BLACK DIAMOND COACHING

Strategic Partner in Leadership Development

Hi, I’m Gray. I partner with organizations to develop leaders to their fullest potential to achieve exceptional business outcomes.

Who I support

I work with Fortune 100-2000 companies, private companies, and startups across industries and verticals.

Common issues

Many of my clients face needs like scaling leaders and organizations, uncovering leader blind spots, elevating leadership effectiveness, increasing employee engagement, boosting innovation, and increasing operational effectiveness.

Outcomes

Together, we arrive at outcomes such as a mindshift towards data-driven decision making and high operational effectiveness, enhanced capacity to enable and capitalize on innovation, increased executive altitude and effectiveness in key leadership competencies, improved ability to foster relationships and collaboration across the organization, and elevated leadership influence, impact, and results

Testimonials

  • “When tasked with building a new growth team at Docusign, I knew without hesitation I wanted to work with Gray. He has helped me see how to gain the support of others, build strong relationships, and refine my approach to leadership. Most importantly, with Gray’s support the team is now driving disproportionate results clearly visible at the highest levels. I feel better than I ever have and I'm doing the biggest things in my career.”

    —Amrut Pati, Senior Director Growth @ Docusign

  • "Gray has a playful yet strategic ability to disregard the status quo, flipping convention upside down to find thoughtful but disruptive solutions to seemingly intractable problems. His out-of-the-box thinking helped me navigate many challenging situations and achieve critical business goals. Through our work together, I developed my own unique style and approach, which I confidently leverage today to tackle the hardest problems."

    —Lauren Uyeshiro, Vice President Product @ Magpie

  • “Gray was instrumental in helping me develop the tools and confidence needed to bring focus and clarity to the chaos of scaling a startup. He helped me identify which activities charge my battery and which drain it—something I now consider every single day. Gray's vision and product insight are unparalleled. His calm, soothing demeanor, combined with his ability to say exactly what you need to hear, makes him an invaluable sounding board and coach for any leader looking to scale.”

    —Flip Sasser, Co-Founder & CTO @ Arches

About Gray Sandridge

With two decades of success on the product side of premier tech companies—including Amazon, Expedia, Groupon, and Workiva—building and leading teams that have driven hundreds of millions in revenue growth, Gray partners with organizations to develop leaders to their fullest potential to achieve exceptional business outcomes.

  • “If you want to change your career, drive amazing results, or get unstuck, there is no one better to work with than Gray.”

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  • "If you’re looking for a coach who will challenge your thinking, shift your perspective, and help you move forward with confidence, I highly recommend Gray."

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  • “Gray knows his sh*t incredibly well. He shares his insights unflinchingly and with a directness that somehow leaves you feeling supported and more at peace.”

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  • “Gray is one of the most caring people I’ve ever come across in my career or life.”

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  • "Gray is really good at reflecting people's behaviors on them in a way that feels safe. I never felt attacked or defensive. Gray would just say, 'This is what you're doing,' and I would be like, 'Oh f*ck, that's what I'm doing.’”

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  • “Gray talked to me so much about not caring about certain things, and that was huge. Letting things go and letting fires burn; and instead focusing on what matters the most.”

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  • “Gray isn’t ego driven and he isn’t a showboat. Until you work directly with him you may not realize just how incredibly smart he is; he is truly brilliant.”

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  • “Having Gray as my thought partner and my coach would take whatever I was doing and accelerate it 5x.”

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  • "One of the most powerful things Gray worked on with me was controlling my reactions. He taught me to take a moment and think through how I wanted to proceed instead of responding with a stream of consciousness."

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  • “Working with Gray put me on a path to being a rising star of the company.”

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  • "Unlike others who encouraged me to hyper-fixate on improving my weaknesses, Gray advised me to focus on what I do really well and to seek opportunities where I could excel."

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  • "Gray taught me how to carry myself with executive presence.”

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