Everyone says they put people first. Nicole Fleischmann is one of the few who can prove it's the smarter strategy.
She went from auditing risk at KPMG to building a Workday transformation practice from nothing to leading a powerhouse team at BDO. Nicole Fleischmann's path was anything but linear, and that's exactly why her take on leading change is worth hearing.
Who she is: Nicole is BDO's Workday Practice Leader, with a career that runs from Audit and Risk Advisory at KPMG, to building CrossVue's Workday Transformation practice from the ground up, to leading a powerhouse team at BDO today.
What she does: She leads Workday change management and enterprise transformation, reshaping how organizations approach change across leadership, strategy, and operations.
What she believes: That people-first isn't soft, it's smart strategy. Change only sticks when the people living through it are at the center of how it gets designed.
How she works: With precision and purpose. Nicole leads bold career pivots and scales teams without losing the human thread, driving change that holds up long after the project ends.
In this episode:
- The risks that paid off, and the lessons from the ones that didn't
- Why people-first is smart strategy, not a soft skill
- How to lead, scale, and drive change without losing yourself
- What it takes to build a transformation practice from the ground up
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