Bio
Josh’s mission is to empower impactful leaders. The son of two teachers, he has integrated this spirit of helping others achieve their fullest potential throughout his career.After graduation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he developed programming to support students and young alumni at the UNC General Alumni Association. He then helped recruit senior leaders in the sports industry as an executive recruiter for a boutique sports consulting business.Josh began his management career after graduating with an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business as CEO at real estate startup Domo Life. As one of TransLoc’s earliest employees, Josh served as director of business development and director of strategy and partnerships, generating revenue to fund company operations and creating relationships to better meet the needs of their clients.Josh interviewed the best minds in the mobility space to identify what was needed to achieve an equitable, accessible, and verdant mobility future as host of The Movement Podcast. He collected some of this wisdom into a leadership framework, Leadership Upside Down, as well as an e-book Starting a Mission-Driven Podcast: Nine Questions to Ask Before You Get Started.In his spare time, Josh coaches youth soccer and writes two newsletters, Leadership Give and Take and Upside Down Job Search. He also roasts his own coffee and smokes his own NC-style barbecue.
Coaching
I help people find the way forward in their careers, either within their current role or in a new role.Life can suck if you’re stuck in your own head. That’s why you need someone that you can talk to, to process things, to force you to articulate what’s rattling around in your brain.If you have a trusted friend, family member, or colleague in your life that can serve this role, then you may not need me. But if you don’t or if you want another perspective, I can help.I approach my coaching practice a little differently than most. Instead of meeting in a formal environment, we move together while we talk. I’ve found that walking and talking helps facilitate openness in conversations and stimulates our brains in ways that a traditional environment does not.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵:✶ Career changes
✶ Personal effectiveness within organizations
✶ Leadership development
✶ Organizational development𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲:➸ We must accept the control we have over our lives, while acknowledging forces beyond our control.
➸ We need a compelling vision for our future selves that we should share with others.
➸ We should seek to give back when successful AND when struggling.
➸ Being curious is a great way to avoid boredom, conflict, and roadblocks.
➸ Leadership matters and that nothing replaces clear direction, values, and decisiveness.
➸ That 𝑬𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 is a powerful concept.𝗠𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:Ari Weinzweig
Sanyin Siang
Greg McKeown
Shawn Achor
Jes Averhart
Clayton Christensen
Nick Tasler
Nilofer Merchant
Liz Gilbert
Marshall Goldsmith
Jocko Willink
Alexander Hamilton (as drawn by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Eric Hannan
Brené Brown
James Clear
Cal Newport
Contact
Please get in touch if I can help you with coaching or speaking.
Thank you
Thanks for reaching out! In the meantime, please check out some of my biweekly newsletter Leadership Give and Take!