Olga Valadon MSc, FIoL, FRSA

Founder and Director at Change Aligned Limited

London, United Kingdom

Olga Valadon is a strategist, executive education facilitator, speaker, and corporate advisor known as "the voice of emotion in business."

Her strategic methodology is built on 30 years of experience managing multicultural teams, leading large-scale global projects, and working directly with senior executives up to board level across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. Her corporate background includes two decades in global financial services, followed by eight years at Deloitte, most of that time as Chief of Staff.

Recognized in 2026 as a UK Top 50 Female Leader by Santander, her governance experience includes serving on the boards of the University of Cambridge Primary School and BelEve (two charitable organizations in the UK) and the advisory board of Equal Employer®, a UK tech start-up.

Driven by this extensive corporate track record, Olga's core philosophy is that strategy executes at the speed of emotion. This is why she founded Change Aligned®, to bridge the gap between strategy design and delivery. She developed the proprietary Change Aligned® SPEED Framework™ (Scan, Prime, Embed, Energize, Drive), a structured methodology designed to help leaders remove emotional bottlenecks, build emotional fluency and safety into everyday interactions, and design the infrastructure that keeps teams aligned and improves strategy execution.

An active thought leader, Olga's insights on leadership development, business emotional intelligence, and workplace culture are featured in global publications, including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company.

She translates her real-world insights into academic and corporate development, having taught at postgraduate programs at a UK private university and serving as an executive facilitator for Deloitte University.

Originally from Greece, Olga holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Philosophy, and Education, as well as a Master’s degree in Management. Demonstrating a strong commitment to continuous professional development, she is currently completing an executive leadership program at Stanford University. She is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited coach, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership, and a certified Business Emotional Intelligence partner. She speaks English, French, and Greek.

Available For: Advising, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: London, United Kingdom
Speaking Topics: Strategy Executes at the Speed of Emotion, Leading Without the Mask, Team Trust in Motion

Speaking Fee $6,000 (In-Person)

Personal Speaking Website: www.olgavaladon.com

Olga Valadon MSc, FIoL, FRSA	Points
Academic	68
Author	27
Influencer	53
Speaker	30
Entrepreneur	210
Total	388

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Introducing Olga Valadon
July 06, 2026

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Strategy Executes at the Speed of Emotion

Most strategies don’t fail because of bad planning. They fail because of emotional friction. Fear slows decisions. Disconnection weakens alignment. Lack of trust stalls execution.

In this keynote, Olga will show you why strategy executes at the speed of emotion and how leaders can design the emotional systems that turn intent into impact. Drawing from her work with global organisations, Olga reframes emotion from a “soft skill” into a hard business lever – the hidden driver of costs, speed, risk, and growth.

Learn how to:

Diagnose where emotions are blocking performance and change.
Build emotional fluency and psychological safety into leadership practices.
Embed emotional infrastructure that accelerates collaboration, decision-making, and execution.
When leaders harness emotion intentionally, they unlock the speed, trust, and focus every successful execution demands.

Leading Without the Mask

Leadership demands more than competence; it demands congruence. When who you are, what you stand for, and how you lead don’t align, people feel it. And when they feel it, trust breaks, results slow, and teams drift.

In this keynote, Olga explores what it really means to lead authentically, not by oversharing emotions or abandoning professionalism, but by aligning values, clarity, and presence so your leadership becomes unmistakably real.

Through stories and practical insights, Olga helps leaders uncover the perception cages that distort how they’re seen, and replace them with intentional presence that earns both respect and trust. She reveals how clarity of values translates into clarity of action and how truly knowing your team allows you to align strengths with strategy, not just sentiment.

Authentic leadership is about being transparent with your intent. When values, clarity, and connection align, results follow naturally.

Team Trust in Motion

Trust doesn't happen by accident. Teams may share goals but not emotions; they exchange updates but not understanding. The result? Silos, blurred accountability, and slow execution.

In this keynote, Olga explains how emotional fluency (the ability to read, regulate, and respond to emotions with clarity) is the missing ingredient in high-performing, high-trust teams. She explains how leaders can move beyond surface collaboration to build emotional infrastructure that sustains accountability and connection across locations, functions, and cultures.

Through real examples and numerous insights, Olga demonstrates how trust becomes the multiplier of performance when it’s deliberately cultivated, not assumed.

Trust in teams doesn’t just happen. It’s engineered through emotion, clarity, and accountability.

Change Aligned Limited

Founder and Director

https://www.olgavaladon.com/

Company Type: Company

Minimum Project Size: $5,000+

Average Hourly Rate: $300+

Number of Employees: 1-10

Company Founded Date: Undisclosed

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Analytics

Behavioral Science 32.40

Business Continuity

Business Strategy 35.13

Careers 32.19

Change Management 30.67

Coaching 34.34

Culture 33.54

Entrepreneurship 30.24

Finance 31.57

HR 30.04

Innovation 30.68

Leadership 34.32

Management 31.66

Mental Health 30.18

Personal Branding 32.88

Project Management 32.22

Risk Management 30.35

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3 Academic Courses

Financing Innovation: The Creation of Value
Stanford Graduate School of Business LEAD program
June 11, 2026

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