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C-Suite Confidential

C-Suite Confidential

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C-Suite Confidential is a leadership and performance podcast hosted by Melissa Dawn Simkins, Founder of Athleadership, and CEO of Velvet Suite. The show explores how today’s top executives condition themselves to lead under pressure and perform when it counts. The show provides insights through the lens of performance psychology, neuroscience, and an elite athletic mindset that enables you to lead under pressure. Featuring candid conversations with C-suite leaders, talent executives, thought leaders, and former elite athletes, each episode delivers science-backed insights, real leadership stories, and practical mental conditioning drills for sustainable, high-impact leadership.Copyrights © 2026 All Rights Reserved by Athleadership Arena Economics Management Management & Leadership Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • Rest, Resilience, and the Science of Sustainable Success with Khalia Collier

    Rest, Resilience, and the Science of Sustainable Success with Khalia Collier
    Jul 1 2026
    High-performance leadership uses executive performance and leadership resilience for athleadership and c suite leadership mental conditioning. In this episode, Melissa Dawn Simkins sits down with Khalia Collier, Vice President of Community Relations for the Dallas Mavericks. They discuss the critical shift from a hustle mentality to sustainable success. Collier shares how she navigated being a team owner at twenty three and the importance of internal regulation. Learn how physical and mental conditioning supports a corporate athlete mindset and long term executive leadership.
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    32 mins
  • The Leader's Brain Under Pressure: The Neuroscience of Leadership Conditioning with Dr. Michael Platt

    The Leader's Brain Under Pressure: The Neuroscience of Leadership Conditioning with Dr. Michael Platt
    Jun 17 2026
    Leadership Transformation requires more than knowledge; it demands leadership conditioning. In this episode of C-Suite Confidential, Melissa Dawn Simkins speaks with neuroscientist Dr. Michael Platt about the Corporate Athlete Mindset. They talk about how Athletic performance translates to executive performance. By understanding Neuroleadership and the science of the brain, leaders can build Executive Resilience. This discussion covers how leadership under pressure and mental conditioning for leaders are essential for high-performance leadership in the modern era. Learn to build leadership stamina and avoid cognitive surrender in a tech-driven world.
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    35 mins
  • The Career Move Most Leaders Are Afraid to Make with LaChina Robinson

    The Career Move Most Leaders Are Afraid to Make with LaChina Robinson
    Jun 3 2026
    WNBA analyst and sports broadcaster LaChina Robinson shares how choosing purpose over prestige transformed her career, leadership style, and impact. In this episode of C-Suite Confidential, she opens up about career alignment, women in leadership, mentorship, mental toughness, and building authentic success in high-pressure environments. LaChina shares why she chose purpose over prestige, committing to women’s basketball coverage long before the market validated it. She discusses the role of mentorship, the importance of representation for women in leadership, and how executive development requires intentional alignment between belief and action. Through her RISE framework, she offers a practical approach to ensuring your work, impact, and values move in the same direction—creating sustainable, authentic success.
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    46 mins
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