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Meet Misti

Misti is one of the most down-to-earth people you’ll meet… she is an award-winning author, entrepreneur & innovator. Her work has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR), in the Washington Business Journal, and the Huffington Post, just to name a few. Nearly fifteen years ago, Misti started her career with a passion for helping young and seasoned professionals understand how to communicate effectively with one another – today, her groundbreaking work is about helping leaders reveal the talent hidden within their team.

Misti’s Latest Book

PROVOKING GREATNESS – When complacency and survival have overtaken a thriving and effective team, you have three choices: ignore their gifts, address them poorly, or leverage the gifts that are shared in Provoking Greatness and discover how to unleash the hidden potential in your team when it matters most.

Current And Past Happy Clients

“Through the power of listening and summarizing situations, Misti has an uncanny way of motivating not just you but your whole team!”

Susan Malone

Executive Director, Wide Angle Youth Media

“Working with Misti Burmeister will be one of the best decisions you have ever made as a leader. She helped me integrate new behaviors and thought processes to bolster my overall leadership presence.”

Kevin Frick

Professor and Dean, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business

Recent Posts

Don’t Miss Out On The Leadership Opportunity The Coronavirus Is Offering

by Misti Burmeister | Sep 7, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 0 Comments

The opportunity is before us… Leadership is needed NOW more than ever. A senior vice president of HR shared about a meeting she had with her executive team yesterday… "Misti, everybody was sitting around the table looking at each other, unsure what to do. Finally, I...

5 Questions To Break Down Team Silos And Increase Collaboration

by Misti Burmeister | Aug 24, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 0 Comments

With the golf club in my hands, I bent down ever-so-slightly to align myself with the ball. Five feet across his office floor, Tom laid down a trash basket, which I was aiming for. As I took shot after shot (missing nearly all of them… Hey, it’s just not my sport!),...

Creating Psychological Safety in Uncertain Times, Here’s How, Guest Post by Danielle Oakley, PhD

by Misti Burmeister | Aug 10, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 0 Comments

The moment is still etched in my mind. The sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. The lump in my throat. My opinion didn’t matter. My degree wasn’t good enough. My experience was irrelevant. Remember to breathe, I told myself. Let me set the scene... It was the...