Nflections

In this episode of Nflections, host Linda Coughlin speaks with Kevin Lederer, Operating Partner at Nadia Partners. Kevin shares insights from a career spanning early tech startups, Bain & Company management consulting, light manufacturing, and private equity. Discover how to evaluate opportunity costs during major career transitions, separate personal identity from business failure, set firm executive boundaries between work and family, and unleash high-performing teams by enabling "thoroughbreds." 

In this episode of Nflections, host Linda Coughlin sits down with Katie Calhoun, co-founder and managing partner of Resonate Lab Consulting. Katie reflects on her 17-year tenure at Getty Images, leading a team of over 110 people across the Americas, and her decision to "bet on herself" by stepping into entrepreneurship. Discover how to navigate executive identity shifts, build an unvarnished "kitchen cabinet," leverage peer networks like C200, and embrace ambiguity while launching a strategy consultancy in a digital AI world. 

In this episode of Nflections, host Linda Coughlin speaks with Tiffany Guarnaccia, founder and CEO of Kite Hill. Tiffany shares her journey from heading communications at the Huffington Post under Arianna Huffington to launching an award-winning integrated communications agency. Discover how she navigated the shift from comms practitioner to CEO, why AI requires human strategic context to avoid "commoditized slop," how to reduce founder dependency, and how to build a supportive workplace culture while maintaining personal family boundaries. 

In this episode of Nflections, host Linda Coughlin sits down with Sara Orellana, founder of 3 Raptor Consulting. Sara shares her powerful personal journey through high-stakes non-profit leadership, navigating a toxic board transition, and unmasking an adult ADHD diagnosis in her 30s. Discover how she transformed perfectionism and chronic people-pleasing into actionable leadership tools, including "backcasting," daily boundary setting, and grounding self-care routines. 

Discover how Don Gregori transitioned from long-time client to Chief Operating Officer of First Factory. In this episode of Inflections, Don shares his blueprint for driving massive scale (from 30 to over 220 employees) while preserving a carbon-neutral footprint and an incredible lifetime employee Net Promoter Score of over 70 points. Learn about the critical difference between "proving value" and "building value," how to lead through technical vulnerability, and why an inverted leadership pyramid puts your workforce first. 

In this episode of Nflections, host Linda Coughlin sits down with Molly Robinson, founder of Clarent Marketing and Growth. After 13 years inside Omnicom Precision Marketing, Molly shares her transition from enterprise executive to running her own strategic growth consultancy. Learn how to navigate organizational uncertainty, address corporate politics through real-time transparent communication, overcome imposter syndrome, and determine what truly energizes your career narrative. 

In this episode of Nflections, host Linda Coughlin interviews Stacy Savage, founder and CEO of Zero Waste Strategies. Stacy shares her journey from grassroots environmental advocate ("Texas Trash Talker") to leading a national B2B zero-waste consulting firm. Discover how she navigated the mental shift from non-profit activist to for-profit business owner, managed a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis at age 46, landed landmark contracts with Nestle Purina and the City of Austin, and pivoted during COVID-19 to build online certification programs for women in sustainability.