You don't have to find your way through this alone.
Growth surfaces real, messy problems: conflicting priorities that never get done, decisions that take ages to make, too much still running through you. When you're standing in the middle of that, you don't need another deck. You need someone who's run operations at scale and knows how to take the next right step with you.
I'm Leah Zalinski, a fractional COO and change strategist. I spent 20+ years inside global agency operations, delivering ambitious work at scale for brands like YouTube, Kellogg's, Allstate, and Mars Wrigley. I bring the warmth of a trusted thought partner, the pattern recognition of a strategist, and the follow-through of an operator.
Two ways I can help
Fractional leadership
Senior operational leadership, embedded in your team for a defined period of time. Real ownership, real follow-through, without adding to your plate.
The Growth Map
A focused diagnostic that explains where the friction sits in your system and what to do about it. Clarity before commitment.
What this isn't
Maybe you've worked with a consultant who dropped a strategy deck and disappeared. Or bought into a growth playbook that didn't actually fit how your business runs. That's not what this is.
I'm not a hustle-and-grind growth consultant, and I don't arrive with a one-size-fits-all operating system. I don't confuse urgency with importance or activity with progress. And I won't build you a plan that only works if I'm the one to carry it.
What you get instead: someone who sits beside you in the complexity, tells you the truth, and helps you charter a path through that your team can actually sustain.
The promise underneath all of it
You'll see more clearly, choose more intentionally, and move forward with greater confidence for what comes next.
You're really good at listening, translating, and distilling it into the crux of the problem. It takes a lot of skill to do that. It felt very natural, but it was also kind of mind-blowing.