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The Leadership Collective LLC

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Where Strategy and Leadership Unite - Growth Begins Here.

Services

Our holistic service offerings start with leaders, span to teams, and, by design, create breakthrough organizational performance.

Find FlowElevate Your TeamRaise YourLeadershipGame360 DEGREE TRANSFORMATIVE FEEDBACK

A Coaching Partnership That Stands Apart

Over the course of my career, I’ve worked with many coaches, but JB truly stands apart. She brings together cutting-edge research, deep humanity, and a sharp understanding of my strengths and needs in any given moment. At every inflection point in my career, JB has been my first call. She has helped me successfully bring together new leadership teams, consistently drawing out the unique strengths of individuals to elevate collective performance.

Amy Brachio, CEO, Carbon Measures

Clarity and Courage in the Moments That Matter

I worked with JB through one of our company's most strategic and complex transformations, and her leadership coaching was a defining factor in our success. She helped me become a more attuned, grounded leader, and guided our team to find ourselves collectively without losing who we were individually. Had we not invested in this work from the start, we would not have had the alignment or courage to lead the organization to a better place.

Robert Gobert, VP, Business Transformation Finance

Deeply Tailored, in the Flow of Work

Working with JB has been game changing. Her coaching is exceptionally tailored - she immerses herself in the realities of my business, understands the nuances of my team, and coaches directly in the flow of my work. She helped me evolve my leadership to meet the expectations of new generations and the accelerating demands of the AI sector. JB brings a rare balance of inner‑game depth and outer‑game precision.

Matt Alexander, Premier Account Leader for a leading Fortune 100 multinational technology and innovation company

A Distinctive, High-Impact Coaching Experience

I’ve completed leadership programs around the world, but none matched the personal and professional impact of my six months with JB. She cut straight to the heart of the emotions and behaviors holding me back, helping me shift deeply rooted mindsets and find a level of inner peace that transformed how I lead. I felt fully supported and always left our sessions able to put insights into practical action - ultimately able to just ‘be.’ I cannot recommend her highly enough.

Craig Glinderman, Global Consulting Strategy & Industries Leader
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Raise Your
Leadership Game

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Elevate Your Team

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Find Flow

 JB Smith Christy Marshall Dr. Robert Kegan Dr. Ruth Wageman Dr. Andrew White Amy Felix-Reese

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"The smartest person in the room is the room."
- David Weinberger

Our Philosophy

We believe in the power of the collective -

  • collective purpose,
  • collective leadership,
  • and collective spirit.

Change doesn’t happen in theory; it happens in the work itself - where leaders and teams navigate complexity, and move forward - together.

At The Leadership Collective, we turn collective effort into a growth engine - expanding what leaders are capable of and how far organizations can go.

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Services

Tailored Just For You.

We understand every business is unique.
The Leadership Collective provides tailored solutions that address your specific needs and challenges, ensuring maximum impact.

Our holistic service offerings start with leaders, span to teams, and, by design, create breakthrough organizational performance.

ELEVATE YOUR TEAMRAISE YOUR LEADERSHIP GAMEFIND FLOWMAXIMUM IMPACT
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Elevate Your TeamatThe Elevate Studio

A six-month strategy-led, human-powered experience for leadership teams charged with turning a vision into action. The result?

Strategy Realized.

The Leadership Collective's distinctive evidence-based approach is delivered in the flow of your most important work. It blends executive coaching with immersive team workshops to build clarity, confidence and alignment—empowering your team to make a lasting impact.

Core Elements

  • Team Assessments
  • Key Stakeholder Interviews
  • Compelling Team Purpose
  • Strategy Realized Playbook
  • Team Momentum Workshops
  • 1:1 Executive and Team Coaching
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Raise Your Leadership GamewithExecutive Coaching

The Leadership Collective’s signature executive coaching engagement is crafted for leaders ready to raise their game. Through a tailored, insight-rich experience, we help individuals tap into their authentic leadership style and unlock breakthrough performance.

Leaders emerge with a renewed sense of clarity and inspiration - with a deeper connection to purpose, and the presence to lead with greater intention and impact.

Core Elements

  • Leadership Circle 360° Assessment
  • Stakeholder Feedback Interviews
  • Purpose & Values Alignment
  • Tailored Change Experiments
  • Personalized Leadership Playbook
  • 1:1 Executive Coaching Sessions
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Find FlowthroughVitality & Wellbeing

When leaders prioritize their wellbeing, they unlock a deeper capacity to adapt, inspire, and fuel momentum. More than a wellness solution, Find Flow helps leaders find strength from within.

Movement, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, nutrition and more support leaders in staying grounded, energized, and aligned with their purpose. Because the pace of leadership demands more than stamina. It demands wholeness.

Core Elements

  • Vitality Assessment
  • Mindfulness Practices
  • Group Fitness
  • Wellbeing Routines
  • Breathwork & Meditation
  • 1:1 Wellness Coaching

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"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
— Paulo Coelho

Our Team & Luminary Board

Our seasoned team and luminary board are made up of thought leaders with diverse backgrounds to meet your unique needs. We bring the best minds together so you can tap into our collective intelligence while we tap into your collective wisdom.

Working together we will co-create innovative and research-backed solutions that elevate performance and drive results.

JB Smith

JB Smith

Founder & CEO

JB is a globally recognized thought-leader in the leadership and transformation space.

She creates the conditions for leaders and teams to thrive by turning collective potential into lasting impact.

Christy Marshall

Christy Marshall

Chief Wellbeing Officer

Christy is a sought-after wellness coach and pilates/yoga instructor - she helps leaders develop thriving practices to lead well and live well.

Dr. Robert Kegan

Dr. Robert Kegan

Luminary Board Member

Chief Knowledge Officer,
Minds at Work
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World-Renowned Thought Leader on Human and Leadership Development

Dr. Ruth Wageman

Dr. Ruth Wageman

Luminary Board Member

Co-Founder, 6 Team Conditions
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International Authority on
Team Effectiveness

Dr. Andrew White

Dr. Andrew White

Luminary Board Member

CEO, Transcend Space
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Global Strategy, Leadership & Transformation Thought Leader

Amy Felix-Reese

Amy Felix-Reese

Luminary Board Member

Managing Director, Leadership Circle
North America
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Leading Edge Thinker in Vertical Development and Integral Leadership

Luminary Resources

Our work is tailored - but never accidental

The Leadership Collective's Luminary Resources showcase the evidence-based thinking behind our offerings and the voices of our Luminary Board.

Explore the ideas that fuel lasting impact - and envision what we can build together

Leadership Circle Profile

Leadership Assessment

360 Degree Transformative Feedback Immunity to Change map

Immunity to Change Map

A Fresh Approach to Creating Lasting Change 6 Team Conditions

Team Diagnostic

What REALLY Sets Leadership Teams up for Success

360 Degree Transformative Feedback

Real, lasting change doesn’t come from trying harder or adding more skills. It comes from understanding - and shifting - the internal patterns that shape how leaders and teams think, decide, and act.

The Leadership Circle Profile® supports this fresh approach by making visible the hidden beliefs, habits, and assumptions that drive leadership behavior, especially under pressure. By pairing self-reflection with candid stakeholder feedback, it creates the awareness required for meaningful transformation.

Leadership Circle Profile

Leadership Assessment

In our Executive Coaching work, the Leadership Circle Profile helps leaders uncover what is truly shaping their leadership impact - revealing both strengths to build on and patterns that may be limiting scale, influence, or presence.

For Leadership Teams, it provides a shared, evidence-based view of a team's collective leadership brand, allowing teams to address misalignment, decision friction, and reactive behaviors at the root - so strategy can move from intention to action.

The Profile also plays a critical role in our Find Flow wellbeing offering, where lasting change depends on more than mindset alone. By illuminating how stress, reactivity, and internal pressure show up in leadership behavior, leaders gain insight into where regulation, recovery, and new routines are needed to support sustained performance.

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A Fresh Approach to Creating Lasting Change

Many leaders and teams know what they want to change—but still find themselves stuck.

Immunity to Change, developed by Dr. Robert Kegan and Dr. Lisa Lahey, offers a powerful and practical way to understand why change is hard and how to move beyond it.

The Immunity to Change map in four columns: the change goal I am committed to; what I am doing or not doing that works against that goal; what I am worried about, and the hidden commitments underneath; and the big assumptions that hold those commitments in place. Framework by Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey, illustrated by Rosi.
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Immunity to Change Map

Rather than focusing on motivation or willpower, this approach reveals the hidden commitments and assumptions that quietly work against even our best intentions. These internal patterns often operate below awareness, creating an “immunity” that protects us from perceived risk—but also keeps us from growing.

Using a simple, visual framework, leaders and teams explore:

  1. The change goal they are genuinely committed to
  2. The behaviors that unintentionally work against that goal
  3. The underlying commitments driving those behaviors
  4. The big assumptions shaping how they see themselves, others, and risk

By making these patterns visible, leaders gain insight, choice, and the ability to test new ways of thinking and acting—safely, deliberately, and in the flow of real work. For individuals, this leads to deeper self-awareness, adaptability, and sustainable behavior change.

For teams, it builds shared understanding, trust, and the collective capacity to change how the team operates—not just what it delivers.

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What REALLY Sets Leadership Teams up for Success

Research by team effectiveness expert Dr. Ruth Wageman shows that great leadership teams don’t succeed because of personality, chemistry, or good intentions.

They succeed when the right conditions are deliberately put in place. Her work identifies 6 conditions that reliably drive leadership team effectiveness—grouped into 3 Foundations and 3 Enablers.

6 Team Conditions: the science and art of great teams

Team Diagnostic

The 3 Foundations (What Must Be True)

These conditions create the structural integrity a leadership team needs to perform.

1. A Real TeamThe team is clearly defined, stable, and interdependent. Members know who is on the team, why it exists, and that success depends on collective - not individual - effort.

2. A Compelling DirectionThe team has a clear, shared purpose and a small set of priorities that matter. The direction is meaningful, challenging, and focused on real impact.

3. The Right PeopleThe team has the right mix of skills, perspectives, authority, and experience to do the work—without unnecessary complexity or role confusion.

The 3 Enablers (How the Team Succeeds)

These conditions enable teams to turn purpose and structure into action.

4. Sound StructureDecision rights, roles, norms, and ways of working are clear - so the team can make progress without friction or delay.

5. Supportive ContextThe broader organization provides the information, resources, incentives, and support the team needs to succeed.

6. Team CoachingOngoing coaching helps the team reflect, adapt, and improve how it works together - especially as challenges and stakes increase.

The Leadership Collective's Elevate Studio is designed around these six conditions - helping leadership teams move beyond alignment conversations to real, sustained performance. Through team assessments, stakeholder input, immersive workshops, and coaching delivered in the flow of real work, we help teams:

  • Clarify purpose and strategic direction
  • Strengthen decision-making and execution
  • Build trust, accountability, and collective leadership capacity
  • Create momentum that lasts beyond the engagement

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Let’s Work Together.

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