Galen Bingham, The Leadership Strategist®, is a leading voice on Executive Judgment Under Pressure, examining what happens to leadership when the stakes rise, options narrow, and the consequences of getting it wrong become real.
His work is grounded in a simple truth: Pressure narrows perspective. Perspective shapes judgment. Judgment determines action.
Drawing on more than 30 years of operating experience with Coca-Cola North America, Kraft Foods, Imperial Sugar Company, and as an entrepreneur, Galen brings the perspective of someone who has led, negotiated, made consequential decisions, and delivered results inside complex organizations.
Galen has coached or advised more than 1,000 senior executives, CEOs, and nonprofit leaders across seven countries. In 2025, Inc. Magazine featured him as a Top Executive Coach, and Real Leaders Magazine designated him the #1 Executive Coach in the Midwest.
Galen is founder of Kiln Global, an executive leadership firm focused on helping leaders preserve the quality of their judgment when pressure, power, economics, identity, and organizational politics collide. He hosts the two-time award-winning Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership podcast and is author of IMPACT: A Leadership Fable and the forthcoming The Other Manual, informed by original research with 108 Black executives.
On stage and inside the C-suite, Galen helps accomplished leaders see what pressure makes harder to see, access their best judgment, and act with clarity when the stakes are highest.