About Phil Glosserman

I grew up in San Antonio, Texas. My passion was music and at an early age I decided I wanted to be a drummer. I took lessons and played in rock, concert, and marching bands. After graduating from the University of Texas, I packed my drums into my car and headed to Hollywood to "make it big" in the music business. I played as a professional drummer for twelve years. During that time I worked as a recording musician and appeared with groups opening for Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and others. The music industry is extremely fickle and competitive and I "paid my dues" heavily. There came a point when I realized that I wasn't willing to put up with the lifestyle and uncertainties of the music business in anticipation that someday I just MIGHT "make it big."

Looking for a career to fall back (or forward) on, I went back to school and earned a degree in Computer Science. I spent the next fifteen years in the corporate world as a communication specialist, senior manager and team leader in the software industry. During that time, I became very interested in my own career development issues. By extension, I became interested in what made some people successful and fulfilled, while others with equal or higher ability seemed caught in perpetual struggle. I began to read heavily in the fields of personal development, leadership, motivation, psychology, business, marketing, and success. I attended numerous seminars and accelerated learning workshops. I began to develop a passion for personal development and success strategies.

In 1998, I was ready for a career change. I wanted to combine everything I was learning about business and personal development into some kind of career, but I wasn't sure where to go with it. By chance, I met a business coach at a party and I hired him to help me figure out what to do next with my career. Very quickly, I grasped the value and power of the coaching process. I also realized that coaching intersected with all my experience, learning and interests. Within three weeks of beginning coaching, I decided to become a coach myself. I asked my coach to mentor me and I spent the next three years with him, learning the ropes of business, sales and executive coaching. I also attended Corporate Coach U International, and became a certified master practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming—a system of technologies for improving human communication, influence, and performance). I am dedicated to excellence in my field and regularly attend trainings and seminars to sharpen my skills so I can better serve my clients.

Now I coach entrepreneurs, professionals, executives, managers and teams who want to become more effective, successful, and balanced. I have the great privilege of helping people achieve what matters most to them and realize the success and potential they have within.

I recently co-wrote a book with my fellow-coach and partner, Larry Pinci. It is called Sell the Feeling: The 6-Step System that Drives People to Do Business with You. This book is for anyone in any business who sells products, services, or advice. It is available at www.sellthefeeling.com. We self-published the book in 2006 and it was recently picked up by New York publishing company called Morgan James Publishing. It will be published under the Morgan James imprint and is due to hit stores in January 2008.

I live in Los Angeles with my wife and two children. I still play drums and I have a passion for Brazilian music. My hobbies are skiing, mountain biking and rollerblading.