Matthew Taylor

Executive Coaching, Top Team Work, Leadership Development, Org Development

Washington, DC

Matt has been developing leaders for fourteen years and teaching and leading in the K-12 education sector for twenty-five. Matt has coached or trained hundreds of education and non-profit leaders across the leadership pipeline, from CEOs to principals to teacher leaders. He is also a meta-coach, program faculty member, and content contributor for Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification Program.

His 5 Square methodology is used as an anchor leadership development tool in charter management organizations, school leader development programs, and executive coaching programs across the country. Prior to starting Noble Story Group, Matt served as the founder of The Achievement First (AF) Residency Program for School Leadership and then AF’s Senior Director of Adaptive Leadership. Matt began his leadership career at Amistad Academy Middle School after ten years of teaching. During Matt’s tenure as principal, Amistad distinguished itself as the #1 middle school in the state of Connecticut for African American student achievement.

Matt is an ICF ACC-certified executive coach. He earned his Ed.M. in Administration, Policy and Planning from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a M.S. in Elementary Education from Barry University Graduate School of Education, and a B.A. in History from Carleton College. He received his executive coaching training at the Teleos Leadership Institute in Philadelphia. Matt is also a father of two teenagers, the partner of an incredibly talented early childhood policy maker, a choral musician, and an aspiring triathlete.