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In these events, featured interviews, and podcast appearances, Martin Dubin explores the ideas behind Blindspotting, shares real-world insights on leadership blindspots, and dives into the psychology of personal and professional growth.
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Second City Works presents Getting to Yes, And: Leadership Blindspots with Martin Dubin
On Getting to Yes, And, Martin Dubin explores how blindspots affect leadership and organizational culture. In conversation with the Second City Works team, he shares insights from his book Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader and his experience as a psychologist and coach. The discussion highlights how leaders can recognize when strengths turn into liabilities, identify patterns they may overlook, and create more adaptive, human-centered workplaces.
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Career Contessa: 6 Leadership Blindspots + How to Avoid Them
On Career Contessa, Martin Dubin breaks down the six most common leadership blindspots and explores why high-achieving professionals are often the most vulnerable to them. In this episode, Marty shares practical strategies from his book Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader to help listeners recognize blindspots early, strengthen their leadership skills, and avoid costly pitfalls on the path to career growth.
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The Accidental Trainer: Tweak Your Blindspots, Discover Breakthroughs with Marty Dubin
On The Accidental Trainer podcast, Martin Dubin joins host Lisa Spinelli to unpack how leaders can uncover the hidden blindspots that hold them back. Drawing from his book Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader, Marty explains how strengths can become liabilities when overused, why awareness is key to growth, and how small mindset shifts can lead to major breakthroughs in leadership and professional development.
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WHPC – Secrets of Success
Martin Dubin joins Secrets of Success, the long-running business and leadership program from WHPC 90.3 FM, to discuss the ideas behind his new book Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader. In the conversation, Martin explores how even experienced leaders can miss the subtle traits and habits that limit their effectiveness—and what it takes to build the self-awareness needed to grow.
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The WealthAbility Show: Everything You’re Missing in Your Business
Martin Dubin joins The WealthAbility Show with Tom Wheelwright, CPA, to discuss Blindspotting. The conversation dives into how blind spots can undermine even the strongest leaders, why self-awareness is a critical business skill, and how recognizing hidden patterns can unlock growth, clarity, and long-term success.
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Change Wired: Blindspotting and the Hidden Costs of Overused Strengths
On this episode of Change Wired, Martin Dubin explores how a leader’s greatest strengths can sometimes become their greatest liabilities. Drawing from his book Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader, he shares insights on how overusing certain traits can create blindspots, and offers practical strategies for bringing balance, awareness, and authenticity to leadership.
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Why Strengths Become Weaknesses — Martin Dubin on The Art of Charm Podcast
On this episode of The Art of Charm, Martin discusses how the very traits that fuel success can also undermine it when overused. Drawing from his new book he explores the paradox of “superstrengths,” why self-awareness is essential to leadership, and how to recognize when confidence, curiosity, or ambition might be getting in the way.
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NPR’s Think – Blindspotting and the Psychology of Leadership Blind Spots
Martin Dubin joins host Krys Boyd on Think, NPR’s flagship interview program from KERA in Dallas, for a deep-dive conversation about his new book, Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader. The nationally broadcast episode will explore how personal traits—when overused—can become hidden liabilities, and why self-awareness is central to effective leadership.
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BRILLIANT Podcast: Facing Blindspots in Leadership with Martin Dubin
On this episode of BRILLIANT with Tristan Ahumada, Martin Dubin, author of Blindspotting: How To See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader, explores how our deepest blindspots—emotional, personal, and even generational—can shape the way we lead. Through storytelling, reflection, and candid conversation, he shares how embracing what’s unspoken can help leaders grow with purpose, heal old patterns, and unlock more authentic leadership.
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Daily Creative Podcast: Preventing Hidden Sabotage at Work
In this insightful conversation on Daily Creative, host Todd Henry sits down with Martin “Marty” Dubin—executive coach, clinical psychologist, and author of Blindspotting—to explore how blind spots can sabotage even the most accomplished leaders. Drawing from his six-part framework (motives, traits, emotion, intellect, behavior, identity), Marty reveals how unchecked strengths can quietly morph into liabilities and how self-awareness must evolve alongside leadership roles.
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IVY Podcast – Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader
Martin Dubin joins the IVY Podcast to share key insights from his book Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader. In this conversation, hosted by IVY’s leadership learning platform, Martin explores how hidden habits and unexamined traits can quietly limit even the most accomplished professionals.
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Silicon Valley Change Change – How to Identify Leadership Blind Spots and Boost Your Effectiveness
In this episode of SV Change, Martin Dubin joins the conversation to unpack the psychology behind blind spots—those often-overlooked behaviors and traits that serve us most of the time, but quietly undermine leadership when left unchecked. He shares how subtle but strategic tweaks—like recognizing emotional triggers or soliciting honest feedback—can dramatically elevate leadership effectiveness.
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Do Good to Lead Well Podcast: Unveiling Leadership Blind Spots
In this episode of Do Good to Lead Well, host Craig Dowden speaks with Martin Dubin about the psychology behind leadership blind spots and the ideas explored in his new book, Blindspotting. Their conversation covers the six types of blind spots, the role of identity in leadership transitions, emotional awareness, and how frameworks like SBI can foster more authentic, feedback-driven cultures.
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FranklinCovey On Leadership – The Blindspots Holding You Back
In this episode of FranklinCovey’s On Leadership, clinical psychologist turned entrepreneur Marty Dubin joins host Scott Miller to explore the hidden patterns that quietly limit even the most successful leaders. Drawing from his background in therapy and business—and offering a preview of insights from his upcoming book Blindspotting—Marty breaks down how strengths can become liabilities, how to spot the subtle signals of a blind spot, and what it really takes to lead with self-awareness.
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Lead From the Heart – Uncovering the Hidden Blind Spots That Hold Leaders Back
In this episode of Lead From the Heart, host Mark C. Crowley speaks with clinical psychologist and Blindspotting author Martin Dubin about the hidden traits and habits that quietly undermine leadership effectiveness. Drawing from decades of coaching senior executives, Martin explains why blind spots often emerge at the height of success—when leaders stop asking hard questions and teams stop pushing back. Martin also reflects on how early life experiences shape leadership styles—and what it takes to rewrite long-held patterns.
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FUTUREPROOF. – The Hidden Habits That Sabotage Your Leadership
In this episode of FUTUREPROOF., Martin Dubin joins the conversation to reveal how even the most experienced leaders can be tripped up by habits they don’t fully see—or understand. Drawing from his book Blindspotting, Martin breaks down six types of leadership blind spots and explains why our greatest strengths can quietly become our biggest liabilities. The conversation explores what causes high performers to stumble, how personal identity shapes leadership behavior, and why old patterns often show up in new roles.
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ProCO360 – We All Have Performance Blind Spots
In this episode of ProCO360, host Dave Tabor sits down with Martin Dubin, psychologist, executive coach, and author of Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader. Martin shares insights from his coaching work and introduces the Blindspotting assessment, a tool designed to surface the hidden traits that can hinder effectiveness, especially in high-stakes roles. The conversation touches on emotional self-awareness, performance plateaus, and even how blind spots might influence early-stage investing.
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