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Nicole Pavelka

Examiner · DISC type cs
Founder at Leadership by Design Academy
📍 Manhattan Beach, California, United States

Nicole Pavelka is a brand executive and leadership architect who combines strategy, design, and human development to help senior leaders navigate complexity. A Certified Professional Coach with a Master of Fine Arts, people she has worked with describe her as empowering, insightful, and authentic.

Drawing from two decades of experience shaping global brands like BMW and Rolls-Royce, she is also a published author. Her work focuses on helping high-achieving professionals increase their performance through emotional and creative intelligence, preventing burnout and enhancing vitality.

Unique fact: She wrote an Amazon bestselling book titled "SUPERCHARGED - How I turned Exhaustion into Vitality" to help people in creative professions.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Nicole shows up

Unexpressive
Status Quo Seeker
Late Adopter

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. They are always well-planned and adopt a systematic approach. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Nicole cares about

Leadership Architecture
Her work focuses on structuring leadership, helping executives elevate their thinking, clarify purpose, and make well-informed decisions.
Future of Mobility
As the former VP of Brand and Marketing at Apex. AI, she is engaged in topics like autonomous driving and the future of mobility systems.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Founder
Leadership by Design Academy
3-2022
VP, Brand and Marketing
Apex.AI
10-2016
Certified Professional Coach for Leadership and Personal Development
Nicole Pavelka Coaching and Consulting
3-2011 - 8-2014
Founding Partner, Managing Director, Creative Director
Designbüro Pavelka & Weiß
1-2009
Founder
Starter Kid
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2016 - 2017
Certified Professional Coach (CPC)
iPEC Coaching
2001 - 2005
Master of Fine Arts - MFA
Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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