I left home at 19 and moved to another country with no money, no safety net, and no plan.
What I had was an inner certainty that I was meant to build something meaningful.

Since then, I have navigated reinvention many times, across leadership roles, entrepreneurship, personal loss, burnout, and rebuilding from scratch. Those experiences shaped how I lead, how I listen, and how I guide others through change.

Today, I work at the intersection of leadership, human dynamics, and artificial intelligence.

I help leaders and organizations navigate transformation without losing trust, clarity, or their humanity.

I am the CEO of APEK.ai, where we build secure, enterprise-grade Agentic AI and voice solutions that modernize operations while humanizing communication. My work focuses on helping organizations adopt AI in ways that feel intelligent, responsible, and deeply human.

With over 20 years in enterprise transformation, leadership strategy, and reinvention, I bring a perspective that blends technology, psychology, and real-world leadership experience.

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Who I Work With

• Executives and boards navigating AI-driven change
• Leaders in transition who look successful on paper but feel misaligned inside
• Organizations ready to evolve beyond legacy thinking and systems
• Founders and senior leaders preparing for their next chapter of impact

People usually come to me when change stops being theoretical and becomes personal.

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What I Believe

AI will not replace leadership.
But it will expose it.

The future belongs to leaders who can combine intelligence with clarity, technology with trust, and innovation with humanity.

If my work resonates, explore my writing, talks, and leadership resources.
Or reach out if you are looking for a trusted advisor, speaker, or strategic partner during moments of transformation.

Eva Karnaukh

I help sales professionals hit BIG numbers and connect with their clients to move them from status quo/do nothing, to closed with impact.  

And do so... with more personal ease, joy, and connection. 

This is where Top 1% Sales Results Meet Science. 

Sales and the buyer's journey are changing and innovation in the sales arena is needed to both connect with buyers, but also increase the wellbeing of anyone selling. 

The great news is that the approach is game-changing, easily applied, and can be done in the moment of the deal. 

I would describe myself as a research geek—obsessed with the science behind what actually works at scale and applying tools in the moment of the deal vs theory. I spend my time creating insights that combine both in-the-trenches experience with science. I research how people actually buy. What reduces buying friction and seller bias. How our brains work under pressure. What makes hard things easier instead of just harder.

I've been in the sales trenches for 32 years, 3x #1 WW, sold the largest deals in company history 3x, broke barriers and set records at each position and company along my career, scaling best practices, innovating approaches, and selling over $250M. 

I was known for increasing deal size and decreasing time to close and doing it by working smarter, not harder. 

I've also spent time in sales enablement building growth programs. Testing them. Scaling them. The result? 

Reps in my programs closed at 43% vs rest of the company at 8%. Same product. Same market. Different human approach.

Now I've created the Creator of The Multiplier Method™ & the Million Dollar W2™ Sales system. 

It's about helping sales pros and teams Work Smarter, Not Harder. 
A three-pronged approach based in behavioral science, behavioral economics, neuroscience, peak performance, positive psychology, and more. 

It's where streetwise meets science and engineers sales systems and approaches that work to create greater sales numbers while also creating greater health, wealth, and relationship success for both the sales pro and their company. 

I care deeply about purpose, impact, elevating the sales profession, and making a difference - at work, home, and in the world. 

I've partnered with B1G1 so that when something good happens at work, something great happens in the world. To me, this partnership is about making the world better while building sales lives and careers. 

If working smarter and not harder resonates, join me in my newsletter: https://multipliers.mattersofgrowth.com/newsletter

Or reach out for a DM and let's talk.

Holly Moe

Your nervous system does not care that your stress is "for a good reason".

I was talking with a counselor friend of mine who works with a lot of high performers.

She said something that hit me hard: Your body doesn't know the difference between "I'm in danger" and "I'm scaling something exciting".

To your nervous system, stress is stress.

Sales leaders and enterprise sellers are great at justifying it:
– It's launch week
– It's quarter-end
– It's a huge deal
– It's a growth phase

We tell ourselves it's fine because we chose it.

Meanwhile, our body is white-knuckling its way through 8–10 calls a day, constant context-switching, and emotional labor with customers and teams.

Then we're surprised when we hit a wall.

The good news? Soothing your system doesn't take much. Two minutes to breathe, stand up, move. Easy. Doable anywhere. Small signals that tell your body "you're safe."

Your body is the only vehicle you get for this life. It's carrying your career, your relationships, your future. Give it a few moments to catch its breath.

Not because you're fragile. Because longevity in this game isn't about who takes the most hits. It's about who recovers fastest between rounds.

Your future self will thank you for the two minutes you took today between calls and tasks.

Save this for a breather break.

Follow Holly Moe for peak performance insight that helps sellers thrive.  

Greater sales success. 
Greater life. 
BOTH. Not either/or.

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Some people walk into your life and suddenly everything feels possible.

You know the ones. 

It’s January.

You have goals. Big ones.

And the people that make things feel possible? They’re the reason you’ll actually get there.

They look like this:

☀️ A contagious smile you can feel across the room

💜 Energy and joy that draws you in

🔸 Passion you can sense when they talk about what they’re building

💙 Chasing something big - even if totally different from yours

✅ First to show up when life punches you in the face

💛 Sends that funny reel right when you need to laugh

⭐ Your biggest cheerleader when you win

No drama. No jealousy. No keeping score.

Just passion. Conviction. 
And genuine love for seeing you rise.

That’s the circle that turns January dreams into December realities.

Find them.
Be one.

♻️ Repost if you’re the friend who sends that funny reel just when they need it most 💛

Follow Holly Moe  for ideas that help you perform at your best - in work and life.

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Only 2% of people become what they're actually capable of.

Not because of talent.
Not because of effort.

Because becoming requires change.
And most real change requires systems.

I operated without systems for most of my 30-year career.
Girding up.
Soldiering through.
White-knuckling it. 

And it cost me.
I was #1 worldwide three times.
But I also burned out.
Left money on the table.
Ran on fumes more than I'd admit. 

I wish I'd learned peak performance systems earlier.
I didn't.

But I know now. 
And you can't unlearn it. I wouldn't want to unlearn it. PPS is one of the most important skillsets I've learned in my entire career.

It's a journey.

But I'm determined to make my 55+ years
the best years of my life. 

Here's one thing I'm teaching
(and doing the reps myself to build muscle).

I thought I'd share in case it can help you build the energy and focus
needed to fuel your biggest dreams and life moments.

This one thing has changed my productivity by at least 200%. 

The 80-Minute Deep Focus Block 

A lot of people ask why my masterclass sessions are 80 minutes.

Not 60. Not 90.
It's deliberate. 

Performance science shows:
→ Deep focus peaks around 90 minutes
→ But your brain needs transition time to reset

So we run:
→ 80 minutes of deep, high-quality work
→ 10 minutes deliberately reserved for transition

Not jumping straight into the next Zoom.
Not scrolling email or Slack.

But:
→ Standing up
→ Walking around
→ Taking a few deep breaths
→ Letting your nervous system reset

Why does this matter?
Sitting longer than 20 minutes
can reduce oxygen to your brain by 20%.

Short movement throughout the day keeps energy and clarity higher than one big workout.

Peak performance in sales
isn't dialing more or sending more emails.

It's architecting your day so your brain can do its best work when it matters.

Try this tomorrow:
→ One 80-minute deep work block
→ Followed by 5-10 minutes of real transition (no screens)

Then notice what happens to the quality of your thinking and your conversations.

👉 Save this. Try it. Tell me what shifts.

♻️ Repost to help others do the deep focus work
that makes their goals a reality.

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that create sales and life success.

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"I can't keep working this way."

It's showing up everywhere. 

Boardrooms, classrooms, kitchen tables. 

People who usually thrive under pressure are feeling it.

If you're in sales, you know this weight.

Your numbers are on the board. 
The pressure is public. 
And the stakes reset every quarter.

In the past two weeks, I've heard the same thing from seller after seller:

"I'm the worst procrastinator you've ever met."

"I'll close a big deal and then realize I forgot to send pricing on a small one."

"If a task gets past its due date, I just keep pushing it to the back burner."

"I procrastinate tasks I'm not sure how to accomplish. The anxiety keeps me from taking action."

These aren't junior reps.

These are experienced sellers.
8 to 30 years in the game.
President's Club winners.
Hitting their numbers.

And they're telling me the same thing:
Something isn't working the way it used to.

Here's what I'm seeing:
- The to-do list is as tall as they are.
- Nothing is crossing the finish line.
- The exciting deals get all the energy.  Everything else falls through the cracks.

One seller lost a deal last week because he didn't follow up fast enough. 

The prospect said: "I needed this last Thursday. I went with your competitor."

This isn't a discipline problem.
It's not laziness.
It's not a character flaw.

It's the result of sustained pressure without enough systems for recovery.🫙

The seller traits that worked five years ago aren't the traits we need now.

Willpower isn't enough.
Grinding harder isn't the answer.

What's needed is different:💥
→ Systems that create action without requiring motivation
→ Energy management, not just time management
→ Recovery built into the rhythm, not saved for weekends

The sellers who figure this out in 2026 won't just hit their number.
✅ They'll sell more.
✅ They'll have energy left for their nights and weekends.
✅ They'll have a great year at work and at home.

If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
Build your systems.✨
Your goals will thank you.🔥

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This is the work we do in my Peak Performance Sales Bootcamp.  

We build the systems, energy management, and recovery rhythms that make the difference.  Starts Tuesday.

https://lnkd.in/gYUDjDb9

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Your deals are probably smaller than they should be.

Not because you're bad at selling.

Because your brain is quietly capping them.

I went live on this yesterday.
But Tech gremlins had other plans. 🙃
(Black screen. No audio. Peak professionalism.)

It recorded, so I thought I had a backup to send attendees.
Turns out... you can see the slides. But no audio.

Tech gremlins: 1. Holly: 0.

But this stuff matters too much to let it go.

So I'm doing it again. On Zoom this time.
Which, honestly, might be better.
We can actually talk. You can ask questions.

What's in it:

→ The 5 fear-based reasons sellers shrink deals 
(without realizing they're doing it)

→ What companies actually spend to solve problems 
(spoiler: way more than you think)

→ The 4-minute mile effect 
and why seeing proof rewires what feels possible

→ AI prompts to help you do the internal work 
AND the external research

→ How to size deals to the problem 
not your comfort zone

Drop a 🙋 or "yes" if you want in. I'll send the details.

What's the voice in your head that makes you play small?

P.S. If you want to join a group of sellers setting out for their best years and deals yet, check out my Peak Performance Accelerator. (Feature section or DM me) Only two days left to register. Who you surround yourself with matters.

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You can't outwork your way to a 10x deal.

It takes: 
→ Seeing differently 
→ Believing differently 
→ Making different moves

15 colleagues told me to walk away.

"Don't touch it."
"Client just renewed."
"Look the other way."

I didn't look the other way.
I addressed it. 

It turned into the largest deal in company history.

That wasn't the first time.

I've closed bellwether deals at every position along my career. The deals no one thought were possible. 

10x. 20x. 

Deals that changed what people believed was doable.

Here's what I know after 32 years:

Most reps unconsciously think smaller than they need to.

Some of it's fear. 
Your brain quietly shrinks what feels safe.

Some of it's bias. 
You've never seen it done, so it doesn't feel possible.

🏃 It's the 4-minute mile all over again.

In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes.

Before that? 
Experts said it was physically impossible. The human body couldn't do it.

Then Bannister did it.

And here's the wild part:
Within one year, dozens of runners broke the same barrier.

Nothing changed physically. 
No new training methods. 
No new shoes.

What changed was belief.

Once one person proved it was possible, everyone else's mental ceiling lifted.

💡 Same thing happens in sales.

When you've never seen a 10x deal, it doesn't feel possible.

When you're surrounded by people who close big, it becomes the norm.✨

You're already working hard.
If you can't work harder, what are your options?

More deals. 
Or bigger deals.

And let's be real.
Deal size isn't just about quota. 

It's mortgage payments. 🏡
College funds. 🏫
Family vacations. 🏖️

It's being present instead of grinding nights and weekends.

This free LinkedIn Live session is about resetting how you think about big deals as you plan your territory.

Bigger deals from the same effort. 
Not more hours. More impact. ✨ 

Plus AI prompts to help you think differently. ✨ 

See the event listed below to get this on your calendar.

Let's go bigger together. 

♻️ Send this to a teammate. Repost for your network. 

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