What Clients Say

"If you let him, he will change your life."

"Strat Sherman worked closely with us during a critical part of our transformation journey.  His energy, insight and passion inspired us to think boldly about the future of The New York Times--and helped us to become a real leadership team."

"Strat is 1/3 investigative journalist (knows how to cut through problems directly to the truth of what’s happening in the company), 1/3 executive coach (calls BS in a way that resonates and inspires changes), 1/3 spiritual guide (helps find personal awareness and harmony amongst all the messiness in Silicon Valley and business).

"Exceptional insight. Helped me understand myself and the organizational environment at a much deeper level. Has great wisdom and an ability to motivate change. Also a pleasure to work with."

"Strat has been a true fulcrum of change for me – helping me become a better leader of a company with very ambitious goals. He helped me raise my bar for the management team and supported me in making tough people decisions, decisively. Our work led me to discriminate clearly between areas where I add lots of value and those where I get in the way. Strat is super-focused on turning Clover’s vision into a reality, consistently, from the top of the organization to the bottom. He delves deep into the root of the blockers of success, and works tirelessly to unpack them on both personal and professional levels. Strat’s caring for the people and projects he takes on is unmatched. He ranks among the few great and special coaches."

"I’ve engaged Strat at three companies in three very different situations–Cardinal Health, Catalent Pharma Solutions, and Amerigen Pharmaceuticals–and he has delivered outstanding value each time. Strat functions as a smart, subtle adviser to the CEO, a team-builder for the executive committee, a coach, a truth-teller, and an irritant, in a good way. He very quickly figures out what’s going on, presents the facts clearly and objectively, and he doesn’t let anyone off the hook. Strat gets people to engage with what’s most important, and with each other. He turns groups of executives who barely know each other into effective teams. He gets people to face up to what’s necessary and then get it done. He gets people to behave differently, in ways that improve results. He’s as caring and insightful as any top coach, but he’s also got a strong-minded commitment to achieving strategic business performance. It’s an unusual combination, and in my experience, it works."

"Strat is experienced, wise, a great listener, and genuinely wants to help. PlanGrid is stronger thanks to Strat, and every conversation we have provides me with a new perspective on leadership."

"Strat was different. Combination of business judgment, high EQ, and no-BS interrogation of a reporter mindset to get to the truth–was actually an uncomfortable experience. That was exactly the point to drive growth and change. My company had been going through massive growth and the CEO job changed around me. I had to rewire and change myself to un-learn my old CEO job and do what it takes to run a company at the next level. Strat was a difference-maker for me and the team. He is expensive but worth it."

"Strat has a unique and refreshing perspective on business and the world in general. His experience as a journalist covering large companies like GE and Microsoft enables him to bring different insights and questions than your typical investor, coach or advisor. He is a clear thinker who is unafraid to challenge you to cut right to the crux of any topic. This makes him an exceptional coach for CEOs interested in growing and up-leveling while caught in the chaos that is running a company."

"Every CEO should have an hour a week like the time I spend with Strat. Highly valuable."

"I have had the distinct pleasure of collaborating with Strat on a number of key strategic projects over the past 10 years. The combination of his creativity and intellect have helped me and my team to achieve superior levels of performance. He has helped me with strategy development, performance management and executive level coaching. I would highly recommend him as a partner to assist in the areas of strategy development, organizational change management, culture change, and executive team development."

"Strat offers true 'full-stack' support and collaboration, far exceeding what a traditional coach or management consultant might deliver. He's able to quickly assess and contribute at the content and strategy level, and critically at the relationship and team-dynamic level. His work with our team was truly transformational, and took our efforts to a completely different level."

"Strat isn't your regular executive coach. Instead of generic aphorisms, he delivers meaty conversations about business, management, and life. He brought his journalist's instinct of tough questions to each of our conversations and helped me to see challenges and opportunities in ways I couldn't or wouldn't have gotten to on my own. Even though I didn't always like what Strat had to say, I looked forward to every conversation."

"Strat accelerated my transition from being a high potential, multi-functional line leader to being a trusted officer of the company, with an enterprise-wide mindset. His deep understanding of the CEO role enabled him to break it down for me in ways that helped me understand what the CEO's expectations of me in my new role were and what I needed to do to meet them. Strat's style is a unique blend of organizational behavior expertise, psychotherapist, philosopher, guru, mystic, and plain old tough love. I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to be coached by Strat and am so much the better for it."