John Fadool is a former president with extensive and diverse leadership experience having a 35-year career with three best-in-class companies, Darden Restaurants, Novartis Consumer Health, and Procter & Gamble.
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Former President at Darden Restaurants, Novartis Consumer Health, and Procter & Gamble
John Fadool is a senior executive with an extensive, 35-year career with three best-in-class companies, Darden Restaurants, Novartis Consumer Health, and Procter & Gamble. Throughout his leadership roles as an engineer, marketer, and president, he has consistently grown revenue and profit in businesses ranging from $10M to $2B in revenue.
John excels at coaching consumer-focused businesses that are seeking to grow revenue and profit. He brings a focus on healthy business rhythms, operational excellence, and team alignment to his engagements. He has a collaborative and curious style and works with CEOs to define their strategic vision for success and then achieve it.
John received an MBA from the Wharton School, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He currently serves as a strategic advisor to H Venture Partners, an early-stage fund that invests in female-founded, purpose-driven consumer brands, and serves as a board member to their largest investment, Cerebelly, a science-based baby food developed by a practicing neurosurgeon to support early brain development.
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John Fadool, Former President at Darden, Novartis Consumer Health, and Procter and Gamble, is especially valuable to CEOs focused on brand strategy, leadership team build, and scaling operations.
Former President at Darden Restaurants, Novartis Consumer Health, and Procter & Gamble
Direct, operator-driven, and rooted in real P&L experience. John Fadool coaches CEOs the way a former operator coaches, focused on the decisions that actually move the business, the metrics that expose the truth, and the leadership behaviors that compound over time.
John Fadool is based in Pittsburgh, PA and works with CEOs across North America and internationally through 1:1 coaching, board observation, and on-site strategic offsites as part of the CEO Coaching International team.
Companies coached by CEO Coaching International for two or more years have averaged 22.8%/yr revenue growth and 37.5%/yr EBITDA growth, roughly 2-3x U.S. benchmarks. John Fadool coaches to the same operating standard: measurable growth, real leverage on the CEO's calendar, and a leadership team that can execute without you.
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