Meet Jacob Hillman: Expertise in Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

Jacob Hillman is a leadership coach, hospitality executive, and founder of Future Self Transmission (FST), a personal growth platform focused on helping people reconnect with clarity, purpose, and momentum in both life and leadership.

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With years of experience leading teams in the finance, hospitality and short-term rental industries, Jacob built his career in fast-paced environments where emotional intelligence, adaptability, communication, and people-first leadership weren’t optional, they were essential. Throughout his management career, he became known for developing teams, improving operations, and helping people grow into stronger, more confident versions of themselves.

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But leadership isn’t always clean, polished, or predictable.

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Through real-world experience navigating high-pressure workplaces, personal reinvention, burnout, difficult conversations, and major life transitions, Jacob developed a practical and deeply human approach to leadership: one built on self-awareness, accountability, resilience, and authentic connection.

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Today, through coaching, writing, and Future Self Transmission, he helps individuals and leaders break out of survival mode, reconnect with who they want to become, and build lives and careers with greater intention.

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Jacob is also the author of Herding Cats: Succeeding When Leadership Gets Messy, an upcoming book exploring the realities of modern leadership and the emotional intelligence required to lead people effectively in an increasingly complex world.

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Whether he’s coaching leaders, building creative projects, or helping people navigate change, Jacob’s mission is simple:

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Help people become the version of themselves they already know they’re capable of being.