Member since February 2023
As CEO of The Hardin Group, a leadership consulting firm, Vitale is a top leadership consultant and strategic advisor who empowers teams and companies to transform the way they work, produce, and relate. She believes that “who we are is how we lead,” so the real leadership work begins with ourselves. An iPEC-certified executive coach, trainer, award-winning speaker, and author, Vitale brings her training and concepts to life in a fun and relatable way. She is also the author of the book Addicted to Perfect, detailing her struggle with perfectionism and how she overcame it. Featured in The New York Times, Vitale is a sought-after speaker and commentator on the subject of leadership and organizational culture.
Vitale is also a change agent, working with organizations and leaders to transform their workplace cultures and leadership environments. Her clients have included Humana, NCAA, CenterPoint Energy, Logan Aluminum, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Toyota Tsusho, and Longship. She does this through custom training programs, strategic advisory, workshops, keynotes, culture change initiatives, and performance coaching.
Before starting her own business, Vitale spent 14 years impacting culture change and working in marketing and business development for a variety of industries and professional service organizations. In her personal life, Vitale loves traveling, Fleetwood Mac, morning walks, and lives in Kentucky with her husband, son, and dog. With her passion and expertise, Vitale lives her life purpose of helping leaders and workplaces transform their cultures of perfectionism to cultures of excellence.
My passion is fixing the perfectionism problem in the workplace. As an executive leader, perfectionism held me back and once I realized that I made it my life's mission to help all leaders overcome their perfectionism and lead with excellence. I've conducted national research on the impacts of perfectionism in the workplace and here are some of the stats: 92% of people struggle with some form of perfectionism; 66% of workplaces have cultures of perfectionism; 1/3 of our workforce is thinking of leaving their organization because of perfectionism in the workplace; perfectionism impacts our productivity by 61%, our innovation by 66%, and our confidence by 62%. This is a major leadership and culture issues and I provide the insights, tools, and resources to overcome it.
My best story is when I had the realized that I need to get sober from a 1-year addiction to Adderall, and more importantly, my addiction to perfectionism. It was my life-defining moment, and it started with the quote, "I see in you what I refuse to see in me."
When I wrote my memoir Addicted to Perfect in 2019 (published in 2020) I realized that I wasn't the only one struggling with perfectionism. It was then that I knew it was my purpose to fix the perfectionism problem in the workplace.
My best story is when I had the realized that I need to get sober from a 1-year addiction to Adderall, and more importantly, my addiction to perfectionism. It was my life-defining moment, and it started with the quote, "I see in you what I refuse to see in me."
When I wrote my memoir Addicted to Perfect in 2019 (published in 2020) I realized that I wasn't the only one struggling with perfectionism. It was then that I knew it was my purpose to fix the perfectionism problem in the workplace.