regard. I was so impressed by Peter that subsequently I choose to continue to use him at my own expense in order to help me navigate other professional and even personal matters.”
Vice Chairman, Bulge Bracket Investment Bank, New York, NY
“Peter is a fantastic executive coach. He has compelling insights into leadership effectiveness, a unique style that blends empathy and independence, and deep experience in professional services. My work with Peter has been a powerful catalyst in helping me set bolder aspirations, build support to achieve them, and follow through with real impact. Working with Peter has been a great investment.”
Patrick Viguerie, President, Innosight LLC and 28-Year McKinsey & Co. Consultant – Lexington, MA
“Peter was a huge help and support to me through a difficult career transition. In my new role, he continues to challenge my thinking, pushes me to set lofty business goals and coaches me on how to achieve them. His understanding of and insights into the complexities, demands and opportunities of my business and the challenging personalities frequently encountered have been invaluable to me as I establish new relationships.”
Partner, $1.7B Healthcare Venture Fund, New York, NY
“Peter is a rare and powerful combination of heart and head. He has a unique and successful career in the field of investment banking and at the same time has the heart of a true and powerful leader. Peter is the “real deal” and I highly recommend his integrity, follow through, solution orientation and pure love of life.”
Stephen McGhee, Founder, Stephen McGhee Leadership, Inc.
“I have had a great experience working with Peter. He pushed me to go outside my comfort zone and made me accountable for my progress and achieving my goals. I feel energized after each meeting. He is enthusiastic in his approach and brings it every day. Deciding to work with Peter has been one of the best business decisions I ever made.”
Managing Director – Mid-Atlantic $10+ Billion Growth Equity Firm
“Peter is an excellent executive coach who understands the life of the financial services executive, having been a senior investment banker for many years. He can contextualize his coaching for maximum effectiveness and it doesn’t take long to build rapport with him. I would highly recommend Peter for any financial professional seeking to work with an executive coach.”
Managing Director – San Francisco $10+B Private Equity Firm
“I found working with Peter to be incredibly helpful. He works with you to define objectives, creates discipline around considering the issues, asks probing, challenging questions and forces a game plan to achieve results. Peter exudes positive energy, he is upbeat, encouraging and a pleasure to work with.”
Former Managing Director, BAML Investment Banking
“Peter has a remarkable gift for seeing ‘the big picture’ and helping you unravel the areas of your life in which you are stuck. He is empathetic, compassionate, and deeply insightful. He can help you focus your life on areas that really matter to you, and work with you to attain your goals in a systematic and effective matter. His added perspective is both valuable and visionary – bringing with him a completely fresh understanding of your current situation. His positive outlook helped me through a tough career transitionary phase of my life and his challenges spurred me on to embark on a new venture that I would not previously have had the courage to consider. For that I am truly grateful.”
Former Director – BAML, Hong Kong and Former Hedge Fund Manager, Singapore
“I’m constantly impressed with Peter’s unique perspectives on the work-life balance challenges faced by those of us in executive leadership. He’s sharp, efficient, and sincere. He challenges me to focus on my most valuable and pressing goals in life, to treat my personal objectives as seriously as those of my clients and investors. I enjoy Peter’s insight and style.”
Quayle Hodek, Founder and CEO, Renewable Choice Energy
“Peter has helped me bring focus to my long-term career strategy, including identifying and working through both challenges and opportunities. His education, business experience and training make him an excellent executive coach with real world credibility. In addition to assisting my professional development, his coaching has enabled me to more effectively tackle the work/life balancing challenge that is endemic in business today.”
Partner, Corporate Finance/M&A Law Firm, Denver, CO
“I am extremely grateful for the time I spent working with Peter Feer. Our discussions helped me navigate several professional challenges and focused me on being my most empathetic and powerful professional self in every interaction. Peter understood the pressures of my work from the start, but he always listened well and asked good questions when I introduced a new set of facts or circumstances. Peter helped me use my demeanor, my presence, my language and my outlook to accomplish better results in my work and my relationships.”
Managing Director, Middle Market Private Equity Fund, New York, NY