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Grow Your Firm By Growing Your Leaders.

AWC expands leadership capacity in investment firms, building high-performing teams through a blend of individual coaching and group training programs.

Our Services 
FOUNDED IN 2009. BASED IN NYC.

  • 100+

    Firms we’ve served

  • 17+

    Years in the industry

  • 675+

    Engagements

  • 5

    Continents our clients span

- TRUSTED BY TOP INVESTMENT FIRMS

Tailored to the private markets & investment industry

We consistently hear from our clients, "You get us." We deeply understand the organizational structures and unique needs of both deal teams and the colleagues who support them. We bring proven tools and frameworks backed by real-world examples your employees can relate to in their daily lives.

OUR APPROACH 
- PARTIAL CLIENT LIST -

  • American Securities

  • Apax Partners

  • APG

  • Apollo Global Management

  • Argonaut Private Equity

  • Audax

  • Bank of America

  • BC Partners

  • Benefit Street Partners

  • BlackRock

  • Blue Owl

  • Bridgepoint

  • Brinley Partners

  • Centerbridge Partners

  • Coller Capital

  • Credit Suisse

  • CVC Capital Partners

  • Evercore

  • Franklin Templeton

  • GI Partners

  • Glenview Capital Management

  • Global Infrastructure Partners

  • Goldman Sachs

  • Hellman & Friedman

  • Houlihan Lokey

  • JP Morgan

  • Kaiser Permanente Ventures

  • KKR

  • Macquarie

  • Mainsail Partners

  • Morgan Stanley

  • Neuberger Berman

  • New Mountain Capital

  • Patient Square Capital

  • PennantPark

  • RBC Capital Markets

  • Scotiabank

  • Searchlight Capital

  • Silver Lake

  • StepStone Group

  • Thoma Bravo

  • Varde

  • Veritas Capital

  • Waterfall Asset Management

- SCALE THE APPRENTICESHIP MODEL

We start at the heart of your firm: your mid-level leaders.

We view mid-level leaders as the vital connective tissue of your firm and are committed to accelerating their complex yet crucial transition from doing the work themselves to getting it done, with excellence, through others. Our signature cohort-based leadership program equips mid-level leaders with practical, tactical skills they can implement immediately — for both managing up and leading down.

ABOUT TEAM LEADERSHIP 
- OUR PRACTICE

Selected Areas of Expertise

  • Team Dynamics & Effectiveness

  • Delegation & Staff Development

  • Feedback & 360° Reviews

  • Productivity & Time Management

  • Managing Up & Down

  • Parental Transitions

  • Leadership Role Transitions

  • Communication & Executive Presence

  • Internal & External Networking

  • Organizational Culture Change

- OUR SERVICES

The best investment you’ll make in your business is in the people leading it.

As A.I. reshapes how work gets done, effective leaders and efficient teams are more vital than ever. AWC works at the intersection of individual growth and organizational transformation, integrating high-touch individual coaching with cohort‑based leadership programs. We offer both the deep, personalized support leaders need and the shared language and practices that build stronger teams, with everything targeted to the unique structures of investment and financial firms.

  • Executive Coaching

    Results-driven 1:1 coaching that develops the skills, mindsets, and habits that make leaders exceptional.

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  • Parental Transition Coaching

    For expectant parents and their managers navigating the time before, during, and after parental leave.

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  • Team Leadership Programs

    Cohort programs that help mid-level leaders build a practical plan for managing (down and up).

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  • Mentorship & Sponsorship

    Equips both mentors and mentees with the skills that make these relationships truly impactful.

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  • Skills Training & Keynotes

    Group workshops built on proven frameworks and designed for immediate application, not abstract theory.

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  • Women's Programs

    Tailored programming to build skills and cultivate community, strengthening your pipeline of women leaders.

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Client Results

  • “I am actually a leader now as I have used the tools from this program and the relationships I have built across the firm as a result of this program to step into the position of Head. I am running a team of nine now with confidence. I am leading by example and helping to build a culture which focuses on teamwork, continued learning, empathy and integrity.”

    Sponsorship Program Participant, Private Equity

  • “It was extremely helpful to get third-party feedback and then to flesh out the feedback by a third-party coach. The practices and methods I have now implemented following my coaching have already benefited my team. Decisions I am making are flowing down to the team and forcing others to grow in their position and contributions to the team and platform. As a result, this has freed me up to focus on more strategic workflows.”

    Managing Director, Private Equity

  • “I like the focus on RE, PE, Infra for investment professionals and how it was really targeted. The one on one sessions allowed for candid brainstorming about how to tackle problems in a way that would not have been possible with an internal training.”

    Portfolio Manager, Private Equity

  • “Michelle’s expertise and guidance at our offsite helped make the team feel comfortable enough to have an open and honest conversation and prioritize the work that needs to be done. Within just three weeks of the offsite, the Leadership Team rolled out a Sales Dashboard and developed a system to track referrals, both of which will impact sales.”

    Founder & CIO, Investment Firm

  • “It is extremely valuable for an employee or colleague to have this interaction with a third party who they do not directly work with or report to that they can have an open and honest conversation about regarding their parental leave. There are questions that are very difficult to ask directly, and an experienced third party can bridge the gap. Overall, the program allows employees to transition out and transition back in an impactful manner to the organization.”

    Manager, Private Equity

- BUILT FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Culture change doesn’t happen by accident.

We partner with firms and their leaders to build workplaces where people do the best work of their careers.

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