Embracing Change as Your Leadership Superpower
Change is not a detour — it is your leadership edge. A field guide for executives, engineers, and rising leaders learning to navigate disruption on purpose.
Watch Ashwini share the idea behind the book — and why she wrote it for leaders who are already in the arena.
Ashwini Balasubramanian · VP R&D, 3M · Author, Map Your Ascent
Most leadership advice tells you to brace for change. Map Your Ascent argues the opposite: the leaders who rise fastest are the ones who learn to harness change.
Drawing on 23 years rising through some of the most demanding environments in corporate America — from engineering floors to the executive suite — Ashwini Balasubramanian lays out a practical, three-part framework for leading through disruption without losing yourself in it.
This isn't theory. It's a field-tested approach from a career executive who has navigated reorganizations, market shifts, and her own ascent — and now mentors others doing the same.
Know the instincts you lead with by default — and recognize the moment they need to flex.
Widen the lens before you widen the title. See change as terrain to read, not a threat to weather.
Show up with enough clarity and consistency that your voice doesn't need volume to carry.
Map Your Ascent is deeply human and profoundly practical. Through the 3P Framework, she shows how belonging, belief systems, and presence shape the way we lead — especially in moments of uncertainty.
This is not a loud or prescriptive book. It is grounded, reflective, and deeply practical — the kind that speaks to you in moments of transition.
Ashwini's purposeful career decisions and thoughtful reflections will help you map your personal path. It gives you a framework to remain aligned to your goals and motivations.
Delivers more than inspiration — it gives leaders practical tools to turn real-world change into thoughtful, confident action.
An insightful read that makes leadership lessons eminently relatable. She distills her journey into a practical framework for navigating change.
Through her 3P Framework — Personality, Perspective, and Presence — she offers a rare look at the grit required to navigate global career pivots while staying rooted in one's values.
Talks, podcasts, and panels on leadership, change, and rising without losing yourself.
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Map Your Ascent — on leadership, change, and rising without losing yourself
Keynote address to graduating engineers
Automotive Women's Alliance
Embracing ambition and humility for career success
On harnessing change as a leadership superpower
Engineering leadership & embracing change
Live conversation on personal leadership
On building teams that thrive through change
College of Engineering recognition
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