Samira Saberi is an ICF PCC-certified executive coach serving leaders in Marina del Rey and the Westside of Los Angeles. With over 15 years of business experience, a Bachelor of Science, and a Leadership Principles Certificate from Harvard Business School, she provides executive coaching, leadership development, and team building for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs.
Coaching services in Marina del Rey
- Executive coaching for C-suite leaders and senior managers
- Leadership development for managers and emerging leaders
- Team coaching and organizational development
- Business scaling strategy for entrepreneurs and founders
- Emotional intelligence development
- Bilingual coaching in English and Farsi
Sessions available in-person in Marina del Rey, at Novator Coaching's Los Angeles offices, or via Zoom worldwide. Samira has coached 50+ leaders across 5+ countries and hosts the A Sip of Happiness podcast on leadership and personal growth.
Working with an executive coach in Marina del Rey
Novator Coaching is based in Marina del Rey and works with leaders across the Westside — Playa Vista, Venice, Santa Monica, Culver City, El Segundo, and the wider South Bay. The concentration of technology, media, aerospace, and healthcare employers within a short radius means most clients arrive from organizations where technical credibility came first and people leadership came later.
That shapes the work. A large share of engagements involve leaders who were promoted because they were excellent at the individual job, and who are now being assessed on something they were never trained for and cannot practise privately.
What local clients tend to bring
Three situations recur across the Westside client base.
The first is the technical leader moving into executive scope. The skills that produced the promotion — depth, precision, personal delivery — are not the ones the new role rewards, and the gap usually shows up first as an inability to delegate work you could do better yourself.
The second is founder pressure in the Silicon Beach and Playa Vista corridor, where the business has proven itself and the constraint has quietly become the founder. Growth is available and the operating model cannot absorb it.
The third is the senior leader inside a large organization who is effective and stalled, usually for reasons nobody has said out loud. Sometimes the missing piece is visibility, sometimes it is executive presence, and sometimes it is one relationship that has been left unrepaired for two years.
Practical details
Sessions run sixty minutes, every two weeks, at $285. A first engagement usually opens with a ninety-minute session and runs six months, because behaviour change does not reliably happen faster.
In-person sessions take place in Marina del Rey. Most Westside clients meet in person periodically and run the regular cadence over Zoom, which keeps the schedule intact through travel and traffic. Sessions are available in English and Farsi.
Why local matters less than it used to, and where it still does
Proximity is worth less than it once was for the ordinary run of an engagement, since video handles the fortnightly conversation without loss. It still matters in two places: the first meeting, where fit reads faster face to face and fit predicts outcomes more reliably than credentials, and team sessions, where a screen flattens exactly the dynamics you are there to work on.
For leaders elsewhere in the county, see coaching across Los Angeles for the full list of areas covered.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an executive coach in Marina del Rey?
Yes. Samira Saberi of Novator Coaching is an ICF PCC-certified executive coach serving Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice, and the Westside of Los Angeles. Sessions available in-person or via Zoom.
Where is Novator Coaching located?
Marina del Rey, California 90292. In-person sessions take place there, and the office is within about fifteen minutes of Santa Monica, Venice, Playa Vista, Culver City, and El Segundo.
Which areas do you serve in person?
Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, Venice, Playa Vista, Culver City, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Beverly Hills, Century City, West Los Angeles, Brentwood, and Pacific Palisades. Clients further out typically meet over Zoom with occasional in-person sessions.
Do you travel to client offices?
Yes, for team sessions and corporate engagements across the Westside and South Bay. One-to-one coaching usually runs at the Marina del Rey office or over Zoom, because a neutral setting tends to produce a more open conversation.
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