# THINK HUMAN


## Posts

- [The Drift to Decision Rule](https://think-human.com/drift-to-decision-rule/): Results are harder to earn now because the environment punishes slow pivots and fuzzy ownership. Markets shift mid-quarter, and “progress” can pile up while outcomes quietly miss.A lightweight accountability system can convert capacity into outcomes by locking commitments, signaling early, and resetting or deciding in days. Learn the operating rules and the two metrics that make it stick.
- [Leadership Lesson from the Silk Road](https://think-human.com/leadership-lesson-from-the-silk-road/): Many organizations are discovering that what they’ve called clarity has quietly become rigidity—and execution is paying the price. This article explores a leadership shift we see across senior teams: stop defending initiatives and start defending outcomes. When decision velocity slows, cross-functional drag rises, and escalation becomes the default, it’s rarely a talent issue. It’s a system design issue. We outline how high-performing organizations build agility without losing alignment by treating plans as provisional, running short outcome-focused review cycles, and using cross-functional forums to solve interdependencies in real time. For leadership development leaders and executive teams, this is a practical operating principle for building adaptable leaders, faster pivots, and stronger results.
- [Why Leadership Workshops Aren’t Building Your Culture  (And the Missing System That Will) ​](https://think-human.com/why-leadership-workshops-arent-building-your-culture-and-the-missing-system-that-will/): Most companies have plenty of learning activity but very little strategic or cultural pull-through. Workshops create awareness; culture requires alignment. And alignment doesn’t happen through one-off moments, it comes from an intentional leadership operating system. Without one, you unintentionally burn one of your biggest culture levers: your leaders. Every decision, meeting rhythm, and conflict moment broadcasts culture. When leaders aren’t using a shared internal playbook, you don’t get variety, you get cultural noise. That’s the hidden cost: leadership development becomes a perk, not a strategy.
- [Beyond the Seat: How Great Leaders Drive the Business Itself](https://think-human.com/beyond-the-seat-how-great-leaders-drive-the-business-itself/): It’s been a relentless few years for leaders: more demand, fewer resources, and constant pressure to show business impact. But the opportunity is extraordinary. In times like these, the differentiator isn’t strategy or resources. It’s ownership, the mindset that says, this is mine to fix. So we started where any strategy firm would: by diagnosing value creation itself. We asked one question: Where does this business create value, and what could destroy it? That question changed everything.
- [Annual Planning: Rethinking How We Plan When the Future Is Foggy](https://think-human.com/annual-planning-rethinking-how-we-plan-when-the-future-is-foggy/): For years, annual planning has been treated as a predictable ritual: review last year, set new targets, cascade them down. But when the ground under you keeps shifting, inflation up, interest rates high, demand cooling, supply chains unpredictable, that ritual becomes an illusion of control. Leaders are discovering what behavioral scientists have known for decades: the best way to prepare for uncertainty isn’t to predict it, it’s to build the capacity to adapt. That’s where the 3 Minute Executive Playbook comes in. It’s not a static template; it’s a framework for thinking like a scientist: form hypotheses, run experiments, and revise as evidence emerges. The Macroeconomic Reality Check Economists call today’s environment a “polycrisis” for a reason. Inflation remains stubborn. Rates are easing but still restrictive. Consumers are spending less freely. Tariffs and trade tensions keep adding friction. And the labour market is cooling but still tight for critical skills. This isn’t a forecast to fear, it’s a cue to plan differently.
- [Turning Tension into Trust](https://think-human.com/turning-tension-into-trust/): Too many leaders treat conflict as a distraction from “real work.” But our work with executive teams across industries shows the opposite: the way leaders handle conflict is often the real work—and the strongest predictor of whether strategy sticks.  Our data and field experience echo what McKinsey found: teams that engage in high-quality productive conflict make decisions 2.5× faster and outperform financially by 12%. But speed and performance only happen when leaders know how to navigate the middle ground between false harmony and destructive argument.  At ThinkHuman, we’ve distilled this into a practical framework used by senior teams at some of the world’s most complex organizations:   Locate Yourself  On two poles of the Conflict Continuum are Artificial Harmony – polite agreement that hides misalignment and Mean-Spirited Rigidity – ego battles that corrode trust. Between them is effective dissent, and disparate perspectives tethered to shared goals.
- [Don’t Just Fill Roles. Architect Teams That Deliver](https://think-human.com/dont-just-fill-roles-architect-teams-that-deliver/): Most leaders don’t wake up thinking, “Today, I’m going to ignore one of the most important levers for hitting our business goals.” But many do it anyway.  Not on purpose. Not from laziness. From habit.  They inherit a team structure. They chase deliverables. The flex to cover issues within the team.  And somewhere in the sprint from Q1 to Q4, they skip the foundational move that separates high-performing teams from over-functioning ones:  They forget to design the team their strategy actually requires.  
- [You’re Not Just a Messenger. You’re a Meaning-Maker](https://think-human.com/youre-not-just-a-messenger-youre-a-meaning-maker/): Julia stood in front of her team for the third time that month. Another change. Another eye-roll. Another “Didn’t we already try this?” moment. Her team nodded when leadership announced the strategy—but nothing changed. Why?  Most organizations treat communication like a box to check: announce the change, send the email, hold the town hall. Then comes the confusion. The resistance. The dip in morale. The dreaded question: Didn’t we already tell them? Here’s the disconnect: strategy doesn’t cascade. Meaning does. And the people who determine whether that meaning sticks or slips through the cracks? Middle managers.
- [Anika Gakovic](https://think-human.com/anika-gakovic/): Anika Gakovic Senior Executive Coach, ThinkHuman Anika is a trusted executive coach and business psychologist who helps leaders and their teams to advance strategic goals and better serve their customers. Anika has coached numerous CEO successors who were established technical experts and needed to operate more strategically. Beginning with a role-based assessment to profile success expectations, she helps leaders rebrand their mission focus, restructure their organization to align roles with organizational objectives, and lead change while cultivating and influencing partnerships.  As Executive Director for Leadership Edge at JP Morgan Chase, Anika designed and executed global programs to drive culture, leadership […]
- [Kelli Wingo](https://think-human.com/kelli-wingo/): Kelli Wingo Facilitator, ThinkHuman Kelli Wingo is an entrepreneurial culture evangelist, leadership development strategist, fire-starter, and lover of laughter. She serves as a ThinkHuman facilitator helping organizations to thrive by equipping their leaders to navigate multi-layered complexities to drive business outcomes.  Prior to entering the leadership development space, she enjoyed a 25-year career in the financial services industry at Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Her writing can be seen in Forbes, CEO World, Thrive Global, Addicted 2 Success, Medium, The Good Men Project, and LinkedIn. Kelli is an alumna of the University of Michigan – Residential College […]
- [Jake Fishbein](https://think-human.com/jake-fishbein/): Jake Fishbein, PPC Executive Coach & Facilitator, ThinkHuman Jake works with hundreds of leaders ranging from some of America’s largest companies to fast growth start-ups.  Jake specializes in supporting leaders to elevate working relationships, productively engage in challenging conversations, and build cultures that focus on long-term impact not just short-term results. Jake is one of the Forefront Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, and has worked as a Conflict Resolution Coach for record labels addressing band-member disunity.  He earned his CPP degree from IPEC, and is an ACE Certified Coach.  Prior to coaching and facilitating Jake worked in the COO and GM […]
- [Hector Hernandez](https://think-human.com/hector-hernandez/): Hector Hernandez Executive Coach, ThinkHuman Hector brings over 12 years of leadership development experience into his coaching and facilitation practice. Hector’s expertise makes him comfortable engaging with leaders of all levels. He brings a practical and earnest approach to his coaching.  He coaches leaders in both Fortune500 organizations and growth phase companies ranging from Nasdaq and Credit Suisse to Airbnb, GitHub, and Warby Parker.  Prior to coaching, Hector spent 10+ years developing Leaders at LinkedIn and Blend, and recently became an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University. Living in Stamford, CT, his true coaching skills are probably best challenged by his […]
- [AI Is Here And Its Not Waiting For Anyone To Catch Up](https://think-human.com/ai-is-here-and-its-not-waiting-for-anyone-to-catch-up/): AI Is Here – And It’s Not Waiting For Anyone To Catch-Up AI as a Leadership Multiplier: Four New Imperatives The question isn’t whether AI will change leadership. It’s whether leadership will rise to meet the moment. In a world of exponential complexity, the best leaders won’t just adopt AI—they’ll evolve with it. They’ll rethink how they make decisions, how they scale influence, and how they stay human while everything around them accelerates. This isn’t leadership automated. It’s leadership amplified. 1. Stretch Your Judgment Leadership has always been about navigating ambiguity and making calls with imperfect data. That hasn’t changed. […]
- [Stop Wasting Your Mid Year Check Ins](https://think-human.com/stop-wasting-your-mid-year-check-ins/): Stop Wasting Your Mid-Year Check-Ins In many organizations, mid-year goal check-ins are polite, predictable, and performative. They’re well-intentioned but rarely transformative. Leaders review a dashboard. Color-coded statuses are read out. A few nods, some vague encouragement—and then it’s back to business as usual. But in high-performing organizations, these check-ins are something else entirely: a critical recalibration point. A place where execution meets reflection. Where leadership shows up not in a polished plan, but in how we course-correct when things get messy. This isn’t about fixing the ritual. It’s about redesigning its purpose. Why the Mid-Year Check-In Fails to Deliver Mid-year […]
- [We Fixed The Performance Review and Broke Feedback](https://think-human.com/we-fixed-the-performance-review-and-broke-feedback/): We Fixed The Performance Review and Broke Feedback Let’s be honest: the traditional performance review had it coming. It was bureaucratic, backward-looking, and often more about ratings than real development. So companies scrapped it. But in the rush to be more human, the mission was missed. In many organizations today, they’ve traded rigid structure for comforting vagueness. Managers are encouraged to “check in”, but the hard conversations? They’re often sidestepped. Underperformance lingers, high performers get overburdened, and real growth conversations don’t actually happen. The pendulum has swung—from fear-based to coaching-lite. And neither is doing the job. The good news: some […]
- [How Leaders Can Build Resilient Teams in a World of Uncertainty](https://think-human.com/how-leaders-can-build-resilient-teams/): How Leaders Can Build Resilient Teams in a World of Uncertainty Organizations today are operating in a state of persistent instability. Supply chains shift overnight, political environments rattle confidence, and economic signals change by the quarter. The old model of “manage change, then return to normal” has collapsed. There is no return. There is only continuous adaptation.  In this new environment, resilience is no longer a personal trait—it’s a team capability. And the leaders who will succeed are not those who wait for clarity but those who can lead through ambiguity, keep teams focused in flux, and build structures that flex […]
- [Scaling Leadership: How to Escape the Execution Trap and Drive Enterprise Impact](https://think-human.com/scaling-leadership-how-to-escape-the-execution-trap-and-drive-enterprise-impact/): Scaling Leadership: How to Escape the Execution Trap and Drive Enterprise Impact Building Systems Instead of Solving Problems Executives advance by proving their ability to drive execution in their teams—jumping in to put out fires, overseeing operational decisions, and ensuring results get delivered. But as they rise, the very skills that propelled their careers can become constraints.  The shift to enterprise leadership is not about doing more managing—it’s about designing organizations that can operate effectively and scale without their direct involvement. If direct management is required for the business to run smoothly at an operational level, the real problem isn’t […]
- [HR Leaders Driving Business Performance](https://think-human.com/hr-leaders-driving-business-performance/): HR Leaders Driving Business Performance Are You Driving Business Performance & Potential HR and OD leaders have been evolving into key players at the executive table for years. However, like all business functions, HR experiences pendulum swings in focus, shifting between prioritizing culture-building and driving business impact. Today, with organizations facing rapid market shifts, economic pressures, and increasing demands for efficiency, the business-focused side of HR leadership is more critical than ever. This doesn’t mean abandoning a people-first approach. In fact, the best way to support employees in this climate is by ensuring HR is positioned as a key driver of […]
- [The Urgency Trap: How Delayed Decisions Are Quietly Undermining Your Business](https://think-human.com/the-urgency-trap-how-delayed-decisions-are-quietly-undermining-your-business/): The Urgency Trap: How Delayed Decisions Are Quietly Undermining Your Business In today’s high-pressure business landscape, leaders pride themselves on decisive action and agility. But too often, well-intentioned leaders inadvertently create disruption for their teams—not through poor intent, but through delayed communication and decision-making. Critical information isn’t shared in a timely manner. Certain decisions get postponed until they become urgent. And when leaders finally act, they unintentionally force their teams into last-minute scrambles, undermining efficiency, productivity, and results. This isn’t about bad leadership. It’s about a blind spot that even the most experienced leaders fall into: the failure to recognize […]
- [Shaping Collaboration in a Distributed Workforce](https://think-human.com/shaping-collaboration-in-a-distributed-workforce/): Shaping Collaboration in a Distributed Workforce Hybrid and remote work are the new standard. The game has changed for how to work together, and while there are benefits to this new approach, there are also challenges to fostering effective teamwork across locations. This blog post will explore the key strategies and skills for successful collaboration in a distributed work environment. This includes establishing a sense of ownership, honing your influencing skills, building authentic relationships, and resolving conflicts. Tune into our LinkedIn Live for a discussion on Shaping Collaboration in a Remote Workforce, hosted by Barbara Matthews Chief People Officer at Remote and Meredith Haberfeld (she/her) Founder & […]
- [A Different Way To Lead: Creating Space For Your People To Thrive](https://think-human.com/a-different-way-to-lead-creating-space-for-your-people-to-thrive/): A Different Way To Lead: Creating Space For Your People To Thrive Have you ever heard the phrase “Leaders are born, not made?”  Science doesn’t back it up. So what makes someone a good leader? Leading with heart has been especially important these last couple of years between the pandemic and civil unrest in the US. We’ve thought a lot about leadership throughout these stressful times. Now more than ever people leaders are expected to show their humanity, their empathy – it’s not business as usual. We cannot lead powerfully at times like this if we don’t embrace the human experience […]
- [Pride & Authenticity](https://think-human.com/blog-pride/): Pride & Authenticity By the ThinkHuman Team As we close out PRIDE month, we are reminded of The Stonewall Rebellion and how it galvanized the queer liberation movement. On the 52nd anniversary of the uprising we are in partnership and solidarity with our LGBTQA+ community for the fundamental rights to freedom and justice. In the decades since the Stonewall Rebellion we’ve had many reasons to celebrate Pride around the globe but we’re also cognizant of the fact that the LGBTQA+ community faces ongoing oppression and violence. Our hope and commitment is that in the not so distant future the norm is that love is […]
- [CULTURE + RITUALS](https://think-human.com/culture-rituals/): Rituals & Culture WRITTEN BY Fatma Ghedira & Amy Stewart When I travel the country as a facilitator for ThinkHuman, I get to hear some of the brightest leaders discuss how they’re creating thriving values-centered cultures, but when I’m down in the trenches with companies trying to create, scale, or fix their culture, they still feel a lot of confusion A core question is: how do we embed conceptual values and behavior in a culture? One answer: rituals. How Rituals Contribute to Culture What does the word “ritual” invoke in you? Maybe a religious holiday? Or a voodoo doll? Rituals are […]
- [HEAD + HEART](https://think-human.com/head-heart/): HEAD + HEART WRITTEN BY Marin Cohn, THINKHUMAN CONSULTANT + COACH If you’re like most people leaders, you struggle with how to inspire your employees to make lasting change. You have likely had your fair share of tough conversations and have seen your employees make commitments with the utmost sincerity. Yet, when something gets sticky, or when deadlines are tight, those commitments fall by the wayside and they revert to old habits. This story isn’t familiar only in the workplace. Anyone who has set a New Year’s Resolution and failed knows how hard it is to make a new behavior […]
- [A LEARNING MINDSET: CRITICAL CURRENCY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY](https://think-human.com/a-learning-mindset-critical-currency-for-the-21st-century/): A Learning Mindset: Critical Currency for the 21st century WRITTEN BY Marin Cohn, THINKHUMAN CONSULTANT + COACH In his latest book, Thank You for Being Late, Thomas Friedman argues that people are fairly adaptable. The problem, he says, is that our capacity to adapt is being outpaced by the ever faster-changing forces of technology. Everything keeps getting faster. We see this every day in our own work, and with the clients that we work with. The accelerating pace of change means that no longer are there any experts; to be at the cutting edge necessitates that everything you are doing is new. […]
- [Thinx: Your Company Culture is your Brand. Period.](https://think-human.com/thinx-your-company-culture-is-your-brand-period/): Thinx: Your Company Culture is your Brand. Period. Thinx is providing a beautiful case study for what can happen in an organization when your brand does not match the internal culture. WRITTEN BY JULIANE CORMAN, THINKHUMAN CONSULTANT + COACH Recently, there has been a good deal of buzz around Thinx, the company that brought us the moisture-wicking, absorbent underwear for women on their periods. Whether or not you’re of the menstruating gender, Thinx is providing a beautiful case study for what can happen in an organization when your brand does not match the internal culture. Leaders, take note. Along with […]
- [Spending 10 Minutes a Day on Mindfulness Subtly Changes the Way You React to Everything](https://think-human.com/spending-10-minutes-a-day-on-mindfulness-subtly-changes-the-way-you-react-to-everything/): Spending 10 Minutes a Day on Mindfulness Subtly Changes the Way You React to Everything ADAPTED FROM HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW Leaders across the globe feel that the unprecedented busyness of modern-day leadership makes them more reactive and less proactive. There is a solution to this hardwired, reactionary leadership approach: mindfulness. Mindfulness can help people create a one-second mental space between an event or stimulus and their response to it. Research has found that mindfulness training alters our brains and how we engage with ourselves, others, and our work. When practiced and applied, mindfulness fundamentally alters the operating system of the mind. […]
- [Uber's Culture Issues Stem from the Leadership](https://think-human.com/ubers-culture-issues-stem-from-the-leadership/): Uber’s Culture Issues Stem from the Leadership A myriad of scandals has propelled Uber and its company culture into the spotlight. Many are asking how this company culture developed. Written by Juliane Corman, ThinkHuman Consultant + Coach A myriad of scandals in the past few weeks has propelled Uber and its company culture into the spotlight. Let’s briefly review – sexual harassment has been reported to HR and not resolved, policies were apparently created to evade authorities where Uber was prohibited, Google has accused Uber of stealing intellectual property for self-driving cars…. the list goes on. These scandals have prompted many […]
- [Rockstar start-up culture conviction from PayPal](https://think-human.com/rockstar-start-up-culture-conviction-from-paypal/): Rockstar start-up culture conviction from PayPal “What are your top five priorities for the week?” “What are the top three objectives and key results you’re using to measure how you’re doing for the quarter?” These are pointed and tough questions from managers at work to help their teams prioritize and focus on achieving the most important accomplishments. For Peter Thiel, PayPal billionaire, famed entrepreneur and investor, these don’t nearly go far enough. As the founder of PayPal, Thiel developed an unorthodox, extreme philosophy on focus and prioritization. Instead of focusing on five things, or three things, for Thiel, the magic […]
- [High Performance Happy thoughts from Cliff Oxford](https://think-human.com/high-performance-happy-thoughts-from-cliff-oxford/): High Performance Happy Thoughts from Cliff Oxford HR Happy says we should do what pleases people, High Performance Happy says I will fight for every inch. Think of an olympic athlete jumping into the pool for those 4:30 am laps. The latter includes the understanding that we are on a mission bigger that any one of us. We find our happiness in being on a world class team that is making a difference. High Performance Happy means giving employees tremendous responsibility, and employees happily showing that they are the best. You don’t have to con them into doing things with a […]
- [Building your culture and your team with Andy Dunn](https://think-human.com/building-your-culture-and-your-team-with-andy-dunn/): Building your culture and your team with Andy Dunn From Andy Dunn, Founder and CEO Bonobos No one gave me a recipe for how to create company culture. I have been lucky to piece together the wisdom of many who have gone before me. I save the accumulated genius of what I have learned from them, in distilled form, for the end. Is culture revealed or created? Most of the time when you need something at a company, you make it. If you want to sell a product, you create it. If you need a head of marketing, you hire […]
- [Strengthening the Emotional Bond Between Your People and Your Company Culture](https://think-human.com/strengthening-the-emotional-bond-between-your-people-and-your-company-culture/): Strengthening the Emotional Bond Between Your People and Your Company Culture No one engages with something that they are simply told or lectured. People engage when they are actually asked to voice an opinion and be part of a conversation. Inviting people to participate is not the same as asking them to decide—it’s understood that the leadership team has to make sense of the discussion and come to a final decision. But your people’s participation creates emotional engagement. If it’s the regular course of business, then increasing employee’s emotional connection to the culture is all about creating as many moments […]
- [Google Goes Open Source With Culture](https://think-human.com/google-goes-open-source-with-culture/): Google Goes Open Source With Culture Just one more awesome step towards “making the world’s information universally accessible”. This month, Google launched its platform for the open sharing of ideas around culture and people-management. re:Work – the site’s moniker – is built on research-backed examples of how Google handles hiring, culture and anti-bias training, and shares free tools like internally-used slide decks and checklists. The site will also feature case studies of other great companies, a blog about new management trends, academic research, and plans to include conversations and insights with other companies on topics like hiring and “people analytics”. This exciting […]
- [Heroes, Story + Ritual](https://think-human.com/heroes-story-ritual/): Heroes, Story + Ritual These deeply embedded pieces of our societal cloth are fundamentally human and trump PowerPoint values decks every time. Cultures are built on stories and heroes. We use them to orient ourselves. The stories we tell — and our heroes and rituals — reflect the soul of an organization. This is where your company values are embedded. STORIESFolklore is the fertile soil of inspiration. What stories do you tell new team members at onboarding? What stories are told at a company meeting?Your vision should be core to these stories, as should your company’s higher purpose. It is […]
- [The art & science of creating strategy and unleashing change](https://think-human.com/the-art-science-of-creating-strategy-and-unleashing-change/): The art & science of creating strategy and unleashing change A crash course from Keith Yamashita Outlaw PowerPoint. Write down your vision as a story — with a beginning, middle, and end — to clarify what must change first. Don’t rely on words alone. Bring your thinking to life: Create an exhibit, use diagrams, prototype ideas. Make strategy an everyday act. The creation and re-creation of strategy shouldn’t be a process that you undertake only when budgets are due. Argue forcefully against your most dearly held hypotheses. Only then will you know if they stand up to scrutiny. Make decisions, […]
- [Marin Cohn](https://think-human.com/marin-cohn/): Marin Cohn Marin has worked as a strategic advisor to brands such as Verizon, Mondelez International, Marc Jacobs and Adidas for close to a decade. With her professional start in marketing, media and advertising, Marin worked as a Client lead, and has first hand experience of the impact of human dynamics in the workplace, including addressing, resolving and pre-empting conflict, negotiating in a manner that deepens relationships, and overseeing many-stake holder project management. Marin is known for creating collaborative working relationships across a wide array of internal departments and external partners. Born:NY, NY What did you want to become as […]
- [C-J Green](https://think-human.com/c-j-green/): C-J Green C-J is a Human Resources and Leadership Development who brings commercial expertise into her interactions and strength into her Executive Coaching.  She is recognised in the UK as a Face of the Vibrant Economy for her innovative leadership approach and commitment to elevating business through their people and their purpose. Passionately dedicated to encouraging business sustainability, her ability to draw out the best in organisations, teams and leaders yields tangible results. Constantly excited by new thinking, C-J is a life long learner with a desire to share that learning with others. C-J is also a Non-Executive for a […]
- [Randi Raskin Nash](https://think-human.com/randi-raskin-nash/): Randi Raskin Nash Recognized as an exceptional leader, manager, change agent, and coach, Randi has over 25 years business experience in diverse and progressively expanded leadership and managerial roles. In these complex and demanding positions, held largely at a global financial services firm, she developed significant experience and expertise creating and executing business strategy, managing global operations, leading projects, facilitating change, developing people, building teams, and synthesizing information to deliver outstanding results. Now pursuing her passion for seeing people reach their fullest potential, Randi works as a coach and facilitator, applying her expertise, experience, and strengths to help individuals and […]
- [James B. Rosseau, Sr.](https://think-human.com/james-b-rosseau-sr/): James B. Rosseau, Sr. James helps leaders achieve sustainable business and leadership growth. During his twenty years in leadership in companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Allstate, and LegalShield, James has created and guided high-performing teams through delivering double-digit growth, mergers and acquisitions, offshoring, outsourcing, startups and well over 300 partnerships. James holds an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, where he also serves as an Executive in Residence. Areas of Expertise include Leadership and Team Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Business to Business Sales, and Business Development. James received his formal coach training at International Coach Academy, […]
- [Melissa Brachfeld](https://think-human.com/melissa-brachfeld/): Melissa Brachfeld Melissa Brachfeld, SHRM-CP, is an experienced Leadership Trainer with a decade of experience designing and facilitating learning for a broad spectrum of topics. She is the founder and lead consultant at Transformational-Concepts, an organization that provides leadership training, instructional design services, executive coaching, and talent management consulting to organizations in the greater New York area. Melissa is a regular guest speaker on topics such as diversity in the workplace, transformational leadership, and career management for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the New York Public Library, NYU School of Professional Studies and the Women’s Leadership Network, among others. Melissa received her Bachelor’s […]
- [Shaun Sperling](https://think-human.com/shaun-sperling/): Shaun Sperling Shaun is a facilitator, coach and motivational speaker who is passionate about helping people become their most productive, aware and satisfied. Shaun works with companies, universities and organizations to help individuals and groups become more connected and more effective through his workshops and keynote addresses on topics including leadership, diversity & inclusion, and communication. Before becoming a speaker and coach, Shaun was an attorney specializing in commercial litigation. Throughout his career, Shaun has used storytelling and laughter to teach, connect and inspire. Fun facts Born: Chicago, ILAs a child, what did you want to become? A backup dancer for Madonna […]
- [MaryAnn Gonzalez](https://think-human.com/maryann-gonzalez/): MaryAnn Gonzalez MaryAnn brings executive leadership experience to her coaching and facilitation work.  She began her career in marketing and grew to support marketing and services for $8 billion dollars worldwide at AIG.    She was President of the Handel Group Corporate division, overseeing PL, business strategy and growth.   As an executive coach and facilitator, MaryAnn has supported teams and individuals to reach and sustain peak performance at corporate, government and not for profit institutions.  She has supported succession planning, has performed comprehensive assessment to identify individual potential and problem areas within executive teams, conducted interviews and provided analysis to […]
- [Meredith Haberfeld](https://think-human.com/meredith-haberfeld/): Meredith Haberfeld ThinkHuman CEO, Meredith Haberfeld, has 15-plus years of experience as a consultant to fast-growth organizations—think Spotify, Goldman Sachs and SoulCycle. She’s conducted original research on employee engagement, and she’s best known for her intuitive and transformative work with executives, entrepreneurs and their teams. Meredith teaches at top educational institutions (Pace University, Equinox Fitness, The Esalen Institute and others) and is a frequent expert for media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNBC, CNN, Forbes and MTV. Meredith’s professional journey, though, began with a degree in molecular biochemistry from Reed College, where we was […]
- [5 standout examples of Netflix’s fantastic culture](https://think-human.com/5-standout-examples-of-netflixs-fantastic-culture/): 5 standout examples of Netflix’s fantastic culture 1. Adequate Performance Gets a Generous Severance Package. Nothing kills a company quicker than mediocre co-workers, and this is especially true at a start-up where there is tremendous pressure to hire key personnel. Think about a 20-person start-up with one bad employee. That translates to 5% of your workforce being ineffective, so that one person can really wreak havoc. Hiring mistakes will happen, and you need to take quick action. That being said, handle these terminations with class and grace. [with a clear feedback and the right support so they can turn it […]

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- [Executive Coaching](https://think-human.com/coaching/executive-coaching/): Executive Coaching for Leaders Who Want More ThinkHuman coaches help executives cut through noise, unlock clarity, and lead with confidence.Whether it’s elevating presence, navigating complexity, or shaping culture, we get leaders’ results that last. Why Leaders Choose ThinkHuman Impact that shows up fast – clearer vision, stronger teams, better decisions Coaches who’ve been there – trusted by leaders at Spotify, Goldman Sachs, Philips, and more Tailored to you – every session is customized to your goals, challenges, and leadership journey The Experience While there is not a single right way to approach professional or personal growth, there is an optimal […]
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- [Home](https://think-human.com/): Unleashing the Soul of your Business Rally Individuals, Electrify Cultures, & Deliver Breakthrough Performance We’re a collective of senior executives turned coaches, united by a mission to ignite transformation where it matters most — in your people. Through leadership training, executive coaching, and team offsites, we help organizations move from good to extraordinary. Training Coaching Our Mission Is to bring forth leadership at all levels, embolden authenticity & catalyze high performance with a high purpose. Our Vision is a world where people live fiercely – with openness, self-expression, freedom, integrity and personal power. Our Values 01 BE THE RENEGADE YOU […]
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