Communication is the art of building a relationship.

Addison Beaux | Founder & CEO

We help people & brands get better at everything.

Leadership and communication are our superpowers. We’re a data-inspired and wisdom-driven coaching and consulting company. Helping you build better relationships is our work. Better relationships, better results. Better everything.

  • Coaching

    Do you want to become a more powerful leader, speaker, and storyteller in any context?

  • Consulting

    Do you need a strategic advisor, process facilitator, or team trainer to analyze risk and catalyze growth?

  • Content

    Do you need a content creator for your project or the perfect speaker for your upcoming event?

What People Are Saying

“I’ve been a CEO of multinational companies for more than 20 years. I’ve hired all of the major consulting firms and countless strategic advisors throughout my executive leadership tenure. I’ve never encountered a more valuable organizational asset in one person than Addison Beaux. I work with him and I also farm him out to my COO, CHRO, CFO, CMO, CTO, and CIO at different points. I’ve never heard such overwhelmingly positive feedback about a coach or consultant. His insights are exceptional, his guidance is rock solid, his skillset seems boundless, and my people love working with him. My nickname for him is Midas because everything he has helped me with has turned to gold.”

— Tech CEO

“I first met Addison when he led a communication training at my company. I went in expecting to improve my professional speaking skills and walked away with a personal transformation that would ultimately lead to me writing my first book. Addison is so much more than an executive coach and trainer.”

— Product Manager & Author

“My coaching sessions with Addison have changed my life personally and professionally. He’s an exceptional guide. His coaching has made a huge difference in my performance as a leader and manager. I’m blown away by what we accomplish in every session.”

— Tech CEO

“A colleague highly recommended Addison. I’m a senior sales manager and wanted to get better at communicating across teams and up the leadership chain. I’m truly amazed at how quickly I was able to learn, grow, and adapt my approach. But truly, the most profound changes happened at home. In ways I never expected, working with Addison helped me connect more meaningfully with my kids and talk more openly with my spouse. It’s hard to believe that all at once my well-being, my family life, and my work life improved so much. There’s executive coaching, and then there’s Addison. I’ve never experienced anything like it. Really glad I got the chance to work with him (so is my wife, haha)!”

— Senior Sales VP

“We hired Beaux & Arrow as a consultant to support our board during a leadership crisis. It was one of those make-or-break moments in our organization's long history. The stakes were high, emotions were heated, and it was hard to make sense of what was going on, much less what the best path forward might be. Addison facilitated a process with incredible skill and sensitivity. He masterfully made space for all voices to be fully heard and understood, and synthesized his findings with extraordinary precision. As a result, we made some very tough, necessary decisions to course-correct and ensure the longevity of our enterprise. Addison's sharp situational analysis, political understanding, and diplomacy helped us communicate those decisions in a way that minimized fallout and strengthened stakeholder relationships. Now, two years later, it’s not an exaggeration to say that Addison’s involvement was instrumental in steering us back to stability and long-term success. Addison is my top recommendation, especially for those highest stakes moments when you want to do the right thing, but don't yet know how.”

— Board Chair

“Hands down, the best public speaking training I've taken in my career. Thank you, Addison. You gave us a lot to think about. I can already see improvements in how I approach public speaking and in the level of confidence I bring to all my interactions.”

— Software Engineer

“Addison gave me the gift of confidence in my story, and I will never stop being grateful. He helped me grow in ways I couldn’t even imagine.”

— Executive Director

“He can talk a dog off a meat wagon.”

— Addison’s HS Teacher

“Addison is my go-to when I need to give a big speech in my personal or professional life. He asks great questions. He’s a phenomenal listener. And, I trust him to keep me from getting myself cancelled. He’s a gentle but firm educator on some hard stuff that I’m still getting a handle on. He helps me communicate in a way that is strategic and still heartfelt. He’s an advisor, speechwriter, storytelling coach, and delivery coach all in one. The value of that combined skillset can’t be overstated. The fact that he’s also a lot of fun to work with is a substantial bonus. Which is good, because he’s definitely not cheap. Lol. Worth every penny and then some!”

— Finance CEO

“Our Employee Resource Group hired Addison to be the keynote speaker/storyteller for a special company-wide event. He’s one of the best public speakers I’ve ever heard, and he’s hilarious. But what made him so special is how he somehow ushered in a greater sense of community among us, which is still going strong months after his talk. I don't know how to explain how he did it, I just know that his talk and presence had a really warm lasting effect on all of us.”

— ERG Co-Chair

“We were struggling with a tagline for our brand. Addison’s a friend of a friend. We hired him to join us for a strat sesh. He listened for a while and then said the magic words, “What about…” Boom! What we’d been orbiting around for months but just couldn’t land, dude listened and literally nailed it right off the bat. Done. Wish we knew about him sooner.”

— Marketing Director

“He’s a bit of a secret weapon for us when we are made aware of a struggling manager. It’s amazing how quickly he can help people turn things around.“

— Chief People Officer

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Meet Addison Beaux

Addison Beaux serves as an executive leadership, strategic communication, and management consulting asset. His purpose is to accelerate the discovery and realization of human potential–one person, one team, one organization at a time.

Before becoming a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, he served as a staffer to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Speechwriter to the President and Board of Trustees at Stanford University, Congressional Liaison and Speechwriter at the CFPB, and Lead Researcher at the Center for Economic Integrity.

Addison is trained as a child and family therapist. He is also a celebrated storyteller and public speaker. His work is shared and viewed by millions and has been featured by Upworthy, Buzzfeed, CNN and more.

He is a graduate of Stanford University Graduate School of Business’ Executive Leadership Program and the Coro Fellows Program in Leadership and Public Affairs. He earned his B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and his M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Prescott College.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Addison is honored to support extraordinary people and teams around the world.

Honored to be chosen by leaders and teams at…

 
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