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Leanne Meyer

Enthusiast · DISC type i
Faculty Director: Carnegie Mellon Executive Leadership Academy at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business
📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Leanne Meyer is an Executive Educator at Carnegie Mellons Tepper School of Business, focusing on leadership identity transitions. An accomplished author and keynote speaker with over 30 years of experience, she helps high-performing individuals move from expert to enterprise leader. She holds a BA from the University of Johannesburg.

Originally from South Africa, Leannes international background informs her perspective on leadership and navigating new environments. She is passionate about empowering people to claim their worth and stand firm in their values, a mission that drives her both professionally and personally.

Her bestselling book, "Climbing the Spiral Staircase, " offers actionable, evidence-based strategies for women to accelerate their career success.

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Experience
33 Years
Current Role
Faculty Director: Carnegie Mellon Executive Leadership Academy
Job Level
Senior
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Personality Overview

How Leanne shows up

Amiable & Agreeable
Optimistic
Consensus Focused

They tend to be agreeable by nature, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.
 Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They prefer to build relationships rather than staying totally transactional.

Priorities

Topics Leanne cares about

Women's Leadership
She wrote a bestselling book on career navigation for women and directs an award-winning Leadership and Negotiation Academy for Women at Carnegie Mellon.
Leadership Transitions
Her work is centered on guiding leaders through critical career stages, specifically the transition from a functional expert to an enterprise-level influencer.
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Career

Work history

5-2014
Faculty Director: Carnegie Mellon Executive Leadership Academy
Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business
8-2017 - 2-2022
Executive Director, Accelerate Leadership Center
Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business
9-2020
Faculty, Masters in Medical Management
Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
2-2022
Founder, Keynote Speaker & Executive Coach
Leanne Meyer
3-2023
Board Member
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In the press

Media appearances

94 Leanne Meyer - Author & Executive Leadership Coach. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Tepper Reads Fall 2021 Podcast #2 - Leanne Meyer. Featured in Tepper Reads (Libsyn)
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Education
BA
University of Johannesburg
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

i

Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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