Meet Marisa, CEO and Founder
Marisa Santoro, is a former Wall Street IT executive with a 21-year corporate career and the CEO of In Our Shoes. She is a corporate leadership trainer, TED speaker, career coach and business author with McGraw Hill with a purpose-driven team of facilitators and coaches.
Her expertise in leadership and professional development, as well as effective business communication, has been brought in to support business leaders across industries at organizations such as Fiserv, Pfizer, Merck, American Express, UBS, Anheuser-Busch, Allianz Global Investors, Sony Music, S&P Global, State Farm, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), New York Council of Nonprofits, Women in Tech International (WITI), Aetna Healthcare, New York University (NYU), NYU Langone Medical Center, New York and New Jersey municipalities and many more.
She is also an honoree of the Woman of Influence award from New York Business Journal and BizWomen.com for her years of mentoring and coaching midcareer leaders, executives, healthcare professionals, and sales leaders to achieve higher levels of influence.
She writes a career column for American City Business Journals, covering their how-to career and business strategy sections, with articles published across 44 cities in the United States.
Marisa is a Success Principles trainer of Jack Canfield, the global bestselling author of 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' and 'The Success Principles' books.
"I passionately believe that when you lead from your gut, you will own your authority every time, remain intentional to your values, build better teams and self-qualify as a leader in your field.
Mindful intuitive leadership is a paradigm shift in doing business, where professionals take an inside-out self-leadership approach to leading authentically and from their gut to drive change and deliver their best results.
This is about moving past limiting beliefs and negative environment, and increasing your mental game, health and relationships."
- Marisa Santoro
Marisa's TED talk, “Speaking Without Apology,” guides on how to detach from language that feeds into the “Sorry Syndrome” and make subtle tweaks in your speech to springboard you from diluting your value to spotlighting your assets immediately.
She guides professionals how to reclaim their confidence, tap into their instincts and embrace their inner dialogue using proven tactical tools, and strategies in proven step-by-step career leadership programs coaching on ways to authentically build trust as leaders and advance in their careers.
Meet Bill
Bill is an NYU certified Executive and ICF Certified Coach with 25 years of solid business experience in financial services. He is also a former line of business Relationship Manager with over 13 years of experience in all areas of Organizational Development and Employee Training. Bill’s particular passion is helping people to achieve career prosperity that contribute to dazzling business results. His skills include facilitation, needs assessment, instructional design, performance management.
Meet Cat
Cat is a Career Leadership facilitator and ICF Certified Coach empowering professionals with clarity and guidance to identify career aspirations and seizing viable opportunities for expansion, growth and personal development. An experienced career counselor with a keen attention and active listening skills providing a safe space for self-discovery, fostering a partnership to develop and create a clear path forward towards improvement and personal achievement for the highest potential. She is also a former leader in sales & marketing and real estate.
Meet Camille
A former Global Supply Chain and Procurement leader, Camille is a facilitator and consultant with expertise in
change management, strategic planning, operational efficiency, risk management and people leadership. She facilitates executive round tables and coaches mid-career leaders and executives through transition, burnout and the path to promotion.
Meet Kate
Kate is an engaging and energetic facilitator who captivates learners with her passion and enthusiasm. A dynamic communications professional and certified DiSC facilitator with a proven track record of facilitating leadership development training programs and creating engaging learning experiences. She is also holds a Development Dimensions International (DDI) certification. When facilitating leadership development programs, she creates safe learning environments with a focus on trust, inclusion and communication.
Meet Sabina
Sabina has built a career centered on empowering professionals at all levels to grow and excel. She has led workshops for workforce development and has helped individuals navigate career transitions with confidence. Her expertise in leadership development was honed through executive roles, including serving as Director of Workplace Learning & Development at George Washington University and as Head of Learning & Development for AstraZeneca’s Biologics Region. She has also worked in the federal government as a learning strategist for a division of the Department of HHS and consulted with the United Nations.
Meet Carmen
Carmen is a Prosci® Change Management Practitioner, facilitator and leadership coach. She has coached over 700 executives, mid-career and early career professionals and delivers professional and leadership training to corporate, government, and nonprofit managers. Her consulting has also included diversity, equity, and inclusion assessments and she is a former Rutgers Business School instructor. Carmen is bilingual in Spanish and English.
Meet Cathy
Cathy is an Executive Leadership, Facilitator and Career Coach with 20+ years of coaching experience. Skilled in coaching individuals at all levels and functions with deep expertise working with executives and individuals with technical backgrounds. An ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Cathy is known for her direct yet positive approach and has a reputation for being empathetic without being soft, challenging and enabling clients by holding them accountable for their actions in support of career goals.
Meet Linda
Linda is an experienced executive coach who brings a supportive, practical, and results-driven approach to leadership growth and behavioral change. With a foundation in psychology and decades of applied experience, she partners with individuals to identify their unique development needs and craft personalized coaching plans that balance structure with flexibility.
Her coaching style is collaborative, authentic, and insight-driven—designed to empower leaders to gain clarity, expand capability, and perform at their highest level.
Meet Shakira
Shakira's is a consultant and facilitator making a positive difference with social impact and sustainability initiatives. She designs and delivers training programs to enhance the skills and knowledge of private sector and government leaders in addressing social issues. Learn more about how her toolkits and resources are assisting organizations in standing up effective social impact programs.
Meet Julissa
Julissa specializes in leadership coaching, instructional design, developing effective learning materials, building team-building workshops and leadership development sessions for groups. Through her expertise in Content Creation she has developed e-learning modules, facilitator guides, and job aids tailored to both employee training and leadership development. She brings a deep understanding of team dynamics through her passion for growth and backed by years of hands-on experience in Organizational Development and Learning and Development initiatives.
Meet Jeannette
Jeanette is our customer care liaison, DiSC and office administrator as well as our virtual training producer. Her focus is on providing top-level client support, assisting in all things that go on behind the scenes during our virtual facilitations and keeping our digital content library structured and organized.
Our Mission
To empower and motivate professionals to advance in leadership and embrace their fullest potential so they can thrive and drive for success.
In Our Shoes is a corporate leadership development training and coaching provider.
We deliver curated, content-rich, interactive and experiential programs that help professionals lead confidently with clear, concise communication to increase their impact at work and in their careers.
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