Sam Drexler — CEO
The most important leadership skill? Communication. Companies succeed or fail based on leaders communicating strategy, culture, and change. That’s where I come in. For 10 years — and the last 6 years at Google — I’ve served as a trusted leadership communications advisor. My approach to Executive & Internal Communications: 1. Counsel leaders on communication strategies to earn trust and build belief. 2. Craft stories across formats — emails, events, presentations, videos, podcasts — to inspire innovation. 3. Coach leaders to translate complexity into clarity and focus the organization on the most important priorities. It’s a privilege to partner with teams building some of the world’s most helpful products for billions of people. My job is reminding teams of our responsibility and opportunity. Together, we’ve navigated large-scale changes, like a strategy pivot for Google Maps during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people find local health information and shift local commerce online. We’ve developed internal storytelling campaigns to connect culture (how we build) with product (what we build) and impact (who we build for) to celebrate breakthrough innovations like AI Mode in Search. And these days, we’re reinventing Communications — scaling our impact with AI as a writing assistant, creative collaborator, and thought partner to deliver high-quality communications. Ultimately, I help leaders use their voice to drive the business forward. In the process, I’ve found my own voice. As an introvert, I influence through deep listening, insightful questions, and thoughtful solutions. These skills earned me awards: 🏆 Trusted Advisor Award from Google’s Global Communications team. 🏆 Coach Excellence Award as a top 1% internal coach at Google. I’ve focused my career on guiding leaders to be effective communicators. But we all need these skills. That’s why I created The Inspiring Introvert, a free 10-day email course to help ambitious introverts communicate with confidence, clarity, and charisma. 👉 Curious? Click “View My Newsletter” to start today. 👉 Want to go deeper? Visit my website to explore 1:1 coaching. You don't have to be loud to lead. You can be an introvert and an inspiring leader. Areas of Expertise: Executive Communications | Internal Communications | Change Communications | Narrative Development & Storytelling | Coaching | AI for Internal Communications
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Communications and Leadership Development expert in the Technology sector.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 10 yrs
Skills
- Change Management
- Executive Communications
- Internal Communications
- Career Coaching
- Event Management
- Coaching
- Internal & External Communications
- Leadership
Career Highlights
- Trusted leadership communications advisor at Google for 6 years.
- Created a free course for introverts to enhance communication skills.
- Awarded for excellence in coaching and trusted advisory roles.
Work Experience
Senior Change Communications Manager III, People Ops Transformation (4 mos)
Sam Drexler
Leadership Coach (1 yr 6 mos)
Career Coach (2 yrs 4 mos)
Executive and Internal Communications Manager II, Google Search (2 yrs 5 mos)
Executive & Internal Communications Manager I, Events & Experiences (1 yr 11 mos)
Executive and Internal Communications Sr. Associate, Google Maps (2 yrs 2 mos)
FleishmanHillard
Account Executive, Executive Communications and Employee Experience (1 yr 3 mos)
Assistant Account Executive, Corporate and Executive Communications (1 yr 2 mos)
Public Relations Intern (5 mos)
Mental Health America
Social Media Coordinator (2 mos)
UC Davis Campus Recreation and Unions
Marketing Associate (9 mos)
Gracenote
Organizational Development Intern (3 mos)
Men's Health Network
Communications Intern (3 mos)
NAMI at UC Davis
Vice President/President (1 yr 8 mos)
Playworks
Marketing Intern (3 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of California, Davis
at Bishop O'Dowd High School
