Andy Nelson

Executive Coach
Minneapolis, MN

Expertise

  • Executive Coaching

  • Leadership Development

  • Keynote Speaking

  • Facilitation

  • Team Development

  • Business and Technology Agility

  • Enneagram

  • Music & Arts

  • Personal Health and Spirituality

Certifications

  • PCC-Credentialed Coach (ICF)

  • Hogan Series

  • Shift Positive 360

  • Korn Ferry 360

  • Positive Intelligence (PQ – Orange Belt)

  • SAFe 5 Agilist

  • PMP (PMI – Project Management Institute)

Andy Nelson is an ICF-certified executive coach (PCC) with decades of corporate leadership experience at Fortune 125 organizations. He specializes in both coaching and leadership development and has worked across industries including agribusiness, healthcare, retail, technology, manufacturing, education, & financial services. His natural coach approach allows him to build more authentic, resilient, and confident leaders using a unique mix of technical acumen, emotional intelligence, and leadership development. His skills make him a highly sought after executive coach, consultant, and featured speaker for leaders at all levels. Fortified by his experience as a Stage 4 cancer survivor/thriver, Andy is a dynamic, bold, and caring person who summons deep awareness and action within leaders and their teams.

Why I Work

My personal mission is to encourage, affirm, and realize -- in lasting and renewable ways -- beauty, love, growth, and respect for all human beings. I want to help people grow into world-class leaders and the best humans they can be. I encourage and challenge everyone I interact with to lead and live their lives to the fullest, and to use their positions to help others do the same.”

Andy Nelson

What Our Clients Say

“I was very fortunate to have Andy as my coach! I’ve had greater visibility and positive action on my blind spots, and have learned how to better coach both myself and my team. I have increased my team’s execution ability so I can ease off and be more strategic. Andy’s approach was conducive for me to grow and excel!”

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More About Me

With 35 years of experience leading global teams in corporate environments, I bring a wealth of knowledge and insight to my work as a full-time executive coach and leadership development consultant. My background includes leading technology teams who delivered mission-critical business results while also coaching and mentoring senior leaders within these functions.

Over the course of my career, I’ve led teams and coached leaders at four Fortune 125 companies, including 16 years at the Target Corporation and four years at UnitedHealth Group. At Target and UHG, I led global technology teams across India, the Philippines, and the U.S., and was entrusted with coaching executives up to the VP level. My experience spans both large corporations and small to mid-size companies, where I’ve worked with hundreds of leaders, entrepreneurs, and C-suite executives to drive meaningful results while fostering healthy, high-performing teams.

Today, I continue to coach senior leaders internationally and also mentor other executive coaches. I specialize in helping individuals lean into their authentic selves to become stronger, more fulfilled leaders personally while encouraging them to bring that same authenticity to their work.

I hold dual undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Music Performance from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from the University of St. Thomas.

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When I’m Not Working …

I live in Savage, Minnesota with my amazing wife, Michael. Our terrific kids all decided on three very different colleges and areas of study: Autumn graduated from Berklee School of Music in Boston and is going to Electronic Music Production and Design. Ella graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison in Zoology. And Sophia is at Hamline University here in Minnesota studying Political Science.

Michael and I’ve enjoyed almost 30 years of marriage, living in Wisconsin and Texas before moving back to Minnesota. As a family we enjoy music and art and all things creative -- thought-provoking movies, board games, community service, and travel. I am a tea drinker, a musician, and a writer working on my first book: Survivor’s Gratitude: The Gifts of Cancer, Clarity, and Connection. My greatest privileges are to be a dad to my kids, a husband to my wife, and to touch as many people as possible with the joy of being alive and living an intentional life.