ANDRÉ MARTIN
Exclusively represented by BrightSight Speakers, André Martin, PhD, has held key senior leadership, advisory, and board roles dedicated to employee engagement and culture in some of the biggest consumer brands in the world including Target, Nike, Google, Mars Incorporated, and Disney. Whether his teams were unleashing the potential of Target’s 350,000 employees by helping to build a more purpose-driven culture, activating a consumer-focused digital transformation at Nike by delivering a more value-driven, leader-led culture, or building a principle-led culture at Mars that resulted in five consecutive Gallup Great Place to Work awards, André’s mission has always been to help make make growth companies as engaging as the consumer brands they create. When he isn’t helping companies thrive, Andre is a guest lecturer at top universities on design thinking and innovation, a committed husband and father of two wonderful children, an owner of a sustainable mushroom farm in the Ozark Mountains, and can otherwise be found hiking the rain-soaked trails around Portland with his two english labs (Bode and the Fonz).
We often misattribute collective confidence, deeming it a direct result of past performance success alone. Across contexts, we have become accustomed to over-inflating the importance of a winning streak on future outcomes. Yes, past success is important, but it is only one of a number of inputs that create higher levels of collective confidence.
The power of a group lies not just in the skills of individual members, but in the shared belief that they can achieve greatness together. Collective confidence is the fuel that drives teams to outperform expectations, persist through adversity, and innovate in the face of challenges.
We are in the midst of a crisis of commitment in the workplace—organizations are searching for engaged employees (“talent”) and employees are looking for a place to thrive. Both are struggling. If we fit, we hum, we connect, we create momentum and produce high-value work with grace and ease
1-3 day leadership experiences that are created to help leaders see the touchpoints they have with their talent and ensure that each one creates higher and higher levels of engagement, commitment, energy and inspiration.
Being a leader is darn near impossible. The higher you go, the fewer people you have to turn to for advice, insight, a hip check, or some tough love. We are there for you. Our approach is to help you remember who you are and what you value, ensure you are creating harmony between how you work and the calendar that directs your every day, and aid you in creating a high-performing team.
In the hybrid world we are living in, the bar has been raised on how and when we gather. With years of experience convening groups large and small, we are able to create spaces and experiences that connect your talent to your purpose, your strategy, each other, and to the world. We sweat the small details and view every moment through the eyes of the talent–who they are, what they need, and how we can help them deepen their dedication to your company.
The future of work is a misnomer. We need better ways of working right now. Done well, they will continue to evolve with us. We believe work emerges by creating the space for something different, right now. By combining a company’s “secret sauce” and the brilliance of their talent, we uncover the obstacles to making work less work, and help you to close the gap with innovative and “just for you” ideas. We are experts in employee onboarding, engagement, performance management, talent development, succession planning, and many other human capital areas in need of some reinvention.
Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever
How do we make work, less work? We are in the midst of a crisis of commitment in the workplace—organizations are searching for engaged employees (“talent”) and employees are looking for a place to thrive. Both are struggling. What if the issue isn’t good or bad culture, but the fit between our ideal way of working day-to-day and that of the companies we join.