Our Clients
AEI's clients include senior executives from a broad range of industries from some of the world's most admired companies. They represent a similarly broad range of company profiles, from Fortune 100s, emerging growth companies, private equity, non-profits, start-ups, and executive education. Listed below are a few of our clients:
Client Case Studies
Our work speaks through outcomes. The case studies below reflect real engagements with real leaders and the challenges, the process, and the results are drawn directly from our practice. Confidentiality is foundational to the trust our clients place in us, so all names and organizations have been changed.
High Performance, At What Cost?
When Ted joined his firm as a Managing Director, he was given a clear mandate: improve performance quickly and raise standards across the team. By traditional measures, he delivered. Financial results dramatically improved, and the client experienced high quality standards. However, the broader impact told a different story. Despite strong revenue performance, employee engagement declined, morale weakened, and turnover began to rise, creating both talent risk and increasing risk to the firm’s culture.
Improving Collaboration Among Leaders
Newly promoted President Dave T.* stepped into his role at Ironhill Industries* with a clear mandate and a team of highly accomplished senior leaders. But he also understood a critical distinction: A group of experienced executives is not the same as a high-performing team. Rather than allowing challenges to emerge over time, Dave made an early, deliberate investment in a focused session to accelerate trust, alignment, and performance.
Private Equity: Senior Leadership Assessment to Support Performance
Private equity firms often speak about leaving a business better than they found it. Avendro Capital* operationalized that principle through its approach to leadership selection. When Trenvale Systems LLC*, a portfolio company, needed a COO to partner with an already strong CEO, Avendro recognized the stakes. Rather than rely solely on traditional search and interview processes, Avendro engaged AEI to design and implement a rigorous, objective leadership assessment.
Testimonials
What others say about AEI
"The leadership development process and emotional intelligence techniques that my Executive Team has learned from AEI has increased engagement at our organization and helped deliver a 23% CAGR of EBITDA over 5 years. The wisdom to see ourselves through our employees' eyes is powerful and continues to fuel our growth."
CEO
“AEI helped me tremendously to become a better leader, husband, father, and friend by working to make me see my entire self and how everything I do resonates within all my relationships. It is amazing how we all impact other people.”
COO
“I was a bull in a china-shop who carried the china-shop with me. AEI’s coaching changed my perspective and I’m a better leader because of it.”
Managing Director
“For 10 years, AEI has been coaching our senior team to help improve our leadership skills, personal self-awareness and emotional intelligence. Over this decade, we enrolled many of our senior team, including myself, in AEI’s 12-month coaching program. AEI has improved the quality of our personal effectiveness with our clients, employees, and colleagues. AEI plays a key role in the development of our employees, and we plan to continue this important program.”
CEO
“The biggest revelation for me was understanding how I’m being perceived. AEI provided the tools to better navigate those perceptions and improve my interactions with others in different ways and with more intentionality. It has been successful.”
CEO
“I always considered external relationships the most important part of my job. Shifting my focus to internal relationships took courage, but it actually improved results
and my external relationships.”
Global Group Head