Smashing the Plateau

Carol Kaemmerer is an executive branding and influence strategist and the author of LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive. After more than 20 years as a marketing communications consultant for a Fortune 500 company, she now helps senior executives get clear on what they stand for and build the visibility and credibility that lead to new opportunities. In 2011, the company Carol had served for two decad...

Donna Marie Fullerton is the creator of Food for the Soul, a writer, and a former qualitative research consultant whose curiosity about people has shaped her work for decades. Her writing explores gratitude, joy, personal development, and what she calls Soul Flow and Soul Masculinity. An idea that began in the 1990s with reflections on her father has evolved into a larger body of work that now inc...

Janylène Turcotte spent 25 years as a senior HR executive, the last eight at Deloitte — a career built on guiding others through transition and transformation. Then her own role ended on someone else's terms, and she learned firsthand how wide the gap can be between knowing what to do and being able to do it. Today, as founder of Hypnocoach, she's led over 1,500 sessions helping founders and senio...

Anita Sandoval is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), EMDR therapist, author, and host of Empowering Women in Conversations . She helps women break free from people-pleasing, heal from trauma, rebuild self-trust, and create healthy boundaries. Through her work, Anita combines psychology, neuroscience, and practical strategies to help women stop losing themselves in relationships...

James Hayden is a fractional CRO and go-to-market strategist who fixes broken B2B sales engines. Over 38 years, he has influenced more than $1B in revenue across 140+ companies, helping founders and leaders rebuild positioning, pipeline, and scalable revenue systems. He is the author of "Real World Selling: The Art of the Selling Conversation" and "Adapt or Die." Based in Seattle, James blends har...

Dr. Tamsin Astor is a neuroscientist who studies habits in teams, relationships, and systems. She works with executives and their teams using her Pause · Notice · Choose framework to move leaders from reactive to creative, because conscious leadership starts with your daily habits. Tamsin holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from UCL, hosts the Hot Habits with Dr. Tamsin podcast, and has worked w...

Steve Guberman is the founder of Agency Outsight, where he helps agency owners build the business of their dreams—with clarity, purpose, and profit. A former agency founder who successfully exited his own firm, Steve now guides creative, marketing, and digital leaders through growth, positioning, and the complex decisions that come with scaling or selling an agency. Drawing on his experience as bo...

Wesley Henderson is more than just a business attorney —he's an entrepreneur who understands firsthand the challenges and opportunities of running a business. As the founder of multiple ventures, including Henderson & Henderson , Driving for Downs, Inc., and Drafted Legal , he brings real-world experience to his legal practice. Wesley helps business owners across South Carolina navigate comple...

Wiebke Tasch is a Berlin-born publishing strategist and founder and CEO of the U.S.-based publishing company Digital Authors. With a master's background from Bauhaus University, she approaches book publishing as a functional system — where clarity, structure, strategic positioning, and high-quality design work together. She helps nonfiction experts turn their ideas into professionally published, m...

Limor Bergman-Gross is an executive leadership coach, speaker, and host of the podcast From a Woman to a Leader . A former director of engineering with over 20 years in tech, Limor helps women in tech and leadership move from being overlooked to becoming visible, influential, and confident leaders. Through coaching, speaking, and her podcast, she supports leaders in strengthening executive presenc...

Albert Butler, CPA, MBA, is an author, nationally recognized strategic advisor, and creator of the Legacy Alignment System, a framework designed to help leaders, entrepreneurs, and families align purpose, structure, money, and legacy. With more than 25 years of experience in public accounting, business advisory, and executive financial leadership, Albert has built his career around one core belief...

Fiona Grant Leydier is the founder of The Inflection Method, a leadership advisory practice for leaders navigating the tension between ambition and sustainability. Her work is for leaders who have built careers and lives they're proud of — and are ready to lead from within them with greater ease, clarity, and intention. This isn't about walking away. It's about learning to live well inside the lif...

Kyle Romaniuk is a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author of EMBARK: Providing the Refraction Pathway, a Proven Framework for Organizational Growth . Over a full career spanning more than 30 years, Kyle has built businesses across industries, worked with iconic brands including Red Bull, Scotiabank, and GoodLife Fitness, and earned a spot on WIRED Magazine's Top 100 New Products of the Y...

Daria Rudnik is a Team Architect and Executive Leadership Coach — and the author of Clicking , a practical framework for building high-performing teams that don't depend on the leader to function. A former Chief People Officer and ex-Deloitte professional with 15 years of international experience in tech and telecom, she has helped leaders across six continents navigate financial crises, wars, and...

Bou is a leadership consultant who helps his clients discover how to bring out the best in themselves and others. He designs and delivers customized leadership development workshops for executive teams around the globe, and also has a thriving executive and life coaching practice. In today's episode of Smashing the Plateau, you will learn how to trust your inner knowing and use community to naviga...

With more than 25 years of experience in global publishing, Shanta Inshiqaq has built a career leading international sales, marketing, distribution, and strategic growth initiatives for major publishing organizations. She has held senior leadership roles at companies including Penguin, Bloomsbury Publishing, Baker & Taylor, and Columbia Business School Executive Education. Drawing on decades o...

Matthew Neill Davis is an attorney and entrepreneur who led his solely owned firm, Davis Business Law, through over 1,000% growth over ten years, making it one of the very rare law firms ever to make the Inc. 5000 list. With over twenty-five years of experience helping business leaders with their legal and entrepreneurial matters, Davis now teaches them how to deal with their vulnerabilities so th...

Derek Fredrickson is an American entrepreneur based in Paris and the founder of The COO Solution, a firm that embeds fractional COOs into founder-led businesses as the trusted second-in-command — the bridge between vision and execution. For the better part of two decades, he has helped business owners scale to seven- and eight-figure levels while reclaiming their freedom. His team serves clients a...

Larry Kesslin is an executive coach and business strategist and the author of his fourth book, The Joy Molecule . He focuses on the human side of growth, believing that sustainable success starts from within. His work sits at the intersection of business, philanthropy, and spirituality, guiding others to build meaningful relationships, create impact, and experience more joy in life and work. His m...

Monica Maltzman is the author of You Are the Prototype: Own Your Too Much in a World That Wants Less and an advisor on human-centered work. She works with professionals at critical moments in their careers — when their influence is expanding, their authority is being challenged, or their work environment is quietly eroding their clarity and ability to hold their ground. After 15+ years leading glo...

Trippe Steven Fried is a business lawyer and consultant with the "outside-the-box" belief that attorneys can actually add value to the ventures they represent. In today's episode of Smashing the Plateau, you will learn how to build a legal and consulting practice that clients actually want to engage with — and how to apply the same principles to your own independent business. Trippe and I discuss:...

Camille L. Miller is the Founder and Visionary behind the Soul Professional® Movement, a global initiative redefining success for purpose-driven professionals. She has built an international community spanning 6 continents and 48+ countries, bringing together leaders and visionaries committed to aligning their work with who they truly are. A three-time Amazon bestselling author, Camille's work exp...

Federico Malatesta is the founder of FM Transformational Coaching™, a practice that integrates executive insight, leadership frameworks, and lived experience to explore how identity evolves through change. His background includes 15 years in oil and gas, culminating as Chief Investment Officer responsible for a $40B capital program. He is also a serial entrepreneur and writes the newsletter "Almos...

Glenn is a professional economist and management consultant who specialises in local and regional economic development. After leaving a senior public sector role in 2013, Glenn has worked as a freelance consultant with local, regional, and national government in the UK, and over the past two years has ramped up his online presence, developing online business ideas — aiming to commercialise his kno...

Miki Feldman Simon, MSc, PCC, is an executive coach, global business leader, speaker, and author of CORE Leadership: A Four-Step Framework to Lead Yourself, Grow Your Influence, and Amplify Your Impact . Over her three-decade career, she has held leadership roles in marketing, operations, and HR across multiple industries and guided organizations through growth and successful acquisitions. In her...