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Mental Load & Taboo Topics with Nicole Johnston
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- The Empowered Leader Podcast
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- Jun 1, 2026
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Summary
Nicole Johnston, TEDx & Leadership Speaker | Best-Selling Author | Executive & Leadership Coach. She is dedicated to helping corporate women overcome workplace obstacles, own their value, and step into their full authority. As the founder of innatePOWER®, she leverages over three decades of high-level corporate experience to cultivate “Mental Fitness” and authentic leadership in individuals and organizations worldwide. Executive Background Prior to launching her coaching practice in January 2023, Nicole built a distinguished 30-year career as a global senior Sales and Marketing executive within Fortune 50 and FMCG/CPG giants. She has successfully led multi-functional teams and managed business portfolios worth up to $1.5 billion. Her notable corporate leadership roles include: * Vice President of Sales, Food Division at Newell Brands * Head of Pet Healthcare at Boehringer Ingelheim * Vice President of Sales Strategy & Head of Ecommerce (Latin America) at Kimberly-Clark * General Manager of Club & Dollar Channels at The Hershey Company Coaching & Speaking Philosophy Driven by a pivotal moment that shifted her focus from building billion-dollar business structures to developing people, Nicole founded innatePOWER™. Her work addresses the critical, often unwritten dynamics of corporate environments—such as navigating power literacy, overcoming the exhaustion of invisible labor, and transitioning from merely “performing” leadership to truly embodying it. She is a certified Organizational Development Coach through Symbiosis Coaching and holds credentials in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). As an inspirational speaker, she frequently delivers keynotes, corporate training, masterclasses, and workshops aimed at challenging organizations to build a better, more inclusive futu…