Jacob Fishbein is a novelist, executive coach, men’s group facilitator, die-hard Red Sox fan, and Greek-history nerd. He runs Tiresias Leadership and The Arena Men’s Group, where he helps executives, nonprofit leaders, and men wrestling with modern masculinity become better communicators and build relationships that actually nourish them. And yes, he coaches women, too.

His official foray into coaching began in 2015, though the roots of his work run much deeper—back to his bar mitzvah, the Odyssey sequel he wrote in high school, and the college food blog he used as an excuse to explore life. In 2016, he joined Nick Papadopoulos’s Dudes of Disruption Men’s Group as “research” for The Men’s Group: A Novel of Messy Friendships. That research turned into a calling. In 2020, Jacob and Nick co-founded The Arena, where they’ve since helped hundreds of men change their lives. Along the way, Jacob earned his ICF-PCC, trained with coaching legends David Peterson and David Goldsmith, and joined Marshall Goldsmith’s Forefront community.

When he’s not coaching or writing, Jacob can be found reading everything from Brandon Sanderson to Nikos Kazantzakis, drinking excellent coffee, watching too much British television or Star Wars Rebels, or discussing whether Odysseus was a genius, a traumatized wanderer, or both. He grew up under the enchanting skies of Santa Fe, New Mexico; studied history and ran track at Kenyon College; and now lives in New York City with his fiancée, Perri, who is much more stylish than he is and somehow finds room for their ever-expanding book collection in their apartment.