ZANDER GRASHOW, FOUNDER & CEO

As one of the co-authors and pioneers of the Adaptive Leadership methodology, Zander has made it his mission to give everyone, everywhere the ability to evolve their life and life’s work. 

For the past 25 years, Zander has been a confidential advisor, leadership strategist, and organizational consultant to presidents, CEOs, entrepreneurs, activists, and change agents in their most transformative moments.

Zander has shaped the leadership and trajectory of organizations like Google, TED, HBO, IBM, Rockefeller Foundation, and multiple Presidential administrations. He has lectured at Harvard Kennedy School, New York University, Duke Corporate Education, Georgetown, and many other institutions across the country. Zander’s impact and recognized authority as a leadership practitioner reaches across global business, philanthropic, entrepreneurial and creative communities.

In 2009, Zander co-authored the renowned book The Practice of Adaptive Leadership and the Harvard Business Review article “Leadership in a (Permanent Crisis).” He founded Adaptive Leadership+ with a deep commitment to sharing this renowned change framework with those who need it most.

Known for his delivery of truth and grace, Zander is a master facilitator whose genre-defining programs blend creativity, pragmatism, and experiential learning.  The ability to hold and navigate the complexity facing audiences within themselves and in their contexts requires a dexterity, improvisation, and fortitude that matches the needs and ambitions present.

An artist at heart, Zander treats music as medicine and has been prescribing and self-medicating for years. He is usually the first to laugh and the last to leave the dance floor.

Zander is a champion for the unfinished, a fountain of creative goodness, and is always willing to follow a great idea wherever it takes him.