Blindspotting: What Great Leaders Don’t See and How to Break Through It w/ Martin Dubin

In next week’s episode of Next Steps Forward, Dr. Chris Meek sits down with clinical psychologist, entrepreneur, and executive coach Martin Dubin for a powerful conversation about leadership and the hidden barriers that hold even the most accomplished leaders back. Martin’s career spans clinical psychology, startup entrepreneurship, Fortune 50 healthcare leadership, and high-level executive coaching. After more than a decade in private practice, he founded and scaled a multimillion-dollar healthcare company with more than 250 employees, ultimately leading its sale to Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, where he served as a senior vice president. He has also coached senior executives at Fortune 500 companies, worked with venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, and served as a coach at the Center for Creative Leadership and partner at RHR International.

Drawing on this unique blend of psychology and business experience, Martin explains why leaders often reach a point where their tried-and-true tools stop working and why the real obstacle is often something they cannot see: their blindspots.

The discussion explores:

• Why even self-aware leaders miss critical truths about themselves

• How unseen behaviors derail performance and relationships

• The six types of blindspots that most commonly undermine leadership

• Practical strategies to identify and manage your own blindspots

Martin also shares insights from his book, Blindspotting, offering a deeply practical framework for recognizing the hidden patterns that limit growth and unlocking higher performance, stronger teams, and more effective leadership. This episode is a candid and actionable look at what it truly takes to grow as a leader: the courage to look inward, confront what you don’t see, and do the work required to move forward.

About Martin Dubin: Martin Dubin began his career in a clinical psychology private practice as a psychotherapist. He continued this practice for over a decade before moving to the business world as a founder and entrepreneur. He built a company with over 250 employees, ultimately driving its sale to Fortune 50 health insurer Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, where he worked as a senior vice president for three years. Dubin then launched the third act of his career, bringing his training in psychology and his business experience to the coaching space. His experience as an entrepreneur won him consultation contracts with portfolio companies of Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia, venture capital firms.

Dubin’s work as a clinical psychologist taught him to think deeply about why people do what they do. That, combined with his business experience has enabled him to provide his coaching clients with actionable advice directed at both personal and professional success. He lives in Colorado and New Mexico, where he enjoys skiing and hiking in the mountains and the desert and continues his work with clients, both individually and in corporate settings. His work on blindspots has informed not just his book Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader but also a test to discover any individual’s blindspots.