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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 26 MIN

How to Lead Complex Organizations Without Losing Your Mind With Shelley Cadamy

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Look into the "3 Ways to Generate Leads With Your Podcast" E-book for free here on our website! (https://ghapodcast.com)Want to solve Branding and Lead-Gen for good for your B2B Business? Download our Completed Playbook for FREE: https://ghapodcast.com/b2b-podcasting-secrets-pod**********************************************************************Shelley Cadamy is a no-nonsense consultant and executive coach who serves as the trusted advisor many CEOs wish they had earlier in their careers. Through Cadamy Business Consulting, she helps leaders frame messy challenges quickly, align stakeholders, and execute strategy in environments filled with moving parts and strong personalities.Her background spans economic development, workforce leadership, public-private partnerships, and entrepreneurship. As Executive Director of Workforce Tulsa, she revitalized a $4.5M organization, rebuilt partnerships across hundreds of stakeholders, and stabilized governance after years of turnover. She has also built peer advisory groups for CEOs and manufacturing executives, because leadership at the top can be isolating.Shelley’s philosophy is simple: Leadership matters. Radical candor builds trust. Partnership creates capacity. She combines strategic clarity with accountability, empathy, and humor, helping leaders grow healthier organizations while staying sane themselves.**********************************************************Proposed Interview Structure:1. What got you into consulting, and at what point did you realize you wanted to be the advisor you once needed yourself?2. You say “leading is hard and often lonely.” What specific leadership challenges are you most often called in to solve?3. Who are your ideal clients today, CEOs, Executive Directors, founders? And who usually makes the decision to bring you in?4. How do clients typically find you? What has worked best to attract serious leaders who are ready for radical candor? Current Acquisition Channels: Referral, Content, Speaking engagements Sub Question: You’re a strong communicator with a newsletter and a clear voice. What do you think about podcasting as a marketing tool for consultants and executive coaches?5. Advisory work often requires deep trust before the engagement even starts. How do you move from initial conversation to a signed engagement?6. Once you start working with a CEO, how do you retain clients over the long term? What do you do intentionally to build trust so they keep coming back?7. Where do you find yourself most stuck right now as a consultant and CEO advisor, if at all?8. Looking ahead, where do you see the biggest opportunity for CEO advisory and organizational strategy work over the next few years?*********************************************************************Know more about Shelley CadamyWebsite Link: https://www.cadamyconsulting.com/Connect with Shelley Cadamy on LinkedInLinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleycadamy/Apply to be a guest on Consulting Leaders:https://ghapodcast.com/application-to-be-a-guest-on-consulting-leaders/

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