Tanner Snider
Executive Coach & 3x Chief of Staff, incl. CEO of McKinsey & Co.
Studied at Kelley School of Business (Indiana)
Works at Gold Leaf Farming
Questions? Start chatting with this coach before you get started.
Tanner's Offerings
Custom hourly · $195/hr
Get help with AI Fundamentals, Executive Support, and .
Tanner also coaches for Management Consulting and Career Coaching. View all.
Tanner’s Chief of Staff Qualifications
Experience level: Executive
Having worked in Chief of Staff roles for three CEOs, including the Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company as well as the CEO of a Tech Startup backed by a16z, I specialize in supporting early-to-mid-career professionals who are going through major transitions that will have them working closely with senior executives at their companies. I also support students (undergrad and grad) who are considering their first career or making career transitions in business, consulting and finance.
Tanner can help with:
AI Fundamentals
Executive Support
Interview Prep
LinkedIn Review
Resume Review
Strategic Planning
Tanner also coaches for Management Consulting and Career Coaching. View all.
About Tanner
If you're reading this, you're probably ambitious, doing well on paper, and still wondering whether you're in the right seat or whether anyone sees what you're actually capable of. I know that feeling well. I grew up in a small Indiana farm town and then attended Indiana University's Kelley School of Business on a full-ride scholarship. After undergrad, I joined McKinsey in Chicago, where I performed well yet still spent most of my first year quietly wondering whether I belonged. I had good people around me. I just hadn't learned to trust their read on me over my own. That shifted when I was selected as Deputy Chief of Staff to McKinsey's Global Managing Partner. From there I became Chief of Staff to the CEO of an a16z-backed aerospace technology startup, then joined a $350M farmland investment firm as Chief of Staff, a role that grew into my current position as VP of Investment Strategy, where I lead strategy, business development, and investor relations. I coach across the moments where careers actually get decided: stepping into or leveling up in a Chief of Staff role, running a transition or search with a real plan instead of a hope, and figuring out how to be seen, heard, and trusted at the level you're operating at now. Some clients come with a specific target in mind. Others just know the current path isn't the right one anymore. I'm confident you already have the talent. My job is to help you use it sooner, with a lot less second-guessing.
Why do I coach?
For most of my career, the thing slowing me down wasn't ability. It was self-doubt, and not always feeling like I fit. I had mentors and people who believed in me. What I didn't have early on was someone who had walked the specific path I was on and could tell me plainly: this is normal, here's what actually matters, here's what to do next. So I overthought decisions, spent energy on the wrong worries, and waited to feel ready before raising my hand. The moments that most changed my trajectory were the ones where someone finally gave me that clarity, usually in about ten minutes. That's the work. Most people I coach are already talented and already performing. They don't need motivation. They need a plan, a candid outside read, and someone who has sat on both sides of the table for the roles and decisions in front of them. I've been doing this informally for more than ten years and professionally for 2-3, and I've watched people land the role, get the promotion, and stop hedging. I don't take credit for their wins. But helping someone get out of their own way and achieve their next goal is easily the most satisfying work I do.
Work Experience
Founding Coach
Your Corner Coaching
July 2025 - Present
Founded a coaching business to help students (undergrad and grad) and early-career professionals navigate through the decisions and transitions that set them up for career and life success. Having served as Chief of Staff to three CEOs, including the Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company, I also specialize in supporting Chiefs of Staff level up.
VP, Investment Strategy
Gold Leaf Farming
May 2024 - Present
Lead investment strategy for a $300M+ specialty crop farmland investment firm where I am a member of the investment committee and also oversee investor relations
Angel Investor
IU Ventures
October 2023 - Present
Growth Strategy Lead (Contract)
Gold Leaf Farming
October 2022 - May 2024
I lead the firm’s growth strategy efforts, looking into new crops, geographies and other tangential businesses to invest in
Chief of Staff
Air Space Intelligence
July 2021 - July 2022
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Global Managing Partner
McKinsey & Company
July 2020 - July 2021
Collaborate with teams across the globe to manage day-to-day operations and prepare talking points, presentations and written communications for the Global Managing Partner
Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company
August 2018 - July 2020
Manufacturing Co.: Crisis response strategy for a multi-billion dollar manufacturing company facing a public crisis • Designed and facilitated two premortem contingency workshops with SVP-level clients to identify threats to the organization and develop mitigation strategies against them – further codified this knowledge into a McKinsey Knowledge Document • Created a methodology to analyze CXO Congressional hearings through expert input and focus groups and immediately shared go forward recommendations with the client – further codified this approach into a McKinsey Knowledge Document State Govt.: Full-scale, multi-year transformation of a state-level government through revenue growth and cost efficiencies • Assessed benchmark spending levels for specific government agencies and proposed potential improvements, leading the client to invest more than $100 million in salaries for public servants in public safety agencies • Led five structured onboarding sessions for 10+ client new hires to train them on the intricacies of the agency savings and financial planning models, receiving positive feedback from the client new hires and their director Investment Co.: Commodity market study to understand the potential growth of an agricultural investment target • Created a granular pricing model to project future commodity prices based on changing supply and demand dynamics across origin and destination markets Agriculture Co.: Supply chain and transportation improvements as part of a multi-billion dollar transformation • Managed 50+ initiatives across more than 15 client ‘initiative champions’ to help drive $60+ million in savings for the transportation function in less than two years • Collaborated with a 20-year client veteran to conduct an analysis of a railcar utilization initiative that resulted in $13 million in run-rate savings for the client and received positive feedback from the VP of the division
Summer Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company
May 2017 - July 2017
• Developed a dynamic costing model that helped identify $15+ million in procurement savings for a large apparel retailer • Facilitated workshops with the client’s procurement team in Hong Kong to refine the costing model and improve their negotiating strategy for an expected $50+ million in savings over the next three years
Education
Kelley School of Business (Indiana)
Bachelor’s Degree, Finance, Economic Consulting, and Business Analytics
2014 - 2018
Grade: GPA: 4.00/4.00 • Rawles Key Award - the Kelley School's most prestigious award, given since the 1930s to one or two students in the top one percent of the class academically that have also contributed significantly to the school via their extracurricular involvement • DSP Key Award - award given to the single graduating senior with the highest cumulative GPA • Lionel D. Edie Award in Business Economics - award given to the Business Economics student in the graduating class with the highest GPA