BOLD Leadership: The Adventure of Building Excuse-Proof, Goal-Crushing Teams - Paperback

Svoboda, Kim: - Kim Svoboda is a bold leader, seasoned technology executive, and unapologetic intrapreneur-turned-entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Aspiration Catalyst(R), a leadership advisory firm dedicated to helping leaders eliminate excuses, build accountability, and create high-performing teams that deliver real results. Her work centers on developing BOLD leaders-leaders who lead with clarity, courage, conviction, and heart-because when leadership improves, everything improves.Before founding Aspiration Catalyst(R), Kim spent more than 25 years in senior leadership roles within Fortune 500 technology companies including Adobe, CDW, Insight Enterprises, and US Cellular. She built businesses from zero to millions, launched new divisions, led large-scale transformations, and held P&L responsibility up to $1B. Known for raising her hand to challenge the status quo, Kim thrived as an intrapreneur-asking "Why not?" and then doing the hard work to make bold ideas real amid constant change and complexity.Kim founded Aspiration Catalyst(R) with a singular mission: to empower leaders to lead courageously, build excuse-proof teams, and drive sustainable results without ego. Over the past decade, the firm has grown into a collective of seasoned executive coaches who bring rare credibility-having sat in executive seats themselves. Aspiration Catalyst coaches have led teams, grown businesses, navigated M&A, managed P&Ls, and operated in high-pressure environments. They combine real-world experience with sharp strategic insight, bold questions, and practical tools that translate directly into action.Aspiration Catalyst partners with private equity firms, technology companies, professional services firms, financial institutions, healthcare systems, manufacturers, government agencies, and associations. Whether guiding CEOs through transformation, aligning senior leaders post-merger, or developing high-potential managers into confident, accountable leaders, Kim and her team meet leaders where they are-and push them to where they need to be.Kim serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and is a Board Advisor to the Executives' Club of Chicago. She is an award-winning keynote speaker and a certified executive coach (ICF, Gallup, and E2Grow), contributing to some of the most influential leadership conversations in the country.Outside of work, Kim is a triathlete, a passionate advocate for ethics and community, and a lover of live music and big adventures. In 2015, she and her family traveled around the world, exploring five continents and 26 countries-an experience that profoundly shaped her belief that leadership is not about control, but about curiosity, courage, and creating something bigger than yourself.BOLD Leadership is her first book and a powerful call to lead true, lead strong, and lift others along the way.