Who am I?

I am an investor and advisor to CEOs, tech founders, VCs, boards, sports industry execs - bringing expertise in culture, leadership growth, and team cohesion as well as a diverse network of influencers. In 2019, I was recognized by Thinkers50 as the world’s #1 executive coach & mentor (Marshall Goldsmith Award) and in 2021, I was named to Thinkers50’s list of top 50 most influential management thinkers. Readers can find my thinking in my Coaching for the Future Forward Leader advice column for MIT Sloan Management Review and in the Last Word column for Duke CE’s Dialogue Review. I regularly share short insights to more than 1 million followers on LinkedIn.

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Why Superpowers?

Paradoxically, I believe that we find our place of belonging in the exact place where we stand out. In my work as a CEO coach, professor at Duke University, mom, and author, I have found that every single person has--at least--one precise, inimitable, and intrinsic gift.

I call these gifts “superpowers,” and helping people to identify them is my calling.

Often, a person’s superpowers are also among their biggest blindspot. When you think about it, what’s extraordinary about you to the rest of us is just your every day normal. And we discount what comes easily or instinctively to us and think that everyone else has it too.

Fundamentally, I think that viewing the world through a superpower lens shifts how we operate in the world and has the power to revolutionize how we interact with each other at home and in the workforce. In the posts, you will find a superpowers mindset applied to different issues from (imposter syndrome to team building) and transform your thinking.

I’m also going to share tools for building your leadership playbook so that you can discover and apply your superpowers and those belonging to your teammates. My mission in life is to enable greatness in others. So, my hope for you is that you can make the biggest possible difference, build unstoppable teams, and live the fullest lives.

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