A Deep Bow of Gratitude

It is with great honor and pride that I share with you my brilliant and generous teachers who have influenced my developmental path as a professional leadership coach over the last fifteen years. It is on their shoulders that I stand, with great gratitude and a deep bow.

— Joy Crews Lubeck · July 2026

Doug Silsbee

Founder of Presence-Based Coaching, Author

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Nancy Kline

Founder of Time to Think, Author

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Dr. Beatrice Chestnut

The Enneagram

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Dr. Brené Brown

Researcher and Author on Leadership

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Dr. Peter Hawkins

Systemic Team Coaching

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Marshall Goldsmith

Leadership Coach, Author, Speaker

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Simon Sinek

Leadership, Speaker, Author

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Richard Strozzi-Heckler

PhD in Psychology; Researcher, Teacher, Author; Seventh-degree black belt Shihan in Aikido

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Dr. Rick Hanson

Psychologist, Author, Lecturer

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Bob Anderson and William Adams

Authors; Founders, Leadership Circle Profile

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Barbara Spencer Singer

Leadership Coach, Author

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Shirzad Chamine

Positive Intelligence

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C. Otto Scharmer

Theory U

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Dr. Judith Glaser

Conversational Intelligence

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Hal Gregersen

Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD

Researcher and Author on Trauma

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Amanda Blake

Master Somatic Leadership Coach

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Dr. Daniel Siegel, MD

Author and Researcher on Mindsight

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Nicholas Janni

Leadership Coach, Author, Actor

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Anna Pool and Marjorie Parker

Leadership Coaches, Authors

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Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey

Adult Development · Immunity to Change

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Vietnamese Monk and Peace Activist

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Viktor E. Frankl

Austrian Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher, and Holocaust Survivor

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