Helping Leaders and Organizations
Unleash Their Potential

BaintreePartners is led by Founder and CEO Brian Fishel, who spent three-plus decades successfully working in and navigating several Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. We assess, develop, and grow leaders, while driving organizational impact.

Who We Are?
Our Expertise

With an extensive background as a Chief Human Resources Officer and C-suite executive at several Fortune 500 companies, Brian offers expert guidance on strategic HR, talent development, executive coaching, and succession planning.

Brian uses his business knowledge and diverse experiences to design and deliver practical human resources and executive talent management solutions tailored to each client's unique needs and circumstances.

Meet Brian

Brian Fishel has more than 30+ years of strategic Human Resources and business experience across multiple industries. He has successfully provided thought leadership and advice to CEOs and C-Suite executives on various strategic business decisions and human capital matters. 

He has extensive experience leading numerous CEO and C-suite successions and transitions, coaching and developing high-potential leaders, and leading merger-acquisition integration and culture alignment. 

What Clients Are Saying

  • "Brian has a proven track record for successfully leading succession planning and talent management at the senior most levels in organizations. Brian’s abilities to identify, assess, and develop executives and their successors has produced a robust pipeline of leaders at every company in which he has worked. I highly recommend executives looking to accelerate their organization’s success and competitiveness consider seeking out Brian’s strategic talent insights and advice"

    Ram Charan, best-selling author and advisor to CEOs and Boards

  • “I have had the opportunity to partner with Brian for 25-plus years. He deeply understands what it takes for leaders to succeed in today’s business world. Given his experiences, he is one of the best developers of talent and coaches that I have known in my career."

    Professor Jay Conger, Henry R. Kravis Chaired Professor of Leadership Studies, Kravis Leadership Institute | Claremont McKenna College

  • “Brian has been a great coach and mentor to me throughout my career. Most recently, as I took on an executive C-suite role for the first time, Brian’s consistent encouragement, coaching, and wise counsel were critical to me settling successfully into my role. Brian is a leadership expert who understands the practical application of strong leadership skills based on his own executive-level experience, which sets him apart from other executive leadership coaches.”

    Ally Kidik, Chief Auditor, KeyBank

  • “Brian's true passion is helping individuals unlock their full potential and organizations achieve breakthrough results. I encourage any leader looking to grow their broad enterprise leadership skills and capabilities to contact Brian. His skills, knowledge, and experience across different industries, coupled with his strong track record of results with key leaders across different industries, makes Brian an asset to any leader looking to learn and grow as an individual or as a broader organization."

    Brian Barren, President, Business Operations, Cleveland Guardians Baseball

  • “Brian is a seasoned and insightful professional who uniquely bridges the business and interpersonal aspects of organizational life into his coaching and development of senior leaders. This holistic view into the challenges of leading businesses, allows him to be a huge asset in helping leaders navigate through these turbulent times.”

    Ranjay Gulati, MBA Professor Harvard Business School

  • “Brian has an incredible mind for identifying and developing talent, especially those with high potential. Listening to him speak on the topic is a master class in how to do it well. His wisdom and experience are invaluable, and I always learn something new in our conversations. Any senior leader looking to develop themselves and those around them would benefit from spending time with Brian.”

    Scott J. Allen, Ph.D, Professor of Management

  • “Brian’s first-hand experience as a Chief Human Resources Officer, operating successfully in the C-Suite and the Boardroom, makes him an excellent advisor and coach for senior business executives as well as uniquely qualified to work with CHROs given the distinctive challenges of their role."

    Hal Johnson, former Chair, HR Center of Expertise at KornFerry

  • “Brian Fishel is the type of leader and consultant a top executive would want in their corner. He’s has been a senior executive at some of the world’s most successful companies. If you are looking for a partner who is insightful, incisive, and impactful, look no further than Brian.”

    Jim Shanley, Partner, The Shanley Group

  • “Having worked alongside Brian for many years, I can say that one of Brian’s towering strengths is his ability to identify, coach, and develop High Potential leaders. He is easily one of the best in the business when it comes to getting the most out of talent.”

    Jason Violetti, Global Human Resources Executive, Prudential

  • “Brian's extensive background as a former CHRO and his deep insights into the dynamics of today's business landscape make him an invaluable resource for any organization seeking to enhance their culture, enterprise leadership capabilities, and Human Resources strategies. His leadership among his peers in the CHRO community along with his ability to help leaders unlock their potential sets him apart as a true expert in his field.”

    Lou Carter, CEO of Best Practice Institute, and founder of Most Loved Workplace.

  • “You know that leader who has a profound impact on your career and your ways of working, even 10+ years after you reported to them? That is Brian Fishel for me. I had the pleasure of reporting to him for five years and his coaching and mentorship continues to serve me well today. If you are looking for an executive coach and advisor, I highly recommend Brian.”

    Erin Cunningham, Global Talent Acquisition Leader, Hillenbrand

  • “I personally have benefitted from Brian’s leadership insights and development coaching during my career as a Finance executive. His experience and “make it real” skills are assets for the next generation of leaders.”

    Jay Luzar, Finance Executive

Our Services

  • As an organization’s strategic priorities evolve, so too will the needed skills, capabilities, and experiences of its leaders. Effective succession and talent planning provides a structured and proactive process to enable an organization to identify and intentionally prepare a pool of potential successors to assume roles and responsibilities within the organization in the future.

  • When a leader gets hired or promoted into a new role, they experience initial excitement and enthusiasm. This “honeymoon” period, however, does not last long. Soon, the new leader begins to experience unique challenges, uncertainty, and stress as they are expected to establish credibility quickly and make immediate and tangible impact.

    “Winning” this transition period - those first 30, 90, 120 days in the new role - becomes vital for the leader’s long-term success and value creation.

  • Today’s dynamic, complex, and uncertain business environment demands leaders continuously reflect on their strengths and gaps, develop new skills, and hone their leadership. Those who excel recognize they have untapped potential to apply and are willing to put in the effort to develop personally and professionally.

    These leaders – those aspiring to achieve excellence, desire to have a greater impact on those around them, and who are ready and willing to improve themselves – are the ones who will benefit the most from external coaching

  • A successful Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) wears many hats - they must be an enterprise business leader, a trusted advisor to the Board, CEO, and Executive Team, a Functional expert, a top-notch assessor of talent, and a role model of a company’s values and culture. Subsequently, they must learn how to deftly navigate nuanced challenges, relationships, and organizational dynamics between the Board and CEO, the CEO and their Executive Team, and Executive Team Member to Executive Team Member. Frequently, a CHRO will be required to stand-alone on sensitive matters, making the role isolating and lonely at times.

    Having been a successful CHRO, Brian Fishel deeply understands these unique challenges and use his experiences and learning from working directly for CEOs and operating in the Executive and Board rooms to provide practical coaching, mentoring, and advice to CHROs.

  • Leadership development programs provide a scalable, efficient solution for:

    • Aligning a company’s leaders to its vision, values, culture, and strategic priorities.

    • Improving a leader’s skills and performance.

    • Enhancing knowledge of critical talent across the organization.

    • Improving engagement and retention of participants.

    • Creating relationships that will pay dividends to the company for years to come.

    We offer both off the shelf programming and customized programs to fit your needs.

    • Change Management

    • Organization Design

    • Team & Culture Building

    • M&A Integration

  • Baintree Partners offer individual and group skill-building programs on the topics of:

    • Accelerating New Executive Onboarding / Transition

    • First time CHRO onboarding

    • Leading with a Talent Mindset

    • Taking Control of One’s Career

    • Optimizing One’s Time and Impact

    • Navigating the Organization

    • Developing High Potentials

    • Leading in a Decisive Culture

    • Presenting and Communicating with the Board of Directors

Executive Succession and
Talent Management

As an organization’s strategic priorities evolve, so will the needed skills, capabilities, and experiences of its leaders. Effective succession and talent planning provide a structured and proactive process to enable an organization to identify and intentionally prepare a pool of potential successors to assume roles and responsibilities within the organization in the future.

BaintreePartners has deep expertise in succession planning and talent management. Please contact us to help you set up, manage, and measure your succession planning process and build unique plans to develop successors. 

Leadership Development Programming

Leadership development programs provide a scalable, efficient solution for:

  • Aligning a company’s leaders to its vision, values, culture,
    and strategic priorities.

  • Improving a leader’s skills and performance.

  • Enhancing knowledge of critical talent across the organization.

  • Improving engagement and retention of participants.

  • Creating relationships that pay dividends to the company

Executive Coaching

Today’s dynamic, complex, and uncertain business environment demands leaders continuously reflect on their strengths and gaps, develop new skills, and hone their leadership.

Those who excel recognize they have untapped potential to apply and are willing to put in the effort to develop personally and professionally.

These leaders – those aspiring to achieve excellence, desire to have a greater impact on those around them, and
who are ready and willing to improve themselves – are the ones who will benefit the most from external coaching.  

CHRO Advisory Services

A successful Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) wears many hats - they must be an enterprise business leader, a trusted advisor to the Board, CEO, and Executive Team, a Functional expert, a top-notch  assessor of talent, and a role model of a company’s values and culture. Subsequently, they must learn how to deftly navigate nuanced challenges, relationships, and organizational dynamics between the Board and CEO, the CEO and their Executive Team, and Executive Team Member to Executive Team Member. Frequently, a CHRO will be required to stand-alone on sensitive matters, making the role isolating and lonely at times.

Having been a successful CHRO, Brian Fishel deeply understands these unique challenges and use his experiences and learning from working directly for CEOs and operating in the Executive and Board rooms to provide practical coaching, mentoring, and advice to CHROs.  

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