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Rafe Wilkinson
CEO CoachFinancial Services CEO
SENIOR COACH · MARKETING AND GROWTH & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONCertified coach

Rafe Wilkinson.

Former NFL Player and Serial Entrepreneur

30+
Years operating
3
Core specialties
3
Industries served

The operator behind the coach

Rafe Wilkinson is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience leading organizations that achieved great success in digital marketing, retail convenience, contract security, and healthcare consulting. Rafe believes that an MBA is optional, BUT a GSD (Getting Stuff Done) approach is required, and that success is best achieved by focusing on strategy, people, and financial management.

Prior to his business career, Rafe played in the NFL for the Denver Broncos and was a member of the 1987 Super Bowl Team.

Listen to Rafe Wilkinson’s podcast episode, Push your CEO Skills Over the Goal-Line

Selected accomplishments

  • Listen to Rafe Wilkinson's podcast episode, Push your CEO Skills Over the Goal-Line
  • Two-Time CEO in Consumer, Retail, and Digital Media.
  • Coaches CEOs on marketing and growth, digital transformation, leadership team build, the levers that move enterprise value.

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Questions CEOs ask about Rafe

Who is Rafe Wilkinson best suited to coach?

Rafe Wilkinson, Two-Time CEO in Consumer, Retail, and Digital Media, is especially valuable to CEOs focused on marketing and growth, digital transformation, and leadership team build.

What is Rafe Wilkinson's operating background?

Rafe Wilkinson is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience leading organizations that achieved great success in digital marketing, retail convenience, contract security, and healthcare consulting. Rafe believes that an MBA is optional, BUT a GSD (Getting Stuff Done) approach is required, and that success is best achieved by focusing on strategy, people, and financial management.

What is Rafe Wilkinson's coaching style?

Direct, operator-driven, and rooted in real P&L experience. Rafe Wilkinson 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.

Where is Rafe Wilkinson based and how do engagements work?

Rafe Wilkinson is based in Denver, CO 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.

What kind of results do CEOs see working with Rafe Wilkinson?

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. Rafe Wilkinson 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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