Member since November 2023
Chealsea Wierbonski is a keynote speaker, coach, and productleader at Google with 30 years of experience in high-pressure techenvironments. She helps professionals and teams strengthenperformance under pressure—improving clarity, communication,and influence when the stakes are high.
With 14 years leading product teams at Google, Chealsea bringsfirsthand experience navigating rapid change, executive visibility,and complex cross-functional execution. Her work blendsbehavioral insight with practical leadership strategies that translatedirectly into stronger decision-making, accountability, and results.
As a coal miner’s daughter and first-generation college graduate,Chealsea understands what it feels like to carry self-doubt intoambitious spaces. Today, through her speaking, workshops, andcoaching, she helps leaders operate with greater confidence,composure, and impact—without burnout or overcompensation.
Female Empowerment, Women's Leadership Development, Business, Career Pivots
Like many people, the end of the year often brings me to a place of deep reflection. The end of 2022 was no exception, and it was the combination of the usual end-of-year review of my life, plus the fact that I was a few months out from turning 50 that got me to finally admit to myself that my day job was no longer bringing me the joy that it once was.
It was at this end of year reflection point that I realized I had so much experience and so many life stories that I could offer to other women to help them on their own career journeys. After nearly 30 years in the tech industry, I am still witnessing some of the same gender inequity issues that were present when I began working in 1996. I realized that I wanted to be of service and I wanted to try to change things.
These realizations lit a spark in me and motivated me to begin writing and speaking about my own personal and professional journey as a means to help women become strong and empowered leaders. Through my public speaking, writing, and online video courses I have made it my mission to create a more equitable workplace where leadership by women is the norm and not the exception.
Like many people, the end of the year often brings me to a place of deep reflection. The end of 2022 was no exception, and it was the combination of the usual end-of-year review of my life, plus the fact that I was a few months out from turning 50 that got me to finally admit to myself that my day job was no longer bringing me the joy that it once was.
It was at this end of year reflection point that I realized I had so much experience and so many life stories that I could offer to other women to help them on their own career journeys. After nearly 30 years in the tech industry, I am still witnessing some of the same gender inequity issues that were present when I began working in 1996. I realized that I wanted to be of service and I wanted to try to change things.
These realizations lit a spark in me and motivated me to begin writing and speaking about my own personal and professional journey as a means to help women become strong and empowered leaders. Through my public speaking, writing, and online video courses I have made it my mission to create a more equitable workplace where leadership by women is the norm and not the exception.
