Professional Profile:

Galen Bingham advises senior executives navigating high-stakes decisions, strengthening executive presence, and amplifying their power signal under pressure through a direct, pragmatic coaching style grounded in operating experience. This former Fortune 500 operator has coached senior leaders since 2019 and brings 30 years of operating and entrepreneurial leadership experience. As a general manager, he led $100MM P&Ls for Imperial Sugar, Kraft Foods, and Coca-Cola North America, giving him firsthand insight into the pressures executives face when decisions carry real business consequences.  He has coached or advised more than 975 executives across seven countries and nine industries, including technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. In 2025, Inc. Magazine recognized Galen as one of the Top Executive Coaches in the United States and Real Leaders Magazine named him the #1 Executive Coach in the Midwest.

Executive Coaching Experience and Expertise:

• Coaches senior executives and CEOs navigating enterprise, decision, and political pressure
• Helps executives cut through noise and move stalled decisions forward when stakes are high
• Strengthens executive presence and amplifies their power signal in high-stakes environments
• Coached a newly promoted SVP to make a stalled go-to-market decision resulting in more than $1B in revenue across the Americas
• Two-time published leadership author, including Impact: A Leadership Fable, selected for the C-Suite Network Book Club

Education and Credentials:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Certified Executive Coach (CEC), World Coach Institute
• Certified Hogan Leadership Series Assessments
• Certified Meta-Coach, Goleman Emotional Intelligence
• Inquiry-Driven Leadership Certification, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MBA, Rice University
• B.S., Business Administration, Southern Nazarene University

Coaching Approach:

Galen believes most leaders do not struggle because they lack intelligence. Pressure distorts judgment. His role is to create space for deeper thinking so executives can strengthen judgment, leadership presence, and clarity in consequential moments.