Executive Transition Coaching

Helping people discover the work they love to do.

Senior-level professionals facing a career transition deserve more than a resume refresh. Peter Sherer's focused, proven process delivers clarity, tools, and direction — in just two days.

Now serving federal workers and those navigating changes in the federal workforce.

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Senior professionals at a turning point.

Whether you've chosen to move on, been caught in a restructuring, or find yourself among the many federal workers facing an uncertain future — you deserve a clear path forward.

Peter works exclusively with executives, senior employees, and professionals who are ready to do the focused work of figuring out what comes next — and who want to get there efficiently, with confidence.

This is not a generic job search service. It is a deeply personal, highly structured process built around you — your experience, your strengths, your goals.

550+
Executives & senior professionals served
2006
Founded — nearly two decades of practice
2 days
Focused coaching that delivers lasting results

Focused. Concentrated. Built around you.

1

Before We Meet

You'll complete a set of focused assessments designed to surface your experience, strengths, and what matters most to you. This advance work ensures that our time together is substantive from the very first hour.

2

Two Concentrated Days

Two consecutive four-hour sessions — private, confidential, and entirely yours. We work through Peter's structured process together: exploring, clarifying, articulating, and building your complete set of transition tools.

3

What You Leave With

A refined elevator speech, a compelling professional biography, a clear outreach strategy, and the confidence to pursue your next chapter — all ready to put to work immediately.

A note on the model: This is not an open-ended coaching relationship. Peter's approach is intentionally concentrated — designed to give you everything you need in a defined period of time. That said, clients are always welcome to stay in touch, and Peter genuinely hopes to hear how things go.

What clients have experienced.

I was positively influenced by Peter's background and experience when I first met him. Particularly his approach to supporting professionals with transitioning careers — getting their 2nd or 3rd wind. I found clarity about the transition process particularly helpful. I was pretty clueless about what I was experiencing until I sat down with Peter and did a deeper dive on me and what was relevant or no longer relevant to me. Since working with Peter, I have relocated to a different part of the country and taken on a new and larger executive role.
Regional VP, Government & Public Affairs — Cox Communications
There were many elements of the work with Peter that proved extremely helpful to me: analysis of my work experience — a useful inventory and reminder of what I've done well over the years; development of my elevator speech and a new biography, which became the key tools to getting several informational interviews; and the structured process for outreach, contact, meetings, and follow-up — all the way through to handwritten thank-you notes. This structure helped me be disciplined in my efforts and helped ensure my success.
Senior Executive — National Nonprofit Trade Association

Nearly two decades in practice.

Peter Sherer founded Experience Matters in 2006 with a single clear purpose: to help executives move successfully into meaningful new assignments or into a new phase of life. In that time, he has worked with more than 550 public, private, and nonprofit executives and senior professionals.

Peter is a credentialed member of the International Coach Federation and brings to each engagement a combination of structured methodology, deep listening, and genuine investment in his clients' outcomes.

"I help people discover the work they love to do."
International Coach Federation — Credentialed Member
Founded 2006 · Washington, D.C. area
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A note for federal workers

If you are a federal employee or contractor who has lost your position, is on administrative leave, or is simply trying to make sense of what comes next — this process was built for exactly this kind of moment.

Peter has worked with professionals across government and the public sector. He understands the unique dynamics of federal careers and the particular challenges of navigating this kind of transition.

You don't have to figure it out alone.

Shall we talk?

Peter is accepting referrals and inquiries on a selective basis. If you're a senior professional in transition — or know someone who is — reach out directly.