Peter Gandolfo

Peter Gandolfo

USA CA: English

Peter is a consultant, executive coach and facilitator who brings a rare combination of real operating experience and deep developmental training. With 25+ years across marketing, management, consulting, and coaching, he has worked with leaders at startups and Fortune 500 companies in beauty (Smashbox, Patrick Ta, Neutrogena, Osea, MOB Beauty), retail (Cartier, Bloomingdale’s), apparel (Abercrombie & Fitch), hospitality (London Hotel West Hollywood), entertainment, healthcare, real estate, and more. His engagements typically center on three areas: clarifying what's required (and no longer required) to reach the next horizon; sharpening communication in feedback and high-stakes conversations; and surfacing the competing commitments that quietly block the changes leaders say they want. Clients come to him when they need a thinking partner who can concurrently push as much as support. Peter began his coaching career with three years at the Drucker Institute, grounded in Peter Drucker's management principles, where he led workshops and offsites on innovation, planned abandonment, customer centricity, personal effectiveness, and team leadership. He trained with the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara, California and achieved the ICF Master Certified Coach credential, held by less than 4% of all certified coaches. Before coaching, he spent nine years in brand management and international marketing at Mattel, with earlier roles in product marketing at Ford Motor Company and advertising account management at FCB. He holds an M.B.A. with concentrations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from UCLA Anderson and a B.A. in Psychology and Pre-Med Studies from the University of Notre Dame. He is certified in Leadership Circle Profile, the Hogan Assessment, IEQ9 Integrative Enneagram, Psychological Safety, IDI, Body-Based Breakthrough somatics, and StandOut, a strengths-based assessment. Peter lives in Los Angeles with his husband and two sons.