𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿?

I’m excited to welcome Judith DeCosta, MBA, Founder of Orion Consulting, for a timely and deeply important conversation:

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

Judith DeCosta, MBA is a seasoned operator, financial strategist, and leadership advisor with over 20 years of experience across finance, technology, and high-stakes operational environments including legal and corporate settings.

Through Orion Consulting, Judith helps small to mid-sized service firms streamline operations, strengthen financial planning, and build leadership teams that can actually sustain growth. Her work spans HR strategy, cash-flow optimization, forecasting, and leadership coaching all grounded in real-world execution, not theory.

She is also a proud supporter of female and BIPOC entrepreneurs, an active community builder, and a champion for women stepping into leadership with clarity, confidence, and authority especially during seasons of transition.

𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳:
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘂𝗽.

This conversation is an invitation to talk honestly about:

➡️How menopause and midlife impact leadership, decision-making, and energy

➡️Why women in VP+ roles often experience a quiet but profound identity shift

➡️What representation actually looks like for women in midlife leadership

➡️How organizations can better support not sideline women at this stage

The difference between credibility, performance, and lasting influence

🎙️ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 (𝗠𝗲):

I’m an Executive Coach, Consultant, and Advisor working with senior leaders navigating growth, reinvention, and transition.

Through my SOVEREIGN ALIGN™ framework, I support leaders in moving beyond hustle-based leadership and into clarity-driven, human-centered impact where alignment, presence, and self-trust fuel sustainable performance.

📌 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 (𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀):

• Menopause and midlife as a leadership inflection point
• The hidden power shift many women experience but rarely name
• Why credibility in midlife is about depth, not proving
• How leaders and organizations can evolve to retain women at the top
• Leading with clarity, authority, and conviction without burnout

What if AI didn’t replace human leadership but revealed it?

I’m excited to welcome Vaish Srivathsan for a powerful conversation on Embodied Leadership in the Age of AI: Stories & Insights from the Frontier.

Vaish Srivathsan is a veteran of McKinsey, Box, and Adobe who believes the most important technology is the kind that makes us more human.

A strategist by training and a tinkerer by nature, Vaish bridges executive-level product leadership with the messy, beautiful reality of human needs. Her journey spans business, technology, investing, startups, and AI, shaped by a rare foundation in humanities, psychology, and societal systems.

Whether navigating the frontier of AI research, advising founders, or building personal projects to elevate human experience, Vaish brings a deeply embodied, human-first lens to every technical challenge — grounded in empathy, curiosity, and real-world impact.

She is also a passionate advocate for women in tech, community-building, and supporting builders who are solving meaningful problems with both rigor and heart.

𝗩𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 — 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 — 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗜, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

🎙️ About Your Host (Veena)

I’m an Executive Coach, Consultant, and Soulpreneur working with senior leaders and organizations navigating growth, reinvention, and transformation.

Through my SOVEREIGN ALIGN™ framework, I help leaders embody anti-hustle, human-centered, conscious leadership — where identity, clarity, and alignment drive both performance and fulfillment.

📌 What We’ll Explore (Golden Nuggets):
• Embodied leadership in an AI-first world
• Why AI should augment, not replace, human judgment
• Moving from business → tech → investing with clarity
• Women, power, and leadership in emerging technologies
• Storytelling, lived experience, and leading with conviction See less

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁?

Tomorrow's conversation with Randi is about the moments that quietly reshape who we are and how we show up.

𝗜’𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 Randi-Sue Deckard 🔬, 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 BESLER!

Randi-Sue Deckard 🔬 is a rare blend of scientist, strategist, and people-centered growth leader. She began her career as a clinical lab scientist and has since evolved into a go-to-market leader who has influenced $100M+ in revenue across the healthcare industry.

As SVP of Growth at BESLER, Randi oversees sales, marketing, and customer success, aligning strategy and execution to drive profitable, customer-centric growth. She’s known for building high-retention, high-NPS organizations and for leveraging data, experimentation, and AI to reduce friction, deepen customer relationships, and scale sustainably.

Beyond the metrics, Randi is a powerful advocate for identity-driven leadership, helping leaders step fully into who they already are, with clarity, confidence, and conviction.

𝗪𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨

Randi and I share a belief that growth is not just a strategy, it’s an identity shift.

Sustainable impact happens when leaders align who they are with how they lead, blending data, experimentation, and human insight to create organizations that truly work.

🎙️ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 (Veena):

I’m an Executive Coach, Consultant, and a Soulpreneur — working with senior leaders and organizations navigating growth, reinvention, and transformation.

Through my Sovereign Align framework, I help leaders practice anti-hustle, human-centered leadership, aligning identity, clarity, and purpose to create meaningful impact without burnout.

📌 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 (𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀):

• Becoming the leader you already are
• Identity shifts that unlock growth and influence
• Scaling revenue without losing the human connection
• Using data, AI, and experimentation responsibly
• Building customer-centric, high-trust organizations

What if your intuition was your greatest leadership advantage?

I’m excited to welcome Aude Firmin — Intuitive Leadership Coach, Reiki Master, Psychic Medium, and Business Strategist for a powerful conversation on Soul-Aligned Leadership.

Aude Firmin is an internationally acclaimed intuitive leader and strategist who is redefining what it means to lead in today’s fast-changing, high-pressure world.

With over 12 years in elite global consulting, Aude has worked with iconic brands such as Microsoft, Gucci, Publicis, and Trainline, before stepping into her soul-led work supporting high-profile CEOs, visionary entrepreneurs, and influential creatives.

Today, Aude’s work spans continents, empowering leaders to access their intuition as a strategic advantage and lead with clarity, courage, and purpose.

𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰: 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀-𝗹𝗲𝗱.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

🎙️ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 (Veena)

I’m a Purpose-Driven & Visionary Executive Coach, Advisor, and Consultant working with senior leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizations navigating growth, reinvention, and transformation.

I believe in & embody anti-hustle leadership, helping leaders build success through human-centered, conscious leadership, clarity, and sustainable impact rather than burnout or grind.

📌 What We’ll Explore (Golden Nuggets):

• Soul-aligned leadership and decision-making
• How intuition becomes a strategic advantage in business
• Creating impact, abundance, and freedom without burnout
• Leading with integrity in high-stakes environments
• Trusting inner wisdom while building external success

👉 Join us live for a powerful, expansive conversation on Soul-Aligned Leadership and what it truly means to lead from intuition in the modern world.

🔗 Learn more about Aude:
🌐 www.audefirmin.com
💼 linkedin.com/in/audefirmin
📸 Instagram: @aude.firmin

I’m excited to welcome Career Coach Sara Curto 🎧✨

Sara Curto is a certified career & leadership coach who has spent the last 8 years helping unfulfilled professionals land their dream jobs where they make more money, work fewer hours, and finally feel happy and fulfilled doing work they love.

She leverages her first two careers as a mental health counselor and Talent Acquisition Specialist where she spent 15 years screening 100,000+ resumes & LinkedIn profiles and conducting 10,000+ interviews to give her clients the coaching, strategy, and accountability to realize any career dream.

Her work is deeply rooted in human behavior, psychology, motivation, and energy, with a core belief that one human hires another human.

Why this collaboration matters

Sara and I realized quickly that we share a common philosophy:
Leadership, careers, and growth don’t come from pushing harder they come from clarity, alignment, presence, and understanding human behavior.

We both take human-first, psychology-driven approaches, blending strategy with intuition, mindset, and real-world insight and that alignment is what made this collaboration feel natural.

🎙️ About Your Host (Me):
I’m an Executive Coach, Advisor, and Consultant, working with senior leaders, entrepreneurs, and high-impact professionals to align clarity, presence, strategy, and influence especially during moments of transition, growth, or reinvention.

Through my podcast and LinkedIn Lives, I spotlight voices that challenge outdated leadership models and bring a more human, intentional, and aligned approach to success.

📌 What we’ll cover (Golden Nuggets):
• Why job search and hiring are driven by human behavior — not just strategy
• How leaders communicate value with clarity, presence & conviction
• The truth about AI, hiring, and why humanity matters more than ever
• How Sara helps clients get hired faster — without burnout
• Energy, mindset, and why some professionals get promoted again and again

🎙️Beyond Operations: How LinkedIn Top Voice Amelia Leads Through People, Purpose & Change

Meet Amelia Samai-Nicome BSc, MBA, Vice President of Corporate Services at TTIFC — a powerhouse in strategic operations, leadership, and organizational transformation.

With 16+ years of senior leadership experience across operations, governance, finance, HR, risk, technology, and enterprise-wide strategy, Amelia is known for turning complexity into clarity and aligning entire organizations through people, purpose, and data-driven insight.

She has served as Chief Corporate Officer, Chief Governance Officer, and Chief Operations Officer, leading cross-functional transformation with a rare blend of strategic rigor, human-centered leadership, and operational excellence.

Beyond her corporate work, Amelia is deeply committed to coaching and consulting emerging and established leaders, helping them unlock their full potential and rise with confidence in a rapidly evolving workplace.

In this episode, we dive into:
🔥 How Amelia uses integrated data and insight to drive strategic decision-making
🔥 Leading organizational change with alignment, influence, and resilience
🔥 Building high-performance cultures across complex, multi-functional teams
🔥 How modern leaders must evolve in an era of rapid tech, AI, and workplace transformation

🎙️ Leading with Data, AI, and Heart: Redefining Tech Leadership in a Human Era

Meet Courtney Trudeau, Managing Director at Publicis Sapient — a true powerhouse in technology leadership. With 25+ years of experience guiding clients through data, AI, and technology transformations, Courtney combines hands-on expertise with visionary strategy.

From AI and customer data platforms to cloud infrastructure, commerce, and workflow optimization, she’s been solving the toughest technology challenges for top organizations, all while empowering teams and driving innovation at scale.

💡 In this episode, we’ll dive into:
🔥 How Courtney is turning AI and data into actionable business impact
🔥 Leading complex technology transformations with clarity and purpose
🔥 Inspiring and building high-performing, human-centered tech teams

🎙️ Marketing in the Age of AI: Leadership, Storytelling & Strategic Growth

This week’s guest is Hari Prasad N, VP & Global Head of Marketing at Startek — a visionary leader shaping how global brands use technology, data, and storytelling to drive growth.

With experience spanning continents and industries, Hari blends strategic insight with creative brilliance.

His leadership philosophy? Human-first, data-informed, and purpose-driven.

We’ll unpack:

🔥How AI is reshaping marketing strategy from insight to execution
🔥The evolving role of leadership in an AI-first world
🔥What separates transformational leaders from transactional ones

Meet Rob Haber, a dynamic VP who has built and scaled world-class Customer Success organizations from 35 to 450+ employees. With a proven track record in driving revenue growth, customer retention, and operational excellence, Rob brings the perfect blend of strategic clarity, data-driven insight, and people-first leadership.

In this episode, we dive deep into:
🔥How to scale CS teams effectively while maintaining culture
🔥The evolving role of AI in customer success and experience
🔥What it takes to communicate with executive presence and drive cross-functional impact
🔥How emerging leaders can stand out and grow into executive roles

Meet Jaclyn Wands, a visionary at the intersection of ethics, productivity, and AI. With over a decade of experience in data science and product leadership across organizations like SAS, Spectrum Labs, and CData Software, Jaclyn is redefining what it means to build AI that serves humanity, not replaces it.

As the Founder of Sortara, she’s pioneering an AI-powered organization platform designed to help people reclaim time from digital chaos. Her focus?

Privacy, intent, and ethical automation, technology that enhances human capability rather than overwhelming it.

Her work has earned recognition from Forbes, where Sortara was named a Quarter-Finalist in the Entrepreneur of Impact competition. With an M.S. in Data Science from SMU, Jaclyn bridges advanced AI techniques from natural language processing to reinforcement learning with deep product intuition and purpose-driven design.

💬 In this episode, we dive into what it really means to create ethical, sustainable productivity in the age of AI and how leaders can align innovation with human values, creativity, and time freedom.