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Upgrade the most powerful part of your tech stack:
YOU
Helping tech leaders unlock resilience, adaptability, and ease—without burnout or risk
You're not broken.
Nor are you alone.
You're encountering invisible dynamics that block quality, stall change, and quietly drain energy from you and your teams.
These aren’t process problems. They’re culture puzzles—subtle, systemic, and deeply human.
I partner with engineering and people leaders to co-create simple, safe, and sustainable solutions to their quality culture puzzles.
We don't just solve these puzzles. We unlock the heroic leadership within you and your team—and often recover parts of yourselves that may have gotten a little lost along the way.
For thirty-five years across six continents, I have helped top tech leaders at companies like Microsoft, Salesforce, and Tableau to:
And I can help you.
I’m Michael Hunter, The Uncommon Hero.
Not the kind who swoops in with flashy fixes—but the kind who journeys beside you, guiding you in unlocking your own heroic leadership.
Not with a cape.
(Well, maybe with a cape. Capes are cool :)
With clarity. And compassion.
Helping you make minuscule tweaks with massive impact.
Guiding you and your people into your own heroic identities—ones rooted in resilience, adaptability, and ease.
If you're after a quick-fix cookie-cutter solution, you're in the wrong place
Your journey is unique. Why settle for anything that isn't?
Traveling my unique path, and guiding leaders like you on theirs, led to the Uncommon Teams System, a three-phase progression designed to help you craft your own leadership legacy:

- Change Map – clarity on where you are, where you want to be, and what’s in the way
- Foundational Framework – your custom system for resilient, adaptable, easeful leadership
- Uncommon Expansion Ecosystem – scaling that Framework across your team and culture
If you want:
Testimonials
Tamara: The CTO Buried in Busywork
From bottleneck to strategic leader
Marion – The Manager with No Map
Built clarity and trust in the midst of chaos
“You helped me not just survive but thrive.”
Burnout
Leadership Capacity
Team Performance
Margaret – The Engineer on the Edge
Rediscovered purpose without leaving the company
“I was ready to burn all my bridges. You helped me understand what I was searching for—and that’s the only reason I found a perfect match.”
Engagement
Retention
Role Fit

