Elix Cintron, MA, PCC
Executive Coach | Leadership Transformation Expert | Trusted Advisor to Executive Teams, Private Equity-Backed Organizations, Healthcare Leaders, and Mission-Driven Organizations
For more than two decades, I have worked with executives, physician leaders, founders, and leadership teams to help them navigate growth, change, and transformation. My work combines neuroscience, Conversational Intelligence®, executive coaching, and practical business leadership to create measurable and sustainable results.
You know your team is capable of more, but you’re unsure of how to get the best out of them.
You’re in the thick of it. Your leadership role is high-pressure, challenging, and doesn’t leave a lot of time to develop high-potential direct reports, eliminate internal silos, or build a high-performance team culture from scratch.
DON’T WORRY. You’re in just the right place.
That’s where I come in.
I’m Elix Cintron. For over 20 years, I’ve been supporting executives in discovering who they are, regaining sight of what they’re most committed to, and creating a pathway to personal and professional fulfillment.
“Simply put: I’m in the transformation business.”
“En pocas palabras: me dedico a la transformación.”
I incorporate performance-based coaching, neuroscience, positive psychology, and my own coaching methodology—the G.R.I.P. Method—to serve executives, managers, and teams in the healthcare industry and beyond.
As your fearless ally, I’ll walk beside you to push through boundaries and embrace the challenges that spark growth and drive change at every level.
That’s executive leadership coaching at its best.
Certified Professional Coach
Certified through the College of Executive Coaching.
I also hold my Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coach Federation (ICF). The ICF is the only globally recognized governing body of the coaching industry; the PCC is the second highest credential awarded by the ICF, requiring over 125+ hours of training and over 500+ coaching hours.
Radio Host
I host a weekly call-in radio show on WARA 1320AM, "Get a G.R.I.P. with Coach Elix," every Friday at 1 PM Eastern.
Certified in Positive Psychology-based Well-being Coaching
A joint program between NBME and the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).
Corporate Leader
Prior to running my coaching business full time, I spent over 18 years as a corporate healthcare executive, empowering sales teams to achieve results well above the predictable trend.
Certified Conversational Intelligence® Coach
Conversational Intelligence® leverages the power of neuroscience to create profound and lasting transformation for individuals, teams and entire organizational cultures. Combining science and intuition, Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) aspires to shift our world from I-Centric to WE-Centric, and architect conversational transformation on a neurochemical level.
Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at McLean, Harvard Medical School Affiliate
Private Equity & Growth Company Experience
A significant portion of Elix’s client portfolio consists of private equity-backed organizations and sponsor-backed growth companies. He has partnered with executives navigating acquisitions, integration efforts, operational scaling, leadership transitions, succession planning, and culture transformation.
Private Equity Sponsors:
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
CNL Strategic Capital
General Atlantic
NMS Capital
Blue Sea Capital
Elix Cintron, MA, PCC
Executive Coach | Leadership Transformation Expert | Trusted Advisor to Executive Teams, Private Equity-Backed Organizations, Healthcare Leaders, and Mission-Driven Organizations
“Simply put: I’m in the transformation business.” – Coach Elix
"En pocas palabras: me dedico a la transformación." — Coach Elix
Executive Summary
What Sets Coach Elix Apart
Professional Distinction, Credentials & Education
Areas of Expertise
Executive Coaching
Leadership Development
Organizational Transformation
Private Equity Backed Organizations
EOS® Leadership Teams
Conversational Intelligence®
Neuroscience of Leadership
Private Equity & Growth Company Experience
EOS® Leadership Team Expertise
Selected Clients & Organizations
Government & Public Sector
• Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Private Equity-Backed Organizations
• Beacon Oral Specialists
• Caregiver, Inc.
• Greater Boston Urology (U.S. Urology Partners)
Healthcare & Behavioral Health Organizations
Elix Cintron is an executive coach, organizational transformation expert, and trusted advisor to C-suite executives, leadership teams, government agencies, healthcare organizations, and private equity-backed companies.
With more than 20 years of coaching and leadership development experience, Elix specializes in helping leaders navigate growth, organizational change, acquisitions, culture transformation, and performance acceleration.
Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School Affiliate
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Master Certified Coach (MCC) Candidate through the International Coaching Federation
Extensive experience supporting executives and leadership teams within private equity-backed and sponsor-backed organizations, including EOS® environments
Specialized expertise in Conversational Intelligence®, neuroscience, positive psychology, and organizational transformation
Fully bilingual (English and Spanish), enabling him to coach and facilitate across diverse cultural and professional environments
• Ascend Hospice
• BayCare Health System
• Kindred Healthcare
Thought Leadership & Media
Professional Bio
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Marketing Communications, Emerson College
As a Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School Affiliate, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and a Master Certified Coach (MCC) candidate, Elix is recognized among a small group of coaching professionals committed to advancing the science, practice, and impact of coaching.
His work bridges academic research, neuroscience, organizational development, and practical leadership experience, positioning him as both a practitioner and thought leader in the coaching profession.
Trust and Psychological Safety
Culture Transformation
Strategic Change Leadership
Executive Team Alignment
Healthcare Leadership
Government and Public Sector Leadership
While a significant portion of his recent work has focused on private equity-backed and sponsor-backed organizations, Elix's experience extends far beyond the private equity sector.
Over the course of more than two decades, he has partnered with leaders across healthcare, behavioral health, human services, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and growth-oriented private companies.
This breadth of experience enables Elix to bring a unique perspective to executive coaching and organizational transformation, combining the operational rigor often found in high-performance business environments with a deep understanding of mission-driven leadership, public service, and human-centered organizational development.
Regardless of industry or organizational structure, his focus remains the same: helping leaders build trust, strengthen accountability, navigate change, and create sustainable results.
Elix has extensive experience coaching Visionaries, Integrators, and senior leadership teams operating within the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®).
He regularly partners with organizations that use EOS to strengthen accountability, align leadership teams, clarify roles and responsibilities, improve communication, execute strategic priorities, and drive measurable business outcomes.
• Hands of Heartland
• Happinest
• Jet Health
• RehabCare
• SALT Dental Collective
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Elix is a recognized thought leader whose work bridges executive coaching, neuroscience, leadership development, and organizational transformation.
Fellow, Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School Affiliate
Creator of the G.R.I.P. Method
Host, Get a G.R.I.P. with Coach Elix | WARA 1320 AM Radio & Podcast
Co-author of Changing Conversations for a Changing World
Speaker, facilitator, and contributor on leadership, trust, neuroscience, organizational transformation, Conversational Intelligence®, and human-centered leadership.
Through speaking engagements, radio broadcasts, published articles, professional coaching communities, and leadership development programs, he helps leaders explore the intersection of trust, communication, accountability, and human performance.
Known for his authentic, direct, and neuroscience-based approach, Elix Cintron is an executive coach, leadership transformation expert, and trusted advisor to leaders navigating growth, change, and organizational complexity.
For more than two decades, he has partnered with CEOs, executive teams, physician leaders, founders, government leaders, and emerging executives to strengthen leadership effectiveness, improve communication, build trust, and create cultures that drive both human and organizational performance.
Over the course of his career, Elix has partnered with leaders across private equity-backed organizations, healthcare systems, government agencies, human services organizations, nonprofit organizations, and growth-oriented private companies. This breadth of experience allows him to combine the operational rigor required in high-performance environments with a deep appreciation for mission-driven leadership and human-centered organizational development.
Drawing from Conversational Intelligence®, neuroscience, positive psychology, and organizational development, Elix helps leaders challenge limiting assumptions, strengthen relationships, navigate uncertainty, and lead with greater intention, accountability, and purpose.
Whether coaching an individual executive, facilitating a leadership team, or supporting an organization through transformation, his mission remains the same: to help people unlock their highest potential and create meaningful, lasting impact.
Professional Philosophy
At the heart of Elix's work is a simple belief: organizations do not transform. People do.
While strategies, systems, and processes are important, sustainable change begins when leaders are willing to examine the assumptions, beliefs, and conversations that shape their decisions and relationships.
Drawing from neuroscience, Conversational Intelligence®, positive psychology, and more than two decades of coaching experience, Elix helps leaders strengthen self-awareness, build trust, navigate complexity, and lead with greater intention and purpose.
His approach is rooted in the belief that accountability and compassion are not opposites, that trust is the foundation of high performance, and that transformational leadership begins with the willingness to lead oneself first.
Whether working with a CEO, an executive team, a physician leader, or a public sector manager, his mission remains the same: to help people unlock their highest potential and create meaningful, lasting impact in the organizations and communities they serve.
“Elix is relentlessly driven to transform the lives of his clients and the companies they lead.”
Meet Coach Elix
Coach Elix wears many hats, but simply put; he is in the transformation business.
Through conversations, coaching, leadership, and lived experience, his mission is to help people grow, heal, think differently, and become the best version of themselves.
Transformation begins the moment we choose awareness, accountability, and growth.
Meet Coach Elix… by the numbers
787
The area code for most of Puerto Rico, where I was born and raised. I came to the U.S. as a teenager to study — earning both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
3
The number of courses I think every dinner should have! The kitchen is my happy place. I’m always cooking, baking, and entertaining.
2013
The year I started my CrossFit journey—not knowing a single thing about it! It has completely transformed my life since. What I love the most about CF is the constant internal challenge to fight beyond what I think I’m capable of. This definitely strengthens my “get comfortable with being uncomfortable” muscle!
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And speaking of love, this year marks 32 beautiful years (33 in April 2026) with my better half and husband, Steven, who you may know as Steven the Medium! We met back in 1993 at Club Café in Boston when I was actually there on a date with someone else, and the rest, as they say, is history. Ours is a love story built on laughter, trust, and the magic of growing together through every season of life.
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I’m a proud dog dad to a beautiful pack of souls: four Japanese Chins (Dante, Rico, Monkey, and Little Ricky) and our beloved cat, Snowy, who now watch over us in spirit. Each one left an imprint of joy, loyalty, and love that continues to shape our home. And then there’s Jango, our newest little heartbeat, who fills our lives every day with laughter, presence, and unconditional love.
Every business starts with a
problem.
Mine? As a corporate executive, I witnessed many healthcare organizations experiencing high rates of employee turnover, poor internal communication, and leaders facing burnout.
This leaves those responsible for the success of the organization feeling frustrated and confused about how to resolve the issues that are holding the organization back.
The truth is, many leaders are under-equipped to do this.
So I said goodbye to 18 years in corporate life to start my own coaching business and help executives thrive — because I believe that when people thrive, organizations thrive too.
All companies invest in sales, marketing, and technology. It’s the ones that take the time to invest in their own growth and the growth of their teams — those are the ones that reach a different level.
