Adrian Benjamin is a Global Spatial Marketing Lead at Illumina. He possess expertise in biotechnology, oncology, molecular biology, life sciences, molecular diagnostics and 13 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Adrian is a bonified courageous leader. Borrowing from Brené Brown’s Dare To Lead Podcast In she talks about in her 20 years as a researcher, studying leadership it was the first time that every one of the respondents answered the same way to this question; [paraphrased] what needs to change today for leaders to be successfully in the future? “Then need to be brave.” Adrian doesn’t avoid tough conversations. He gives honest and productive feedback and doesn’t shrink from uncomfortable situations. He sits with you in it and helps navigate through it. This makes everyone and the company better. The second way Adrian shows up as a courageous leader is through acknowledging and addressing his team’s feelings and fears allowing for vulnerability and ultimately building trust. This does two things: the team spends less time managing problematic behaviors and it buoys the team in taking smart risks, creating and sharing bold ideas to meet the challenges ahead. Adrian is also one of the biggest lights in the office. He is incessantly positive, fun and excited about the role he has to play and that of his team. You can see the pure joy of this work beaming from him every day in or out of the office." and "It was a pleasure to work with Adrian as a direct report. Adrian is an outstanding account manager. He gets the meaning of being in sales, he is an advocate for the customer, and continually delivered what he promised to deliver. I could always count on Adrian to make things happen in his territory."