Andrea Wanerstrand

Andrea Wanerstrand is a leadership strategist, executive. coach, and cultural transformation expert with 25+ years inside some of the world’s most complex organizations—including Microsoft, Meta, T-Mobile, and Hitachi. As the Founder & CEO of A3 Culture Lab LLC, and the creator of the Mindset Maven Method, Andrea helps leaders make bold shifts—from control to connection, performance to presence, and burnout to bold cultural influence.

Andrea has designed and led transformational programs in performance management, leadership development, and coaching, impacting leaders across 100+ countries. Her A3 philosophy—Authentic, Autonomous, and Accountable—is the foundation of her mission: to build extraordinary, human-centric workplaces where people actually thrive.

Through her work, Andrea blends neuroscience, behavioralstrategy, and straight-up clarity to drive powerful change inhow leaders lead—and how people feel at work. Her message is simple but disruptive: Culture doesn’t start with a handbook. It starts with how leaders show up. And when leaders get that right, everything changes.

When she’s not on stage speaking or coaching leaders onreshaping the future of work, Andrea’s on her lavender farm onMaury Island, just outside the city of Seattle, swappingcorporate chaos for clarity and intention. She and her partner are avid boaters, exploring the islands of the Salish Sea on their Nordic Tugboat.