Todd Palmer
Executive coach for founders and CEOs
| Hourly rate range | $175 to $325 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | CEO and founder coachingLeadership developmentTeam performanceConflict and difficult conversationsScaling and growthStartups and foundersLeadership and team buildingStorytelling |
| Works with | Founders and business owners and Executives |
| Also coaches | Business coach and Speaking coach |
| Based in | United States |
| Practice | Extraordinary Advisors |
Todd Palmer is an executive coach and entrepreneurial advisor for founders, CEOs and second-generation owners. He spent more than 25 years as a CEO before coaching. He took his own company onto the Inc. 5000 list six times, after nearly losing it to $600K in debt. He looks at the personal patterns that helped a leader build a business and now limit it. He also runs workshops and speaks at events.
What Todd helps with
Todd works with leaders whose habits drove early success but now hold back their team, relationships and company. He covers both the numbers and the fears behind decisions.
- Control and perfectionism that limit a team
- Relentless drive and urgency that wear on relationships
- Getting past a career or business ceiling
- Making a hard decision about what comes next
- Building psychological safety on a leadership team
- Growing an older business without losing its identity
- Cash forecasting alongside leadership challenges
Who Todd works with
Todd coaches founders, CEOs and second-generation owners. His clients are leaders who have already built a successful business and now feel stuck at the next stage. He also leads workshops for EO Forums, Vistage groups and leadership teams.
How Todd works
Todd uses a pattern-based approach. He holds that a leader's personal patterns become the patterns of the whole organization. Coaching is a customized one-to-one relationship where both the cash forecast and the fear stay on the table. He also offers a free Growth Ceiling Audit. His workshops center on one core session on psychological safety, adapted for each group.
Background and qualifications
Todd Palmer spent more than 25 years as a CEO, building, breaking and rebuilding businesses. He took his own company onto the Inc. 5000 list six times. Before that rebuild, he was $600K in debt and 60 days from closing. He wrote the Amazon bestseller From Suck to Success: A Guide to Extraordinary Entrepreneurship, which forums across North America use as a teaching resource. He has facilitated more than 75 workshops.
Todd Palmer pricing
Programs and services
- One-on-one executive coaching
- Workshops and retreats for Forum groups and leadership teams
- Psychological Safety workshop
- Keynote speaking
- Free Growth Ceiling Audit
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The CoachVouch take
Todd is a former CEO who put his own company on the Inc. 5000 list six times after nearly losing it.
Best for founders and CEOs whose past success habits now limit their team and the next stage of growth.
Common questions
How much does Todd Palmer charge?
Coaching with Todd runs $175 to $325 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Todd Palmer help with?
Todd Palmer helps with control and perfectionism that limit a team, relentless drive and urgency that wear on relationships, getting past a career or business ceiling and making a hard decision about what comes next.
Does Todd Palmer work with groups?
Yes. He leads workshops and retreats for EO Forums, Vistage groups and leadership teams. His core workshop is on psychological safety.
Does Todd Palmer speak at events?
Yes. He speaks at conferences, chapter events and summits. His talk tells the same story as his book From Suck to Success.
How do I contact Todd Palmer?
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