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United States Marissa Afton is a leader in organizational transformation, assisting Fortune 100 companies in developing and implementing evidence-based strategies for cultural excellence and performance.
Marissa Afton is a Partner and Head of Global Accounts at Potential Project. She is a driving force behind leadership development and change initiatives.
Grateful to partner with companies like Eli Lilly and Company—organizations that invest deeply in their leaders as they navigate the rapid evolution of work.
Marissa has worked across industries with top companies including Apple to amplify employee engagement, organizational commitment, resilient performance, and innovative growth.
Marissa has worked across industries with top companies including Bloomberg to amplify employee engagement, organizational commitment, resilient performance, and innovative growth.
Marissa has worked across industries with top companies including Cisco to amplify employee engagement, organizational commitment, resilient performance, and innovative growth.
Marissa has worked across industries with top companies including Google to amplify employee engagement, organizational commitment, resilient performance, and innovative growth.
Marissa has worked across industries with top companies including Amgen to amplify employee engagement, organizational commitment, resilient performance, and innovative growth.
Marissa Afton serves as a Partner and Head of Global Accounts at Potential Project, where she focuses on leadership development and change initiatives for global organizations. Her work involves helping leaders and organizations enhance their capabilities to achieve cultural excellence, improved performance, resilience, and innovation. With a career spanning over two decades, Marissa has applied her expertise to transform various organizations across different industries.
She is a co-author of “Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way,” published by Harvard Business Review in 2022. Additionally, she contributed to “The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results” (Harvard Business Review, 2018). Marissa is a frequent contributor to professional publications, including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, TD Magazine, and Fast Company.
With over 25 years as a mindfulness practitioner, Marissa Afton is recognized for her knowledge in transforming organizations through a focus on mind-based approaches. She has collaborated with major companies such as Apple, Bloomberg, Cisco, Eli Lilly, Google, and Amgen. Her work with these organizations aimed to improve employee engagement, foster organizational commitment, build resilient performance, and drive innovative growth across individual, team, and organizational levels.
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