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Kathy Eastwood CEO and leadership strategist enabling leaders to drive consistent performance through human-first leadership behaviors. Kathy Eastwood is the CEO and creator of the human-first E3 Leadership Code and a leadership strategist who believes high performance should not require burnout, fear, or command-and-control leadership. With more than thirty years as an operator inside complex organizations, Kathy has served in senior executive roles including Chief of Staff, Chief People Officer, and Chief Operating Officer across EY, Hewlett-Packard, high-growth startups, and private equity-backed companies. She has led large-scale transformations, broken down functional silos, navigated acquisitions, and rebuilt trust at the executive table — always with one question in mind: Why do some leaders create alignment and momentum while others create friction and fatigue? Her answer became the E3 Leadership Code: Express, Engage, Execute — powered by emotional qualities. After witnessing firsthand how misaligned leadership behavior erodes trust and stalls execution, Kathy built the E3 framework to democratize the behaviors that drive sustainable performance. She challenges the idea that leadership excellence is reserved for a rare few. Instead, her work shows that clarity, stakeholder alignment, disciplined execution, and emotional intelligence can be intentionally developed — and that when they are, organizations deliver consistent results with measurable ROI. Her upcoming book, The E3 Leadership Code: A Human Approach to High Performance, blends real-world executive stories with practical guidance for leaders who want predictable results without sacrificing culture. Kathy’s work centers on one core truth: trust cannot be hired, it must be built — and leadership behavior determines whether purpose becomes performance. She is on a mission to elevate leadership standards so fewer people spend their careers working in toxic environments and more teams experience what aligned, human-first leadership can actually achieve. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.