Brave Proximity: Real Leadership Doesn't Happen at a Distance

Brave Proximity Hosted by Marissa Green & Susan Page Most leadership podcasts will tell you to "lean in," "build psychological safety," and "align your stakeholders." This isn't that podcast. Brave Proximity is for corporate change makers and people-centered leaders who are exhausted by performance theater and ready for honest conversations about what's actually happening in organizations today and how to build a more humane way forward. The name says it all: brave enough to stop avoiding, proximate enough to stop pretending. Each episode starts with the elephant in the room — the tension too real for a town hall, too human for a slide deck, and too costly to keep ignoring. We don't manage it. We move toward it. Hosts Marissa Green and Susan Page bring decades of real experience in strategy execution, culture, leadership development, and large-scale change — and zero tolerance for corporate euphemisms. Together they name what leaders are already feeling but rarely say out loud: that something essential keeps breaking down, and it isn't the strategy. Expect truth, a little irreverence, and the occasional moment where you think: oh thank god, I'm not crazy. This is for the leaders who know the frameworks aren't enough — and are ready to try proximity instead. About the Hosts Marissa Green has spent 20+ years helping organizations bring strategy and large-scale change to life through human-centered communication. Her conclusion after all of it: without real connection, even the best plans fail quietly. Susan Page is a culture builder and leadership developer with deep roots in Life Sciences, including a Brandon Hall Award for learning programs that actually moved the needle. She coaches through honest conversation — not polished ones. Together, they don't offer another leadership framework. They offer a different way of being with the work.