Advance Faster.
Elevate Your Marketing Career.
Break away from the crowd & take your career to the next level. We’ll teach you to think, act, & sound like a Chief Marketing Officer (even if you’re still climbing the ladder!)
What we do (and do well)
We help you master timeless brand strategy fundamentals from P&G, Unilever, Google, Coca-Cola, and other top marketing teams.
We help you stand out from your peers by sharpening your positioning, focus, and presence. So you’re recognized by executive leadership as a CMO-in-waiting long before the role opens (or making you a clear standout for a CMO role elsewhere).
Along the way, you’ll gain tools, insights, and fresh ideas you can start using tomorrow.
Learn about how we work >
A former Global CMO, Pete has spent 30 years building, revitalizing, and scaling world-class brands and teams at Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Visa, Charles Schwab, BlackRock and Kelly Services.
He now helps current and aspiring CMOs cut through the clutter to reach their full brand-building and leadership potential. His coaching centers on the skills today’s marketing leaders need most: brand strategy, building high-performing marketing teams, creative decision-making, elevating brand purpose, influence, challenger brand strategy, growth and launch playbooks, media strategy, and boardroom readiness.
Peter Boland is the principal at The Breakaway CMO coaching and consulting and host of The Breakaway CMO podcast.
Pete has shared his insights at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Hult International Business School, ANA conferences, and other leading forums, and is published at XX. He also partners with ZRG executive search, vetting CMO candidates for Fortune 500 companies, and advises select startups from launch to exit.
At his core, Pete helps marketing leaders energize their brands, inspire their teams, and position themselves to win as a next-generation CMO.
How we help you
1-on-1 coaching
Content design
Brand design
UI design
Podcast and On Demand Library
Social media
Optimization and reporting
Consulting
Research & reporting
Online data strategy
Conversion optimization
Virtual Workshop
Technical optimization
Content optimization
Keyword research
Testimonials
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