Leadership, culture, and organizational transformation

Rewiring leadership mindsets
for human-centered, future-ready organizations.

Your team is busy. But are they aligned?

Mercedes Martin & Company partners with executives and teams to build inclusive cultures, strengthen cross-cultural collaboration, and lead change with courage, care, and long-term sustainability.

Explore the journey See transformation stories
20+
Years experience
40+
Countries reached
500+
Leaders transformed
UN · IBM · NGOs
Clients include
Inside-out transformation

What changes when leaders
work with Mercedes

The work goes beyond strategy. Leaders and teams build cultures rooted in equity, inclusion, and shared responsibility so change is meaningful and durable.

From reactive
to regenerative

Leaders stop managing chaos — they build systems that sustain themselves and develop others without burning out.

From burnout
to wholeness

High performance without sacrificing the human at the center. Leading with full capacity — mind, presence, and purpose.

From siloed
to systemic

Organizations move from fragmented effort to aligned, purposeful action — where every part serves the whole.

From local
to global impact

Leadership that scales — across cultures, continents, and complexity. Designed for the leaders the world needs now.

Mercedes Martin-Burgess portrait
The founder

Mercedes E.
Martin-Burgess

Founder & CEO — Executive Coach and Global Leadership Strategist

Mercedes Martin is a Cuban-born Afro-Latina leader, former US Air Force Officer, and former corporate executive who helps organizations transform leadership, culture, and change from the inside out.

She has worked across Latin America, West Africa, Canada, and the US with clients including Fluke, Twitter, MasterCard, and Swire Properties. Her work blends executive coaching, diversity strategy, and sustainability mindset practices for long-term impact.

US Air Force veteran Afro-Latina leadership Executive coaching Global diversity Sustainability mindset
"I believe the world changes when its leaders do — not just in strategy, but in how they see themselves and what's possible."
How we work together

Consulting, coaching, and capability building

Every engagement supports leaders and organizations that want to become more inclusive, resilient, and ready for the future.

01

1:1 Executive Coaching

Purpose-driven coaching for executives and founders ready to lead with clarity, conscience, and measurable impact.

02

Culture and Organizational Transformation

Leadership and culture design that shifts systems, behaviors, and decision-making toward healthier, more sustainable performance.

03

Global Team Development

Programs that strengthen trust, collaboration, and alignment across international teams and diverse operating contexts.

04

Cross-Cultural Communication and Change Management

Practical guidance for leaders navigating complexity, building inclusive communication habits, and landing change with care.

Client results

What leaders say

“
I would highly recommend Mercedes Martin and Co. if you are looking for an awesome coaching team. After being introduced to Mercedes and her team by a colleague in 2020, I have worked with them on multiple projects, including leadership development programming, individual and group coaching, diversity and inclusion initiative planning, and focus group facilitation. Mercedes and Liz are advisors who meet with me regularly to offer insights, listen to my challenges, and provide direction. They have a profound understanding of people, business, and systems that allows them to see, analyze, and address the bigger picture. Mercedes and team also have connections to a vast array of industry experts and can always provide me with top-notch global referrals from their network.

To say that Mercedes Martin and Co. have been outstanding partners would be an understatement; they exceed my expectations and are always willing to go above and beyond to ensure our success. I am grateful for their partnership.
RM
RACHEL MACDONALD
Sr. Manager, IDE, Fluke Corporation
FLUKE
“
Always exude amazing authenticity, confidence. After following her work for over 2 years, I had the first exploratory encounter with Mercedes in June 2022. The meeting led to a number of succeeding interactions and her invaluable support to our community. Mercedes always exude amazing authenticity, confidence, positivity, and dynamism. Her rich keynote presentation at the OLDN 2022 International Conference, and her work on whole system change and sustainable equity, informs a huge part of our philosophical orientation. Mercedes' work and sessions are highly rated, fascinating, and generative. She is an exemplary coach, mentor, and Transformational Change & Development Practitioner, whose positive influence is evident in Zimbabwe, across Africa, and globally.
JC
DR. JUSTINE CHINOPEREKWEYI
CEO, Centre for Organization Leadership & Development (COLD), Zimbabwe
COLD · ZIMBABWE
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An extension of our leadership team. Mercedes Martin & Co has been working with Swire Properties USA for approximately three years. We first engaged Mercedes to facilitate some uncomfortable conversations around race and identity. We quickly realized that Mercedes' approach and depth of experience made her the perfect fit for coaching and development of our leadership team, both as a group facilitator and an individual coach. Today, Mercedes, along with her team of coaches and consultants, provides a range of services to Swire Properties including leadership coaching, consultation to our President and myself, planning and facilitation of departmental team development, as well as designing and implementing our development program for up and coming leaders. Mercedes has become an extension of our leadership team and has had a significant impact on company productivity through her successful initiatives that have made us a more cohesive team.
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SHAUN SWANGER
SVP, People & Operations, Swire Properties
SWIRE PROPERTIES
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Transform leadership
from the inside out.

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