Jon Shuster
Executive Leadership Coach
Executive Leadership Coach
Jon Shuster is an ICF-certified leadership coach who supports his clients to accelerate their leadership effectiveness and drive the performance of their teams and organizations. Jon works with leaders at all levels, from emerging managers to executives, and is known for his creativity, flexibility, and skill in blending strategic insight with practical, action-focused solutions.
Jon collaborates with his clients to effect behavior change through greater self-awareness, in-session discovery, and in-between session learning by doing and practice. In addition, Jon’s organization consulting clients leverage his experience guiding cross-functional change, leading organization design, and facilitating team performance.
For almost 15 years, Jon has advised leaders and their teams across multiple industries including biopharma, energy, finance, healthcare, and technology as well as in non-profits and universities. His clients have sought his help to improve their leadership effectiveness and presence, build organization and team capability with impact, and lead and inspire organizational change.
Experience
Jon was previously an organization development leader at Levi Strauss & Co, where he led the global introduction of behavior competencies and coached leaders on leveraging their own competencies to drive performance. Jon also spent six years consulting at Accenture and Watson Wyatt where he advised a variety of clients on leading large-scale change and improving organizational effectiveness. In addition, Jon has held category and product management roles within the retail and banking industries where he was responsible for the merchandising and profitability of multiple products and services.
He has served on the board of the Bay Area chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is a volunteer Business Advisor for Pacific Community Ventures. Currently, Jon divides his time between San Diego and Oakland, California.
Education
- MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- BA with Honors, Cornell University
- International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Integral Coach New Ventures West
- Certified in the following assessments: MBTI, DiSC, Hogan, Integrative Enneagram Questionnaire (IEQ), and eColors
Partial List of Prior Clients
- BioMarin
- Blue Shield of California
- Chevron
- Cisco
- Kaiser Permanente
- Stripe
- Texas Pacific Group (TPG)
- Twitch TV
- UCSF Medical School
- Wharton School of Business
Fun Facts
Jon was born in Canada and has dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship.