Grounded and Aligned™
The podcast for people in senior roles who carry real responsibility - budgets, teams, visibility, and pressure - that doesn’t switch off at the end of the day.
If your role has grown faster than your comfort zone…
If you’re managing up, setting boundaries, delegating, and absorbing more than you used to…
If you care about being effective and human (without being inauthentic or pushing yourself past your limits), this show is for you.
No hype.
No generic advice.
Just grounded conversations for navigating complex roles with composure and self-trust.
In this episode of Grounded and Aligned™, Karen Gombo looks at a common tension in senior roles: you are expected to be visible and well-connected, but much of the advice o...
Most senior leaders who avoid the informal conversations — the individual check-ins, the quiet conversations before a decision needs to be made— aren't doing it because the...
In this Leadership Advisor series, Karen talks to experts on the challenges and opportunities for leaders in 2026.
Guest: Patrick Veroneau, MS, CEO Emery Leadership Group
...In this episode of Grounded and Aligned™, Karen examines something most senior leaders do but rarely admit: assuming the people around them already know what they need.
No...
In this Leadership Advisor series, Karen talks to experts on the challenges and opportunities for leaders in 2026.
Guest: Kris Plachy, CEO Life Coach
Leadership conversat...
In this episode of Grounded and Aligned™, Karen examines a recurring situation at senior levels: leaders who consistently deliver, operate at the next level, and still d...
In this Leadership Advisor series, Karen talks to experts on the challenges and opportunities for leaders in 2026.
Guest: Nick Herinckx, founder and CEO of Oxygen
The ope...
At senior levels, execution alone rarely determines results. Most decisions, promotions, and initiatives depend on how effectively you work with other people.
In this epi...
In this speaker series, Karen is talking to experts on the challenges and opportunities for leaders in 2026.
Guest: Laurie-Ann Murabito
In this episode of Grounded and Al...
In senior roles, you are expected to have a point of view.
You are promoted for judgment and decisiveness. But there is a structural risk that emerges at VP and SVP leve...
In this episode of Grounded and Aligned™, Karen Gombault addresses a pressure most senior leaders recognize immediately: how to stay focused when the organization feels uns...
In senior roles, pressure is constant. Decisions are visible. Stakeholders bring urgency, frustration, and competing priorities into the room. You cannot control those inpu...
