Do you need a coach,
or do you want to learn how
to be an Executive Coach
Executive Coaching & Sales Excellence
Jake Mannino is a Global Sales Director at Microsoft and a founding member of NEXGEN. He holds a BA in Social Sciences and an Executive MBA from Michigan State University.
Additionally, Jake has earned Executive and Career Coaching Certifications, a Professional Coach Certification from Microsoft, an ICF Level II Certification, a Neuroscience Certification from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is an EQ-i2.0 Certified Assessor for Emotional Intelligence and EQ 360 assessments.
- Jake was honored as the commencement speaker for Michigan State University’s EMBA Class of 2020
- Guest lecturer at Oakland University Department of Organizational Leadership, PhD and Doctoral candidates.
Training & Credentials
What Jake is trained in — and why it matters to you.
Certifications are only useful if they make the work better. Here's how each one actually helps.
ICF Certified Executive Coach
International Coaching Federation · PCCThe ICF is the gold standard for professional coaching worldwide. It means your sessions follow a real structure — not just good conversation — and actually move somewhere.
Microsoft-Trained Professional Coach
Microsoft CorporateJake was trained and used as an internal coach inside one of the biggest companies in the world. He's coached executives in the exact kind of environment you're in right now.
Executive MBA
Michigan State UniversityWhen your problem is a business problem — not just a feelings problem — Jake can think through it with you. Strategy, structure, decisions. He has the background to go there.
EQ-i 2.0 Certified Assessor
Multi-Health SystemsMost leaders know their technical skills inside out. The gaps are usually emotional — how you handle pressure, how you read people, how you show up under stress. This tool finds those gaps.
12,000+
People coached through the Microsoft program Jake co-led — which earned a Guinness World Record and the ICF Distinguished Organization Award.
Sales leader. Coach. Co-founder.
Three decades of doing the work. Now helping others do it.
What to expect
Here's what working with Jake actually looks like.
No discovery calls that go nowhere. No intake forms you never hear back about. Here's how it works.
It starts with a free call.
30 minutes. You tell Jake what's going on. He'll be straight with you about whether he thinks he can help. No pitch, no pressure. If it's not the right fit, he'll say so.
You meet every week.
One hour, weekly. You bring whatever is on your plate. A deal that's stuck, a team issue, a decision you keep putting off. Jake works through it with you.
You leave with one clear next step.
Not a list of takeaways. Not a framework to study. Just one thing to do before the next call. Small and specific beats big and vague every time.
Jake is there between sessions too.
Something blows up on a Tuesday? You can reach out. That's part of how this works. Having someone in your corner when it actually matters, not just on a scheduled call.
Executive Sales Leader
Fortune 500+ Companies Jake has worked with
What Jake does
Two doors.
Pick the one
that fits.
Jake does two things and nothing else. One is for leaders who want a coach. One is for people who want to become one.
I need a coach.
CEOs, founders, VPs of Sales. Jake meets with you weekly. You bring the hard stuff — the decisions no one else gets to hear, the pressure that doesn't show on the org chart. You work through it together.
No scripts. No worksheets. Just honest conversation with someone who has been exactly where you are.
I want to become a coach.
NEXGEN is the ICF-accredited coaching academy Jake co-founded. Built for professionals who want to get certified and build a real coaching business while they are at it.
If you are done climbing someone else's ladder, this is the other door.
Not sure which fits? Let's figure it out together.
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