Jeff Staggs, MCC, is President of Business Coaching International and a Master Certified Coach by the International Coaches Federation.  He is also an NLP Master Practitioner and has a background in clinical psychology. A professional coach for the last twenty-one years, Jeff has continued to refine and develop his two areas of passion in coaching:  Working with senior executive leadership, and training and mentoring coaches. 
Jeff specializes in coaching senior executives and their teams, both in the U.S. and internationally.  He has designed and delivered individual and group coaching programs and team building to Fortune 500 clients both in the U.S. and internationally.  In addition to his work with executives Jeff works with professionals who want to create more fulfillment, sustainability, and success in their lives using the Better Way to Live & Work program™.

Besides his business practice, Jeff is passionate about training and supervising coaches.  Jeff has been a leader in the field of coaching and is a founding member of the International Coaches Federation and the Minnesota Coaches Association.  He is an ICF Assessor and was also active on the team responsible for writing the ICF credentialing standards and more recently, the MCC examination process.  He has supervised well over a hundred coaches in both the US and internationally and has trained numerous coaches as a staff member for the Coaches Training Institute and through NLP coaching programs in the US & UK. He was also the chair of the 2008 ICF Conference in Montreal Canada.

Jeff designed and delivered the first coaching program to be fully integrated into an MBA program for Capella University and has a patent pending for his work. He is the co-designer of Breakthrough Coaching and Feedback an innovative training program that gives executives and managers practical skills for developing people and creating results through others.  He is also the principle author of A Better Way to Live & Work™ – a coaching program designed to empower Professionals to re-create their lives and work from the inside out.

Jeff lives in Minneapolis Minnesota with his two boys, Wyatt & Rowan and numerous pets.  Beside his passion for coaching and spending time with his family, Jeff loves cooking, canoeing, expressing his Nordic heritage through cross-country ski racing, and spending as much time in the wilderness as he can.´

“En dag med mentorcoaching med Jeff var meget lærerig, fuld af nærvær, konkret direkte og brugbar feedback og masser af respektfuld imødekommende samarbejdsånd. Det var dejligt at være lærende i hans selskab. Annette skabte dejlige rammer og flot service.”
Karen Hallundbæk Schleisinger, Cand.scient.soc. Ledercoaching,Team & relationscoach.