Neal Eisenstein
Neal delivers executive coaching and leadership development to improve clarity, capability, confidence and impact. He works with leaders and teams who are serious about growth and the need to change. Neal brings vast experience in assessing needs and empowering clients to embrace change, powerfully. As a seasoned facilitator of talent, Neal helps clients address challenges that limit their ability to perform, engage appropriately, manage priorities, develop new skills, accelerate performance, align execution with strategy, communicate with power and presence, and motivate teams. Neal works with senior executives—helping them to discover practical new approaches that range from the subtle nuance of interpersonal interaction and accountability to the more visible broad strokes of executive leadership. He brings a unique ability to establish trust and strong engagement that encourages clients to lead with greater confidence, range, and agility.
Starting in sales, Neal moved up through the ranks in a variety of roles with such brands as Honeywell and Esselte Pendaflex. He knows what it means (and feels like) to be on the firing line. As a senior executive leading sales, marketing, and operations functions, he led comprehensive change management initiatives that drove innovation and reset roles, expectations, and interdependencies. Neal delivers executive assessments for both selection and development, working closely with the HR organization to evaluate role fit and potential for success. He is also an EQ-i 2.0 Certified Practitioner, using emotional intelligence assessments to help leaders strengthen self-awareness, interpersonal effectiveness, decision making, resilience, and overall leadership effectiveness. Neal also works in organizations to help align the change vision with day-to-day execution. Improved performance for the individual means increased ROI for the organization. Neal is wired for results, and his enthusiasm rubs off on his clients, making them willing to step out of their comfort zones, take new risks, and achieve results that eclipse anything they have ever achieved before. Neal promotes collaboration and positive culture in even the most complex and confusing environments. Improving competitive advantage for both the individual and the organization guides Neal’s style and approach.
Secret Superpower: "Enabling senior executives to deepen self awareness and emotional balance, ensure that the leadership team is operating at peak performance and learn new approaches to building trust, accountability and alignment - all of which are linked to achieving goals."
Blog: Strengthening The Team Begins with You
by Neal Eisenstein
These days, I spend much of my time working with senior teams navigating uncertainty, growth pressure, lack of alignment, and constant change. No matter the industry, personalities at the table, or presenting challenges, the same question eventually surfaces:
"What can I do to strengthen my team, raise performance, and improve collaboration?"
My response is usually simple:
Start with yourself.
That may sound counterintuitive. Many leaders assume the solution lies in fixing underperformance, hiring stronger talent, or tightening accountability. Those things matter. But in my experience, the fastest path to improving a team often begins with examining the habits of the person leading it.
Because whether leaders realize it or not, they shape the culture, pace, standards, and emotional tone of the team every day.
Blog: When Your Body is Saying ENOUGH!!! Are you listening?
by Neal Eisenstein
This morning, I had a catch-up call with an old client we'll call Glenn. After a considerable amount of travel to a series of business events located across the country, Glenn admitted that he's been under the weather, way too often in recent months. This was the result of too much travel, the desire to show up as an accountable and engaged executive at business meetings and too many late nights partying. The good news is that I didn't need to say much as Glenn's self-assessment was that he had pushed too hard and needed to ratchet down as he was suffering from a range of symptoms including fatigue, malaise and colds. His body was telling him that it was time to stop.
One of the lessons in leadership that isn't talked about much is when our health takes a turn for the worse due, in part, due to work-related decisions that are absolutely under our control. On some level, our bodies are communicating to us. Our bodies are offering us feedback that our minds may refuse to accept...
