Unlock Your Leadership Potential
Empower yourself to lead with clarity and confidence.
Unlock Your Leadership Potential
Empower yourself to lead with clarity and confidence.
About Galvez Coaching
My Background
Meet Antonio "Tony" Peter R. Galvez
Executive Coach | Leadership Strategist | Trusted Thought Partner
Empowering Leaders. Elevating Impact.
I’m Coach Tony — a globally trusted executive and leadership coach. I help leaders think clearly, communicate powerfully, and grow with purpose.
What sets my coaching apart?
✅ Deep Listening, Real Insight
You’ll feel seen, heard, and understood. My clients often say, “You helped me hear myself clearly for the first time.”
✅ Challenge with Compassion
Expect to be nudged beyond your comfort zone—gently but purposefully. I’ll help you confront unhelpful patterns, reframe challenges, and unlock new ways of thinking.
✅ Confidence that Sticks
My clients leave sessions more self-assured and ready to lead. This is not motivation for the moment—it’s confidence built on clarity, strategy, and self-awareness.
✅ Practical Tools, Lasting Impact
From communication frameworks to decision models, I guide you with tools you can use immediately—and revisit for years to come.
✅ Culturally Attuned. Globally Experienced.
I’ve coached leaders from over 10 countries across industries and functions. I meet you where you are—then help you grow from there.
You bring the drive. I bring the clarity. Together, we create transformation.
Let’s start a conversation.
My Philosophy
Our Coaching Approach
At Galvez Coaching, we combine deep listening, thoughtful questioning, and practical strategies to help clients unlock lasting growth. Our coaching is personalized, results-driven, and grounded in trust. Clients consistently highlight our ability to challenge their thinking while creating a supportive space for self-discovery and transformation.
Personalized & Insightful
Every coaching journey is uniquely tailored to your individual needs, challenges, and goals. We help you explore new perspectives, deepen your self-awareness, and uncover hidden opportunities. Our global experience enables us to meet you where you are, honoring your unique context.
Challenging & Supportive
We gently challenge your thinking and encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone. While pushing boundaries, we provide a safe, trusting space for honest reflection and growth. By helping you reframe situations and challenge limiting beliefs, we support meaningful breakthroughs.
Practical & Results-Focused
Our coaching is designed to equip you with real-world strategies, tools, and exercises that you can apply immediately. Whether it’s enhancing your communication, building confidence, or strengthening your leadership impact, we prioritize actionable outcomes that drive lasting change.
Empowering & Collaborative
We believe coaching is a partnership where you are empowered to discover your own solutions. Through empathetic listening, timely feedback, and collaborative dialogue, we help you build resilience, motivation, and clarity to move forward with confidence.
Confidential & Committed
Your trust and confidentiality are paramount. We are dedicated to consistent support and accountability throughout your coaching journey—ensuring momentum, follow-through, and measurable progress.
My Services
What We Do
Executive Coaching
We work one-on-one with senior leaders and executives to enhance leadership effectiveness, decision-making, presence, and communication. Coaching is customized to support your unique goals, challenges, and responsibilities.
Leadership Development
Designed for emerging and experienced leaders, our coaching focuses on building core leadership capabilities—emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, influence, and resilience—to help you thrive in high-impact roles.
Team Coaching & Facilitation
Great leadership extends to great teams. We help teams improve trust, collaboration, and alignment, enabling them to perform at their highest potential and deliver results together.
Career & Transition Coaching
Support during career changes, promotions, or role transitions. Together, we clarify direction, strengthen confidence, and prepare for what's next with intention and confidence.
Communication & Presence Coaching
Whether it's leading meetings, giving feedback, or influencing stakeholders, this coaching helps you show up with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Well-being & Work-Life Coaching
Balancing leadership with life? These sessions focus on mental fitness, energy management, and values-driven living—so you can thrive, not just survive.
Transform Your Life with GalvezCoaching
Testimonial: Coaching the Whole Person
“Tony is a great listener who helped me reflect, grow, and take action—with support every step of the way.”
Working with Tony as my coach has been a very positive and enriching experience. Our conversations always considered me as a whole person—balancing both my personal and professional life. That perspective helped me gain clarity and confidence during times of transition and growth.
Tony is a deeply attentive listener who helped me better understand what I was going through, and guided me in identifying potential solutions and actions to try. After every session, he encouraged small, meaningful steps forward and followed up to see how they went—creating real momentum.
I’d highly recommend Tony as a coach, especially if you're preparing for role changes, leadership development, promotions, or striving for better work-life balance. His thoughtful and consistent support made a real difference.
Thanks again, Tony!
Liz Pham | Product Manager, Customer Experience & Business Applications
Global Client Solutions Portfolio
Avanade Inc.
Testimonial: A Lifeline in Leadership
“Every session with Coach Antonio leaves me feeling like I can conquer the world—with purpose and value.”
Coach Antonio has been my lifeline in my career. His calm and objective nature has consistently helped raise my confidence and deepen my self-awareness. Each session left me more focused, more grounded, and stronger as a leader.
His ability to help me navigate through complex challenges has been instrumental—not just for my personal growth, but for the growth of my team. With Coach Antonio’s support, I’ve learned to unpack new ways of thinking and to better understand human behavior. That understanding has tested and strengthened my emotional fitness, making me more resilient and effective in how I lead.
One of the most valuable outcomes of our work together has been recognizing and managing my emotions and trigger points—an essential skill when dealing with people at many different levels, every single day.
I would recommend Antonio to anyone without hesitation.
— Anonymous, Unilever
Testimonial: Practical Coaching That Elevates Performance Conversations
“Tony doesn’t just give advice—he helps you practice in the moment, which makes all the difference.”
Tony once again challenged my thinking in the best possible way. He offered valuable input on how to approach performance conversations with my leaders—specifically, by focusing on the impact of my achievements and how they’ve contributed to the company’s success.
What I appreciate most is that Tony doesn’t just offer suggestions—he invites me to practice on the spot. That real-time coaching helps me recognize exactly where and how I can improve the way I communicate. These sessions are not only insightful—they're immediately actionable.
Anonymous, Managing Director
Testimonial: A Transformative and Empowering Journey
“Tony’s ability to challenge directly—while remaining compassionate and nonjudgmental—created a space where I felt safe to explore, reflect, and grow.”
With deep gratitude, I reflect on this coaching journey as both transformative and empowering. Tony and I met consistently, and that rhythm became the foundation for real, meaningful progress.
His unique blend of directness and compassion created a safe, judgment-free space where I could open up, reflect honestly, and grow in ways I didn’t expect. Our sessions aligned with a major career transition, and through thoughtful exercises, insightful conversations, and curated readings, I deepened both personal and professional self-awareness.
We explored powerful frameworks like the Ladder of Inference, active listening, and Nonviolent Communication—concepts that left a lasting impact. One breakthrough came when, after months of trust-building, I felt ready to discuss personal relationships. Tony listened with deep care and helped me connect my emotions to unmet needs with clarity and kindness.
We also worked through tangible leadership challenges—from strategic planning to inclusive leadership. Tony’s perspective that “Diversity and Belonging are aspirational goals—not endpoints” fundamentally shifted how I approach team dynamics and culture.
Throughout, Tony consistently celebrated progress and encouraged self-compassion—something that truly changed how I show up as a leader and as a person.
This experience has been a turning point in how I lead, communicate, and understand myself. I’m deeply grateful for Tony’s unwavering presence, insight, and care.
— Anonymous
Testimonial: Becoming a Better Version of Myself
“Thank you, Coach Tony, for guiding me toward a better version of myself.”
Through this coaching journey, I’ve discovered so much about myself—insights that have helped shift my mindset and make meaningful improvements in areas I’ve long struggled with.
Coach Tony’s guidance, encouragement, and deep presence created the space I needed for real growth. I’m truly grateful to have had him as my coach.
Managing Director
Testimonial: Support That Inspires Growth
“I loved every minute of my coaching with Tony.”
Tony’s guidance, advice, and genuine interest in my growth have been truly invaluable. Throughout our time working together, I’ve experienced real personal and professional development—and I’ve felt supported every step of the way.
I’m excited to continue this journey with Tony over the next six months. I know even more growth is ahead.
Managing Director
Testimonial: Insightful, Challenging, and Encouraging
“Antonio is quick to call out unproductive behaviors—but always with encouragement and optimism.”
Antonio has been fantastic at challenging my internal views and goals. He’s highly perceptive—often picking up on the internal monologues beneath my words—and offering alternative perspectives that help me move forward in pursuit of my job goals.
What stands out is his ability to balance directness with encouragement. He doesn’t shy away from calling out unproductive patterns, yet he always does so with understanding, optimism, and a belief in my potential.
He has been a truly fantastic coach.
Leading Semiconductor Design and Research Company (Silicon Valley)
Testimonial: A Thought Partner Who Truly Listens
“When you speak to Coach Tony, he listens like a student—fully attentive, eager to learn, never interrupting. That alone makes him stand out.”
In terms of strengths, Coach Tony is a very good listener—he never interrupts. Sometimes that led me into long monologues, but what followed were always sharp, relevant observations that came from his fresh and thoughtful perspective. His comments or questions sometimes triggered a defensive reaction in me, but they always proved valuable—especially when I took them with an open mind.
That value stems from his genuine interest in people and their circumstances. It never felt like a formula. Every session was different, guided by what was meaningful at the moment. I never felt pressured to come prepared with an agenda, and yet there was something insightful in every meeting.
What stood out most was how deeply engaged he was—not just listening to respond, but listening to understand. It felt like talking to someone who truly wanted to learn from what I was saying. That’s rare.
Memorable One-Liners That Stuck With Me
Coach Tony has a way with words—sometimes a simple line would shift my thinking entirely. A few that continue to guide me:
- “Leaders step into the void—that’s what leaders are for.”
- “Others’ contribution (or lack thereof) is not on you.”
- “Saying yes to something means saying no to something else.”
- “Situational leadership is knowing when to give up the lead.”
- “Delegating with accountability is not abdicating.”
- “Reflect on what you're doing that is not conducive to the desired result.”
- “Notice where you get uncomfortable—and ask why.”
- “After an initiative, reflect: What went well? What could have gone better?”
- “If something is not useful, then it’s useless.”
- “Is there a less challenging strategy to achieve the same outcome?”
- “When you’re in battle, don’t forget the confidence that brought you in.”
- “In 2022, I will talk less and listen better.”
Thanks, Coach—it was a very engaging and fruitful ride.
Director Products, Software Company (Malaysia)
Testimonial: Clarity, Confidence, and Transformative Growth
“Coach Tony creates a space that feels both safe and boldly challenging.”
Working with Coach Tony has been a game-changer. His ability to truly listen—beneath the words—helped me uncover limiting beliefs I didn’t even realize were holding me back.
He creates a coaching space that is both safe and boldly challenging. Through our sessions, I gained not only clarity but also the confidence to take decisive action in both my personal and professional life.
Coach Tony doesn’t just give advice—he guides you to discover your own path, using tools that are immediately practical and deeply transformative.
Senior Leader, Tech Industry (Singapore)
“Supportive, Insightful, and Truly Transformational”
“As I reach the end of my coaching journey, I feel a deep sense of fulfillment. Thank you so much, Tony, for your encouragement. I have enjoyed every session.”
Working with Coach Tony has been a meaningful and uplifting experience. His empathy, active listening, and personalized guidance helped me grow in confidence and clarity. I felt deeply understood and supported in identifying areas for improvement and taking real steps toward personal goals.
Each session left me feeling rejuvenated and motivated—so much so that I even resumed my yoga practice! His thoughtful feedback, helpful resources, and unwavering encouragement significantly improved both my mental and physical well-being.
What began as a coaching program has turned into a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. I’m extremely thankful for everything I’ve learned through Tony’s calm, consistent presence and expertise.
Senior Manager Pharmaceutical Company (India)