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Nir Megnazi

Owner at Nir Megnazi Coaching and Consulting

Portland, United States

Nir Megnazi is a leadership development expert and executive coach helping senior tech leaders drive retention, employee engagement, and influence. As co-creator of Intel’s flagship coaching program—recognized with the ICF Prism Award—his work contributed to over $1B in operating margin gains, $40M in retention cost savings, and 76% of employees of program participants reported increased frequency of desired leadership behaviors. A dynamic keynote speaker, Nir shows how expanding emotional capacity is the catalyst for deeper engagement and accelerated business results—especially in fast-paced, high-stakes, and chaotic environments.

Available For: Advising, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Portland, Oregon
Speaking Topics: Emotions at Work: How Human Connection Drives Extraordinary Business Results

Speaking Fee $7,497 (In-Person), $5,487 (Virtual)

Personal Speaking Website: www.nirmegnazi.com
Nir Megnazi Points
Academic 0
Author 26
Influencer 120
Speaker 40
Entrepreneur 0
Total 186

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Featured Videos

What happens when we don't know how to FEEL angry at work
June 05, 2025
Reduction in Force: Leading Through Chaos
June 05, 2025
Remote Work: A Sugar-Coated Poison?
June 05, 2025

Featured Topics

Emotions at Work: How Human Connection Drives Extraordinary Business Results

In high-pressure environments, leaders often default to control and logic—unintentionally creating cultures of reactivity, disengagement, and blame. This keynote equips leaders to expand their emotional capacity so they can stay grounded under stress, foster psychological safety, and lead with presence.

Through powerful storytelling, real-world examples, and the COPE model, Nir shows how emotions—when acknowledged and used skillfully—become a catalyst for trust, performance, and innovation. Leaders leave with actionable tools to improve decision-making, unlock team potential, and create the kind of leadership people want to follow—even in uncertain times.

Company Information

Company Type: Individual
Minimum Project Size: $1,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $300+
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: 2025

Areas of Expertise

Change Management 30.79
Coaching 31.14
Culture 30.32
Engineering 30.23
Future of Work 30.53
HR 30.92
Leadership 30.98
Management

Industry Experience

High Tech & Electronics

Publications & Experience

22 Article/Blogs
You can Turn on the light or go dark
Import from medium.com
May 19, 2026
The decision most organizations are making without realizing it“Extreme pressure to execute like never before.”That’s how a former client, a senior engineering director, responded when I asked about his current experience at work.This is the pattern I’m hearing across organizations right n

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Tags: Change Management, Coaching, Leadership

Are you wearing your armor to work?
Linkedin
May 06, 2026
Every time someone would even hint that my work is not good enough or that I’m wrong or that I don’t know what I’m talking about, I would go on the offensive.

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Tags: Future of Work, HR, Leadership

‘Be Authentic’ Is the Best and Worst Leadership Advice I’ve Ever Received
Import from medium.com
April 24, 2026
The best advice I know is also the hardest to apply. And it’s not your fault.“Be authentic” is one of the best pieces of leadership advice I know. It is also, depending on where you are in your life, the hardest thing you can advise someone.Here’s why it’s true. When you meet a leader wh

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Tags: Change Management, Coaching, Leadership

You’re Not Too Busy, You’re in the Wrong Gear
Linkedin
January 21, 2026
After the third meeting of the morning, I briefly check my email before rushing to my next meeting. I see an email from the training department inviting me to a leadership workshop.

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Tags: Future of Work, HR, Leadership

Why Successful Leaders Never Use an Espresso Cup to Hold Their Emotions
linkedin
January 07, 2025
I dislike the term "emotional intelligence" because if you're not sure you have it, you might feel like you're not "intelligent." I call it an unreachable term. It's hard to quantify and describe in a way that resonates with people. A better term I like using is "Emotional Holding and sensing (EHS)" or Emotional Capacity.

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Navigating Change & Building Trust
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August 30, 2024
Case Study: Yulia Beck, Vice President, Corporate Treasurer, Adobe Yulia’s story is a testament to the profound impact of structured leadership development amplified by one-on-one coaching and its lasting benefits to individuals and organizations. Yulia joined Nir’s leadership program an

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Listening 201: Overcoming the need to be right.
linkedin
July 02, 2024
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation that focused more on proving your point than truly understanding the other person's perspective? If so, you're not alone.

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Why Your Leadership Development Programs Don’t Create Lasting Change And What To Do About It
Forbes
April 03, 2023
Many leadership development programs promise transformation—but deliver short-lived results.
This Forbes article reveals why even well-designed initiatives often fail to stick—and uncovers the missing element that makes lasting leadership change possible. If you're investing in your leaders, you’ll want to know what to fix before wasting time and money.

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Tags: Change Management, Coaching, Leadership

How to convince stakeholders to support your goal
linkedin
March 12, 2021
Great managers and leaders understand that they succeed by working through others. That is especially true when you advance beyond the first-level management position. Companies expect managers to drive growth, innovation, creativity, and results. For that, managers need to have a vision, a goal, and a plan.

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

How to effectively manage your team while working from home
linkedin
March 15, 2020
By the end of this article, you will have an answer to the question, "How should I keep my team effective and productive while we all work from home?"

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Use this one question to test your efficiency as a manager
linkedin
December 08, 2019
Let's be honest, who doesn't enjoy knowing that they're doing a good job? We all need to be accepted, to belong, and to know that we are "good enough". If you're a manager or a leader, you must be wondering how you're performing. How do you measure that?

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

What to do when an employee is not performing
Import from wordpress feed
November 10, 2019
Have you ever seen a guy walking around with his zipper down? Or a lady with toilet roll stuck to her heels? As embarrassing as it must be for that person, we often feel somewhat embarrassed even to tell them. Is it a one-off mistake? Or is it a reflection of something more profound (e.g., […]

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Step by step guide to 10x your team performance by building a culture of diversity and inclusion
linkedin
October 26, 2019
The first team I managed had 2 young men fresh out of college and 2 women, one fresh out of college and one experienced. A diverse team, right? Not quite.

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Why most teams fail to change their culture
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October 12, 2019
When I go over my #linkedin feed, I’m flooded with posts about how companies need to change their culture and how people leave toxic environments. It looks like it’s a consensus, but still, so many companies fail to do that. When we say Culture, what do we mean? Most employees want a cha

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

2 Management traps that will make you lose everyone’s respect and trust
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April 18, 2019
“‘I can’t tell him what I’m doing!’ “I was walking outside with a friend enjoying a sunny day in Oregon. We like to catch up and share our work and progress. The sun warmed us as well as the long walk outside. I closed my eyes briefly and felt the sun rays on my f

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

When employees ask for a coach, this is what they really want.
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April 17, 2019
Must managers learn to coach? As part of my role as a leadership coach and a manager, I read a lot of studies. Every time I read a phrase about how managers should learn how to coach, I shake my head. The reason I disagree is not that I don’t find coaching helpful, I wouldn’t […]ה

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Three reasons why you’re not enjoying your role as a first line manager, and what to do about it
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March 05, 2019
I sat with a good friend in a bar during one of his visits. He’s a very technical guy and knows his craft better than anyone I know. I told him about some of the work I do with first-line managers to help develop the skills they need to become outstanding. His face twitched weirdly. […]הפ?

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

How to respond when your boss expects the impossible
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February 11, 2019
“We just got a new project assigned to our team. You have four weeks to complete it. Oh, and there is no change to previous projects priority and deadlines” – True story. Do you remember a situation were your manager asked you to do the impossible? Impossible means there is no way

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Solve your Goal Setting & Employee Evaluations with a straightforward strategy
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January 24, 2019
December & January are the busiest months of the year for us managers. We need to publish our goals for the coming year, and we need to collect & write employee evaluations. I remember myself working nights and weekends to complete these tasks. Not always sure what the exact goals should be

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

How hostage negotiation skills can take out the heat off a tough conversation with your employee
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January 18, 2019
Many managers feel that the worst part of being a manager is to have a tough conversation with their employees. Second only to laying off someone. We prefer as managers to focus on meeting our goals and solving challenges. Just last week I answered two questions on the topic. One was “How do I

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Almost everyone has failed. Here’s how to make the most out of it
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January 16, 2019
Lets have a look at one thing we can’t avoid in life. I have failed in the past and I will fail again in the future. We all failed and will fail in the future. We didn’t want to fail, we didn’t expect to fail, but we fail! What is failure? Usually, failure is defined […]הפ?

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

Inspiration has its expiration. Unless...
linkedin
August 28, 2018
much. My tibia slid out from under my knee cap. As a result, I crashed to the floor, knowing that this can't be a good sign.

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Tags: Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership

4 Author Newsletters
What I'm Looking At: The Erosion of the Middle Management Layer
Linkedin
July 30, 2026
Middle management sometimes feels like being a punching bag. It seems like you can attach almost any company failure to mid-level managers and directors.

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Tags: Change Management, Future of Work, Leadership

A Silent Crisis Very Few Leaders Can See
Linkedin
July 15, 2026
Most senior engineers won't admit that, but they're having a hard time adopting AI. And, no, it's not because they can't operate it efficiently.

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Tags: Change Management, Future of Work, Leadership

Psychological Safety Is Built in Small Moments
Linkedin
June 17, 2026
A senior engineering director I worked with once told me, “I work incredibly hard for my team, but sometimes it feels like they still don’t fully trust me.”

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Tags: Change Management, Future of Work, Leadership

“Be Authentic” Is the Best and Worst Leadership Advice I’ve Ever Received
Linkedin
April 14, 2026
“Be authentic” is one of the best pieces of leadership advice I know. It is also, depending on where you are in your life, the hardest thing you can advise someone.

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Tags: Future of Work, HR, Leadership

4 Keynotes
What Your Emotions Are Really Teaching You
Speaker Skills Academy
March 23, 2026
What happens when emotions take control and autopilot kicks in?

In this powerful IdeaTalk, Nir Megnazi explores how awareness and curiosity can transform the way we respond to our strongest emotions. Discover how examining your feelings creates space, choice, and presence in every moment.

Watch the full talk to see how awareness changes everything.

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Tags: Change Management, Culture, Leadership

Reduction in Force: Leading Through Chaos
DisruptHR
October 30, 2024
In this DisruptHR PDX talk, Nir Megnazi redefines the role of HR and leadership during layoffs—not as messengers of bad news, but as stabilizers amid the chaos of change. Using vivid storytelling and real-world insights, he challenged the belief that logic alone carries teams through disruption. Nir showed how emotional presence, courage, and clarity help leaders guide their teams through fear, resistance, and uncertainty—ultimately restoring trust and performance when it matters most.

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Tags: Change Management, HR, Leadership

Sugar-Coated Poison: How Comfort Is Killing Connection
DisruptHR
October 30, 2023
In this provocative DisruptHR talk, Nir Megnazi explores how the comforts of remote work and overly curated culture can quietly erode the human connection teams need to thrive. He challenges the illusion that comfort equals safety, showing instead how leaders must create real, sometimes uncomfortable conversations to build trust, belonging, and resilience. This talk reframes emotional discomfort not as a threat—but as a signal that meaningful leadership is happening.

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Tags: Culture, Future of Work, Leadership

Your FLMS Are Driving Without a License (And Your Employees Are in the Backseat)
DisruptHR
October 30, 2022
In this energizing DisruptHR talk, Nir Megnazi uses the metaphor of a high-performance car to challenge a common workplace trap: promoting top technical talent into management without preparing them for the human side of leadership. He unpacks why knowing the mechanics isn’t the same as leading the race—and offers a sharper lens for organizations to rethink how they support new managers in building trust, emotional awareness, and influence beyond expertise.

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Tags: Engineering, HR, Leadership

7 Miscellaneouss
371 The Frequency Of Fear
Spotify
March 04, 2025

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Tags: Coaching, Culture, Leadership

Emotional Resilience as a Leader, with Nir Megnazi
Youtube
January 27, 2025
In today's episode, Jeff interviews Nir Megnazi, a certified leadership coach (PPC) and the co-creator of Intel’s award-winning flagship Leadership Coaching Program for senior managers. With over two decades of experience as an engineer and 23 years of military leadership, Nir brings a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic insight. Jeff and Nir discuss how self-awareness, emotional resilience, and high-impact communication can empower leaders to unlock their teams’ full potential, navigate challenges, and drive results in complex environments.

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Tags: Coaching, Culture, Leadership

Ep 67 Lynette Winter & Nir Megnazi - Wonderful Partnership/Their Leadership Program/Building Community
Spotify
September 14, 2023

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Tags: Coaching, Culture, Leadership

E43-Nir Megnazi & Lynette Winter ( Leadership coaches at Intel)
Spotify
December 01, 2021

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Tags: Coaching, Culture, Leadership

Episode 7- Ways to better your listening skills with Nir Megnazi
Spotify
April 05, 2021

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Tags: Coaching, Culture, Leadership

Nir Megnazi ~ 3 steps to Create a successful transition from Individual Contributor to TeamLeader
Spotify
July 16, 2020

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Tags: Coaching, Culture, Leadership

E63: How To have difficult
Spotify
February 06, 2019

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Executive Coaching for Senior Tech Leaders

Location: Portland Oregon + Virtual    Fees: 12000

Service Type: Service Offered

Drive measurable gains in leadership effectiveness, engagement, and retention with strategic executive coaching tailored for senior leaders in high-pressure environments. Leveraging real-world experience and the award-recognized coaching work behind Intel’s leadership transformation, Nir helps leaders expand their emotional capacity, increase clarity under pressure, and lead with connection—not just competence. Ideal for fast-scaling teams, complex change, and leadership transitions.

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EMOTIONS AT WORK: How Human Connection Drives Extraordinary Business Results

Location: Portland Oregon + Virtual    Fees: 7500

Service Type: Service Offered

Modern organizations are under immense pressure—restructuring, AI disruption, tighter margins, and return-to-office friction. But what breaks under pressure isn’t strategy—it’s human connection.

In this keynote, Nir Megnazi challenges the outdated belief that emotions don’t belong at work. Instead, he shows how emotions—when acknowledged and skillfully used—become the catalyst for clarity, trust, and execution. Through real-world stories and his COPE model, Nir equips leaders to expand their emotional capacity, shift from reactivity to responsiveness, and unlock measurable improvements in engagement, retention, and performance.

Emotions aren’t the problem—they’re the pathway to business results that last.

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Leadership Workshops to Strengthen Communication, Trust, and Influence

Location: Portland Oregon + Virtual + travel     Fees: Varies per workshop

Service Type: Service Offered

Interactive and highly customized workshops designed to meet the real-time challenges faced by today’s leaders. These sessions go beyond theory—providing actionable tools to improve communication, resolve conflict, rebuild trust, and strengthen leadership influence across teams. Whether you're developing first-line managers or aligning senior leaders during growth or change, each workshop is built around real issues, real conversations, and real results.

Topics include:

High-Performance Listening & Conversations

Conflict Resolution & Trust Repair

Emotional Intelligence & Accelerated Leadership

Managing Workload & Leading Through Pressure

Leader as Coach & Mastering Influence

Ideal for organizations ready to move from surface-level training to immersive leadership development that sticks.

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