Human and Organizational Performance Specialist

We help leaders sharpen judgment, elevate decision quality, and build accountable cultures that consistently deliver excellence.

Leadership in an AI Accelerated World

Why does execution remain inconsistent even with strong talent?

Why do decisions move more slowly than they should?

Why does accountability erode as organizations scale?

Why does tension between leaders slow execution rather than strengthen it?

Why do intelligent, capable leaders become misaligned under pressure?

These are not issues of effort. They stem from gaps in alignment, culture and leadership discipline that CAN be strengthened.

Emotional intelligence is not a soft skill. It is a leadership discipline. It is the capacity to regulate pressure without transmitting it, to think clearly when stakes are high, to disagree without destabilizing the room, and to hold accountability without eroding trust. It determines whether conflict sharpens strategy or fractures teams. It determines whether feedback creates growth or defensiveness. It determines whether leaders align under stress or protect their silos.

When this discipline is strong, decisions move. Ownership is clear. Culture supports strategy instead of quietly resisting it.

In an AI driven world, this discipline becomes even more critical. Technology can generate options at scale. It cannot provide context, alignment, or accountability. As speed and complexity accelerate, the cost of weak discernment compounds. Leaders must know when AI should inform decisions and when human judgment must lead. The competitive advantage is no longer information. It is discernment.

We partner with leadership teams to strengthen the human capabilities that drive performance. We increase decision velocity, reduce leadership friction, realign culture with strategy, and install clear accountability across the organization.

This work sharpens judgment, clarifies ownership at every level, strengthens strategic execution, and builds a culture capable of sustaining performance in complex, AI enabled environments.

The outcome is measurable: stronger judgment, proactive ownership, and performance that consistently delivers excellence.

How Rhea Works with Leaders & Organizations

Keynotes and Live Events

Focusing on real leadership challenges organizations face in an AI accelerated world: execution gaps, accountability drift, and cultural misalignment.

Rhea blends compelling storytelling, behavioral science, and executive level experience to challenge assumptions and reset leadership standards. Employees leave with a sharper understanding of how emotional intelligence drives decision velocity, execution consistency, and performance at scale.

These are not inspirational talks. They are strategic recalibrations that align leaders around what it actually takes to perform in high velocity environments.

Workshops

These sessions equip teams with practical Emotional Performance tools that improve clarity, ownership, decision making under pressure, and cross functional alignment. Her focus on immersive, scenario based workshops that convert insight into capability.

They do not just learn concepts. They practice regulating tension, navigating conflict, clarifying accountability, and strengthening trust in real time. The result is measurable: faster decisions, reduced friction, stronger cohesion, and sustained performance in complex environments.

Leadership and Organizational Consulting

Rhea works directly with senior leaders to diagnose hidden performance barriers, realign leadership behavior with strategy, and strengthen the human disciplines that determine whether execution accelerates or stalls.

This work sharpens judgment at the top, clarifies ownership across layers, and installs accountability structures that hold under pressure. The outcome is sustainable execution, cultural coherence, and leadership consistency even as complexity increases.

Employee Coaching

Targeted, performance oriented coaching for staff who must operate effectively in high pressure, fast moving environments.

These sessions develop emotional regulation, perspective taking, decisiveness, and relational intelligence. Leaders learn to think clearly under stress, navigate difficult conversations without erosion of trust, and maintain alignment even when stakes are high.

The result is greater resilience, stronger influence, clearer thinking, and leadership presence that elevates the entire system.

About Me

Rhea Lalla is an Strategic Leadership Advisor and Certified Emotional Intelligence Specialist who works with leadership teams to strengthen judgment, alignment, and accountability at scale.

With over 20 years of experience, she has partnered with global organizations including Google, JP Morgan, Sun Life, TransUnion, and the United Nations guiding leaders in complex environments where performance, culture, and decision quality directly impact results.

Rhea’s work goes beyond traditional leadership development. She focuses on the human disciplines that determine whether strategy succeeds or stalls: leadership judgment under pressure, competing priorities across functions, ownership unclear at critical handoffs and culture becoming accidental instead of intentional.

She helps leaders install clear decision frameworks, elevate critical thinking, and build cultures where accountability is owned, not enforced.

Her approach integrates emotional intelligence as a leadership discipline. In environments where speed, complexity, and automation are increasing, she ensures human discernment remains sharp, aligned, and responsible.

Why Work With Me

Strategic Depth: She strengthens both leadership systems and the people within them, aligning strategy, culture, and execution.

Proven in Complexity: Trusted by global organizations to bring clarity and sound judgment in high pressure, cross functional environments.

Framework Driven Execution: Structured methodologies that accelerate decision making and sharpen accountability without adding noise.

Sustainable Results: Clearer thinking. Stronger ownership. Performance that scales and lasts.

Testimonials

 

I had the opportunity to attend and speak at a Global Summit. I listened into Rhea Lalla's talk on 'Conscious Leadership - The 21 Century Model for an Engaged Workforce' She blew me away by how insightful she is on the intricacies of EQ. Every company would benefit from her practical and astute support

Dr Tom Price, Former US Secretary of Health

Rhea transformed me and gave me a whole new way of approaching situations. We have so much respect for her genius.

Ali Khan, Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase

That was wonderful training. Our management team said it was invaluable information they can put to use right away. They found you to be an engaging speaker! Thank you

E Forrest, HR, TransUnion

I already felt I was a good leader but after Rhea's training I gained more confidence in my abilty to speak up and initiate action. Now there is more accountability in my projects. This has been a gamechanger for me and the team I lead.

Vishan Lakhiani, CEO, Mindvalley

Clients

The rules for work are changing. We're being judged by a new yard stick; not just by how smart we are, or by our training and expertise, but also by how well we handle ourselves and each other. For star performers in all jobs, in every field, emotional competence is twice as important as purely cognitive abilities. For success at the highest levels, in leadership positions, emotional competence accounts for virtually the entire advantage.
Daniel Goldman.

Contact

Address: Toronto, ON, Canada

Email: rhea@buildgreatminds.com

Phone: +1 647-222-1476