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

Marissa Green & Susan Page
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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.

Episodes

  1. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Welcome to the BRAVE PROXIMITY Conversation

    Most leaders won't say it out loud — but leadership is lonely. Not the quiet, reflective kind of lonely. The kind where you see what's really happening inside your organization, you know what needs to be said, and you look around the room and realize no one else is saying it. That's the loneliness Marissa and Susan are here to name — and refuse to accept as the cost of doing the job well. In this debut episode, we pull back the curtain on why we built this podcast, what we’re tired of, and what we believe is possible when leaders stop performing and start telling the truth. Visit www.braveproximity.com for more information. Connect to Marissa and Susan on LinkedIn to continue the conversation.

    33 min

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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.

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