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Leading Beyond the Expected
Reclaiming vision, voice, and authority in leadership. For executives and senior leaders carrying a role that has quietly replaced the person.
Invite Dr. Kimberly McLeod
The greatest illusion is believing the role is the person.
Dr. McLeod speaks to leaders, educators, and organizations about identity, performance, and what it costs to keep becoming what the room requires.
She does not give a talk. She changes what the room is willing to say out loud.
Dr. McLeod is a professor, counselor, executive coach, organizational leader, and the author of Choosing Me. She has spent more than two decades helping individuals and organizations navigate identity, belief, change, and the hidden costs of performance.
Her work is built for the competent and exhausted: the people praised for holding everything together who have rarely been asked what holding it together has cost.
Signature talks
What she is invited to speak on.
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Choosing Me
The performing self as survival strategy, and what it costs to keep it running long after the danger has passed. Drawn from the book.
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The PIPES Effectiveness Map
A working session using her framework: five areas of life examined against one real goal, to see what is resourcing and what is quietly draining.
Experience Dr. McLeod in the room
The work lands differently when it is spoken.
Her teaching moves between research and story, between neuroscience and the thing nobody in the room has admitted yet. Audiences do not sit politely through it. They recognize themselves in it.
A moment from a recent keynote.
Live keynote · Built for Greatness
Ways to bring her in
Keynote45 to 60 minutes for conferences, convocations, and leadership summits.
WorkshopHalf day or full day, working directly with the PIPES framework.
RetreatMulti-session work for teams and leadership cohorts.
VirtualRemote keynotes and sessions for distributed teams.
Check availability
Tell her about your event.
Share a few details and Dr. McLeod's team will follow up with availability, formats, and what would serve your audience best.
Prefer email? Write to hello@ineedcoaching.org.