GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Ed Batista

Ed Batista has been an executive coach since 2006, working with senior leaders who are facing a challenge or would like to be more effective or fulfilled in their roles. He also spent more than a decade as a Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Most of Ed’s clients are technology company CEOs, but he works with leaders in fields from investing to biotech. Issues he addresses with clients include managing relationships with key employees, improving leadership team dynamics, transitioning from technical expert to leader, evolving company culture, and better self-care.

Ed’s work as a coach began after a 15-year career in management, during which he took two years off to earn an MBA at Stanford and helped launch three new organizations. is married to Amy Wright, and they lived in San Francisco from 1990 to 2020, when they relocated to a farm 40 miles north of the city. In addition to his MBA, Ed earned a BA in History, magna cum laude, from Brown University. He writes about coaching and related issues at www.edbatista.com.