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Executive Coach in Santa Monica
Novator Coaching · Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Novator Coaching provides executive coaching for professionals and business leaders in Santa Monica. Based in nearby Marina del Rey, Samira Saberi is an ICF PCC certified coach with 15+ years of hands-on business experience, a Bachelor of Science, and a Leadership Principles Certificate from Harvard Business School. Sessions available in person at your workplace or via Zoom. Bilingual English and Farsi.
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Executive coaching for Santa Monica professionals
Santa Monica is home to tech companies, creative agencies, startups, and established enterprises. Whether you lead a team at a Silicon Beach tech company, manage a creative agency on the Promenade, or run your own professional practice, executive coaching develops the leadership skills that drive performance: strategic thinking, delegation, emotional intelligence, team building, and communication.
Services for Santa Monica leaders
Executive coaching for C-suite and senior leaders. Leadership coaching for managers and directors. Business coaching for founders and entrepreneurs. Team building for growing companies. EQ training for individuals and teams. Take a free Leadership Assessment or EQ Assessment to see where you stand.
Minutes from Santa Monica
Marina del Rey is a 10-minute drive from Santa Monica — or meet virtually via Zoom from anywhere. We serve professionals across the Westside including Santa Monica, Venice, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and West LA.
The account lead who now runs the account leads
Santa Monica's agency, entertainment and media businesses promote on client results,
which means the person who was best in the room with a client is now responsible for
everyone who goes in that room. The work they were rewarded for is the work they have to
stop doing. Most of the first three months is spent resisting the urge to take the meeting
back.
Founders past the point where they know everyone's name
Silicon Beach companies cross from thirty to a hundred people faster than their
management layer matures. Decisions that worked when the founder was in every conversation
start failing quietly, and the symptom is usually a second layer of managers who escalate
everything because nobody told them what they own.
Leading a team you cannot see every day
Hybrid is the default here rather than the exception, and it exposes managers who led by
proximity. Accountability that used to happen by walking past someone's desk has to become
explicit, written and scheduled — which feels like bureaucracy until the alternative
is a project that drifts for a fortnight before anyone notices.
Practical notes
Sessions run sixty minutes, every two weeks, at $285. A first engagement usually opens
with a ninety-minute session and runs six months. The first thirty-minute conversation is
free and is a working session rather than a sales call. Coaching is delivered over Zoom or
in person at your workplace in Santa Monica. Sessions are available in English and Farsi.
Common questions
Is there a leadership coach near me in Santa Monica?
Yes. Novator Coaching works with managers and executives across Santa Monica, over Zoom or in person at your workplace. Samira Saberi is an ICF PCC-certified leadership coach based in Marina del Rey, about ten minutes away. Leadership coaching here covers the same ground as executive coaching but starts earlier — typically with someone newly responsible for a team rather than a whole function.
What do Santa Monica leaders usually work on?
Three situations account for most of it: an agency or studio lead promoted for client work who now manages the people doing it, a founder whose company outgrew the point where they knew everyone by name, and a manager leading a hybrid team who used to lead by walking around. All three are problems of delegation and explicit accountability rather than of effort.
Is there an executive coach near Santa Monica?
Yes. Novator Coaching is based in Marina del Rey, 10 minutes from Santa Monica. Samira Saberi is an ICF PCC certified coach with 15+ years experience. Sessions available in-person or via Zoom.
How much does executive coaching cost in Santa Monica?
Executive coaching typically costs $250-$500 per session for an ICF-certified coach. Total engagements range from $5,000-$25,000 over 6-12 months.