Dr. Luis Martins is one of the most respected voices in leadership development today. A professor at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Zlotnik Family Chair, Dr. Martins combines rigorous academic insight with decades of hands-on work advising leaders and teams. With a Ph.D. from NYU’s Stern School of Business, Dr. Martins has spent more than 30 years studying how leaders think, how organizations change, and what separates high-performing teams from the rest. His research has appeared in top journals—including Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science—and has been featured in outlets like The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune. He’s been ranked among the most impactful management scholars in the world. But Dr. Martins doesn’t just study leadership—he lives it. He teaches in UT Austin’s MBA and executive education programs and has earned multiple Outstanding Professor and Inclusion Amplifier Awards from his students and peers. He’s been consistently recognized for making complex ideas clear, actionable, and deeply relevant to today’s leadership challenges. As a speaker, coach, and facilitator, Dr. Martins has worked with leaders at some of the world’s most innovative and complex organizations—including Amazon, NASA, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, State Farm, Samsung, and the FBI. His sessions blend strategic clarity, practical tools, and a straightforward style that resonates in boardrooms and classrooms alike. Today, Dr. Martins helps organizations design better leadership, lead change that sticks, and turn innovative ideas into scalable impact.