lea macchiaroli

With over 30 years in the vertically integrated consumer-packaged goods (CPG), retail, health, wellness, beauty, fashion, tech, industrial manufacturing, wholesale, finance, and nonprofit worlds, I bring to each engagement a fearless approach leading my clients toward their operational and performance management objectives. I begin every discussion by asking: How do you get people to function in a company and be happy, fulfilled, and feel like they are getting something done?

The consulting I offer focuses on performance improvements by helping executive teams and leaders strategize operational processes to better align with organizational transformation, strategic vision development, business continuity, talent optimization, and change leadership.

My executive coaching focuses on helping individuals, executives, and teams grow or deepen their leadership skills, communication, and teamwork competencies to become better performing leaders. My approach is highly customized in this area. I meet my clients where they are and help them create an environment where they experience new levels of intention, freedom, power, creativity, fulfillment, and transformation.

When working with boards, I redesign their structural roles and responsibilities, skill matrix, committee structure, and put in place better governance practices.

I also facilitate offsites and workshops, focusing on strategy planning and leadership training, specifically at the C-Suite, director level, and just below director level.

Additionally, I am a Certified Partner with Predictive Index. I am referred to as the “Talent Optimizer” by helping companies align their talent strategies to their business strategies. I look at it as you soar with your strengths. Onboarding and retaining the right talent for the right seat is critical to efficient employee output, supporting overall company process objectives. I am also a certified Integral Coach© who has served as a faculty member at New Ventures West, where I taught and certified new coaches. 

Previously, I served as Chairwoman for Vistage International, facilitating, and coaching CEOs across a wide variety of industries. I have helped clients from many different verticals find ways to be more efficient, manage change, and grow. While organizing and facilitating the Women in Leadership conference for Vistage in New England, I joined the faculty for Babson’s Women in Management and Africa Project. As a mentor, I served on Barclay’s Techstars “Rise” program for Female Founders First, and filled a similar role with MIT’s Eisenhower fellowship in Philadelphia for their women’s leadership program.

marissa steinmetz

Marissa is a strategic advisor and operator with 9 years of program management and performance improvement expertise with experience assisting businesses of all sizes across the technology, retail and financial services sectors. She has a proven track record of launching various digital products and transforming them into profitable customer experiences.

michelle puopolo

Michelle is an accomplished production executive with extensive experience in product development, sourcing, manufacturing and production. She has proven success sourcing factories in Asia, Central & South America, Mexico, Europe and the USA.