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Maybe you’re a startup founder with passion, trying to build a business and raise a round of critical funding in complex circumstances where the rate of failure is high.
Maybe you need to make big changes and feel overwhelmed by the challenge. You’re looking for tools to quickly scale your impact, so you can draw people into the vision and shape your organization from the inside out.
Or perhaps you’re grappling with power plays and need to masterfully navigate bias. We all know that representation matters. Yet just 8.2% of Fortune 500 company CEOs are women and only 5% are African Americans.
Whatever your situation, I’ve been there myself or as a coach. I’ve stood in your shoes as a startup founder, change leader, CEO, board member, woman and working parent. I coach from the vantage of real experience. Together, we can open the door to limitless possibilities—for yourself, your organization, and your teams.
Two-thirds of CEOs do not receive any outside leadership advice, but nearly all want it.
Why? Because it’s lonely at the top. A leader’s role is both unique and uniquely isolating. You have no true peers or role models, and that’s a special source of pressure and challenge.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”
Vince Lombardi
“I’ve worked with Bonnie as my executive coach as a co-founder and executive team member. I saw considerable growth in my ability to lead groups, be effective in a matrixed environment and maximize productivity and ownership within the team. I have taken many of the learnings during my time with Bonnie into my current role as a co-founder and CEO. I highly recommend working with Bonnie as an executive coach.”
Mark Chao, MD, PhD
Co-founder Forty-Seven; Acquisition by Gilead Sciences, Co-founder & CEO TenSixteen Bio
My favorite quote by Marshall Goldsmith captures what I’ve experienced in 20 years and over 10,000 hours of executive coaching.
You have to make a change to see a change.
I support people who want or choose to make big changes, often in complex and difficult circumstances.
Using a solid methodology that doesn’t overcomplicate, I help leaders reimagine what successful leadership is, and then make bold quantum leaps towards becoming their best selves—as leaders and as human beings.
I’m Bonnie Wentworth. Executive Coach, Organizational Psychologist, Early Stage CEO Advisor and ever evolving human being.
I’m on a mission to deliver extraordinary leadership to the heart of every organization. My development programs support early-stage founders, C-suite executives, underrepresented leaders, and social impact leaders to be more effective and fulfilled as they get ready to raise the leadership bar.
Thousands of leaders from hundreds of companies all over the world have used my programs to unlock their potential. I’m trusted by Fortune 500s, ambitious unicorns, national nonprofits, political pioneers and investing rainmakers to enhance their executive impact and set the scene for success.
Moving from being lonely on this leadership journey, you will gain a trusted collaborator who stands shoulder to shoulder with you in real time, supporting you to make changes you only hoped were possible. When change comes courageously from within, from a position of self-awareness, it is much more likely to last. This is the real work of leadership.
“Bonnie Wentworth is a talented executive coach. She has helped us to elevate our leadership effectiveness as we scale our organization and navigate through a dynamic, rapid growth environment. Bonnie was a valuable resource supporting our change management process during our recent acquisition and integration.”
Lisa Alderson
CEO & Founder,
Genome Medical, Inc.
“I’ve connected Bonnie with several CEOs in our portfolio with consistent, successful outcomes. She is an experienced professional who does not shy away from delivering critical feedback in a way that individuals are able to digest and act. Bonnie blends competence with care. She understands the importance for a founder to have a confidential sounding board while managing the Board’s expectations for the leader’s development and increased performance in crucial areas. I trust her to navigate complex environments skillfully.”
Nick Naclerio
Founding Partner,
Illumina Ventures
“Over the past 5 years, with, and through my work with Bonnie, I have shifted to a focus on women in medicine and their leadership development. I realized that this work did not have to be on the side or a ‘hobby’ from my clinical work.
Looking back, it has been remarkable. I have taken on leadership in the DEI space. I am also the co-director of a leadership development program at Stanford. I would not have pictured myself, or identified, these opportunities as possible before my work with Bonnie. I have been able to challenge myself with Bonnie’s support.”
Stephanie Harman, MD
Associate Chair for Women in Medicine, Stanford Department of Medicine
“We looked at 3 people to conduct an evaluation and coach a CEO before settling on Bonnie. Bonnie delivers what she promises. She delivers potentially difficult messages in a professional, organized, and objective manner. She exceeded our expectations. Bonnie demonstrates the brain power and tact to deal with high powered people who are opinionated and have the right to be listened to because they have had enormous success. She is mature, objective, and can deal, effectively, with big egos. She is skilled at her craft.”
Tim Howe
Private Equity Investor,
Board Member,
Chair Comp. Committee
