Alexis Robin, CXO and co-founder of pLink Leadership®, inspires people to be brave, make generous assumptions, and to ‘take themselves on.’ Her zest and expertise help her clients go bigger, be braver, and accelerate ideas into action. A trusted executive coach, Alexis specializes in supporting leaders as they tackle the complex challenges they previously saw as insurmountable. Known for addressing the unvarnished truth with care and grace, Alexis brings energy to stagnant organizations and teams, resulting in improved morale, talent retention, and innovation.Over 20 years of corporate consulting and successful entrepreneurship, Alexis has amassed experience across a wide range of sectors including tech, hospitality, finance, consumer goods, and government organizations. She has coached Silicon Valley leaders, global executive teams, and startup founders to clarify their goals, identify obstacles, and take meaningful action.Alexis’s expertise has informed many of the signature, best-in-business approaches developed at pLink Leadership. By focusing on competence, character, and consciousness, her custom leadership trainings positively shift organizational dynamics. Alexis masterfully facilitates leaders in growing their teams’ capacity to create psychological safety and courage through insightful, honest conversations and imaginative ideation.Alexis is the author of Leap of Faith: Cultivating Your Brave Heart and hosts the coaching podcast The Bright Side: Life and Leadership. She partakes in the great outdoors near her home in Truckee, California, and enjoys snowboarding, stand-up paddling, and forest bathing with her French husband and teen twins.

Effective leaders don’t only focus on the ways their industry is changing, they develop themselves and their people to be nimble and lean. pLink Leadership facilitates that work with a focus on competence, character and consciousness.“Every choice we make gets us closer to or further from the outcome we want. Once we get clear on what we want, then we choose to move towards it or away from it.”As COO and senior partner who co-founded the firm, Alexis helped build pLink Leadership’s coaches into a cohesive team, members who are not only effective partners, but who are fun and easy to work with. The professionals are coaches and leadership development partners from a variety of industries. One idea Alexis infuses into their work is her ability to be a “courage catalyst,” a phrase she first heard from Brené Brown. To support clients, pLink Leadership creates custom, scalable content, and Alexis helps curate the right products for the right organizations. She works with executive leaders who are honest about what is going on in their companies and understand that a shift is needed. She also takes on clients who might intimidate other facilitators. “They’re just humans. I create a safe space to reflect honestly.”CATALYZING LEADERSHIPA female leader received feedback that she was perceived as incapable of influencing leadership. Alexis helped the client work through how she could show up, make her point, and not get ruffled by challenging CEO comments. She became a more courageous executive who expanded her capacity to influence and advocate for initiatives that drove company progress.MENDING RIFTSAlexis was called in to work with two long-time leaders who refused to work with each other. A straight shooter, Alexis worked with each partner individually and helped create space for them to understand a deeper version of each other. After she led them to form new, more generous assumptions, the relationships mended, creating significant benefit to the company.

Host of weekly life and business coaching radio show covering everything from leadership to life balanced. Previous episodes are available on iTunes.

Nourish, a boutique coaching practice, served people in the Truckee, Lake Tahoe areas. Nourish helped individuals get out of their own way to start living the life they really want. (Nourish served individuals; teams and executives worked with pLink Leadership.)

Managed $7M sales budget for largest West Coast hotel for Hilton and represented Hilton Sales Worldwide at industry tradeshows. Exceeded sales goals and created mentor program for entry level managers. Booked convention groups 351 rooms+ for corporate and association market in Western region. Built relationships and organized sales calls and marketing events to increase leads. Prospected and exhibited trade shows.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS→ Met and exceeded goals by 169%→ Achieved 117% of sales goals for 2007→ Hit 100%+ of sales goals for 2008 by August including 252% of goals for second trimester→ Created and facilitated a 15-week professional development program for 18 entry level managers and management hopefuls

Directed resort activities, including gift shop, catering and amenities, and managed three different budgets. Served as head buyer for gift shop. Designed and implemented catering menus and sales strategies for resort.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS→ Increased sales 200% from previous years in activities and catering→ Created and launched amenities program, profitable from first month of operation; led marketing, sales strategies, and promotions

Directed and trained five event managers and three group housing coordinators; managed $1.5M catering and room budget; serviced 200+ group business opportunities annually.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS→ Conducted VIP sales site visits with 85% close rate→ Created training manual and standards for Event Management Department

Sold 200K+ room nights with local sales and catering group business; solicited, booked and serviced rooms and catering for all annual fundraisers, galas, and holiday parties.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS→ Exceeded group budget of $1.7M in local catering sales→ Coordinated site visits, rehearsals, ceremonies and receptions for various faith and cultural weddings

• Managed department hours, associate reviews, development and hiring. • Arranged set-up and tear down with outside vendors, audio-visual companies and decorating and exhibition services. • Raised guest survey scores 6 points above the 1997 year end results.